SDSSAA COED PLAYING REGULATIONS

CURLING

 

AGES & ELIGIBILITY

See Constitution - ARTICLE IX

CATEGORIES OF COMPETITION

l. Boys Open
2. Girls Open

A school may enter more than one team in each category.

RULES

The S.D.S.S.A.A. league will be governed by the Canadian Curling Association Rule Book except for items defined in these playing regulations.

If there is a problem with rule interpretation during a game, a Skip may initiate a request for rule clarification or a request for a referee. Such a request must be made by a coach to an impartial person who has been agreed upon by both of the opposing coaches involved.

**The winning team shall be responsible to call in the results to the SDSSAA results line immediately following the game, and to follow up with a fax or hand delivered copy of the official scoresheet to the convener on the next school day. In case of a tie, this responsibility shall be that of the home team.

The official SDSSAA scoresheet must be used.

LENGTH OF GAME

1. *All league games will be 8 ends. Ties will be allowed. Regular season games will have a two hour time limit. When there are 25 minutes left in the scheduled game time, players finish the end they are on and play one more end.

2.. *All play-off games will be 8 ends. A full extra end will be used to break ties.

3. ^ During the league play-offs, there will be a two-minute 4th end break. The time begins when the coaches access the ice surface.

SUBSTITUTION

Each team may substitute a maximum of two players at the beginning of an end.

TIME-OUTS

*Each team shall be allowed to call two time-outs anytime during the game when it has control at the hack. *The length of the time out shall not exceed one minute. The time begins when the coaches access the ice surface. An extra one minute time out will be allowed for the first two games. Coaches at no time should step onto the ice surface.

DELAY OF GAME

1. If play is delayed 15 minutes or more, the offending team will lose 1 point and hammer and play will begin in the second end.

2. If play is delayed 30 minutes, the game is forfeited by the offending team.

@ TIEBREAKING

1. Where ties involve the last playoff position(s), tie breaking games must be scheduled.

2. To break all other ties in the final regular season standings, the following criteria will be used:

(I) Head to head results, with the winning team being seeded highest.
(II) If there is still a tie, the team that has allowed the fewest points amongst the tied teams will get the highest seed.
(III) If still tied, point differential (points for less points against) amongst the games involving the tied teams, the team with the highest differential getting the highest seed.
(IV) Should the teams still be tied, then the overall point differential between common opponents shall be used.

Tie breaking games will be played at the site of the highest placed seed. Should that site be unavailable, not meet sport governing body specifications or not be able to accommodate spectators, then the game will be played at the site of the lower seed. Should either of these locations be unavailable, then the higher seeded team shall select a site. If the higher seed is unable to access a site, the convener shall secure a neutral site. For scheduling, the convener(s) shall leave at least two days for tiebreakers at the end of the schedule before the playoffs.

In ties involving three or more teams, teams will be seeded using the criteria above, and a minimum number of games will be scheduled to decide the issue. Match-ups will be scheduled considering standard playoff formats (ie. if four teams: 4th vs 1st, 3rd vs 2nd, if three teams: 1st receives bye, 3rd plays second, etc)

3. All tie breaking games are designated as playoff games.

4. All tie-breakers will be 8 ends.

PRACTICE TIME

When time permits, the home team may practice for 10 minutes followed by the opposition for 10 minutes. The game must start on time to avoid penalties.

^Practice time will be allowed during the SDSSAA Championship over and above the ten minute pre-game practice when ice is available.

N.O.S.S.A. REPRESENTATION

1. The winner of the league play-offs shall be the number 1 team to NOSSA.

2. The second NOSSA representative will be the winner of the league.

3. In the event (i) and (ii) are the same team, the second team will be the finalist from the league play-offs.

4. If Sudbury is allowed another entry to NOSSA, the team with the highest standings after round robin play who is not already qualified, go as the third entry.

The no smoking rule shall apply to all curling games. (Prior to and during the game).

PLAY-OFF FORMAT

*The three playoff draws, quarter final, semi finals and finals, will be played on the same playoff day in order to prepare for the N.O.S.S.A. format.

**Ranking, by place of finish, during the regular season will not only determine which team will which team in the playoffs, but also, the higher ranking team will be given last rock advantage ("the hammer"), throughout the playoffs.

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**Revised: 29 August 2003

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