Introduction The New Brunswick Interscholastic Athletic Association is an CONSTITUTION association of high schools, who through school coaches, operate BY-LAWS athletic teams in various activities. The teams consist of high OPERATING REGULATIONS school students who play in New Brunswick schools using facilities and equipment that are part of the school. of the The association is funded by the Department of Education and through funds from member schools. NEW BRUNSWICK INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC The NBIAA recognizes that responsibility for all student ASSOCIATION activities within the schools in the Province of New Brunswick rests with the Minister of Education. A member of School Sport Canada and affiliated member of the National Federation of State High School Associations NBIAA Department of Education 125 Hilton Road P.O. Box 6000 Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5H1 Office: (506) 457- 4843 Fax: (506) 453 - 5311 E-mail: [email protected] www.nbiaa-asinb.org EDUCATION THROUGH ATHLETICS Page 3 Page TABLE OF CONTENTS Page n) Gender Participation Principles 55 INTRODUCTION 3 o) Calendar Dates 56 p) Tie Breaking Policy 57 SECTION 1 - DIRECTORY 6 q) Operating Regulations for Activities 58 a) Who to call at the NBIAA 7 20.1 Badminton 59 b) Executive Committee Members 8 20.2 Baseball 62 c) Conference Presidents 9 20.3 Basketball 65 d) Classification of Schools 10 20.4 Cheerleading 68 SECTION 2 – PHILOSOPHY AND RESPONSIBILITY 12 20.5 Cross Country 70 a) Values and Mission 13 20.6 Curling 72 b) Responsibility of School Administrators 14 20.7 Field Hockey 74 20.8 Football 75 SECTION 3 – CONSTITUTION 16 20.9 Golf 79 a) Name, Organization, Objectives 17 81 b) Membership, Executive Committee 18 20.10 Hockey 20.11 Rugby 87 c) Duties of the Executive Committee 19 20.12 Soccer 89 d) Duties and Privilege of Executive Committee Members 19 20.13 Softball 91 e) Executive Committee, Conference Structure 21 20.14 Swimming 93 f) Coaches Associations, Rules of Order 22 20.15 Track & Field 95 g) Annual General Meeting, Voting 22 100 h) Amendments, Conference / Regional Format 23 20.16 Volleyball 20.17 Wrestling 104 SECTION 4 – BY-LAWS 25 SECTION 6 – POLICIES 109 a) Team Eligibility 26 a) Fair Play Code for Athletes & Coaches 110 b) Player Eligibility 27 b) Corporate Sponsor Policy 111 c) Competition with Non-Members 29 d) Classification of Schools, Divisions of Play 31 SECTION 7 – FEE STRUCTURE 112 e) Calendar Sports 32 a) Penalty Fees 113 f) Officials, Activities and Championships 33 SECTION 8 - FORMS 115 g) Protests 34 h) Appeal of NBIAA Ruling 35 SECTION 9 - APPENDIXES 117 i) Discipline Process 37 1 - Lightning Protocol 118 2 - Concussion 119 SECTION 5 – OPERATING REGULATIONS 39 3 - NBIAA Recommendations 120 a) Fees, Registration 40 3 - NBIAA Awards Information 121 b) Eligibility & Recruitment 41 4 - NBIAA Insurance Manual 124 c) Junior Championship Division, Classification of Schools 44 5 - Tournament Manager’s Handbook 128 d) Financial Affairs, Provincial Tournaments/Events, All-Star Games 45 e) Weather Policy, Safety Guidelines for Interschool Athletic Programs 46 ADVERTISEMENTS & SPONSORS 15 f) Discipline 47 Coach NB - Get Coaching! 108 g) Activity Calendar, Canada Games, Sunday Games 49 SSQ Accident Insurance 131 h) Affiliation of Coaches’ Association, NBIAA Coaching Certification 49 Entripy Shops 132 i) Protests, Conference / Regional Format 50 Subway 133 j) Online Schedules & Scores, Athletic Calendar Regulations 51 Comfort Inn 134 k) Seasons of Play, Limits of games per season per sport 52 Mikasa 135 l) Rules on play during instructional time 53 Yonex NBIAA No Swearing 136 m) Mercy Rule, Open Gym 54 NBIAA SCHOOL DIRECTORY 137 IMPORTANT DUE DATES 138 Page 4 Page 5 NBIAA CONTACTS NBIAA 125 Hilton Road SECTION 1 P.O. Box 6000 Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5H1 NEW BRUNSWICK INTERSCHOLASTIC Phone: (506) 457-4843 ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Fax: (506) 453-5311 e-mail: [email protected] www.nbiaa-asinb.org President Andy Clark Hartland Community School 217 Rockland Road Hartland, N.B., E7P 0A2 Phone: 375-3000 Fax: 375-3005 Vice-President Janice Hicks Tantramar Regional High School 223 Main Street Sackville, N.B., E4L 3A7 DIRECTORY Phone: 364-4060 Fax: 364-4735 Past President Yvan Arseneault École Aux quatre vents 499 prom Les Jeux du Canada Dalhousie, N.B., E8C 1V6 Phone: 684-7610 Fax: 684-7599 Executive Director Allyson Ouellette 125 Hilton Road P.O. Box 6000 Fredericton, N.B., E3B 5H1 Phone: 457-4843 Fax: 453-5311 Assistant to the Executive Natalie Landry Director 125 Hilton Road P.O. Box 6000 Fredericton, N.B., E3B 5H1 Phone: 457-6986 Fax: 453-5311 Page 6 Page 7 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONFERENCE PRESIDENTS Conference Representatives Southern Conference AAA: Carrie Shea St. Malachy’s Memorial High School AA: Amber Lenihan Hampton High