Cambridgeshire Indoor League Korfball Rules All Divisions 2010/11

TERMINOLOGY

Walkover victory : When a ruling results in a walkover victory being awarded to a team, that victory shall be classed as a 10–0 win in Division 1, a 7-0 win in Division 2 and a 5–0 win in all other divisions.

1 NON ATTENDANCE

1.1 Match Cancellations and Rearrangements

1.1.1 Once a match has been scheduled with the agreement of both clubs postponement of a fixture will only be allowed in exceptional circumstances e.g. unavailability of the hall. An inability to field a full strength team will not be considered to be a valid reason.

1.1.2 If a team is unable to attend a fixture, that team must give at least 7 days notice of the postponement to the opposing team AND the Fixtures Officer. The following 3 CKA Officers : Fixtures Officer, Results Officer and Chair (the 'League Sub-committee) will then decide by agreement if the match should then be rescheduled by the home team.

1.1.2.1 It is the Offending Team’s responsibility to inform the referee.

1.1.2.2 In the event that a referee attends an abandoned match because the offending team does not inform the referee they shall also pay the referee’s match fee to the referee

1.1.2.3 Teams giving less than the required 7 days notice to the opposition will be responsible for the FULL cost of the hall fees for the cancelled match, regardless of whether that team was playing home or away.

1.1.2.4 Failure to give the required 7 days notice to the opposition will also result in the opposing team being awarded a walkover victory for the fixture.

1.1.2.5 Matches should be rescheduled as soon as possible after the original fixture date and before the end of the season. The home captain must suggest one or more suitable dates to the Fixtures Officer in a timely fashion. The Fixtures Officer will check the dates for clashes with existing fixtures and if the dates are deemed suitable the dates will be offered to the away team by the Fixtures Officer. The away team must select one of the dates in a timely fashion. Inability to field a full strength team will not be considered to be a valid reason for rejecting a date. The Fixtures Officer will then notify home captain and the referee.

1.1.2.6 Any problems regarding rescheduling of a fixture, including disagreements between clubs, should be referred to the following 3 CKA Officers : Fixtures Officer, Results Officer and Chair (the 'League Sub-committee). The League Sub-committee will then agree to take action to either ensure the match is played or that any necessary disciplinary measures are taken. Once the League Sub-committee has been asked to intervene their decision will be final.

1.1.2.7 In the event that a team gives less than the required 7 days notice due to unforeseen circumstances (e.g. road closure or adverse weather) then the following 3 CKA Officers : Fixtures Officer, Results Officer and Chair (the 'league sub-committee') will agree which team is responsible for the hall fees and referee's fee and whether or not the match should be replayed, a walkover victory awarded or the match declared void (no score or goals to either team).

1.1.2.8 Bad weather procedure :

The away team captain/coach decides if the away team should not travel and communicates this to :
- the home team captain/coach
- the refereeing coordinator of the refereeing club
- the away team players

If the hall is closed or if the home team captain/coach decides the home team should not travel they communicate this to :
- the away team captain/coach
- the hall staff so that they can inform anyone turning up and they can then go home
- the refereeing coordinator of the refereeing club
- the home team players

If EITHER the away team OR the home team decide the should not travel then the match does not go ahead. The refereeing coordinator of the refereeing club informs the referee. Each club should provide team captain/coach and refereeing coordinator contact details. There should be more than 1 contact in case that person is unavailable for some reason.
If the referee turns up because they could not be contacted then the CKA pays the referee's fee.

1.1.3 If the same team agrees to and then postpones two consecutive fixtures for a match, the opposing team will be awarded a walkover victory.

1.1.4 No ‘doubling-up of results’ will be permitted.

1.2 Late and Non Attendance

1.2.1 If a team is more than 15 minutes late for a fixture, the opposing team may claim a walkover victory, or choose to play a shorter match in the time remaining. The referee must be informed of the decision before any play begins.

1.2.1.1 If a walkover is claimed, then any ‘friendly’ play which takes place after the decision has been made will not have any bearing on the league, providing the referee is informed BEFORE play begins. A team that chooses to play a shorter match, will NOT be able to declare the match a friendly AFTER the match. Similarly, a team that chooses a walkover will not be able to reverse this decision after any ‘friendly’ play begins.

1.2.1.2 The Results Officer must be informed of the situation immediately after the match. It is the referee’s responsibility to do this.

