GREATER MANCHESTER JUNIOR COUNTY CLUB LEAGUE
RULES AND REGULATIONS 2016/17
1. ORGANISATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
1.1 The Greater Manchester Junior County Club League (GMJCCL) shall be governed and
managed by the Greater Manchester County Netball Association (GMCNA) Committee and
the Greater Manchester Junior League (GMJL) Committee.
1.2 The decisions of these Committees, or its nominees, in respect of these rules and regulations
and on any other matter related to the GMJCCL which is not provided for below, shall be
considered final and binding on all parties (subject to the right of appeal which is specifically
provided for under England Netball’s updated competitions format.).
1.3 These rules and regulations are in accordance with England Netball Playing Regulations. A
Competitions Referee will be available on each fixture date. Any further complaints or appeals
will be dealt with by the committees.
1.4 It is the responsibility of Club Personnel – Team Managers, Coaches and Captains to ensure
that all players are conversant with the following rules and regulations.
2. FEES
2.1 The Committees will determine the Entry fee (non- refundable) and Court fees to the
GMJCCL.
2.2 All Court fees must be paid by 31st January 2017. Any Club failing to pay their Court fees by
the due date will forfeit 6 points per fixture until fees are paid.
2.3 If a team withdraws from the GMJCCNL they will be liable for all their own and their
opponents remaining court fees.
3. PLAYING QUALIFICATIONS AND ELIGIBILITY
3.1 Application for entry to the GMJCCL shall be open to any club or team, which is affiliated to
England Netball., which has paid its subscription by 30th September 2016.
3.2 A club or team may only enter the GMJCCL by entering the annual GMJCCL seeding
tournament held in September
3.3 Entry to the GMJCCL will be determined by the GMCNA and GMJL Committees.
3.4 In order to qualify a team to participate in the GMJCCL, Clubs shall either be accredited under
England Netball’s CAPS scheme or working towards the same.
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3.5 By entering a team in the GMJCCL, clubs/teams agree that:
 They will abide by these rules and regulations.
 They must fulfil their commitments of participation in the GMJCCL against ALL teams. An
additional fee of £50 will be enforced at the discretion of the GMJCCL plus costs to other
teams. (see 6.4)
3.6 In order to qualify to participate in the GMJCCL, a player shall be in membership of England
Netball as a Registered Participant with an individual membership number
3.7
All players must be in Y6 at midnight on 1st September to qualify for U11’s with the exception of
two players from Y5 who must be 10 by 1st January 2017
All players must be over 10 at midnight on 31st August/1st September to qualify for U12’s.
All players must be over 11 at midnight on 31st August/1st September to qualify for U13’s
All players must be over 12 at midnight on 31st August/1st September to qualify for U14’s.
All players must be over 13 at midnight on 31st August/1st September to qualify for U15’s
All players must be over 14 at midnight on 31st August/1st September to qualify for U16’s.
prior to the commencement of the GMJCCL. Random checks may be made.
All players who have been granted age banding permission must carry with them their age banding
reference number. The form can be found on the England website.
3.8 If a player transfers clubs, both clubs must notify the GMJCCL Competition Officer of the
transfer.
4. REGISTRATION OF SQUAD MEMBERS
4.1 Player Registration sheets for each participating team must be completed fully for each player
and lodged with the GMJCCL Competition Officer at least 7 days before the first fixture of the
commencement of GMJCCL.
4.2 Teams may only use those players whose names appear on their Player Registration Sheet held
by the GMJCCL Competition Officer. Any player may only be borrowed once from a team
within the same club and age group or lower. All matches can only have a maximum of one
borrowed player.
4.3 Players may be registered for two age groups within the same club as per age banding. Players
can only play a maximum of 6 quarters on any one day.
4.4 Any additions, after the first fixture, to the Player Registration sheets must be lodged with the
GMJCCL Competition Officer at least 72 (seventy-two) hours (3 days) prior to playing the
fixture.
4.5 Player Re-registration (transfer of players) will not be accepted after February 2017.
4.6 Each team may declare up to twelve (12) players prior to the start of each match by completing
the result cards. All players named must take the court for at least one quarter of the match.
4.7 If the above Rules 4.1 to 4.5 are not adhered to the offending team(s) will forfeit all points
related to that fixture.
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5. STRUCTURE OF THE LEAGUE
5.1 Each team in the GMJCCL will play the others at least once at a central venue.
5.2 Teams will be awarded league points as follows:
 5 points for a win
 4 points for a draw
 3 point for within 5 goals (50 – 46 = 3pts. 50 – 45 = 2pts.)
 2 point for more than 50% of winners score
 1 point for a loss
5.3 A GMJCCL table will be compiled on the basis of the points awarded to each team. Where
two teams are level on points:
 Goal difference shall be used to determine their relative positions, i.e. precedence shall be
given to the team with the greater difference between goals scored and goals conceded.
 In the event that goal difference does not differentiate between the teams, then the team with
the greatest number of goals scored shall take precedence.
 In the event that neither goal difference nor goals scored can differentiate between the
teams, they will be declared in joint position.
5.4 The top Greater Manchester teams in the U13 & U15 GMJCCL will be part of the NW
Regional League Competition the following season dependent on the make-up of the Regional
League.
6. FIXTURE ARRANGEMENTS
6.1 Matches will be played on an indoor court at Wright Robinson Sports College. Abbey Hey
Lane. Gorton.M18 8RL
6.2 The GMJCCL Competition Officer will arrange the venue, match time and day, schedule the
fixtures and notify all teams accordingly.
