ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION
The Association shall consist of
district associations as laid down in the bye-laws of
the Association.
BYE-LAWS
| 1 |
Districts:
The districts into which the Association is divided
are:
| A. |
Co. Down (including Belfast East of the
Lagan) |
| B. |
South Antrim (Belfast West of the Lagan,
Lisburn, Newtownabbey, Carrickfergus, Whitehead) |
| C. |
The rest of Co. Antrim, Co. Londonderry,
North Donegal. |
| D. |
Co. Armagh, Co. Monaghan. |
| E. |
Co. Cavan, Co. Fermanagh, Co. Tyrone, South
Donegal. |
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| 2 |
Each member school of the Association shall be
a member of its district. |
| 3 |
Each district, at an annual
meeting of all Secondary Schools in that district,
(to which meeting, each school shall be entitled
to send two representatives) shall elect:-
| (a) |
District Chairman |
| (b) |
District Hon Treasurer |
| (c) |
District Hon Secretary |
| (d) |
three members of committee representing
track and field, one of whom shall represent
girls’ athletics; |
| (e) |
three members of committee
representing cross-country, one of whom shall
represent girls’ athletics; |
| (f) |
three representatives
of the district to the Executive who shall,
ex-officio, be representatives of the district
at the Annual General Meeting and extraordinary
general meetings; |
| (g) |
seven other representatives
of the district to the Annual General Meeting
and extraordinary general meeting (of the
ten district representatives to the Annual
General Meeting, four should represent girls’
athletics). |
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| 4 |
Those elected under 3a, b, c, d, e shall constitute
the committee of the Association for the district
and shall be responsible for the work of the Association
in the district. |
| 5 |
Each district committee shall elect two sub-committees,
one to run a district cross-country championships
and one to run a track and field championship. The
committee shall have power to co-opt to these sub-committees. |
| 6 |
All competitions run by the district committees
shall have power to fill any vacancy, which may
arise from any cause, in any elected position until
the next meeting. |
| 7 |
Each district shall submit its accounts and balance
sheet to the Hon Treasurer of the Association by
1st October in each year. |
| 8 |
Competitors in any event promoted by the Association
must be pupils in full-time attendance at a Secondary
School affiliated to the Association. |
THE CHAMPIONSHIP SYSTEM
The Association’s Championship system is organised
to progress methodically from school level to international
level. A school enters teams or individuals for its
District Championships. From there they may qualify,
according to the relevant rules of competition, to compete
in the Ulster Championships. From there they may further
qualify to compete in the Irish Schools Championships.
In Track and Field competition, an
Ulster team is then selected to compete in the Interprovincial
competition, which is held at the end of June. In all
these competitions, schools are responsible for presenting
their athletes at the set venue at the set time.
For international competitions Irish
teams are selected by the I.S.A.A. with a selection
committee comprising representatives of all four Provinces.
So that this whole system can progress
methodically, schools and staff are asked to co-operate
as thoroughly as possible, especially in matters of
safety. The organisers should make sure that all competitors
and officials are aware of the rules of competition
and various safety factors. Spectators should also be
briefed on safety. It should be emphasised that athletes
when not competing and judges when not officiating are
spectators.
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