WORLD TANDEM TOUR/ITSA

Contest rule book

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PURPOSE

(A) Proposed to the best Tandem Teams to participate in international events during the year.
(B) Provide a guarantee that World Tandem Tour will gather the best Tandem Teams in the world.
(C) Permit to each country to improve its federal work by having the organisation of an important International contest.
(D) Allow Tandem Teams to get prize money.
(E) Any brand of surf or others will be able to sponsor and organise an event if of course they accept the ITSA technical rules and charges and be approved by local organisation.

1 - PRINCIPAL

(A)The World Tandem Tour is a competition that takes place in a minimum of four contests that will be held in different countries.
(B) Every Nations are invited to organise an event on their territory.
(C) Any country that is a member of the ITSA may be candidate to organise an event of the World Tandem Tour. Each nation may organise more than one contest.
(D) The World Tandem Tour is opened to everyone
(E) The technical organisation of the contest is provided by the ITSA. The technical rules used are the ITSA ones.
(F) The organiser provides the site organisation and intendance.

2 - FORMAT OF THE WORLD TANDEM TOUR

(A) The World Tandem Tour will have minimum two days duration on weekends, from Saturdays to Sundays (if possible).
(B) The inscriptions can be made on the site of the contest till the day before the event.
(C) If a directly qualified Tandem Team cannot participate, will be replaced by the next team ranked.
(D) The contest will generally be held on the straight elimination format. The country organising the event with according of Technical Director will exceptionally be able to use a single or double elimination format (according to the number of the surfers and to the surf conditions).

3 – ORGANISERS OBLIGATIONS

(A) The organisers must provide the International Tandem Surfing Association with a copy of civil liability to cover the event for the minimum sum required by the host country at least 15 days before the contest
(B)The country organising have the right to propose 2 judges, all the other countries can propose a maximum of 2 judges. If the numbers of judges are more or less than 6 the Head Judge and/or the Technical Director (or representative) will decide how to handle it.
(C) For 2009 and after the judges will be chosen by ranking.
(D) All the charges with judges, Head Judge and Technical Director will be granted by the organisation.
(E) The Head Judge will be chosen by the ITSA
(E) Judges will receive $90 per day. After day 1 an allowance of 60 $ per day is paid to ITSA judges for days when not judging.
(F) The Head Judge will receive full benefits and at least $130 per day. After day 1 an allowance of 80 $ per day for days when not judging.
(G) The Event Director must assist in obtaining adequate accommodation and meals, for the ITSA staff for the duration of the event (Eg: Thursday night till Sunday night included).
(H) A minimum of 16 teams must be accepted by the organisers.

4 - ORGANISING A EVENT OF A WORLD TANDEM TOUR

(A) Any candidature must be proposed to the ITSA before the deadline set by the ITSA
(B) World Tandem Tour

5 - PRIZE MONEY REQUERIMENTS

(A)The total prize money in 4-man format is:

6 - COMPETITORS OBLIGATIONS

(A) All contestants who place 4th or better in the Tandem event, must attend the scheduled event presentation, unless prior consent is given by the Event Director or their prize money will be forfeited.
(B) Competitors must co-operate with the media and attend post-heat press conferences where applicable.
(C) Every competitor must be an ITSA member, and pay an annual tax of US $ 50/Pers.

7 - SEEDING 2008

(A)The seeding for the world Tandem Tour 2008 is based on the 2007 ISA World Title’s 12 best team + the 4 best team from the 2007 WTT .
(B)The waiting list will be seeded and then added to the seeding in case of free places.

8 - RANKINGS 2007

(A)The points resulting from a classification in an event is in the last page.
(B) After the 3rd event, the ranking will be made by the total 50% of the events year plus one (ex. 4 events = 4best results, 5 events = 4 best results; 6 events = 4 best results, 7 events = 5 best results,etc…)

09 - SCHEDULE FOR 2007

(A) Willing to keep a harmony between nationals and international schedules it is compulsory that the ITSA and the different Federations find common dates at which each Federation will organise its national schedule.
(B) Organizers should send the applications for organizing WTT 08 till December 31st 2007 (except exception)

10 - EVENT EQUIPMENT

(A) Material: Computer judging system, electricity/generator. Scales. P.A. system, chairs, tables, notice board, time disks (green and yellow) or flags, buoy, competition vests, pens, pencils, staplers, judging sheets, tally sheets, binoculars, horns, copy paper, copy machine, first Aid-Kit.
(B) Staff: Event Director, ITSA Head Judge, 4 Judges, Beach Marshal, Head Announcer, Timers, Disk Operator, Spotter, Tabulator, Media Liaison, Workforce, Security.

Points for ranking :

In case of changes to the rulebooks, the official event rulebook is the Technical Director own rulebook where all doubts will be clarified.