Registration Form for Freshmen Cup Swimming Tournament Taoyuan Campus Academic Year 2012-2013 (Women’s team)

Ming Chuan University Freshmen Cup Sports Tournament Competition Procedures

1. Purpose: This competition will be held to encourage faculty, staff, and students interested in sports, to help cultivate students’ sporting habits, and to promote friendship among students.

2. Competing Teams: Divided into male and female teams based on departments.

3. Eligibility for Participation: All new students of Ming Chuan University who have been issued a student ID card of Academic Year 2012-13 are eligible to form a team in their departments (not including returning students).

4. Registration Date: From now until 12:30 pm, September 19, 2012.

5.Registration Venue:Physical Education Office, Ms. Chou, Li-Ching＆Mr. Kao, Chun-Chieh.

6. Registration Procedure: Fill out the registration form, with one leader, one manager and the number of members as required by regulations. Each team is required to prepare two registration forms with the same content, save one copy for the team, and hand in the other one to the Physical Education Office.

7. Competitions and member limitation:

(1) Volleyball: Divided into men and women groups with 12 players each. Each game is 40 points. Players have to exchange court sides when one team has 20 points; each team may call for two time-outs and 6 player substitutions. Departments with students who are admitted by recommendation for sports may only send 2 of these students to each competition. The male and female champion team of each campus will have a final championship competition at 12:10 on November 23, 2012 on Taipei Campus.

(2) Basketball: Divided into men and women groups with 18 players on each team, and the game will be played in accordance with the updated international basketball regulations. Each department has to prepare their own uniforms. Departments with students who are admitted by recommendation for sports may only send 1 of these students to each competition. The male and female champion team of each campus will have a final championship competition at 12:10 on November 23, 2012 on Taoyuan Campus.

(3) Swimming: Events include 50m freestyle, 50m breaststroke and 200m freestyle relay race. Competing teams will be divided into men and women groups with 2-3 participants in each team. (but at least 4 for relay race) Every participant can register for only 2 events, not including relay race.

8. Drawing of lots: The drawing of lots will take place at 12:30 pm on September 21, 2012.

9. Leader meeting: Will take place at 12:30 pm on September 21, 2012.

10. Date and time of the competition: From September 19 to November 23, 2012

11. Awards and penalties: 

(1) The first-, second-, third - and forth place teams in the competition will be awarded a trophy Moreover, a trophy will be awarded to the final champion teams for both basketball and volleyball. The top four players of each competition will be awarded with one or two third-level merits in accordance with student merit and demerit regulations. (Two third-level merits will be awarded to the first and second place, and one third-level merit to third and fourth place.)

(2) The final accumulated scores that combine male and female performances will be the judging standard for the top 3 group tournaments at the Taipei campus, and the top 6 ones at the Taoyuan campus.

(3) Points accumulation: In accordance with the tournaments each department wins in the competition - 5 points for 1st place, 3 points for 2nd place, 2 points for 3rd place and 1 point for 4th place. If the final scores are tied, the unit with the most 1st place prizes will win, and so forth.

(4) 2 points can be added to students’ physical education grade if they participate in the competition. 6 points maximum for each student.

(5) All contestants must register at the registration points with their student ID cards 10 minutes before each competition.

12.Upon being approved by the president, these regulations were announced and implemented. Any revision must follow the same procedure.