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2016 IVF World Sprints Format
The IVF World Sprints Format has been confirmed for the 2016 World Sprint Championships being held in the Sunshine Coast, Australia.
2016
World Sprints Event
Structure:
It was
agreed at the February 2015 International Va'a Federation meeting that
the 2016 IVF World Sprints will see the beginning of the new World Sprints
structure:
IVF World Elite Championships and IVF World Club Championships.
World
Sprints Restructure Background:
The
restructure has been something that we have been pushing for since 2009. NKOA
prepared the original proposal in 2009. Once the original proposal was mooted
and met with positively, several meetings were held with the Tahitians who also
had a proposal for change and we came to a compromise on the 2 proposals.
The
NZ/Tahitian model was approved in draft in Calgary in 2011 and we have been
working on implementation since, with several modifications taking place as
necessary – the goal being Rio 2014.
Rio was not an ideal location to implement a new format, so it was decided that
2016 would see the introduction.
The final
restructured World Sprints programme was agreed to by countries at the recent
February meeting in Sunshine Coast and new race rules have been put in place to
cater for the new model.
Following is the confirmed structure of the 2016 IVF World Sprint
Championships:
World
Elite and World Club Sprint Championships – Overview 2016 and beyond
- The event will still take place every 2 years
- The first 2 days will be for elite selection teams from each IVF Member Organisation
- The following 5-6 days will be for Club teams. Club teams are defined by each association as they wish, and they (Member countries) are responsible for policing themselves. Club teams may be defined differently for local versus international competition.
- Essentially
there will be 2 events within the period.
- Depending on canoes and resources available there may be a crossover of the 2 events in the middle of the event.
- This format of racing is to cater for the growth of the sport and provide a pathway for Elite paddlers whilst at the same time catering for the development of the sport and the large club base.
- This change has been a 7 year work in progress.
Rules
(Overview):
All events will adhere to IVF Sprint Rules. IVF Sprint Rules have been modified to accommodate new event structure and rules.
WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
- The number of entries allowed by each member in the World Club Championship event are as follows:
V12 events: 3 entries per category U16 to Master 70
- Elite paddlers may participate in both Elite and Club racing
- Any Club team V6 must contain no more than 3 paddlers who participated in the World Elite Championship
- Any Club team V12 must contain no more than 6 paddlers who participated in the World Elite Championship
- Each IVF Country/Region must confirm that the club teams entered are in fact members of bonafide clubs within their country. Club teams are defined at the discretion of the IVF member country.
- At the
World Club Championship uniform should be representative of the IVF member
region or club.
WORLD ELITE CHAMPIONSHiP
- Teams will be representing their
IVF Member country/reg
- Countries may enter 1 team per
category.
- Only the following categories
will be recognised:
Junior Development (J19) male & female 500m & 1000m
Elite (Open) male
and female 500m & 1500m
- Countries may enter 1 x V12 team
per gender
- Countries may enter 3 x V1
paddlers per category (all categories J16 to M70) into the World Championship
- Countries can earn up to a
maximum of 6 x V1 entries total based on the number of medalists in the
previous World Sprints. One medal allows four entries, two medals
allow five entries and three medals allow six entries.
- At the World Elite Championship
uniform should be a national uniform of the County/Region
General
Each IVF
Country/region is responsible for entering club teams and participants and is
to act as the management between the host country and club teams.
Paddlers
may paddle in more than 1 age category – however the race programme will not
wait or change for paddlers should they be racing back to back. The general
race schedule will be determined prior to entries being called for.
There shall be unique medals that identify
the World Elite and World Club Championship.
Scheduling of events
The
beginning of the week will be dedicated to World Elite Championship races, the
end of the week will be World Club races. Depending on the canoes available
there may be an overlap of events in the middle of the week.
Full race rules will be available shortly
The Waka Ama New Zealand Process for Qualification to the 2016 IVF World Club Championship, will follow in a separate panui shortly. The Process for Elite Selection will be released in late April 2015
Please send any queries to [email protected]
