Sunday 15 February

​​​​​​​Venue: ILT Stadium Southland

Event Purpose

This seeding event determines Mainlands and Nationals seedings for both girls’ and boys’ teams.

This is not a tournament and does not include playoffs. All teams play scheduled seeding matches only.

Event Details

• Doors open: 7:30am

• First games: 8:00am

• Finish: All teams must be out and cleaned by 5:00pm

Event Officials

• Tournament Game Day Supervisor: Keila Patino

• Draw Master: Donz Milne

Courts

• Girls games: Court 8 & Court 4

• Boys games: Court 10

Teams may only warm up on their allocated playing court.

➡️ Courts are closed to the public. No unauthorised access is permitted, to avoid balls entering live games.

Participating Teams

Girls

• Wakatipu A

• Wakatipu B

• James Hargest A

• Central Southland A

• Central Southland B

Each girls team plays four matches and has one duty round.

Boys

• Wakatipu Boys

• Central Southland College Boys

Boys teams play two matches total:

• One warm-up game

• One seeding game

Match Format (All Teams)

• Best of five sets

• First team to three sets wins

• Match ends immediately once three sets are won

• No extra sets

• Matches are not time-controlled

• If a match runs past the scheduled time slot, play continues until finished

Scoring & Officiating

Girls

• Full scoresheet scoring is used for all matches.

Boys

Two matches only:

• Warm-up game

  • Does not count for seeding

  • Coaches may use this as they wish

  • Must finish within 75 minutes

• Seeding game

  • This is the match that counts

  • Simple scoresheet scoring

Officiating:

• Warm-up game: Coaches officiate

• Seeding game: Volley South staff officiate

Breaks – NO GAMES SCHEDULED

(To ensure balance, welfare, and fairness across teams)

• 11:00 – 11:30am

• 2:30 – 3:00pm

Refereeing & Duty – Girls

• Each girls team has one duty round

• The duty team referees both girls courts during their duty round

Minimum officials per court

• 1st referee

• 2nd referee

• 1 official scorer

• 1 line judge (opposite the 2nd referee)

Development Focus

It is the strong preference of the organiser that students perform:

• 1st referee

• 2nd referee

• Official scoresheet scoring

This is to provide valuable experience ahead of Mainlands and Volleyball New Zealand Nationals.

Behaviour Expectations

• Coaches must not address referees, scorers, or duty teams directly

• All communication must be via the team captain only

• Respectful behaviour is expected at all times

• Breaches may result in sanctions

Equipment & Requirements

• Schools must bring a minimum of two (2) whistles per team

• Schools must bring their own practice balls

• No whistles or practice balls are supplied

• Rotation slips, match balls, and flags are provided

Entry Fees $200 plus gst

• Girls: Full entry fee (4 matches)

• Boys: 75% entry fee (Two matches only and additional staff required for duty)

Protests

A Protest Committee will operate on the day:

• Donna Milne (remote)

• Keila Patino

• Jo Levia

Protest conditions:

• Must be lodged at the time of the incident

• $50 cash fee required

• The game stops immediately until the protest is reviewed

• No post-match protests will be considered

• The committee’s decision is final

Fines

The new fines system is effective across all school volleyball