1.2.1.3 If a walkover is claimed, the home team may claim the FULL cost of the hall fee from the offending team. The offending team will also be responsible for paying the refereeing fee to the referee.

1.2.1.4 The ‘15 minute late’ deadline means that, in the opinion of the referee, players must be on the pitch and ready to play at that time, not getting changed or any other reason.

1.2.1.5 If any ‘friendly’ play takes place and a player is sent off then this will be treated as if the match was a league match and the sent off player will be dealt with under Rule 4.2.

1.2.2 Teams failing to attend a fixture will be treated as if they have given less than the required period of notice for cancellation.

1.3 Abandonment

1.3.1 If a match is abandoned due to circumstances for which one of the teams is responsible, the other team may either claim a walkover victory, or elect to rearrange the match.

1.3.2 If a match is abandoned due to circumstances beyond the teams’ control (e.g. serious injury), if less than half the match has been played the match should be rearranged. If more than half the match has been played, the score should stand as that when the match was abandoned.

1.3.3 In either of the above circumstances, the Results Officer must be informed. The following 3 CKA Officers : Fixtures Officer, Results Officer and Chair (the 'League Sub-committee) will agree and make a decision about the nature of the abandonment. This decision will be final.

2 REFEREEING

2.1 Club Responsibilities

2.1.1 Clubs will be responsible for providing referees to all the fixtures allocated to them by the Fixtures Officer.

2.1.2 All referees must be CKA approved.

2.1.3 Each club is responsible for ensuring that it has enough approved referees to be able to fulfil its commitments.

2.1.4 Clubs will be allocated a number of refereeing fixtures based upon the number of teams they have entered in a Division (each Division considered separately). It is NOT dependent upon the number of approved referee a club possesses (see 2.1.3 above).

2.1.5 All referees must have applied for a CRB check via the EKA i.e. their CRB check application must have been signed off by the CKA local signatory. If the referee provided by the club allocated the fixture has not applied for a CRB check via the EKA then the club will be fined £10. This rule will be effective from 1^st January 2009.

2.2 Failed Attendance

2.2.1 Any club not providing an appropriate, approved referee to an allocated fixture will be fined by the CKA.

2.2.1.1 Where the match takes place with a stand-in referee the fine will be £10.

2.2.1.2 Where the match doesn’t take place the fine will be £45, which will cover reimbursing the hall hire to the home team.

2.2.1.3 The club concerned will have the right of appeal to the CKA if they feel there are exceptional circumstances that have caused the referee to miss the fixture.

2.2.2 A referee who is more than 15 minutes late to a fixture will be classed as absent.

2.2.3 In the event of an absent referee the match may go ahead if both captains agree to allow another person to referee the match. In this case the stand-in referee need not be CKA approved, but must have the approval of both team captains.

2.2.4 If a refereeing club knows in advance that they will be unable to attend a fixture they may attempt to organise a CKA approved replacement. In such a case the team originally allocated the refereeing commitment is still ultimately responsible for the referee’s attendance and liable to any fines incurred.

2.3 Match fixtures

2.3.1 It is the responsibility of the referee to provide a match form for the fixture (available from the Results Officer), and ensure that it is completed and sent to the Results Officer within one week of the match .

2.3.2 It is the responsibility of the home team to pay the refereeing fee on completion of the fixture (unless the rules regarding match attendance have been broken, see section 1).

2.3.2.1 If a team fails to do this, the referee should inform the Results Officer.

2.3.3 All comments about refereeing standards should be directed to the CKA Refereeing Officer. The CKA Refereeing Officer will review the standard of individual referees if necessary and may revoke the referee’s approved status if necessary.

3 LEAGUE TABLE

3.1 Points and Placements

3.1.1 Two points will be awarded for a win, one for a draw and nothing for losing.

3.1.2 For those teams tied on points then league positions will be decided by goal differences between all teams, then by goals scored between all teams.

3.2 Promotion and Relegation

3.2.1 At the end of the season, the all division champions (excluding Division 1) will be promoted and all the teams placed bottom of divisions (excluding the lowest division) will be relegated.

