NESSA Teams: Congrats to all the schools that participated in the NESSA Teams this past weekend. Special thanks to Gary Werden (Sharon HS) for pulling it all together. It's a huge job and he made it look so easy. Good luck to St George’s and Tabor who will represent NESSA at the Baker and to Barrington HS, Greens Farms Academy, and East Greenwich HS who will represent NESSA at the NIT.
Fleet Racing: This weekend, all eyes shift to the O’Day qualifiers (Saturday) and the Herreshoiff Qualifiers (Sunday). Before your team shows up at your respective venues, here are some things to make sure you have done.
Make sure you know where your venue is.Read the NOR and SIs (posted by Friday) which are posted on the website. They answer many of the questions you might have. “Reading is fundamental”
Update your Team Roster in the Directory. Once a name is posted, it takes 24 hours for it to appear in the Tech Score database.
Check your Tech Score log in. Each school has one login, so check with whomever had it last year. If you need to request a new account for your school, do it before noon on Friday. The ISSA National Office in California is not open over the weekend. What’s that old saying, “lack of preparation on your part is not an emergency on the part of ISSA.”
Do NOT leave your venue this weekend without checking with the event chair. This will ensure that all of your RP info is entered correctly. Failure to post proper RP info carries a hefty penalty (ISSA PR 4.3)
If your school can no longer compete, the deadline for withdrawing without penalty is 48 hours prior to report time. That would be
0930 on Thursday May 8, 2025 for O’Day
0930 on Friday May 9, 2025 for Herreshoff
This is very important if your school is on probation. The penalty for a second offense while on probation is purposely severe. (District Rules Article L)
National Intersectionals: SISSA has worked hard to expand the number of national events in an effort to allow more schools the opportunity to participate in regatta with schools outside of their district. The NIT (Founders Trophy) and the Phebe King Trophy are two examples in the spring. If your school qualifies for the O’Day, you need to start a conversation with your school, parents, etc about “will we attend the Phebe King if we earn an invitation?” NESSA gets four (4) berths, allocated to the schools that finish 4th - 7th at the O’Day. Schools that earn a bid should be ready to accept or pass on that bid at the end of the O’Day. There will NOT be any “can I have 24 hours in check.” The bid will automatically slide to the next school. Due to the short time table between the O’Day and the Mallory/King, decisions have to be made that Sunday May 25th. More information on the Mallory and the King is posted on the website. Questions, comments, or concerns can be directed to Rob Hurd starting on Monday.
That is a lot this week. Good luck to everyone competing this weekend.