U13’s are responsible for setting up and the Seniors for packing up at the end of home games.
Set Up Duties:
Blue Teams
Inspect & Sweep courts with broom or water clearers if necessary. Erect Goal Posts on both courts.
Plastic chairs go in shelter shed. Score board and scorer’s table set up.
From Cupboard in rooms:
- Timers (2)
- Team names (to slide into slots in scoring shed)
Don’t bring out balls – Coaches will grab match ball and training balls required and bibs.
White Teams
Inspect & Sweep courts with broom or water clearers if necessary. Set up Scoring Tent if required, bring out table and chairs for scorers. Score board and scorer’s table set up.
From Cupboard in rooms:
- Timers (2)
- Team names (to slide into slots in scoring shed)
Don’t bring out balls – Coaches will grab match ball and training balls required and bibs.
Pack Up Duties
Making sure that everything is put away in the appropriate spots and that the courts are left clean and tidy.
A roster of the senior teams will be made available in the club rooms at the start of the season.
Game Duties
Duties of Scorer
To ensure all players names are recorded on the score sheet prior to the commencement of the game.
No names to be added after commencement of game. Check at intervals your score with the Timekeeper.
Scorer needs to ensure all players have initialed next to their name before the first.
whistle of the game.
At the completion of the match ensure that captains, umpires, scorers and timekeeper’s sign.
Any player that has not taken the court to have a line put through their name. (So, this does not count as game played).
Home team to check League votes have been done by both umpires.
Duties of Timekeeper
Must be seated by the scorers of the match.
When there is 20 seconds remaining of each quarter the timekeeper must follow the nearest umpire and notify him/her when time is up.
Notify umpires at intervals when thirty (30) seconds is left on the clock
Times for play and intervals:
13&U 15&U 17&U | 10 min quarters 10 min quarters 10 min quarters | 2min at quarters 2min at quarters 2min at quarters | 3min half time 3min half time 3min half time |
D Grade | 12 min quarters | 2min at quarters | 3min half time |
C Grade | 12 min quarters | 2min at quarters | 3min half time |
B Grade | 15 min quarters | 3min at quarters | 5min half time |
A Grade | 15 min quarters | 3min at quarters | 5min half time |
Injury time
Straight swap of player – if a player calls injury they must leave the court, and the new player come on.
Players have 30 seconds in which to do this.
First Aid
Each team has a Personal Carer with first aid qualifications. We also have two Club Trainers with their Sports Trainer qualifications which includes first aid and CPR.