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HANDBOOK
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BISAC CONSTITUTION
1. Name: The Bangkok International School Athletic Conference (BISAC).
2. Purpose:
The purpose of BISAC is to provide a well-rounded program of interscholastic athletics
for member schools. BISAC seeks to provide rules and regulations governing the
conference that will achieve recognized educational objectives, promote the traditions of
international sportsmanship, and provide an enjoyable activities program for all
participants, spectators and supporters. This constitution provides the framework and
regulations by which BISAC operates.
3. Membership:
Current Permanent schools:
ISB
RIS
SHB
ICS
NIST
BIST
NIVA
DsSB
International School Bangkok
Ruamrudee International School
Shrewsbury International School
International Community School
New International School Thailand
Bromsgrove International School Thailand
NIVA International School
Ruamrudee International School Swiss Section
Invite Schools:
HIS
BPS
ASB
STJ
TIS
TCIS
EIS
Harrow International School
Bangkok Patana School
American School Bangkok
St. John’s International School
Traill International School
Thai Chinese International School
Ekamai International School
Prem International School, St. Stephen’s International School,
Chiang Mai International School, ISS.
Requirements to remain in the league:
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Direct or host one tournament a year.
Have a voting representative at each BISAC Directors’ meeting.
Participate in one tournament each season for boys and girls. (If not, a school
must show they have participated in enough tournaments to remain in the league)
Membership must be paid by the first meeting each year = 10,000 Baht.
Schools hosting BISAC associated events are to ensure qualified medical personal
(nurse min.) are available on site for the duration of the event. The term event
includes BISAC tournaments, festivals and ‘friendly’ matches between BISAC
member schools.
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Application for BISAC Membership.
Schools wishing to apply for BISAC membership must complete the following
procedure
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Contact is made with The BISAC Chair to discuss the BISAC
organisation and its membership requirements.
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Should the applicant school decide to carry on with its application to
BISAC Membership, a BISAC Membership Application form would
need to be submitted to the BISAC Chair. (This Application Form can
be found as Appendix One at the end of this document)
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The application will be considered at the next scheduled BISAC
Meeting.
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If the application is deemed to have potential, the representative of the
applicant school will be invited to the following scheduled BISAC
Meeting, at which point any outstanding questions that BISAC
Members have would need to be satisfactorily addressed. If the
application is successful, the applicant school would initially be
granted a year’s probationary membership.
4. Conference Committee:
The principal of the school may designate a conference committee consisting of the
athletic director or activities director, or such alternate as. The conference committee
shall elect as chairperson an educator from the committee, secretary and a treasurer.
Elections will be held bi-annually at the May meeting.
- Term of office extends from June 1 through 31 May for two years.
- Nominations for elected positions shall be submitted to the conference
chairperson by May 1st.
- Each school (in attendance) has one vote.
- Chairperson has tie-breaking vote.
5. Dues / Fees:
Each member school shall pay 10,000 baht per school. Dues are payable to the BISAC
treasurer by the first BISAC meeting in the school year. Dues shall be used to purchase
scorebooks, medals, administrative costs, and other materials as determined by the
conference committee. In addition, each school team at a tournament is expected to pay a
3,000 baht tournament fee for all BISAC competitions.
6. Quorum:
The presence of a representative from 8 schools, at any called or regularly scheduled
meeting of the conference committee, shall constitute a quorum sufficient for transacting
and business for BISAC.
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7. Amendments:
This BISAC constitution may be amended by a 5/6 vote of all members present.
Members unable to attend a meeting that is considering constitutional amendments may
vote by letter or be telephone. Any amendment to be voted on must be circulated in
writing to all schools not less than 30 days in advance of the day of voting.
8. By-Laws:
Shall be established by the conference committee by a 5/6 vote of the members. No bylaws may contravene any article of the constitution.
9. Dissolution:
This conference committee may be abolished by a 5/6 vote of its members. All remaining
funds in the treasury will be divided among member schools on the following basis:
- If the treasury does not have sufficient funds to disburse, then any remaining
funds will be apportioned on the basis of the percent contribution to the treasury
in the current year by the member school.
- Outstanding Debts: member schools will pay BISAC debts proportionally. The
proportion will be determined on the basis of the percent of the total dues each
school has contributed that year.
BISAC By-Laws
1. Purpose:
- To provide rules and regulations governing the BISAC Conference that will
achieve recognized educational objectives, promote the traditions of international
sportsmanship, and provide an enjoyable activities program for all participants.
2. The conference committee will govern eligibility of students that participate in all
interscholastic activities. The chairperson of BISAC may request member schools to
provide eligibility documentation for participating students.
