Inter Association Draw – Option B

Last updated 18 July 2007

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Division One to be the top 9 teams from the North Island and the rest are split into Regions

Within each Region:
~ there will be pools of teams in ability order with the ‘remainder’ split into 2 groups with play offs
~ teams will progress up the divisions until they reach Div 2 – where they play off for the right to move up to Division 1

To ensure that the ‘remainder’ get a reasonable number of ties, the sizes of pools may vary from one year to another.

Masters Division 2 for each region would be kept at 7 teams – 3 weekends of 2 ties with the 4^th weekend used for play offs between top 2 of Div 2 NR and Div 2 CR

See below for pool sizes depending on entries

If we had used this option in 2007 the sizing would have been:

Masters:

Division 1 9

Northern Region Central Region

Div 2 7 Div 2 7

Div 3 7 Div 3 6

Div 4 7 Div 4 6

Div 5 6

Veterans:

Division 1 9

Northern Region Central Region

Div 2 10 Div 2 7

Pros:

~ travel is restricted to within own region

Cons:

~ ability levels within a pool is greater (than in option A)

~ some Auckland area teams may not get out of Auckland

~ pool sizes within Divisions will change from year to year – depending on numbers of teams

~ teams will not get 8 ties in a year unless they are in a pool of 9

~ depending on which Region’s team is relegated from Div 1, more than 1 team may need to relegated to the next pool
- if pool sizes change as well

Pool sizes depending on entries (for Masters Div 3 and below)

For Masters

12	6,6	Masters – CR
13	6,7
14	7,7
15	7,8
16	9,7
17	9,8
18	9,9
19	7,6,6
20	7,7,6	Masters – NR
21	7,7,7
22	9,7,6
23	9,7,7
24	9,8,7
25	9,9,7
26	9,9,8
27	9,9,9
28	9,7,6,6