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Water Polo News
Updated Tue Feb 23, 2010 (11:37 am) by Tanya Sikirich
Water Polo matches are played on Tuesday afternoons at either Challenge Stadium or Bicton Pool.
Each school fills the following grades:
- Senior A B
- Junior A B
This sport has been played by IGSSA schools for several years but will be introduced as an official IGSSA sport in 2010.
Water Polo Guidelines
IGSSA Water Polo 2009 Guidelines
Game Time
• Length of matches must be at least 2 by 10 minute halves. Games are to commence at the allocated fixture time.
Age Group Categories
• A Senior is a girl in Year 10 11 or 12
• A Junior is a girl in Years 7, 8. or 9
• Each school must provide one staff member at each competition venue.
Substitutions and Reserves
• Substitutions must be Senior to Senior, Junior to Junior and team grade to team grade - ie. Junior A cannot play below Senior A.
• In the case of illness/injury, a Senior/Junior player may be substituted by a Senior/Junior player of a lower grade.
• The following restrictions apply:
a) After playing three or more games in a certain grade, a girl may not play in a lower grade,
b) A student may play in only one match per fixture
c) Once a student takes the court/field in a higher grade and play has commenced, they cannot be substituted back downwards
• Reserves - may take the field in the case of injury at any time, according to the rules of the game.