3. Any violation by member schools of rules established under this constitution may
result in forfeiture of title or honors. A flagrant violation may result in suspension of that
school from participation in that activity or all activities for the balance of, or a part of the
school year.
4. The conference committee will select the tournament site.
5. Minutes of meetings:
- The minutes of regular and special meetings of the conference committee of
BISAC will be forwarded to all conference committee members and
administrators of schools who are members of BISAC.
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6. Duties of elected conference officers:
- Chairperson
Preside at all conference committee meetings
Prepare and inform all conference committee members of proposals and agendas
for all meetings.
Serve as a voting member of the protest committee
Direct the conference committee so that the provisions of the constitution are
carried out.
Carry on BISAC correspondence.
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Secretary
Record and distribute within 10 school days minutes of all conference committee
meetings.
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Treasurer
Account for conference committee funds through the use of a prepared financial
statement and standard accounting procedures. A financial statement will be
provided for each committee meeting.
Order and distribute all conference-provided medals and supplies.
7. Applicability:
- Applicable to all BISAC and BISAC invite schools.
8. Scope:
- Any sport approved by the conference committee falls under BISAC standardised
rules.
- Individual schools may schedule non-conference activities and are encouraged to
explore them.
9. Eligibility (All sports except swimming):
- U11
- U13
- U15
- U17
- U19
- As of the 1st Aug (no exceptions)
10. All rosters limited to 15 players.
11. Compliance with the eligibility regulation is the responsibility of the competing
school. The tournament director then following the BISAC protests procedure shall deal
with issues of eligibility. Sports teams found to have fielded ineligible players may be
liable to disqualification from the tournament.
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12. Participation in a BISAC sponsored activity shall be limited to students that are
considered by their own school to be full time students.
13. Start times for non-tournament ‘Friendly’game fixtures are scheduled for 3:30 pm,
unless otherwise notified.
General Procedures:
1. The Athletic Director of each member school will forward team rosters to the
tournament director at least 7 days in advance of the tournament. Failure to distribute
such a roster may result in being disqualified for participation from the tournament.
Roster changes will then be forwarded as necessary.
2. If one school needs extra player(s) to field a full legal aged team, they may request
them from another school. This will encourage all schools to participate in tournaments
and follow eligibility guidelines.
3. Protests:
- To lodge a protest a coach must:
a) Notify the tournament director at the time of the contest of the decision to
protest.
b) Present a protest form to the administration of the involved schools and the
BISAC chairperson within 7 days.
The following procedures for resolving protest of competition will be followed:
Note: Judgment rulings of officials are not disputable. The tournament director
makes the final decision and if any additional action needs to be taken the
following guidelines will apply.
a) The chairperson of BISAC consisting of the following will form a committee
of three: Chairperson of BISAC, Principal of other than the schools involved,
Coach from a school not involved.
b) The head coaches from the teams involved should be present to clarify their
position, but will have no voting power.
c) Inform all schools in the league of the decision made and the action taken.
d) The committee’s decision will be final and binding.
Tournament Procedures:
1. BISAC tournaments can become BISAC invitational tournaments at the discretion of
the tournament director.
2. Tournament director will send out invitations to member schools four weeks prior to
the tournament.
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3. Member schools should respond at least three weeks prior of their intention to
participate.
4. Tournament directors should send out tournament schedules two weeks prior to a
tournament. Any schools canceling participation after this date can be billed their
tournament entrance fee by the host school.
5. All participating schools will send a BISAC roster to the tournament director at least 7
days before the tournament.
6. Tournament seeding to be based on previous years results, additional schools based on
alphabetical order.
All BISAC Tournaments involving a 2 pool system, utilise a 1, 4 and 2, 3 system of
seeding.
Pool A
Pool B
1, 4, 5, 8, 10
2, 3, 6, 7, 9
7. Only BISAC member schools are allowed to participate in BISAC Tournaments.
(Under 11 BISAC Sports Festivals are exempt from this restriction.)
At the Tournament Directors discretion, a BISAC ‘B’ Team may be invited to a
tournament if only there are 3 or 7 BISAC schools entered in the tournament and an
additional team is deemed desirable.
‘B’ Teams schools can not win either the BISAC Plaque or BISAC Medals as these will
always be awarded to the official entries of the top placed BISAC schools.
Host schools to purchase additional separate trophies and medals in the event a ‘B’ Team
achieves success in a BISAC tournament
8. Tournament rules include
 A player receiving two yellow cards in a tournament misses the next
following game in the tournament.
