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Documentation for the 2008 IWAS Wheelchair Rugby Sport Assembly - June
24, 2008
Below are each of the reports and motions submitted for discussion and vote
during the 2008 Sport Assembly in Vancouver, Canada on June 24, 2008. You can
download each document individually by clicking on the various links below, or
you can download all of the documents on this page in a single zip file by
clicking
HERE
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2006 Sport Assembly Minutes |
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Draft
Agenda for 2008 Sport Assembly |
| Motions | |
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Constitutional Motions |
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| 1. | To Change the name of Oceania Zone to Asia/Oceania Zone - download |
| 2. | To move Wheelchair Rugby from Sport Committee to independent International Federation status and establish transfer of governance from International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) - download *revised on June 4, 2008 |
| 3. | To create an International Wheelchair Rugby Hall of Fame - download |
| Non-Constitutional Motions - Submitted by IWRF Executive Committee |
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| 1. | To change the protest of Ineligibility to be consistent with protest procedures in the IPC Classification Code and International Standard for Protest - download |
| 2. | To adopt 3rd edition of the IWAS Wheelchair Rugby Classification Manual - download |
| 3. | To introduce a 40 second scoring clock and insert new articles xx, yy, zz and amend articles 40, 42, 45 as attached - motion 1 - motion 2 |
| 4. | To further change article 40 to ensure Technical Commissioner presence at all sanctioned tournaments - motion 1 - motion 2 |
| 5a. | To further change article 45 to confirm that TC is present to assist referees with correctable error situations (if 40 second rule accepted) - download |
| 5b. | To further change article 45 to confirm that TC is present to assist referees with correctable error situations (if 40 second rule not accepted) - download |
| 6. | To change Article 49 to change time between 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th and overtime periods to 2 minutes - download |
| 7. | To change Article 68 on substitutions as attached - download |
| 8. | To change Article 73 to a 12 second back-court violation - motion 1 - motion 2 |
| 9. | That throw-in violations article be altered as attached - download |
| Non-Constitutional Motions - Submitted by Member Countries |
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| 1. | That IWAS Wheelchair Rugby clarifies its position with regard to game protests - download |
| 2. | That IWAS Wheelchair Rugby require all chairs to be checked prior to the commencement of sanctioned tournaments with random checks taking place throughout the tournament - download |
| 3. | Assisted devices: any device to hold the ball in place resulting in a technical advantage should be prohibited - download |
| 4. | Classification: After a classification has been assigned to a female player, her classification shall be reduced by 0.5 points - download |
| 5. | Annex B: Score sheet: to introduce a new score sheet with a wider space for the minute of the goal to put the actual time of each of the goals scored - download |
| 6. | Article 103 Flagrant Foul: to introduce a harsher penalty for flagrant fouls - download |
| 7. | Article 101: Equipment Technical Foul: to introduce a further sanction of being deducted a time-out to go along with the technical foul for the team asking for a verification. If a team is out of time-outs, they will be assessed a second technical foul. - download |
| 8. | Article 49. Playing time: to introduce longer pauses during quarters and at half-time. That the interval at the end of the first and third periods would be 2 minutes and to establish a 10 minute interval at the end of the second period. In the event of overtime, there shall be a four minute interval between the end of regulation play and the first overtime period. If additional overtime periods are required, the rule would remain as it is presently and shall be a one-minute interval following each overtime period. - download |
| 9. | Article 56. Equipment time-out: to introduce a rule forbidding substitutions on equipment time-outs when the chair or player do not any equipment malfunctions preventing them from playing. - download |
| 10. | Article 54. Time-outs: to introduce 2 more time-outs per game for a total of 6. These additional time-outs would be 20 seconds in duration and would be used to avoid turnovers or substitute players - download |
| 11. | 40 and 12 seconds rule: to introduce a 12 seconds rule to cross half-court over the present 15 seconds to cross half and a 40 second score clock. - download |
| 12. | 3 referee system for major games: to introduce the implementation for a 3 referee crew to work at Paralympics and World Championships - download |
| 13. | Classification: to establish a 0.25 to 3.5 classification format with increments of 0.25.So new classifications would be 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2.0, 2.25, 2.50, 2.75, 3.0, 3.25 and 3.5. - download |
| 14. | Classification: 1.5 Trunk/hips. To introduce a 1.5 trunk/hips for non spinal cord (SCI)/tetraplegics. - download |
| 15. | Classification: to introduce two separate classification systems for Spinal Cord Injuries/tetraplegics and les Autres (others). - download |
| 16. | Add in Article 34 Classification the following wording: behind sentence a. …… and gender. Behind the second sentence on Page 15: The point limit of 8.0 is increased for each female player on court. - download |
| 17 | Add new article behind article 53 and include Goal clock behind Article 15 "A team in possession of a live ball is limited to 40 seconds to score a goal. Any violation that keeps the team in possession of the ball stops the goal clock and is restarted when the ball is live again" - download |
| 18. | Change article 73 from 15 second violation to 12 second violation - download |
| 19. | Addition to Article 64: Playing the ball regulations (rules) - download |
| 20. | To propose a committee be formed to identify key issues (in classification system) and develop proposals for revising and updating classification rules and procedures - download |
| You can download all documents on this page in a single zip file by clicking here | |
