These criteria supersede all previous IPSC Australia Team Selection Criteria.
These criteria may be amended only by an ordinary resolution passed at a General Meeting of IPSC Australia.
IPSC Australia (Inc) will select teams on the basis of demonstrated performance and sportsmanship with the intent of fielding the most competitive team possible.
It is impossible to adopt a straight score-based methodology that will ensure that the most competitive team is fielded because:
• IPSC is scored in a comparative manner where no two events will be identical; and
• Given distance and travel issues, it is unreasonable to require candidates for team
selection to attend stipulated events for the purpose of team selection.
Therefore teams will not be selected in that way.
Persons to fill positions on teams will be selected by a simple majority of votes from the IPSCA Executive.
The Executive is to be guided by, but is not bound by, the recommendations of the National Team Selection Committee.
Prior to voting, any member of the IPSCA Executive may ask the Committee to provide additional information. All requests must be directed to the Regional Director, who must ensure that the request and the Committee’s response are distributed to all members of the Committee and the IPSCA Executive as soon as possible.
Voting may be conducted in such manner as the Executive from time to time decides. Where sufficient candidates exist, the IPSCA Executive must select each team and two alternate members.
The Committee’s recommendations are to remain confidential at all times. The IPSCA Executive’s deliberations must be kept confidential until the later of:
• 8 days after the Regional Director formally announces the selected Teams, if no appeal is lodged; or
• The conclusion of the appeal process set out in these criteria.
The National Team Selection Committee will consist of:
• The Regional Director acting as Chairperson in a non-voting capacity; and
• Three members of IPSCA, appointed by the IPSCA Executive.
When making its recommendations to the IPSCA Executive, the National Team Selection Committee must have regard to:
• Results of all State-, National- and International-level events participated in by the candidates during the preceding three years, with an emphasis placed on the more recent events. A spreadsheet in the designated format will record the scores of all candidates. A copy of this spreadsheet will be maintained on the IPSC (Aus) website and will form the basis for all deliberations. As a starting point the best two out of the last 3 National Championships and all State Titles for the last 3 years will be considered.
• Unexpected or unusual equipment failures which may have impacted upon the candidate’s performance.
• Environmental factors which are likely to have affected a candidate’s performance (examples would included illness or adverse weather conditions not experienced by other candidates).
• Previous experience at major competitions.
• Personality clashes or issues with other team members that may have an adverse affect on the overall team result.
• Previous displays of poor sportsmanship which if repeated would bring the team into disrepute.
The Committee must submit a written report setting out its recommendations that includes:
• Details of the individual’s results at the matches which were taken into account when selecting the proposed team, (because candidates are not selected on the basis of simple scores, some candidates may have more or fewer results than other candidates);
• General details of those matches, such as number of competitors, number of Grand Master and Master grade competitors, number of stages; and
• Any other factors that were significant in the committee recommending each candidate.
Teams
The Regional Director or his delegate must contact each person selected for a position on the team, and confirm that the person will accept the position. If a person declines to accept a position, it is to be offered to the alternates in the order they have been named by the IPSCA Executive.
Once the team positions are filled the Regional Director is to cause the nominated teams to be announced via the IPSCA website. The announcement must include a notation recording when the announcement was posted.
Aggrieved persons may appeal against their non-selection for a team.
An Appeal is made by lodging with the Regional Director a letter setting out all of the grounds upon which a person believes they should be selected for a team in preference to a nominated candidate.
The letter may be sent by post, facsimile or electronic mail, but will only be considered if received by the Regional Director not more than one week (168 hours) after the time recorded in the announcement on the IPSCA website.
The Appeal is to be considered by an Appeal committee consisting of:
• The Regional Director;
• One member from the Team Selection Committee, selected for this particular round of team selection by the Regional Director drawing a number from a hat;
• One member of the IPSCA Executive, selected for this particular round of team
selection by the Regional Director drawing a number from a hat;
All of whom shall have voting rights.
When considering an Appeal:
• The Appeal committee may decide to decline the appeal after considering only the Appellant’s submission; or
• If the Appeal Committee believes that there may be grounds to change a nominated team, the committee must invite the person that may be eliminated from the nominated team to lodge a written submission with the Appeal Committee. The person has one week to lodge a submission detailing why they should remain on the team in preference to the Appellant.
As soon as possible after the submission is lodged, or after the submission period expires, the Appeal Committee must decide the Appeal.
As soon as possible after:
• the Appeal is decided;
or
• The Appeal period expires;
the Regional Director is to cause an announcement to be made on the IPSCA website detailing the final teams for the match.
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