Team Captain's and Player information

To ensure that the Competition runs smoothly
and is enjoyable for all, we have a few
SIMPLE RULES.
So please take a few moments to read through them.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate
to ask one of the Ozsports staff for more details
SO HAVE FUN and ENJOY

OZSPORTS CONDITIONS OF TEAM NOMINATIONS

All players must know that they take the court and compete at their own risk.

All necessary equipment and officials are supplied by Ozsports (excluding bibs, protectors, batting gloves and other personal items) with all games played in accordance with the Ozsports rulebook. Ozsports rule books can be viewed or downloaded from Rule Book Pages ...click on your sport

Beach Volleyball	Indoor Cricket	Indoor Netball	Indoor Soccerl

GAME FEES: All game fees must be paid 10 minutes before the game , team captains will be issued with a receipt , which must be given to the umpire prior to the commencement of the game. Game Fees (includes GST ) are; Beach Volleyball: $48, Soccer: $60, Netball: $84/LD$70, Cricket: $96. This is a team fee and must be paid in full regardless of how many players take the court. Teams may pre-pay game fees for the season thus receiving a 10% discount

TEAM BOND: The team bond is one game fee in advance and must be paid when nominating your team.  Once a team completes all its scheduled games, the bond will be refunded after the completion of the season. Should the team forfeit a game, the bond will be forfeited and another bond must be paid before the next game. When nominating for the next season, the bond can automatically be rolled to the next season.
Team bonds may be collected at the commencement of the following season (i.e. from the first night of the following season between 6.00pm and 10.00pm)

GAME TIMES: Weekdays: Cricket, Netball, Beach Volleyball, Soccer: 6.00 - 9.45 pm, Super Saver Sundays : (check at the games desk). All teams must be available for a minimum of two games at each start time during the season (eg. minimum of two 6.00pm games, minimum of two 6.45 games, etc). Teams must be ready to play 10 minutes prior to starting time. All teams must be available for all game times during finals games. Beach Volleyball games postponed due to the weather will be rescheduled to another time

LATE START PENALTY: Team captains must ensure their game fees and a receipt is collected 10 minutes prior to the game time and the receipt is given to the umpire prior to the start of the game. Teams will be penalised for every minute or part thereof, if they delay the start of the game in all timed games such as Beach Volleyball –Netball-Soccer: 1 goal/point per minute. After a period of 10 minutes the game will be declared a forfeit. Cricket: The offending team will “face” reduced overs when batting. After 5 minutes, overs will be reduced by one. After 10 minutes, overs will be reduced by 2. After 15 minutes, the game will be declared a forfeit.

UNIFORMS: All teams must be in uniform from the start of their first game as per the nominated sport's rules. All team players including substitutes must have identical playing tops .  If teams choose to have team logos, team names, player names, player numbers, these must be of the same on all playing tops.  Each non-conforming top will incur a penalty: Beach Volleyball: 3 points, Netball: 3 goals, Cricket: 5 runs, Soccer: 2 goals. Bibs are available for sale enquire on prices from the games counter. Bibs may be hired from the games counter at $8.00 per set, plus a $10 deposit which will be refunded when all bibs are returned..

OVERFLOW GAMES: All teams who nominate to play in our competition may be required to play overflow games during the season (ie. to be available to play on a night that is not your scheduled night). Overflow games may be played on another night to complete a round or other special requirement.

RESCHEDULES: Should your team be unable to play a game, you may, with the consent of the opposing team captain, reschedule the game. The Team Captain will need to call the opposing Team Captain to arrange a time suitable for both teams (from options provided by Ozsports) and then call Ozsports to confirm this change. You must give at least 24 hours notice. Reschedules must be played within 2 weeks; otherwise the original team unable to play the game will register a forfeit. Reschedules from Week 13 onwards may only be brought forward. Remember, if your team is ever short of players, please call us and we may be able to help out (please give us sufficient notice).

BEACH VOLLEYBALL RAIN AFFECTED NIGHTS: On nights when the weather may interfere with the scheduled games, it is the team captain's responsibility to phone Ozsports, ˝ hour prior to your game time, to confirm whether the game will be played or postponed. If a night is to be postponed the decision will be made at approximately 5.30pm. The night's games will be rescheduled to the earliest available time and your Beach Volleyball staff will be able to confirm the reschedule times. Please refer to the Beach Volleyball notice board to check these dates. It is the team captain's responsibility to be aware of the games rescheduled date and time. (NB – Please note you have nominated to play an OUTDOOR sport, wet nights will not necessarily be rescheduled).

TEAM REGISTRATION CARDS: It is the team captain's responsibility to tick off their players each week on the team registration card. The team captain is permitted to tick off a limited number of players for a bye or win or forfeit, provided it is completed at your team’s next scheduled game and is authorised by the Sports Manager. Please take care with the above as it is important and may affect player qualifications during finals games.

FINALS for 2009: Semi-Finals are played on the teams nominated night with the GRAND FINALS played on the last Saturday of the competition, check the notice board for Grand final dates and your Sport and Grade times

ELIGIBILITY FOR FINALS: To be eligible for finals games, a player must play in 5 of the teams games during the season. Please ensure that you have enough qualified players, as there will be no exceptions to this ruling. Unregistered / unqualified players will not be allowed to take the court in any final. Any team playing unqualified players in finals games will be automatically disqualified from all subsequent games. Management will determine further participation by any team that forfeits a finals game. All teams must be financial to be eligible for finals. If you have 2 or more teams playing on the same and / or different nights, ensure that you have enough qualified players for each team, as game times may clash.

FINALS GAME TIMES: Finals game dates & times are set early to give all players maximum time to arrange their schedules and be available for finals, so in fairness to all teams these dates & times will not be altered. It is the team captain's responsibility to call Ozsports the day after your teams last game to confirm finals game times. In the event of finals games being postponed due to the weather, teams should be aware of, and available for, the games rescheduled date and time. These games will be rescheduled to the earliest date possible. Please ensure that your players are aware of the times for Semi-Finals and Grand Finals. These times will be advertised on the Finals Times notice-board a minimum of 4 weeks prior to the completion of the regular season games.

SPECIAL MATCH AWARDS

Keep your eye out for our special match awards and season promotions which may vary from season to season,

All award winners and special promotion winners will be announced on Grand Final day at the end of the season