Body Renew
Sport & Social Club Winchester
GENERAL CLUB RULES
REGISTRATION
• Each season / sport / league is a completely different registration.
• There is a new season / sport / league every 8 to 10 weeks
• Registration pricing can vary from season to season
• Body Renew members will always have significant registration
discounts
COED PARTICIPATION & TEAM ROSTER ELIGIBILITY
• All S&SC participants must be at least 21 years old before the
season starts.
• Participants can request to be on a team together, or individually
register as a whole team.
• Individuals who have registered (or small groups/pairs) will be
placed on a team by the S&SC Director.
• Every S&SC Season requires a minimum amount of females on the
roster and in the field of play (refer to specific sport rules for
minimum)
• It is up to the team and team captain to assure that there are not
only enough registered players on their roster to play, but also
enough registered players (including the minimum amount of
females) on the roster to play in case certain players can’t make it
to certain games.
o To help assure this all rosters must have at least 1 more male
and female player registered that is needed for a starting line
up in a sport (ex: if playing Kickball – 6 males and a minimum
of 2 female players, 8 total, are needed to play. Therefore the
roster must have at least 7 males and 3 females, 10 total).
o At the same time a team can not have more than 5 players
on a roster that exceeds the minimum amount of players
required to play that particular sport (ex: if playing Kickball –
minimum amount of players required to play is 6 males and 2
females equaling 8 total players, therefore a roster can not
have more than 13 players).
o If a team can’t fill their roster by the registration deadline, the
S&SC Director can place player(s) who have registered as
individuals on their team to fulfill the requirement.
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Individuals who have registered (or small groups or pairs who have
registered) and who need a team will be placed on a team by the
S&SC Director.
o The director will place them on team who is short on players
or on a team who accepts to add them to their full roster.
o A team must accept a registered individual to be placed on
their team if they do not meet the roster requirement by
registration deadline.
Players who are have played in a more competitive league for a
particular sport within the last year here at the Sports Center, or
players who have played in a semi-professional or collegiate sport
within the last two years, cannot play in that sport in the S&SC.
o EX: If the next sport/season of S&SC is Flag Football, players
who have played in the Competitive Adult Flag Football
League in the last year cannot play or register for that S&SC
sport and season.
o EX: If a player has played college baseball in the last 2 years,
they cannot play or register in an upcoming Wiffle Ball
League.
Each S&SC player must complete a registration form, with waiver,
before participating in their first game or will not be allowed to
participate.
Players who have participated in professional sports are not allowed
in the S&SC at any time. This includes leagues that use "Professional"
in their name. (ex: “Professional Women's Tackle Football League.”)
Each S&SC participate must have their league fee paid and
cleared by the second week of the season or will not be allowed to
participate.
A player can only register beyond the registration deadline if they
are joining a team that has already met all their roster requirements.
However the individual must pay full price, and complete the
registration before the 3rd week of the season.
Teams will forfeit all games if either of the above GAME RULES is
broken.
PLAYER ID & ROSTER CHECK
• Due to liability reasons, and assuring that everyone participating is
indeed registered, all players must be able show a valid photo ID to
Body Renew staff upon request at any time during the season.
• Player(s) who refuse or are not in possession of their valid photo ID
are prohibited from participating.
• Body Renew S&SC staff can require a roster check prior to each
game.
ILLEGAL PLAYER
The S&SC considers using an illegal player to be unsportsmanlike conduct.
Illegal Players are defined as:
• A player(s) who is on the roster for two S&SC teams at the same time
• A player who is not a member of any current S&SC team
• A player who has broken the age requirement
• A player who has not completed league payment by Week 2
• A player who has not completed a registration form by Week 1
• A late add on who was added on a team & registered after week 3
• A player who is not a recreational/social level player
ILLEGAL PLAYER PENALTIES
• After the discovery of an illegal player(s), all wins to date will be
removed from the penalized team standings & the opposing team’s
loss result will reflect a win.
• Penalized teams may participate in their remaining regular season
games.
• The illegal player(s) will be suspended from ALL teams for the
remainder of the season, and potentially for all further S&SC
leagues.
UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT / SOCIAL LEAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT
This is a rule for ALL Sport & Social Club Leagues.
This is a SOCIAL LEAGUE WHERE OVER COMPETIVNESS IS NOT PERMITTED.
Players must understand this is a social/recreational level of competition.
Players must follow the code of conduct to register and play.
• All players on all rosters must have playing time.
