Criteria for Invitation
Family holidays and personal commitments cannot be considered grounds for an exception to be considered.
Students can be considered for an exception where:
- the student has registered to trial and paid the trial fee using the process prescribed on the SSV website by the registration closing date;
- the student’s parent/carer has provided a completed statutory declaration providing the grounds for the exception;
- the student has attended a previous level of trials or can attend a future level of trials, unless already eliminated from selection;
- The student can attend the final trial session;
meets at least one of the trial exception criteria (see below) and the applicable supporting documents have been provided within the allowed timeline; and
- where space in the next level of trial / team is available.
A request to miss more than one level of a sports trial process cannot be granted.
Students who progress to the final state trial prior to final team selection must attend the trial in person to be considered for selection.
A request to not attend the final state trial cannot be approved under any circumstances. This includes students who may be ill or injured.
Students can only be considered for an exception once per sport in a calendar year where the criteria are met.