3.2.2 At the end of the season, all 2nd place teams in each division (excluding Division 1) will compete in play-off matches against the team 2nd from bottom in the division above. If the team in the lower division wins then for next season's league the team from the higher division is ranked below the 1st place team in the lower division, but above the bottom team from the higher division. In the team in the higher division wins then there is no change to the team rankings.

e.g.
D1 result : A1 (1st), A2(2nd), A3(2nd from bottom), A4(bottom)
D2 result : B1(1st), B2(2nd), B3, B4

If B2 beats A3 in the play-offs the team rankings for the next season's league are :-
A1, A2, B1, B2, A3, A4, B3, B4
otherwise the rankings are :-
A1, A2, A3, B1, A4, B2, B3, B4

3.2.2.1 Play-off matches will be a single match at a neutral venue and must be played within 1 month of the last match of the league season. Play-off Fixtures will be arranged in association with the Fixtures officer,in the same way as normal league fixtures. The venue and referee costs will be shared equally between the 2 teams. The 'home' team will be determined by the toss of a coin by the referee immediately before the match.

3.2.2.2 The league rules, including team composition, will apply to the play-offs. The play-offs will be considered to be played before the end of the season i.e. before the end of the third status period and thus the status calculated at the end of status period two will apply. However, the play-off matches will not be used for calculating player status and thus will not affect a players status in the next season.

4 MATCH ISSUES

4.1 Team Composition

4.1.1 All players should be registered with the BKA as soon as possible after starting to play in the Cambridge Indoor Korfball League.

4.1.2 Player Status

4.1.2.1 The league season will be split into 3 equal parts – ‘status periods’. Player status will be calculated and may change on defined, publicised dates at the start/end of each part of the season.

4.1.2.2 Player restrictions for the first status period of the season are based upon the last 6 matches of the previous season.

4.1.2.3 Player status is calculated over the last 6 1^st and 2^nd team matches, this may mean some matches are included in more than one status period.

4.1.2.4 Each player is only considered to have played in a whole match if they were on the pitch for the whole match.

4.1.2.5 Each player is considered to have played in half a match if they were on the pitch for half or more of the match, but less than the whole match. A player substituted on in the first half and then substituted off in the second half will have to include that half match in their status profile. A player substituted off before the end of the first half or substituted on after the start of the second half will not have to include that match in their status profile.

On pitch	Off pitch	Status points
at start	at end	1
during 1st half	at end	1
at half time	at end	½
during 2nd half	at end	0
at start	during 2nd half	1
during 1st half	during 2nd half	½
at half time	during 2nd half	0
during 2nd half	during 2nd half	0
at start	at half time	½
during 1st half	at half time	0
at start	during 1st half	0
during 1st half	during 1st half	0

4.1.2.6 The numbers of 1st and 2nd team matches played by each player are counted.

4.1.2.7 If the player has played more than 4 or more 1^st team matches then that player will have ‘1^st team’ status.

4.1.2.8 If the player has played less than 4 1^st team matches, but 5 or more first and second team matches (added together) then that player will have ‘2^ndteam’ status.

4.1.2.9 All other players have no status

4.1.2.10 Any player’s status can be appealed against by his or her own club. Particularly in the case of a player coming back from a short-term injury within a status period.

4.1.2.11 A transferring player has their status wiped clean with immediate effect, no matches from their previous club count towards their status at the next status calculation point

4.1.3 Team Composition Rules At each stage of the season each club will have a number of players with a status. The club will have to follow these restrictions:

	Number of ‘1^st team’ players allowed on the pitch at the same time	Number of ‘2^nd team’ players allowed on the pitch at the same time
1^st Team	Unlimited	Unlimited
2^nd Team	Max 2	Unlimited
3^rd Team	None	Max 2
Development Teams (lowest Division only)	Unlimited	Unlimited
Other Teams	None	None

4.1.4 In the case of an appeal by a club the CKA must be given a minimum of 7 days to approve or deny the appeal

4.1.5 If any team fields an ineligible player the opposition will be offered the choice of a walkover victory or letting the match result stand, after the match. The opposition team must choose and inform the results officer before their next match or within 2 weeks, whichever is sooner. This choice will be final. If a team does not choose within the time limit the the following 3 CKA Officers : Fixtures Officer, Results Officer and Chair (the 'league sub-committee') will agree upon a choice for the team

4.1.6 If both teams are short of players at the start of the match then the match may still be played if there are at least 6 pairs of matched players (i.e. same sex). If there are insufficient numbers to fulfil this criteria, the result will be declared null and void (i.e. no points will be scored by either team) and the hall and refereeing costs will be shared between the two clubs involved.

4.1.7 A player who holds a BKA registration with a club not affiliated to the CKA or an affiliation with a club belonging to any other national korfball association recognised by the International Korfball Federation, and who does not hold a registration with a club affiliated to the CKA,may not play in the CKA league.