 A red carded player is off for the remainder of that game and also misses
the following game.
9. Tournament Directors are recommended to have available on the event administration
desk, a current copy of that sports international governing body’s rule book.
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Under 11 Structure for Festivals of Sport
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There will be limited organized weekly matches.
There will be a season-ending competition for each sport.
Schools may enter as many graded teams as a host school can facilitate.
Participation certificate or ribbon given to all participants.
Host school will organize format and purchase/distribute awards.
Recommended: Competitions will be no longer than 4 hours in length.
RULES & REGULATIONS (ALL SPORTS):
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VOLLEYBALL
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Net Heights
U 15 Boys 2.24 / Girls 2.20
U 17 Boys 2.38 / Girls 2.24
U 19 Boys 2.43 / Girls 2.24
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All International Volleyball Federation Rules Apply (FIVB)
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FIVB Rules apply to tie breakers.
U.13 Volleyball
Net height
- 2.1m
Service
- boys are permitted to serve over-arm.
- automatic rotation after five consecutive points won by
one player. Team maintains possession.
Sets
- best of three; first two to 25, max score 27 – 26; third set
to 15, no max score
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BASKETBALL
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Ball size and goal height
- U 11
Size 5 girls, Size 6 boys / Height 8 Feet
- U 13
Size 6 girls, Size 6 boys / Height 10 Feet
- U 15 / U17 / U 19 Size 6 girls, Size 7 boys / Height 10 Feet
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Four quarters 8 minute running clock / 2 min. stop at the end of each half.
(Under 11 – 8 minute halves with running clock.)
- Maximum number of games allowed to be played by each individual team on any
one day of the tournament is 3 or 4 games
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Tournament director will decide tournament times dependent on teams and
venues.
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FIBA Rules apply to tie breakers.
U.11 Basketball
No full court defence. Upon losing possession, teams must retire immediately,
without hindering the attacking team, and defend from within the three point line.
Players must have both feet behind the three point line before they are able to defend.
Upon first infringement of this rule, the team will be given a warning and a sideline
ball is awarded. Any subsequent infringement will result in a personal foul against
the infringing player and a free shot will be given to the opposing team.
U.13 Basketball
No full court defence. Upon losing possession, teams must retire immediately,
without hindering the attacking team, and defend from within their own half. Players
must have both feet behind the halfway line before they are able to defend.
Upon first infringement of this rule, the team will be given a warning and a sideline
ball is awarded. Any subsequent infringement will result in a personal foul against
the infringing player and a free shot will be given to the opposing team.
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SOCCER
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Ball size
- U 11 / U 13
Size 4, girls & boys
- U 15 / U17 / U 19 Size 5, girls & boys
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10 – 12 min halves
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Free substitution allowed
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5 minute golden goal OT in playoffs in a tournament. Shoot out of three players
until a winner is declared.
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Following point value during league play – Win 4 pts, Tie 2 pts, Loss 1 pt.
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All FIFA rules are in play as is the FIFA tiebreaker rules.
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4.
SOFTBALL
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Helmets at 13/17/19
Option on catchers wearing helmets
Tournament Tie-breaker
In the case of a points tie the following criteria will be used to break the tie:
1. Head to head result:
In the case of a draw or multi-way tie the following shall be applied to
break the tie:
1.
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3.
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Run differential exclusively involving tied teams only;
Runs for, exclusively involving tied teams only;
Run differential involving all teams;
Runs for involving all teams;
Once the first tie-break in a multi-way tie has been resolved, additional
ties will be resolved in the same format using the same sequence of
procedures beginning with, 1. head to head result;
6. If all the above can not resolve the tie the positions shall be shared. (This
last point is used in a league situation – no play-offs)
U.17 Softball
All ISF rules apply (www.internationalsoftball.com/rules.html) with the
following exceptions:
-Girl’s will pitch from 40 feet, Boys 46 feet
-15 foot commitment line from home plate
-No tag at home after the runner crosses the commitment line, force play only.
-12 inch red stitch ball
-The mercy rule will continue to be used in the interest of good
sportsmanship and saving time.
U-13 Softball:
1. ISF Slow pitch rules apply
2. No walks: coach pitch (4 Balls – out) / Fielder stands beside coach
3. Bases: 50 ft. 15.24m
4. Pitchers mound: 33 ft. 10.058m
5. Fence distance: 230 ft. or 70.10m
6. No stealing or sliding. Must be on the base until the ball is hit.
7. Batted ball must travel 10 ft or 3.05m
8. Standard game 4 innings
9. Regulation size 11 inch ball / restricted flight
10. Extension of line from 3rd base to avoid clashes
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U.11 T-Ball (MS)
TBAWA rules (original document) can be accessed at
http://www.tbawa.org.au/
All Tee-ball games will take place under a modified version of these rules.
