2010-2011 Intramural Sports Competitions
Aims:
1. To cultivate a sporting culture in the university through sports competitions;
a. to lead an active life;
b. active participation in sports as organizers, officials, helpers, participants, and /or
spectators.
2. To promote sports competition among students as a form of campus activities.
3. To provide competition experiences for students.
4. To cultivate a sense of belonging among students within the academic department.
Events:
6 events: Aquatic Meet, Athletics Meet, Badminton, Basketball, Campus Run and Football.
Participation Unit:
Departmental Societies, teams from the School of Humanities & Social Science and the
Division of Environment
Organizers:
Sports Association (SA) and respective Sports Clubs
Advisor: Advisor of SA (SAO staff)
Event Organizing Committee (one for each event)
Convener: Representatives of the Sports Club Concerned and Representatives of the Sports
Association
Advisor: SAO staff
General Rules
1. Competitor Eligibility
1.1 All HKUST students with valid student ID cards are eligible competitors.
1.2 Only male students are eligible competitors of the Football and Basketball Competitions.
1.3 Students can represent only ONE departmental society from their respective schools throughout
the academic year.
1.4 Students with majors MUST represent their respective departmental society with the following
exceptions:
1.4.1 Business students WITHOUT a major can choose to represent one business departmental
society.
1.4.2 Students in Global Business, Risk Management can choose to represent one business
departmental society.
1.4.3 Students in the Quantitative Finance major are considered as students of the Finance
department.
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1.4.4 Students in Economics and Finance major are considered as students of the Economics
department.
1.4.5 Students in the Mathematics and Economics major are considered as students of the
Mathematics department.
1.4.6 First-year students of the Engineering School without a major can only represent a team in
their Engineering group.
1.4.6.1
Eng A students can only choose to represent the Chemical Engineering, Civil and
Environmental Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering departmental societies.
1.4.6.2
Eng B students can only choose to represent the Computer Science, Computer
Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering and
Logistics Management departmental societies.
1.4.7 Students in dual-degree in Business and Engineering are considered as students in their
respective engineering department.
1.4.8 Non-year 1 Students in Business School can represent a departmental society WITHIN the
Business School upon CONSENT of the concerned departmental societies.
1.4.9 For students whose major departmental society decides NOT to participate in the
2010-2011 Intramural Sports Competitions event, they can choose to represent one
departmental society of the same school UPON consent of the concerned departmental
society.
1.4.10 Students of the School of Humanities and Social Science can form their departmental
teams though there are not Humanities and Social Science departmental societies.
1.4.10.1
The maximum number of departmental teams from the School of Humanities and
Social Science is 5.
1.4.11
Students from the Division of Environment (major in Environmental Management
and Technology) can either form a departmental team to join the ISC, such team
will join the “School of Science” League in the Preliminary Round of Badminton,
Basketball and Football competitions; OR choose to represent one departmental
society of the School of Science.
2. Entries
2.1
The participating unit is departmental society or departmental team (applicable to teams from
the School of Humanities and Social Science, and the team from the Division of the
Environment). Departmental societies/teams must submit their Event Participation
Registration Form (Appendix I) and the bank-in slip of registration fee and deposit of the
intended participation events to the Financial Secretary of the Sports Association or his
representative by 5pm on 24 August 2010.
2.2
Departmental societies/teams must submit their first Team Registration Form (Appendix II) to
Sports Association by 5pm on 10 September 2010. Further update should be submitted
during the competition period
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2.3
Individual students will be required to send the completed Participant Registration Form
(Appendix III) to the Sports Association via their departmental society/team PIC at least 14
working days in advance before the students are allowed to join the intramural sports events
2.4
Badminton, Basketball and Football Competitions
2.4.1 Each departmental society/team from the Humanities and Social Science School can
register only ONE team.
