Senior Nomination Forms - Summer 2011-12

Senior Competition Details - Summer 2011-12

Seniors Details

START DATE: Week beginning 12th September 2011

GRAND FINALS: Week beginning 27th February 2012

NOMINATION FORMS: all teams must complete a nomination form in full.

PRIZEMONEY: for men’s and women’s A grade competitions prize money is awarded. Grand final winners will receive $1000.00 and runners up will receive $400.00.

GRADING: the Senior Competition Director is responsible for the grading of all teams and may alter any team’s grading where deemed necessary.

FIXTURES: will be issued as soon as grading has been finalised (about 3 to 4 weeks into the season). Fixture will be available on the SportingPulse competitions website. www.cockburnbasketball.sportingpulse.net

FEES: nominations fees are $200.00 for A grade men and women and $180.00 for all other grades. Fees are due by the 4th playing date (week beginning 3rd October 2011). Failure to pay by the due date will result in an additional $10.00 per week being added to the total.

GAME FEES: $42.00 per team. The full amount must be placed in the bag on the score bench prior to the game commencing. Scoresheet is filled out with each player's FULL NAME (given name and surname). Players will not be recorded as playing if full name is not provided and they are not covered by insurance in case of accident or injury.

TIMING: all senior matches shall consist of 2 twenty minute halves with a running clock. In the GRAND FINALS only the last 3 minutes of the 2nd half will be fully timed. No time outs are allowed in the last 3 minutes of both halves, except in the 2nd half of the grand final.

FORFEITS: teams have until the 12 minute mark of the first half to have their team on the court and ready to play. For each minute your team is late 2 points will be awarded to the other team provided they are ready to play. Forfeit fines apply and are as follows:
$42 for announced forfeits before noon on game day
$84 for unannounced forfeits or announced forfeits after noon on game day

UNIFORMS: teams must have matching tops (regulation numbers 4 to 15) and must all wear the same coloured shorts. A penalty of 2 points per item will be awarded to your opposition for each player that is out of uniform starting the 3rd October 2011. CBA has black shorts available for purchase at $20.00.

ELIGIBILITY: players are only permitted to play for ONE team on one night. Players are not to swap teams during the season unless they have written permission. Any team that uses a player that is registed for another team on the same night of play will be awarded a forfeit.

COMPETITION POINTS: premiership points shall be allocated for each game completed as follows:
Win 3 points
Loss 1 point
Draw 2 points
Bye 2 points
Forfeit 0 points
Where 2 or more teams are level on premiership points at the end of the qualifying matches, final positions will be determined on overall season percentage.

FINAL SERIES: semi finals will be 1st vs. 4th and 2nd vs. 3rd, with the winners of each game moving into the grand final. In divisions where there are 8 are more teams, the competition will be split into 2 divisions for finals. Players must have played 6 games for their team to participate in finals (byes are not counted as matches). Sick and injured players can be given special permission provided they have written permission from Senior Director at least one week before finals commence (letter and medical certificate need to be provided).

CODE OF BEHAVIOUR: Cockburn Basketball Association has a strict “Code of Behaviour” for all players, coaches and spectators. There will be no tolerance to anti-social behaviour within the stadium and its surrounds. CBA also has a Technical Foul Policy, where on your 2nd and any subsequent tech fouls in a season you will be suspended for a week or more (for players and coaches).