The rules are modified for the following reasons:
Exception to Rules
A soft-impact ball –
Easton Softouch 9” Cloth Incrediball
10 fielders / Batters
Whole team bats each inning
Introduction of a 4.5M “Bunt Line”
Introduction of a “Commitment Line”
5M from home and “Scoring Line”
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extending 1 / Home base line
3 innings games
Effect on Game
No helmets
Gloves / mitts optional
No three-out rules apply
Last better announced – no
“Dead Ball” on last batter
Removes umpires judgment call
on contact; If the ball does not
cross the “Bunt Line” it is a Foul
All plays at Home are Force
plays
Removes risk of collision at
Home
Removes need to remove Tee
Controls length of game
Specifications
Diamond To Be Redrawn Showing Warm Up Circle, “Bunting Line” and
“Commitment / Scoring Lines”.
Diamond
(a) Baselines: 15m
(b) Dead Ball Line: 6.10m from Foul Ball Lines 6.10m radius from point
of home plate
(c) Pitchers Plate: as close to14.02m from point of home plate
(d) Batting Boxes: 1.83m x 1.22m 150mm from home plate closed across
the top of box.
(e) Coaches Boxes: 1.83m from Foul Ball lines.
(i) A warm-up circle of 1m diameter shall be drawn with the centre point
located 1.25m inside the dead ball line and 3m forward of home plate to
the left and right of the batting boxes to allow the next batter to warm-up.
(ii) Any live ball seen by the umpire to be entering the warm-up circle or
the coaches boxes, the umpire will call ‘Time’ and the outcome of that
play to be decided in consultation by both the plate and field umpire.
Possible U.11 T-Ball modification: * Can have coach pitch. If the coach
pitches and the batter does not hit after 4 pitches then the ball is placed on the T.
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5.
BADMINTON
1. The BISAC Badminton Tournament is conducted under IBF International
Rules. Exceptions will be noted in the below listed regulations.
2. Teams
- Schools may register 8 players.
- Each team manager must nominate their team’s rankings to the
tournament director at least 15 minutes before their first game (3 singles
and 2 double combinations plus a substitute player) Rankings to be in
affect for the completion of the entire tournament.
- The 8th player may be used for substituting an injured player. All
subsequent players are moved up the rankings.
- If another player is injured the players are again moved up the rankings
and the un-played game is forfeited.
- The 8th player (Reserve player), may substitute either for a 2nd doubles
or a 3rd singles player in any match.
U.17’s use plastic shuttles
U.19’s use feather shuttles
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Each match will consist of 3 singles games and 2 doubles. A non-scoring friendly match
between opposing teams substitute players (if available) may take place at this time.
SCORING SYSTEM
7.1 A match shall consist of the best of three games, unless otherwise arranged
(Appendix 2 and 3).
7.2 A game shall be won by the side which first scores 21 points, except as
provided in Law 7.4 and 7.5.
7.3 The side winning a rally shall add a point to its score. A side shall win a rally,
if the opposing side commits a fault or the shuttle ceases to be in play because it
touches the surface of the court inside the opponent’s court.
7.4 If the score becomes 20-all, the side which gains a two point lead first, shall
win that game.
7.5 If the score becomes 29-all, the side scoring the 30th point shall win that game.
7.6 The side winning a game shall serve first in the next game.
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If teams are level on points at the end of the round-robin games then the final placing
will be decided by the following Tie Breakers:
(1) Result of Head to Head match
(2) Sets Lost
Should the shuttle hit any obstruction such as basketball backboards, rings or nets,
then a let should be played.
All matches will be scored and umpired by the players themselves.
6.
TENNIS
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7.
Similar format to the badminton
Pro – set / or regular best of three sets.
SWIMMING
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Age divisions - Juniors - Ages 6 and under, Ages 7 and 8, Ages 9 and 10
- Seniors - Ages 11 and 12, Ages 13 and 14, Ages 15 and over.
Eligibility is based on the date of competition.
BISAC Swim League Meets to start at 3:45pm, regardless of which schools are still on
the way to the event.
8.
TRACK & FIELD
- Age groups are U11, U 13 and U 15 as of 1 August
- See BISAC Handbook Supplement
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BISAC Handbook Supplement
BISAC Track and Field Champioships
Scope:
The Athletics Championships will be conducted with a Boys and a Girls
Division in each of three age categories.
