{"id":2246,"date":"2019-01-10T19:54:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T19:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/?p=2246"},"modified":"2021-12-07T14:16:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T19:16:56","slug":"minimum-requirements-for-hosting-a-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/minimum-requirements-for-hosting-a-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimum Requirements for Hosting a Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial; font-size:14pt; text-decoration:underline\"><strong>Minimum Requirements for Hosting a Competition<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>Invitational Competitions<\/strong><span style=\"color:#2e74b5\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 54pt\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Includes any ability level as designated by competition host\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Pre-\u00a0Divisioning\u00a0\/ Seeding is not required.\u00a0 Individual sports can be\u00a0divisioned\u00a0with final results. Team sports can use self\u00a0divisioning.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Sport rules may be adapted slightly, however rules regarding safety of athletes and coaches cannot be altered. As well, sport rules cannot be altered to provide an unfair advantage to an athlete or team. When sport rules are altered, specific variations must be outlined in the tournament format.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">It is recommended to have certified sport officials on site\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Registration fees not to exceed $25 per athlete, or $40 per golfer, fees should be set based on cost recovery (ie: facility fees should be covered by registration monies if possible)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Competition \/ tournament format and rules must be communicated to coaches prior to competition\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Official results from the competition should be submitted to the SOO Competition Developer\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>Conference Competitions\/Provincial Qualifier Competitions<\/strong><span style=\"color:#2e74b5\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 54pt\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Must include all ability levels and will include all events (where applicable).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Divisioning\u00a0\/ Seeding must occur to ensure all athletes\/teams are competing within their correct ability level\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Sport rules must adhere to the SOC Sport Rules (SOO Rule Supplements) unless previously approved by SOO\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">At least one certified sport officials must be on site\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Registration fees not to exceed $25 per athlete, or $40 per golfer, fees should be set based on cost recovery (ie: facility fees should be covered by registration monies if possible)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Official results (including all games sheets) and final team rosters must be submitted to the Competition Developer at SOO within two weeks of competition\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Competition \/ tournament format and rules must be communicated to coaches prior to competition\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black; font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt\"><strong>Eligibility of Participants<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">All athletes and coaches who participate in any competition MUST HAVE a current SOO registration number. Due to insurance implications, athletes or coaches who do not have a current SOO number are NOT eligible to participate in any competition.<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"color:black\">Athletes must be actively training with a SOO registered sports club to be eligible to participate in an SOO sanctioned competition.<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minimum Requirements for Hosting a Competition \u00a0 Invitational Competitions\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Includes any ability level as designated by competition host\u00a0 Pre-\u00a0Divisioning\u00a0\/ Seeding is not required.\u00a0 Individual sports can be\u00a0divisioned\u00a0with final results. Team sports can use self\u00a0divisioning.\u00a0 Sport rules may be adapted slightly, however rules regarding safety of athletes and coaches cannot be altered. As well, sport rules cannot be altered &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/minimum-requirements-for-hosting-a-competition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-post-no-container.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-2246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-competition","tag-hosting-a-competition","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}