• Following every game the referee can give a team a negative
point in their overall standing points in the current league for a
unsportsmanlike performance from an individual or the entire team
o Example: With a win a team receives 3 points to goes towards
your overall position in the league standings. So if you win, but
receive a unsportsmanlike performance, your team will only
receive 2 points.
o Example: If a team loses they receive 0 points in the
standings, but if they lose and receive an unsportsmanlike
performance, they will receive -1 points in the overall
standings.
• A referee and ONLY the referee can give a team a unsportsmanlike
performance for one or more of the following reasons:
o Excessive arguing with the referee throughout the game
o Aggressive play against the opposition
o Negative comments towards the opposition said with bad
intent, and not in fun nature
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o Refusing to shake hands following the game with the
opposition
o Excessive foul language
o Not having fun
The referee may give a unsportsmanlike foul to an individual on top
of giving the whole team a negative sportsmanship point during or
after a game if they find one particular individual excessively
breaking any of the sportsmanship rules above.
o An unsportsmanlike foul results in a automatic ejection from
the current game (if foul is called during play).
o As well as suspension from the next contest the current
league (if there is no next contest, the individual must take
the suspension on the first game of the next season/sport they
registered for in Sport & Social Club)
o A referee may or may not give a warning of this foul prior to
making an official suspension towards an individual player.
o The S&SC Director can decide if a player is no longer
permitted in all future S&SC leagues.
SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB JERSEY
All players must wear their official Sport & Social Club jersey for all games.
• First time Sport & Social Club participates will be required to
purchase a jersey for an additional $10 fee on top of the league fee
(whether they are paying the Body Renew Member rate or NonMember rate).
• Players who have participated in a previous Sport & Social Club
sport can wear their jersey from that previous season to avoid a
jersey fee (if on the same team color).
• Players who are being placed/requesting a new team with a new
jersey color, and who already have a different colored jersey from a
previous S&SC season, can turn in their old jersey (clean and in
good shape) for a new jersey color to avoid having to pay a jersey
add on fee. Or they can simply purchase a second jersey for the
$10 add on jersey fee.
• Players who do not wear their jersey may be given a warning.
• Individuals, who excessively forget and do not wear or bring their
jersey, will be required to purchase a second jersey the night of
competition or will not be permitted to play.
GRACE PERIOD / GAME TIME SUBS
• All leagues will have a 7-minute grace period following scheduled
game time for teams waiting on the needed amount of players to
show up to play.
• Once that 7-minute grace period hits a team who is short must have
completed 3 options for a regular season game to play:
o 1). Have arranged for subs (EXCEPT FOR PLAYOFFS)
o 2). Decide to play short with any associated penalties
o 3). Forfeit the game
• Subs will only be permitted during the regular season, and NOT in
the playoffs in any Sport & Social Club sport/league/season.
• A team who is short on players can have sub(s) as long as they met
all of the Game Time Sub Guidelines:
o The team is in fact short on players and/or females, and can
only take subs as NEEDED. A team cannot have subs just for
the sake of having more players (ex: Blue Team only has 6
players when kickball requires 8, or Blue Team only has 1
female in attendance and they need 2).
o The subs must be a paid registered player from another team
for that current sport/league/season & they must be in
attendance with their jersey.
o The opposing team must agree to allow you to have subs,
and must approve who your subs are (ex: Blue Team is
playing Red Team and Blue Team needs a sub, if Red Team
does not agree or allow the subs Blue Team must play short).
o The subs have been found and agreed upon by the 7-minute
grace period.
PLAYING SHORT & FORFIETS
• If a team is short with no subs they can still decide to play their
game as long as they are not more than two players short needed
to play. (ex: Kickball plays 8 players at a time. A team can’t play
with less than 6).
• Female rules still apply regardless if a team is short on total players.
• FORFIETING GAMES is highly frowned upon in the S&SC. If a team
cannot find subs and cannot play for having less than two players
short needed to play, they must forfeit the game to a losing forfeit
score designated to that sport.
• A TEAM CAN NOT FORFIET more than one game in a season. If they
do, they will automatically be eliminated from playoff contention
for that season. All players on that team for that season who has
forfeited more than 1 game in a season, WILL NOT be permitted to
play in the next Sport & Social Club Sport.
DRINKING / BEVERAGES
• Drinking is permitted during Sport & Social play on the sidelines.
• No outside food or beverage of any kind is permitted.
• It is an individuals and teams responsibility to drink responsibly.
• Referee, Bartender or Management can cut off an individual or an
entire team from drinking at any time
DYNASTY RULE
Since the S&SC was designed for fun recreational play, a team that wins
four (4) straight championships must do one of the following:
• Split their team up so they don’t have any more than 5 players who
played on all 4 of the championship title runs.
• Take a one season break from the S&SC