6.3 Teams can not rearrange fixtures. If a team cannot fulfil their fixture they must notify the
GMJCCL Competition Officer, the opposing team and officials for that fixture. Fixtures,
which are cancelled/postponed by the Committee due to extreme and unforeseen
circumstances, e.g. flash flood, heavy snowfall, closure of venue, may be re-scheduled by the
GMJCCL Competition Officer.
6.4 If a team cannot fulfil their fixture:
 The non-offending team will be awarded five (5) league points for the match, and the team
which cancels will have two (2) league points deducted from their total.
 The team that cancels will be liable to pay the match costs that the non-offending team and
match officials have incurred. Please see rule 2.3 for fine incurred.
6.5 In the event that a match is abandoned for any reason, e.g. because of serious injury, this must
be noted on the Results Card and the GMJCCL Committees will decide on the procedure to be
followed.
7. MATCH REGULATIONS
7.1 All matches shall be played to the IFNA Rules of the Game currently in force in England at the
time, except where specific regulations may apply.
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7.2 All fixtures except U11’s shall be of one and half hours (1 ½ hours) duration including all
stoppages.
The match start time will be after the 15 minutes warm up
15 minutes warm-up
4 quarters of 15 minutes
2 minutes at ¼ time
5 minutes at ½ time
The remaining time is allotted for cool-down and injury time.
Official England Netball rules for injuries.
U11’s shall be of 1 hour duration including all stoppages.
The match start time will be after the 7 minutes warm up
7 minutes warm up
4 quarters of 10 minutes
2 minutes at ¼ time
3 minutes at ½ time
The remaining time is allotted for cool-down and injury time.
Official England Netball rules for injuries.
7.3 Clubs must ensure umpires and time keepers are aware of the timings.
7.4 In the event that 5 players are not on court at the match start time the points will be awarded to
the non-offending team.
7.5 On Court 1 and 2, spectators are not allowed courtside and must watch the match from the
viewing galleries. On Court 3, due to the lack of viewing galleries, spectators will be allowed
courtside but must remain apart from the team bench and be mindful of the umpires and players
movements and safety. .
8. MATCH OFFICIALS
8.1 Each team must provide one ‘C’ or above award umpire for every fixture.
Matches in the U11’s and U12’s age groups only, may be umpired by someone who has
attended a ‘C’ course and has approval from the County Umpiring Secretary – Lesley Smith
([email protected]) Please also inform the GMJCCL Competition Officer.
All umpires must have attended a new rules forum and hold an orange card.
Umpires may only umpire three matches per day in this league and only two consecutively.
Where possible umpires will be neutral.
8.2 If the above Rule 8.1 is not adhered to the offending team(s) will forfeit all points for that
fixture.
8.3 Each team must provide a competent scorer for each match played who will be required to call
out the score after each goal. It is the responsibility of both Scorers to ensure their scores are
the same and sit together at the far end of the court for the duration of the match. (so spectators
can see the scores)
8.4 Each team must provide a Timekeeper. It is the responsibility of the Timekeeper to signal time
to the Umpires at the end of each quarter and give the Umpires and the Teams a 30 second
warning prior to the start of each quarter.
8.5 Umpires, scorers and timekeepers are match officials and must remain impartial throughout the
match.
8.6 The Team Bench will be positioned behind the defensive circle in the first quarter and will
remain there for the duration of the match.
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9. REGISTRATION OF RESULTS
9.1 Both teams are required to complete official result cards, including printing the full names of
each player before the match. The match cards should be given to the Scorers for the duration
of the match. It is the Scorers responsibility to complete who plays, the scores for the teams
and details of any disciplinary actions. Umpires will record why discipline action was
necessary on the reverse of the match cards..
9.2 After the match the two official result cards must be checked and completed in BLOCK
CAPITALS
 by the scorers
 both teams captains
 both umpires
The match card must be posted to the GMJCCL Competition Officer within 48 hours
of the match
If this rule is not adhered to the offending team(s) will forfeit all points for that match.
9.3 Results must also be emailed to the GMJCCL Competitions Officer [email protected] by
midnight on the following Monday.
TEXTS ARE UNACCEPTABLE.
10. QUERIES, COMPLAINTS & APPEALS
10.1 Any queries or complaints regarding the playing of a match and/or its result must be submitted
in writing/email from a team official to the GMJCCL Competitions Officer within three (3)
working days.
10.2 All queries, complaints and disputes regarding the playing of a match and/or its result to be
lodged within 7 days of the fixture and will be determined in the first instance by the GMJCCL
Secretary. In the event of an appeal of the decision the GMJCCL Competition Officer will call
a GMJCCL Sub-committee meeting who will make their decision on the appeal within 14
days.
10.3 Any disciplinary issues will be dealt with by the GMJCCL Sub-committee in accordance with
the disciplinary procedure laid down in England Netball’s Disciplinary Regulations.
10.4 Regular monitoring of the league will be carried out by the committee.
11. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISOS
11.1 All clubs will be held responsible for the behaviour of their players, officials and spectators.
11.2 It is the responsibility of each team to provide adequate first aid cover for its players and
officials, which shall also be made available including le to the match officials on request.
11.3 GMJCCL adheres to England Netball’s domestic rules guidance – 2016
https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/make-the-game/officiating/rules-updates-3/en-full-domesticrules-guidance-2016/
11.4 Pregnant players may not take part in GMJCCL matches.
11.5 Clubs must follow England Netball guidelines regarding safeguarding including social
networking. Please use the links below for information regarding safeguarding.
https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/governance/safeguarding/
11.6 Clubs must take responsibility for their players being photographed and inform
teams if they do not want any of their players to be photographed. The GMJCCL expect
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all officials, parents, carers and all players to respect a clubs wishes regarding taking
photographs of players.
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