Fair Play Guide - Winter Season 2009 - 2010

Scorecards:

* Guest players
Name, own team they are affiliated to and position played on the day for the team they are helping out should be recorded for all guest players.
* Captain’s duties, attitude and appearance should be scored by the umpires between 1 – 5, where 1 is low and 5 is high
See below for descriptions of each category
If the scorecard is incorrectly completed, the fixtures secretary will deduct 1 point from the captains duties score.
* Player of the match – Umpires should swap scorecards and ask their home teams for the opposing team’s player of the match. Only one player of the match may be nominated, either an U19 or a standard player. In the instance the player of the match is U19, the appropriate section on the scorecard must be completed. Guest players who are chosen as the player of the match will not be registered.
* All scorecards must be posted in scorecard box by 1:30pm

Captain’s duties:
Ensures all fingernails of team players are acceptable for play
Ensures all team players have removed all jewellery in line with England Netball rules – NO JEWELLERY can be worn covered with tape other than one gold wedding ring – Belly-button piercings must be checked for
Completes scorecard details, including details of any guest players, for the umpire
Controls team attitude
Controls supporters attitude

Attitude:
Players must respect and accept the umpire’s decisions
No players should question an umpires decision during play
All players must respect each other and the opposition
Dangerous play is not permitted

Appearance:
All players should wear netball skirts, shorts alone are not permitted
All team players should wear the same kit (unless there are guest players – in this instance points will not be docked for appearance)
Teams will not be docked points for appearance if players are wearing jogging bottoms/leggings.
Teams will only be marked down if they have their full team and they are not all wearing the same colours/skirts, etc.

Guest Player Positions
Permitted guest players (refer to by-laws section 2) must play at least 2 places out of position as follows:

GK can play WD/C/WA/GA GD can play C/WA/GA/GS WD can play WA/GA/GS/GK
C can play GA/GS/GK/GD WA can play GS/GK/GD/WD GA can play GK/GD/WD/C
GS can play GD/WD/C/WA

Complaints:
Any issues or complaints regarding conduct of an opposing team or umpire must be submitted to the committee in writing as soon as possible following the match in question via the League Secretary. The committee will investigate all allegations and report back to the relevant parties in writing once all of the relevant information has been gathered, discussed and an outcome agreed by the committee. Additional information regarding any grievances can be found in section (8) of the Welwyn Hatfield Netball League Bylaws – April 2007.