Under 11’s
Under 13’s
Under 15’s
Eligibility:
Ages for the BISAC Athletics Championships will be calculated on
athletes’ ages as of the 1st August preceding the start of the academic year
of competition.
Awards:
Trophies/Plaques will be awarded for:
Under 11’s
Boy’s Divison
Girl’s Divison
Under 13’s
Boy’s Divison
Girl’s Divison
Under 15’s
Boy’s Divison
Girl’s Divison
Overall Winners
Boy’s Divison
Girl’s Divison
Schools unable to field a full team can therefore bring along teams in each
age group and have the opportunity to be successful.
There will be medals for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed athletes.
Entries:
Schools may enter 2 athletes in an individual event and 1 relay team.
An athlete may enter a maximum of;
2 track events + 1 field event + 1 relay
OR
2 field events + 1 track event + 1 relay
Scoring system:
Individual events
Relay events
Track Schedule:
1500m / 60m / 100m / 400m / 600m / 200m / 800m / Relays
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Notes:
Lane allocation will be pre-drawn.
1500M races may be combined in the following manner;
U.13 Girls + U.15 Girls and U.13 Boys + U.15 Boys.
Timed finals: All events will be conducted as timed finals.
Event Priority: Track events have priority over field events.
Field events: Competitors in the field events will receive an opportunity for two warmup trials prior to competition. With the exception of the high jump event,
in competition competitors will have the opportunity of a maximum of
three attempts.
Shot Put weights:
U.13 Girls
U.13 Boys
U.15 Girls
U.15 Boys
2.75 KG
3.00 KG
3.00 KG
4.00 KG
U.11 Ball Push (Basketball Chest Pass). This is a two handed basketball chest
push/pass using a size 5 basketball. Travel across the Shot Put circle is permitted
as per normal regulations for Shot Put. The ball must be “pushed” from within a
2m diameter circle. The thrower can start from any point within the circle and can
move across the circle with the ball, but may not step on the circle or outside the
front of the circle, even after releasing the ball. The ball must be initially held in
two hands, touching the chest until the ball is pushed in a single action from the
chest. The ball can ultimately be propelled from one or two hands as long as the
ball begins in two. (A shoulder pass or push will be considered a ‘no-throw’.)
Baseball Throw A baseball is the implement thrown for the following
age groups; U.11 and U.13.
Javelin U.15’s will throw a Javelin Trainer.
Discus weights.
Weights.
U.13 Girls
U.13 Boys
U.15 Girls
U.15 Boys
0.75kg
1.00kg
1.00kg
1.25kg
High Jump:
 The starting bar height will be set at a height all competitors
are capable of achieving success.
 The bar will be raised at 3cm intervals
 Once the competition has been won the winner may set the bar
at any height they wish
 Competitors are eliminated after 3 consecutive failures,
regardless of the height at which such failures occur.
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Additional Information
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All entries must be submitted one week prior to competition.
No changes permitted for individual events after this time. Only scratches will be
accepted.
Changes to the relay teams can be made on the day of competition.
Officials
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Thai AAA officials will officiate the track races (and possibly assist with field events).
Each school participating is required to conduct at least one field event. At least
one person conducting the field event should be a qualified athletics official in the
event, or a physical education teacher.
Field events will be allocated to participating schools in the order requests for
each event are received by the host school. First in – best served.
Entry Fee
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Each competitor will be charged 100 baht total for an entry fee.
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Appendix Two
BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS ATHLETICS
CONFERENCE
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
Name of School: ____________________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________________________
Phone: _________________________________ Fax: ____________________
Name of Chief School Administrator: ___________________________________
Name of BISAC Coordinator: __________________________________________
Type of Curriculum followed:
US
UK
IB
OTHER
Student Population: _____________________ Grades: ___________________
USE A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER FOR YOUR ANSWERS
1. Why is your school applying for membership in BISAC?
2. Have your school authorities read/agreed to support BISAC policies.
Participation Capabilities:
1. List those BISAC activities in which your school would like to participate.
* Indicate age levels and gender.
2. Describe personnel available and qualified to coach/sponsor these activities.
Hosting Capabilities:
1. What previous major sports events has your school hosted?
2. Which BISAC activities would your school be willing/able to host using school-owned
facilities? (Please describe these facilities in detail). * Indicate age levels.
3. Which BISAC activities would your school be willing/able to host using other available
facilities?
4. Describe personnel available and qualified to organize these activities.
5. What emergency medical arrangements would you provide during hosted activities?
APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY:
______________________________
BISAC Coordinator
__________________________
Chief School Administrator
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Date
(Please include a copy of a map to your school)
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