2.4.2 Teams that have completed all the matches and have observed the rules and regulations
of the 2010-2011 Intramural Sports Competitions will receive the refund of the HK$100
deposit after the 2010-2011 Intramural Sports Competition Closing Ceremony.
2.4.3 Team List
2.4.3.1
The departmental societies/teams from the Humanities and Social Science School
will be required to register their Team members with the Sports Association by 3
weekdays before the commencement of the competition using the form listed in
Appendix II.
2.4.3.2
Changes (addition/delete) in the team lists are allowed before the commencement
of the final rounds (Dates to be confirmed by email by 15 January 2011).
2.4.4 Match Competitors List
2.4.4.1
Teams are required to submit the Match Competitors List to the Official Stand at
least ten (10) minutes before the match scheduled starting time.
2.4.4.2
Competitors must be registered team member of the departmental society/team
from the Humanities and Social Science School. They must present their student ID
card to the officials at the event official stand. Competitors who failed to present
their student ID cards are NOT allowed to take part in the competition.
2.4.4.3
Teams with non-registered competitors on their Match Competitors List will be
disqualified from the match.
2.4.4.4
Teams who cannot have enough competitors for the match (as specified in the
technical rules) will be conceded a walkover in that particular match.
2.4.4.5
The maximum no. of non-major competitors allowed in each match will be:
Max. quota for Non-major competitors
2.5
Badminton
Basketball
Football
1 boy or 1 girl
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2.5.1 Departmental societies must submit their team’s entry form to the event organizer by the
specified deadlines.
2.5.1.1
Competitors must be registered team member of the departmental society/team
from the Humanities and Social Science School.
2.5.1.2
They must present their student ID card to the officials at the event official stand.
Competitors who failed to present their student ID cards are NOT allowed to take
part in the competition.
2.6
Teams that have completed all events (no no-shows) and have observed the rules and
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regulations of the 2010-11 Intramural Sports Competitions will receive the refund of the
HK$100 deposit after the 2010-11 Intramural Sports Competitions Closing Ceremony.
3. Position Scoring System for deciding the Overall Ranking
The overall ranking of the departmental societies in the 6 Intramural events will be decided according to the
scoring tables listed below. Departmental Societies tying for the same position in an event will be awarded
the same points.
3.1 Athletics Meet, Aquatic Meet and Campus Run
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th to 18th
Score
12
10
9
8
7
6
51.1.1
4
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3.2 Badminton, Basketball and Football Competitions (subject to change according to no. of entries)
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th to 8th
9th to 18th
Score
12
10
9
8
5
2
4.
Prizes
4.1
Medals will be awarded to the Champion, the 1st and 2nd runners-up teams of the Badminton,
Basketball and Football events.
4.2
Trophies will be awarded to the Champion team of the Badminton, Basketball and Football
events.
4.3
4.4
Individual prizes will be awarded to the Top Scorer of the Basketball and Football final match.
Medals will be awarded to the individual winners of the Men’s and Ladies’ section and team
events in the Campus Run.
4.5
Medals will be awarded to the winners of the individual and relay events in the Aquatic Meet
and Athletic Meet events.
4.6
Trophies will be awarded to the Overall Champion, the 1st and 2nd runners-up teams of the
Aquatic Meet and Athletics Meet..
5.
Competition format
5.1
Aquatic Meet, Campus Run and Athletics Meet
Competitions will be held on 1 or 2 days.
5.2
Badminton, Basketball and Football Competitions
The competitions will be held in 2 rounds:
5.2.1 In the preliminary round, the league (round–robin) system will be adopted.
5.2.1.1
The participating departmental societies/teams will be assigned to join their
school league. In case there are less than 3 teams in any school, all the
participating teams will be assigned to 3 or 4 groups (depending on the no. of
entries) by lot drawing by the event organizer.
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5.2.1.2
The ranking of the departmental societies/teams in the preliminary round will
be taken into account in deciding the competition schedule of the final
round.
