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| 6(a) |
The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING shall be held no later than 30th June in each year. At this meeting the following business shall be transacted:-
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| 6(b) | A
copy of the duly audited Balance Sheet and Statement of Accounts shall be
presented to each club at the Annual General Meeting.
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| 6(c) | A
signed copy of the duly audited Balance Sheet and Statement of Accounts
shall be sent to the Gloucestershire Youth Football Association within
seven days of its adoption by the Annual General Meeting.
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| 6(d) | Each
Member Club shall be entitled to one vote at the Annual General Meeting,
all Council Meetings and Special Meetings.
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| 6(e) | Clubs
who have withdrawn their membership of the League during the season shall
be entitled to attend, but shall vote only on matters relating to the
season being concluded, providing they have met their commitments to the
League.
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| 6(f) | All
voting shall be conducted by a show of hands unless a ballot be demanded
by at least one third of the delegates present or the Chairman so decides.
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| 6(g |
Any
continuing member club failing to be represented at the Annual General
Meeting shall be fined £10.
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| 6(h) | Officers
and Management Committee Members shall be entitled to attend and
vote at the Annual General Meeting, all Council Meetings and
Special Meetings.
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| 7(a) |
Any
bona-fide member of a Club shall be eligible to play for that Club in this
League (subject to other relevant clauses in these rules) provided he has
not, in the current season, played for another club in the League, or
previously signed for, or been registered for another Club in the League.
If he has so played or is on the League register of players, permission
for his transfer must be obtained from the Club to which he was previously
attached (see Clause 7d). Any player de-registered by a Club will remain on the League's register of players and will require a Transfer Form. Where a team withdraws from the League, decisions concerning transfers will be at the discretion of the Management Committee.
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| 7(b) | All
players must be under the maximum age of the respective competition and
the date of birth stipulated in each division shall be as at midnight on
the 31st July in the current year at the commencement of each season.
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| 7(c) |
Clubs
must, on demand from the Management Committee, produce corroborative
evidence of date of birth of any player registered by them. All
players must live in the area formerly known as County of Avon and attend
schools in that area or District Council immediately adjoining that area.
However, players who have previously been eligible, and have played in
this League, who attend another school or college outside that area, but
whose home address remains in that area, may at the discretion of the
Management Committee, be allowed to continue to play in this League. Any
boy under the age of ten (10) years at midnight on 31st July in any
playing season, shall not be eligible to play in this League. Any boy
under the age of fourteen (14) years at midnight on 31st July in any
playing season, shall not play in a match involving players who are more
than two years older than himself. For the purpose of this competition a bone-fide playing member of a club is one who being in all other respects eligible has:-
i) The Registration
Form and
ii) The Registration
Counterfoil. A
third identical photograph is to be supplied for the Player’s Identity
Card, issued by the Registration Secretary FOR
THOSE AGE GROUPS DETERMINED BY THE LEAGUE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND AS
ANNOUNCED AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. ALL NEW TEAMS AND PLAYERS
TRANSFERRED AT ALL AGE GROUPS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THREE
PHOTOGRAPHS AS DETAILED ABOVE TO BE REGISTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LEAGUE
RULES.
3.
The Registration Form
is received by the Registration Secretary not less than
14 days
prior to the
commencement of the playing season and thereafter not less than 7
days prior to
playing. Matches
which are not played due to failure of teams to register sufficient
players at the commencement of the season will be dealt with in accordance
with Rule 9(e). THE CLOSED SEASON SHALL BE FROM THE 1ST JUNE TO 30TH JUNE. THEREFORE NO REGISTRATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BEFORE 1ST JULY.
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| 7(d) |
Each
Team’s Identity Cards are to be retained by the Team Manager and must be
made available to the opposing Team Manager prior to the kick-off and
returned no later than 15
minutes after the final
whistle. No player is allowed to take part in the game if his Identity
Card is not available. Any
dispute regarding the validity of any player must be raised with an
opposing club official no later than 15 minutes after the final whistle.
FULL DETAILS of any such dispute to be received in writing by the
REGISTRATION SECRETARY within 4 days of the match. A copy of this
communication is also to be sent to the opposing club secretary. Any dispute regarding the validity of any player must be raised within 15 minutes of the final whistle.
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| 7(e) | A
player having registered for any club in the League may not be allowed to
join, be transferred to, or sign, for another Club in the League without
first proving to the officials of his intended Club that he has discharged
his reasonable financial liabilities to his previous Club, and a Club
Official may not accept such players signature without first ascertaining
whether such claims have been discharged to the satisfaction of the Club
for which he last played.
Players who register with Clubs with "A" and
"B" teams have to remain with the team he first registers for
and no transfer will be permitted between that Clubs "A" and
"B" teams without the Management Committee's permission.
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| 7(f) | A
book of 20 Registration Forms per team admitted to the League shall be
obtained from the Registration Secretary no earlier than the AGM. Additional forms can be obtained on request at 50p
per form.
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| 7(g) | The
Management Committee shall decide all registration disputes. In the event
of a player signing for more than one Club the Registration Secretary
shall notify the Club last applying to register the player of the fact of
the previous registration.
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| 7(h) |
A player may not be registered for a Club nor transfer to another Club in the League after the 1st March except by special permission of the Management Committee. A player desiring to transfer from one Club to another, shall make application to the Registration Secretary for a transfer form. The transfer form and a Registration form, duly completed shall be lodged with the Registration Secretary accompanied by a fee of £5.00 and the original Identity Card for cancellation. Qualifications for the new Club shall be as Rule 7(c). Should the transferring Club object to the transfer it shall state its objections in writing to the General Secretary, and to the player concerned within seven days of the receipt of the application. In the event of an objection to the transfer the matter shall be referred to the Management Committee.
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| 7(i) | The
Club Secretary shall keep a list of the players he registers, and a record
of the games in which they have played and shall produce such records upon
demand by the Management Committee.
Match sheets shall be accepted as a record.
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| 7(j) | A
register containing the names of all members registered for each Club,
with the date of registration shall be kept by the Registration Secretary
and shall be open to inspection of any duly appointed member Club
representative at all General Meetings or at other times mutually agreed
with the Registration Secretary.
Any Club wishing to de-register a player may do so in writing to
the Registration Secretary, subject to the provision of Rule 7(a).
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| 7(k) |
A player who has played for a higher team of his club in the League or any other League more than three times shall not in that season be eligible to play in a lower team of his Club except by permission of the Management Committee. A player who has played for a higher team in another Sunday Youth League more than three times shall not in that season be eligible to play in a lower team of another Club in membership of this League except by the permission of the Management Committee.
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| 7(l) |
Any Club playing an unregistered or otherwise ineligible player or players, shall have 3 points deducted from its total for each offence, and be fined a sum to be decided by the Management Committee, who may also, at their discretion, refer the matter to the League Council seeking expulsion of the offending team from the League. The Management Committee may, at its discretion, award any points deducted from the Club under this rule, to the opponents in each match in question. All players named on the result sheet are deemed to have played.
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