2024/25 SUMMER COMPETITION NOMINATIONS.
NB: Before a player is permitted to register into a team (juniors and seniors), an online fee of $22 must be paid to TFA to cover player insurance. This fee is only paid ONCE a YEAR & covers all competitions. E.g If playing on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday you are only required to pay the $22 fee once.
STEPS FOR TEAM / PLAYER REGISTRATION ARE AS FOLLOWS:
- Go to the Griffith Touch Association website: https://griffith.nswtouch.com.au
- MONDAY SENIORS & WEDNESDAY MIXED: The team contact / organiser registers the team in the relevant competition and pays the required team nomination fee of $1170.
- INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS REGISTER into their team through their NRL account. Individual players must pay a $22 fee to Touch Football Australia when they register online for the first time in the current financial year.
- TUESDAY JUNIORS: The team organiser registers the team (no cost). When individuals register with the team, they pay a $22 membership fee to TFA and then $70 to the Griffith Touch Association. Kindy, Year 1 and Year 2 are mixed teams.
- All teams must have a minimum number of players registered before they can be entered into the 2024/25 Summer Competition. Teams that have not registered the required number of players will not appear in the draw.
- Team registrations close Monday 23rd September 2024.
2024/2025 COMPETITION GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS.
GRIFFITH TOUCH ASSOCIATION SUMMER COMPETITION 2024/25 NOMINATIONS:
* Each senior team to nominate must have a minimum of 11 players to a maximum of 14 players.
* Each team must have a minimum of two Level 1 badged team referees. One of these referees MUST be a member of the team. Tuesday Juniors: Kindy, Years 1 & 2 are mixed teams – coach/parent referee games. Years 3-6 must have TWO accredited referees. The second referee is a back up in case the main referee cannot complete their duty.
Referees in the Monday and Wednesday competitions must be at least 16 years old (or turning 16 by 31st December, 2024) or have attained Level 2 accreditation, if under 16 years of age. If a team has only players who are under 16 years of age, the referees may be someone who is not in the team.
The team can still have a paid referee in addition to the team referee; this is to alleviate the incidents of paid referees not showing up and teams being excluded from the competition.
REFEREE NOMINATION FORM 2024/25
* A full team nomination payment is required when registering a team. (Senior Divisions only): Online payments are taken when completing the team registration process via MySideline. Team payments for Monday and Wednesday 2024/25 competitions are $1,170 per team, NO individual payments.
* There will be no nominating a division on this year’s forms. Teams will be graded on grading night, Thursday 3rd October, 2024 commencing at 7pm at Kidman Wayside Inn. GTA will be inviting certain players along to assist with grading. (Senior Divisions only)
COMPETITION:
* Start time: Teams are given a 2-minute warning siren before the start of the game. That is when players should take the field for the commencement of the game at the second siren. Players are not to just wonder on when it suits them. It is your playing time you are missing out on, and the referees will be directed that if teams are late to start the game, the team will be penalised.
* Team sheets are to be signed by each individual player, or the team captain can mark off the players that are present at the game on the day. This is for the benefit of the individual player to cover insurance in the event of an injury. It is the team’s responsibility to have this completed by halftime.
* No jewellery is to be worn during the game, again, referees will be directed to ensure this is implemented.
* All players must be registered before they take the field. You are not permitted to play unregistered players; if you do so, the game will be deemed a forfeit.
* Teams not fulfilling their commitment either by forfeiting three times, or not fulfilling refereeing duties three times, or a combined total of four occasions (2 forfeits and 2 unfulfilled refereeing duties), will be dismissed from the competition.
* Finals are to be decided by position on the ladder.
* Any complaints regarding competition must be in writing or emailed to gta@iinet.net.au.
JUNIORS PLAYING IN OPEN MEN’S, WOMEN’S, OR MIXED COMPETITIONS
According to GTA By-Law: – 9.Competition 9. e) Players under the age of fifteen at the commencement of the competition must have written parental consent attached to the nomination forms.
JUNIORS PLAYING IN SENIOR COMPETITION CONSENT FORM
UNIFORMS: All teams must be in uniform by week 3 of the competition.
REFEREES:
* Duty referees must mark their names off at the tower, collect score cards and ball and be at the field prior to the first siren.
* If you cannot do your refereeing duty, it is your responsibility to find an accredited replacement referee, and inform the Director of Referees of the change.
* If a referee sends a player off, it must be recorded on the official form as soon as practicable after the game.
* Any injuries sustained by a player must be recorded on the back of the team sheet by the referee.
PROTESTS
Any protests must be submitted in writing to GTA within 24 hours of the game. In the case of Grand Finals, protests must be submitted IMMEDIATELY after the completion of the game.
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