Sports

Description:

The sports competition emphasizes sportsmanship and team-building skills. It can be an enjoyable way to get to know and spend time with different Church participants.

Competition Guidelines & Evaluation Criteria:

General:

  • All players should only compete in their respective age groups and respective gender category.
  • A form will be provided for each competition to be completed by each team providing the names of all the team members and their grades.
  • Any player who demonstrates non-Christian behaviour will be dismissed from the competition.
  • If a player is penalized during a game, he/she will not be permitted to play the next game.
  • The referees’ decisions are final and should not be disputed. In the case of a valid objection, a formal
  • complaint should be presented to the Mahragan committee.
  • Any team who is not punctual will automatically be disqualified.
  • The competitions will be organized on a league basis with semi-finals and finals, for each sport.
  • Any Sports competition that has less than 10 participants will be cancelled.

Relay (Grades SK-4)

  • Competing teams must have an equal number of players.
  • Each player will run about 30 meters and back, passing the baton to the next player on his or her team.
  • This will be repeated until all of the players on the team have had a turn.
  • The team that completes the relay in the least time wins.

Soccer (Grades 1 & up)

  • Each game will run for up to 20 minutes.
  • If the two teams tie in the game, penalty shots will be taken.
  • Substitutions will be allowed at any time during the game, but only two substitutions are allowed per game.

Basketball (Grades 3 & up)

  • Each game will run for 20 minutes, with an intermission of no more than 2 minutes.
  • If the two teams tie at the end of the game, there will be overtime of 5 minutes.
  • The substitution will be allowed at any time during the game.

Table Tennis (Grades 3 & up)

  • 1 individual per age group, the player who wins 2 out of 3 games is the winner.

Chess (Grades 3 & up)

  • 1 individual per age group, the player who wins 2 out of 3 games is the winner.