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| Section
1. SCHEDULED MEETINGS |
| A. |
Seeding: MONDAY, MAY 23, 2011, 6:00 PM, @ the CCS office |
| B. |
Evaluation: TUESDAY,
May 31, 2011, 4:00 PM, @ the CCS office. |
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| Section 2. TOURNAMENT DATES
/ TIMES / SITES |
| The 2011 CCS Badminton Championships will be conducted on: |
TUESDAY, MAY
24th, @ 4:00 PM;
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25th, @ 4:00 PM; and
THURSDAY, MAY 26th, @ 4:00
PM.
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| The
CCS Commissioner and/or staff have sole authority to schedule or cancel
sites, as well as full discretion as to the assignment or re-assignment of
teams to times and sites throughout the CCS Play-offs. The CCS Commissioner
and/or staff have the final authority in any disputes over sites or times of
play, and the decision of the CCS Commissioner is not subject to appeal, due
to the immediacy of running the Tournament for the good of the whole.
Neutral sites are not a policy of the CCS and should not be expected in any
rounds of play. Sites will be assigned by the CCS for the good of the
Tournament. |
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| Section
3. TOURNAMENT FORMAT |
| A. |
This will be a full
double-elimination Tournament. |
| B. |
Match winners will be determined by the best
two(2)-out-of-three(3)
games to 15. |
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Section 4. QUALIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS |
| A. |
Leagues will send the following:
| Girls Singles -- 2 entries |
Boys Singles -- 2 entries |
Mixed Doubles -- 2 entries |
| Girls Doubles -- 2 entries |
Boys Doubles -- 2 entries |
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| B. |
When two [2] or more basic Leagues
join together to form supplemental Leagues, the following shall apply: |
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1. |
When two
[2] or more
supplemental Leagues are formed by the joining of two [2] or more basic
Leagues that
each had two [2] Automatic Qualifiers to CCS Play-offs, the new supplemental
Leagues shall
retain the total of their previous Automatic Qualifiers (e.g., Leagues A & B
each
have two [2] Automatic
Qualifiers. When new supplemental Leagues are formed, combining
A and B, they will
have a total of four [4] Automatic Qualifiers).
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2. |
The
League Board of Managers having governance authority over the supplemental Leagues shall
determine in its bylaws how those Automatic Qualifiers will be allocated from the supplemental
Leagues. In the absence of a basic League tournament to determine the Section qualifiers,
the
League MUST allocate an automatic berth to each of the supplemental League Champions. |
| C. |
Coaches and Leagues must enter only individuals who are
available and are planning to play on all three (3) days of the Tournament. Only
defaults due to injury, illness or family emergency are acceptable, and will be replaced by an alternate
from the same League. |
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Section 5.
SEEDING |
| A. |
Each League Representative is responsible
for attending the Seeding Meeting and for submitting the League's Official Entry Form, which is due in the CCS office BEFORE
THE BEGINNING of the Seeding meeting. (See APPENDIX
for OFFICIAL
LEAGUE ENTRY
FORM -- BADMINTON)
NOTE: If this Entry
Form is not received by the beginning of the Seeding meeting, entries from
that League WILL NOT
BE ALLOWED into the Tournament. |
| B. |
The Badminton Committee, comprised of each of the
League Representatives, shall seed the Tournament based upon the information
provided on the Entry Forms and from coaches. |
| C. |
Two (2) to four
(4) players will be
seeded, with the remainder being selected by blind draw. League-mates will not meet in the first Round, whenever
possible. |
| D. |
Criteria considered by the Committee for seeding
purposes, not in any rank order, will be:
* Competitor's league record -- i.e., League record, plus results of the League Tournament conducted
at the conclusion of the League season;
* Season record,
including any "outside" Tournament results;
* Previous CCS
Tournament
experience and where the competitor finished in the final standings;
* Any head-to-head
competition the competitors may have had during the season. |
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| Section
6. RULES |
| A. |
The current USA Badminton Rules will be
used except that all matches will be 2 out of 3 games played to 15 points. |
| B. |
A maximum of five
(5) minutes warm-up will be allowed once
the teams/individuals are on the court. |
| C. |
It is expected that all participants in the
Tournament
will wear acceptable attire, with team uniforms preferred. Bathing suits,
cut-offs, tank-tops, T-shirts with sleeves cut off, "dew-rags," etc. are not acceptable. All decisions for
acceptable attire will be made by the Tournament Director. |
| D. |
"Stalling" -- Players must play continuously.
Brief rest periods before or after a point are not allowed. Repeated abuse of this rule, as
determined by the Tournament Director or umpire, will result in a warning, then point or side-out, and
then default of the match. |
| E. |
"Leaving the court" without the permission of
the Tournament Director or umpire may result in default of the match. |
| F. |
Tournament administration will attempt, whenever
possible, to allow a minimum rest period of 15 minutes between Singles, and 10 minutes
between Doubles. |
| G. |
"Applause" and "positive verbal
comments" are allowed after a player has made a good shot. |
| H. |
Each League will be responsible for providing adult
officials, as determined by a schedule developed by the Tournament Director. |
| I. |
Attire: All players must wear team and/or
school uniforms or CCS T-shirts throughout the CCS Badminton Tournament.