5.2.1.3
The match result is considered valid ONLY when the match result sheet is
signed by the assigned Person-in-charge of the two competing teams, the
referee, AND the duty organizer representative. For matches without a valid
competition result sheet, both teams will be conceded a walkover in that
match.
5.2.1.4
5.2.1.5
The result of the walk-over and/or disqualified match will be:
a.
30 to 0 against the walkover/disqualified team in the basketball match.
b.
3 to 0 against the walkover/disqualified team in the badminton match.
c.
3 to 0 against the walkover/disqualified team in the football match.
The rankings of the preliminary round will be decided by the Total
Participation Points attained. The participation point for each match is:
5.2.1.6
Badminton
Basketball
Football
Win
3
3
3
Tie
/
/
1
Lose
0
0
0
Walkover/ DQ
-1
-1
-1
When two teams have the same total participation points or the same goal/set
difference, the winner of the concerned match will take the higher position.
5.2.1.7
When more than two teams score the same total participation points in the
preliminary round, their ranking will be determined by total goal/set
differences. (Goal/set difference=goal/set scored - goal/set against)
Example:
5.2.2
Goal/Set
Goal/Set
Scored
Against
Difference
1
6
2
4
1
2
1
5
2
3
2
C
2
1
4
2
2
3
D
0
3
1
9
-8
4
Team
Win
Lose
A
2
B
Goal /Set
Ranking
Final round
5.2.2.1
The Single knock-out system will be adopted in the Final Round.
5.2.2.2
Teams will be assigned into four seed groups (1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th) according to
their ranking in the Preliminary round
and the subsequent lot-drawing
results according to the Team Allocation Table listed below:
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Example of the team allocation for 15 teams (no. of teams in each seed group will be subject to
change according to the no. of entries):
Seed Group
Teams
1st (4 teams)
1st ranking teams of each group (if only 3 groups, then
1 team from the 2nd ranking teams)`
2nd (4 teams)
2nd ranking teams of each group ((if only 3 groups, then
2 2nd ranking and 2 3rd ranking teams
3rd (4 teams)
3nd ranking teams of each group (if only 3 groups, then
1 team from the 3rd ranking teams, 2 teams 4th ranking teams AND 1
5th ranking teams).
4th (3 teams)
4th ranking teams (if only 3 groups, then include all the remaining
teams).
5.2.2.3
The assignment of the teams and the “bye” matches for the 1st seed group
teams will be decided by lot-drawing before the commencement of the
Preliminary round.
Round 1:
Round 2:
16 teams
1st
8 teams
Semi-final
4th
2nd
Final
3rd
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
1st
4th
2nd
3rd
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5.2.3 Competition Schedule
Event
Aquatic Meet
Date/Period
Day(s)
th
25 Sept 2010(Sat.)
Saturday
Time
9am-5pm
Fall back date: 2 Oct. 2010
Campus Run
th
29 Sept 2010
Venue
Outdoor
Swimming Pool
Wednesday
5pm-8pm
Campus
Saturday
9am-7pm
Athletics Field &
Fall back date: 7 Oct. 2010
(Thur.)
Athletics Meet
27 November 2010
Fall back date: 4 December
Lawn Area
2010
Badminton
Wednesdays
First round:
Basketball
Indoor
(5-6:30pm,
Badminton Court
6:30-8pm)
Sept to Dec 2010
Mondays,
5-8pm
Indoor Basketball
Thursdays
(5:00-6:30pm;
Court
Final round:
6:30 - 8pm)
Spring Semester
Football
5pm – 8 pm
1.1.1
Tuesdays,
5-8pm
Astroturf Soccer
Fridays
(5:00-6:30pm;
Pitch
6:30 - 8pm)
6.
Change /Swapping of match schedules
6.1
Change of match schedules will be allowed at extreme adverse weather conditions (e.g.
red/black rainstorm warnings, typhoons…etc.)