School A: Geoffrey McCullogh Rothesay Netherwood School Western Conference AAA: Kurt Allen Leo Hayes High School AA: Derrick O’Leary Woodstock High School A: Ann Fitton Nackawic High School Northern Conference AAA: James Watters Miramichi Valley High School Northern Conference President AA: Mae Cameron Sugarloaf Senior High School Mae Cameron A: Rodney Buggie Blackville School Sugarloaf Senior High School, Campbellton, N.B. Phone: 789-2170 Fax: 789-2180 Eastern Conference Email: [email protected] AAA: Stacey Boudreau Bernice MacNaughton High School AA: Josette Allain École Clément-Cormier Eastern Conference President A: Molly Nugent Minto Memorial High School Josette Allain École Clément-Cormier, Bouctouche, N.B. Anglophone District Representative Phone: 743-7207 Fax: 743-7225 Jenny MacDougall School District South Email: [email protected] Francophone Superintendent Southern Conference President TBD School District Geoffrey McCullogh Rothesay Netherwood School, Rothesay, N.B. Department of Education liaisons: Phone: 847-8224 Fax: 848-0851 Anglophone Francophone Email: [email protected] Fran Harris Carol Bernard Physical Education and Health Agent pédagogique provincial Learning Specialist Programmes d’études et évaluation Western Conference President Ann Fitton Nackawic Senior High School, Nackawic, N.B. Phone: 575-6020 Fax: 575-2336 Email: [email protected] Page 8 Page 9 CLASSIFICATION OF SCHOOLS CLASSIFICATION OF SCHOOLS AAA SCHOOLS A SCHOOLS SOUTHERN CONFERENCE NORTHERN CONFERENCE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE NORTHERN CONFERENCE Harbour View High School Miramichi Valley High School Campobello Island Consolidated School École Aux quatre vents Kennebecasis Valley High School École secondaire Népisiguit Grand Manan Community School Blackville School Saint John High School Polyvalente W.-Arthur-Losier Harvey High School École Carrefour Beausoleil Simonds High School McAdam High School Central NB Academy St. Malachy`s Memorial High School Rothesay Netherwood School Centre La Fontaine Sussex Regional High School École Samuel-de-Champlain Dalhousie Regional High School Sir James Dunn Academy North & South Esk Reg. High School WESTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE École Régionale de Baie-Sainte-Anne Cité-des-Jeunes-A.-M. Sormany Bernice MacNaughton High School Stanley Regional High School Fredericton High School Harrison Trimble High School Leo Hayes High School École L’Odyssée Oromocto High School École Mathieu-Martin Moncton High School WESTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE Riverview High School Polyvalente A.-J.-Savoie Belleisle Regional High School Canterbury High School Caledonia Regional High School AA SCHOOLS Fredericton Christian Academy Cambridge-Narrows School École Grande-Rivière Chipman Forest Avenue School SOUTHERN CONFERENCE NORTHERN CONFERENCE Hartland Community School École Mgr-M.-F.-Richard Fundy High School Bathurst High School John Caldwell School Minto Memorial High School Hampton High School James M. Hill Memorial High School École Marie-Gaétane Moncton Christian Academy Rothesay High School Polyvalente Louis-Mailloux Nackawic Senior High School Petitcodiac Regional School St. Stephen High School Polyvalente Marie-Esther Saint Mary’s Academy École Secondaire Assomption Polyvalente Roland-Pépin Tobique Valley High School Sussex Christian School Sugarloaf Senior High School WESTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE Carleton North High School Bonar Law Memorial High School École Sainte-Anne École Clément-Cormier Southern Victoria High School J.M.A. Armstrong School Polyvalente Thomas-Albert Polyvalente L.-J.-Robichaud Woodstock High School Tantramar Regional High School Page 10 Page 11 Values and Mission Values are the fundamental principles and beliefs that form the SECTION 2 foundation of our organization. The New Brunswick Interscholastic Athletic Association believes that NEW BRUNSWICK INTERSCHOLASTIC the sport experience makes a significant contribution to the physical, ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION intellectual, personal and social development of the student. We believe that our conduct as an organization is guided by: · ethical behaviour · trust and respect · equity and accessibility · cooperative decision-making · partnership We believe we foster a high quality of athletic experience for all participants through: · fun, fair play and sportsmanship PHILOSOPHY · quality coaching · safe & healthy environment AND Our mission is an agreed upon statement of the reason for our RESPONSIBILITY organization’s existence: The NBIAA, as a partner in public education, fosters, develops, and governs student athletic activities within New Brunswick high schools. Page 12 Page 13 Responsibility of School Administrators The school principal or his/her designated representative shall be the responsible administrative officer of a school.