4.1.8 A player transferring between any clubs may not play for any other club in the CKA league until the player has discharged his/her financial responsibility to the club they are leaving. After 31st January, a player may still transfer to a new club, but will not be eligible to play in the CKA league.

4.1.9 A player may appeal to the CKA committee in exceptional circumstances.

4.1.10 All junior (under 18) players must be approved by the CKA i.e. an underage player request form for the player must be completed and approved by the CKA committee, before they can play in the CKA League. If a junior player who has not been approved plays in the CKA League then the penalties are :-

■the opposition will be offered the choice of a walkover victory or letting the match result stand, after the match. The opposition team must choose and inform the results officer before their next match or within 2 weeks, whichever is sooner. This choice will be final. If a team does not choose within the time limit the the following 3 CKA Officers : Fixtures Officer, Results Officer and Chair (the 'league sub-committee') will agree upon a choice for the team.

■AND the team shall be deducted 2 points

■AND the club shall be fined £20

4.1.11 A team in the lowest Division may choose at any time during the season, prior 31st January, to be a 'Development Team'. The team must notify the Results Officer of their decision. Once a team chooses to become a Development team this decision is final and cannot be reversed.

4.1.11.1 A team in the lowest Division who fields an ineligible player prior to 31st January will be deemed to have chosen to be a Development Team. A team may appeal to the CKA League Sub-committee (Chair, Results Officer and Fixtures Officer) if the ineligible player was fielded by mistake. The League Sub-committee will decide by agreement if the team should be a Development Team or not.

4.1.11.2 No match results of a Development team will count towards any Division placings.

4.1.11.3 A Development team will not be eligible for play-offs or promotion and will be ranked as having finished at the bottom of the division, below all non-Development Teams and equal to all other Development Teams.

4.1.11.4 A Development team may field players ineligible under the team composition status rules. See 4.1.3.

4.2 Misconduct

4.2.1 Following a yellow or red card being issued in a match, BKA guidelines for all disciplinary matters will be followed.

4.2.2 The CKA may take action following a match, regardless of whether a red or yellow card was issued

4.3 Rules

4.3.1 All league matches will be played to the latest IKF Rules of Korfball

4.3.2 Each team shall be entitled to one time-out.

4.3.3 The Home team is responsible for providing a ball for the match.

4.3.4 Matches shall nominally consist of 5 minutes warm up, plus 2 halves of 25 minutes (excluding timeouts), plus 2 minutes for time-outs, plus 3 minutes for half time I.e. 60 minutes in total. If less than 60 minutes is available then the half time may be shortened by 1 minute, after which the halves must be shortened. Warm up time should always be at least 5 minutes for both teams.

4.3.5 The home team shall select which end to attack and set out first. The home team shall have the throw off to start the first half, and the away team to start the second half.

5 MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES

5.1 Dates

5.1.1 The season is defined as being between the dates of the 1^st September and the 31^st May of the following year.

5.1.1.1 All matches, excluding play-offs must be played by the end of the of the season. Results for matches which have not been played in time will be decided by the agreement of the following 3 CKA Officers, Fixtures Officer, Results Officer and Chair (the 'League Sub-committee').

5.1.1.2 All play-off matches must be played by 31^st July i.e. 2 months after the end of the season. Results for play-off matches which have not been played in time will be decided by the agreement of the following 3 CKA Officers, Fixtures, Results and Chair (the 'League Sub-committee').

5.2 Financial Matters

5.2.1 The cost of hall bookings and referee fees for individual fixtures are to be met by the home team, unless a rule infringement has occurred which entitles the home team to claim the fees from the opposition (as indicated in the relevant rules).

5.3 Problems and Complaints

5.3.1 Any problems should be referred to the Results Officer as soon as they arise.

5.3.2 In all matters relating to the league, the decision of following 3 CKA Officers, Fixtures Officer, Results Officer and Chair (the 'League Sub-committee') will be final.

5.4 Safety

5.4.1 All teams must have access to a first aid kit for their home matches.

6 LEAGUE FEES

6.1 Team Fees

6.1.1 The league entry fees will be £25 for the first team a club enters into the Cambridgeshire Korfball League and £15 for each subsequent team.

6.1.2 Fees are to be paid to the CKA Treasurer before the start of the season’s competition.

6.2 Referees Fees

6.2.1 The Referee’s fee for attending a match shall be £7.50.

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