Doubles team-mates must wear identical tops. Penalty: after warning,
players will default the match. |
| **J |
Players must notify CCS office of withdrawl by 6:00 pm of the day before each day of the competition. Failure to meet this deadline will result in the elimination of that school's participation the following year in the CCS Tournament. |
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| Section 8.
AWARDS |
| Awards will be presented as follows: |
| A. |
32 Medals: 1 awarded to each Champion, 2nd-, 3rd- and 4th-Place finisher in each Division
(Boys Singles; Girls Singles; Boys Doubles; Girls Doubles; Mixed Doubles) |
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Section 9.
BIRDS |
| CCS will provide Mavis 350 yellow medium birds for Tournament
use. |
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| Section 10.
COACHING |
| A. |
Coaches are expected to follow proper
Badminton decorum. |
| B. |
Coaches are expected to remain at the event
AS LONG THEY HAVE PLAYERS PARTICIPATING. |
| C. |
All student-athletes competing in any CCS
contest (scrimmages, alumni contests, pre-season, League and CCS Play-offs) must be accompanied by
a coach that meets the following criteria, as addressed in CIF
Bylaws 308 and 506: |
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1. |
MUST
BE THE "REGULAR COACH" - The coach of either a public or private
school team or athlete must be the coach of record for
that school for the current season and
must comply with all requirement of CIF Bylaw 506. |
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a. |
PUBLIC SCHOOLS: All public
school teams must be coached by persons who meet the
requirements of the California Ed. Code and the California Administrative Code Title V. |
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b. |
NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS: In the case of a non-public
school, persons engaged by that
school on a yearly contract basis as regular members of the school coaching
or teaching
staff and certified by the administrator for that school as competent for the position held. |
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2. |
EMERGENCY
SITUATIONS: In the case of an emergency ONLY, the Principal of
the school may designate an alternate coach, as long as it is done in writing prior to the contest and
submitted to the League Commissioner for all pre-season and League contests, and the CCS
Commissioner for CCS Play-off contests. Any alternate coach MUST be an
individual who meets all the conditions
required in Section 10.C.1-a. above in the case of a
public school; and Section 10.C.1-b. above
in the case of a non-pubic schools. |
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3. |
NO COACH PRESENT - STUDENT
INELIGIBILE TO PARTICIPATE |
| D. |
One
(1) coach only may coach a
player or team
during the 90-second break between the 1st and 2nd games and during the 5-minute break
between the 2nd and 3rd games of the match. |
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Section
11. SPORTSMANSHIP |
| The member schools of the CIF/Central
Coast Section are committed to providing a sportsmanlike environment for
students, coaches and spectators. |
| Our Sportsmanship Definition is: |
A person who can take a loss or
defeat without complaint, or victory without gloating,
and who treats his/her opponents with fairness, courtesy and respect. |
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| B. |
The following behavior is unacceptable at all CIF/CCS High School
contest:
- berating your
opponent's school or mascot
- complaining about officials'
calls (verbally or in gestures)
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- berating opposing players
- artificial noise makers
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- obscene cheers /
gestures
- negative signs
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| C. |
To this end, each
school is required to submit one (1) signed Sportsmanship Contract on or
prior to September 15 of the school year. This contract confirms that the
principal has verbally and through written communication addressed the
importance of sportsmanship to his/her student body, faculty and community. |
| D. |
Each Principal is required by
the CCS Board of Managers to meet with any individual from his/her school participating in the Tournament to review CCS Sportsmanship Information.
(See APPENDIX for REQUIRED PRE-GAME SPORTSMANSHIP
MEETING INFORMATION SHEET) |
| E. |
Coaches will attend a
coaches meeting the first morning of the Tournament where they will be reminded of the
importance of good
sportsmanship and to make certain their Administrator has reviewed this information with their
athletes in the past week. |
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| Section
12. ELIGIBLE ATHLETES |
| A. |
No student-athlete will be allowed to compete who is
not accompanied by a coach or faculty member of the school which he/she is
representing. |
| B. |
All student-athletes must be in good standing with
their League, school and CCS in order to compete. No ineligible athletes will be allowed
to compete. |
| C. |
Any player or coach who is disqualified from a
Tournament contest for FLAGRANT MISCONDUCT or UNSPORTSMANLIKE BEHAVIOR will be
disqualified from all remaining contests in that sport that season. |
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Section
14. FACULTY SUPERVISION |
| Adequate student/spectator supervision MUST be provided by each school
participating in the Tournament. School administrators/faculty who attend the contest in
this capacity, shall introduce themselves to the CCS Site Director and tell him/her where
they will be located throughout the contest in case their assistance is needed.
It is the responsibility of the school supervisory personnel
to prevent and correct any inappropriate behavior of their students and spectators. |
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