6.1.1 The match (es) shall be postponed if The Hong Kong Observatory announces the black
rainstorm signal or Typhoon (no.8) is hoisted on the scheduled day. The Sports Association
will send confirmation to alert the affected teams on the new arrangement.
6.1.2 The matches will be held as scheduled when the black rainstorm signal or Typhoon (no.8)
has been cancelled before 12:00 on the scheduled day.
6.1.3 Football match (es) will be held as scheduled when the weather conditions permit. In case of
adverse weather conditions before the matches, the Event Organizer will make the decision
to cancel or postpone the match(es) and send email or phone message to the Team PIC no
later than one hour before the match scheduled time.
6.1.4 In case the weather or the facilities conditions do not allow the match to continue, the
referee and the duty match organizer will decide to stop the match(es). The Event Organizer
will arrange the match to be played on a separate date.
6.2
Change of match schedules will be allowed in case the competition venue is not available. The
Sports Association will send confirmation to alert the affected teams on the new
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arrangement.
6.3
In the preliminary rounds, swapping of match schedules is accepted ONLY when the consensus
of all 4 concerned teams is reached and approval of the Sports Association is granted.
6.3.1 Postponement of matches is accepted ONLY when the consensus of both teams is reached
and approval of the Sports Association is granted. A non refundable application fee of
HKD150 will be charged to the society who made the request for postponement. The
approval of the application will take into consideration of factors which include venue
availability, resource allocation and time constraints.
6.4
In the final rounds, swapping of match schedules is accepted ONLY when the consensus of all 4
concerned teams is reached. If all involved teams agree to swap, an email together with the
scanned copy of the Consent Form (Appendix IV) signed by all involved teams’’
Person-in-charge should be sent to BOTH the Sports Association (SA) and the respective
sports Clubby 22 January 2011 for application to re-arrange the match schedule
6.4.1 The Event Organizer will try to re-arrange the match if appropriate. It has no
responsibilities and does not guarantee the success of the re-arrangement application.
6.4.2 In principle, the Event Organizer will NOT accept application for re-arranging a new match
date after 22 January 2011. However, if a team still wishes to apply for re-arranging the
match date, the application email must reach BOTH the Sports Association (SA) and the
respective sports club AT LEAST 7 days before the scheduled match date. A
non-refundable application fee HKD300 will be charged for each application (cash
payment to the Sports Association Treasurer or his representative by noon on the
following day).
7.
Disqualification
7.1
Teams that fail to report to the Official Stand 10 minutes before the start of the competition will
be considered to concede a walkover and their deposit of HKD100 be confiscated.
7.1.1 Teams that have conceded 2 walkovers will be disqualified from the competition and will
not be allowed to compete in the remaining matches.
7.2
Teams that allow non-eligible competitors to represent their team in a match will be conceded a
walk-over in that match.
7.3
Participants will be disqualified from the 2010-11 Intramural Sports Competitions when he/she
has represented more than one departmental society/team in the 2010-11 Intramural Sports
Competitions. The disqualified competitor(s) will be banned from further participation in the
Intramural Sports Competitions in 2010-2011.
8.
Appeals
8.1
All appeals for the Badminton, Basketball and Football matches MUST be made in writing within
24 hours after the match.
8.2
The completed Appeal Form together with HKD300 must be sent to the Event Organizer and an
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email notice of the appeal should be sent to the Sports Association ([email protected]) .on
the same day.
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8.3
The amount will be refunded if the appeal is successful.
8.4
The decision of the Appeal Board is final.
The Sports Association, HKUSTSU reserves the right to make amendment to these Rules & Regulations
as deemed necessary without prior notice..
Sports Association, HKUSTSU, Session 2010-2011
5 August 2010
Attachment:
Appendix I – Event Participation Registration Form
Appendix II – Team Registration Form
Appendix III – Participant Registration form
Appendix IV – Email Template: Application for Swap
Appendix V – Email Template: Application for Arranging a New Match Date
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