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.