IHA Hockey

Junior High Competition

July 20th
SGHS Red	JHC Strikers	4:00 PM	Turf 1
SGHS Blue	JHC Chargers	4:00 PM	Turf 2
Central Blue	JHC Bolters	5:00 PM	Turf 1
NSC	Menzies College	5:00 PM	Turf 2
Limehills Dominators	SBHS	6:00 PM	Turf 1
Western Highlanders	bye

July 27th
SBHS	NSC	5:00 PM	Turf 1
Menzies College	Central Blue	6:00 PM	Turf 1
JHC Bolters	SGHS Blue	4:00 PM	Turf 1
JHC Chargers	SGHS Red	4:00 PM	Turf 2
JHC Strikers	Western Highlanders	5:00 PM	Turf 2
Limehills Dominators	bye

August 3rd
JHC Strikers	JHC Bolters	4:00 PM	Turf 1
NSC	JHC Chargers	5:00 PM	Turf 1
Menzies College	Western Highlanders	6:00 PM	Turf 2
SBHS	SGHS Blue	CANCELLED
Central Blue	Limehills Dominators	CANCELLED
SGHS Red	bye

August 10th
SGHS Red	NSC	5:00 PM	Turf 1
SGHS Blue	Central Blue	6:00 PM	Turf 1
JHC Chargers	Menzies College	5:00 PM	Turf 2
JHC Strikers	SBHS	4:00 PM	Turf 1
Western Highlanders	Limehills Dominators	6:00 PM	Turf 2
JHC Bolters	bye

August 17th
Western Highlanders	Menzies College	5:00 PM	Turf 1
SGHS Red	SBHS	4:00 PM	Turf 1
SGHS Blue	Limehills Dominators	5:00 PM	Turf 2
JHC Strikers	JHC Bolters	4:00 PM	Turf 2
Central Blue	NSC	6:00 PM	Turf 1
JHC Chargers	bye

August 24th
Western Highlanders	JHC Chargers	6:00 PM	Turf 1
SGHS Red	JHC Bolters	4:00 PM	Turf 1
SGHS Blue	Menzies College	5:00 PM	Turf 1
Central Blue	SBHS	4:00 PM	Turf 2
NSC	Limehills Dominators	5:00 PM	Turf 2
JHC Strikers	bye

Junior High Competition Overview

Thursdays sees over 175 children from Invercargill Central and Western Southland schools come together for a great night of hockey.

Games

2x25 min halves with a 4min break for half time

Cancellations

Should the competition be cancelled due to weather your School TIC will be contacted and a post will be placed on the IHA Facebook page by 2pm.

Mouth Guard/Shin Pads

It is compulsory to wear mouth guards and shin pads by all players. Managers of all teams are to control the use of mouth guards/shin pads, not the umpires.

Spectator Behaviour

This competition is about developing the players and encouraging their love of the game. As a right of entry spectators are expected to respect the coaches, managers, umpires and players and to be encouraging and positive. The competition director reserves the right to remove from the grounds any spectator who does not comply with the Code of Conduct.

Injuries

All players must leave the turf if they are openly bleeding and may return when the wound has been covered. All teams should carry sufficient medical equipment to dress wounds. Any blood on the turf must be cleaned up, before play resumes.

All injuries should be reported to the competition director who is the Health & Safety Officer on the day.

Head Injury

As per the Sports Medicine New Zealand Inc “Head Injury in Sport” Policy Statement Hockey NZ policy & the IHA insists that a player that has received a head injury with suspected concussion may only commence playing again when a medical certificate clearing the player of concussion has been supplied to the Association Secretary. Hockey New Zealand endorse and strongly recommend schools adopt this document for their own competitions. Please view the “Sports Medicine Injury Publication” to see the Sports Medicine New Zealand Inc “Head Injury in Sport” Policy Statement

Smokefree

Hockey is a Smokefree sport. We proudly endorse the Smokefree/Auahi Kore message as part of promoting healthy lifestyles to our members. The Invercargill Hockey Turf complex is totally Smokefree, inside and out. We appreciate you respecting our philosophy.