BLUE MOUNTAINS NETBALL ASSOCIATION
ABANDONMENT OF PLAY POLICY
Rationale
The Blue Mountains Netball Association believe that all games throughout the
season should be played if possible for the promotion of netball in the Blue
Mountains.
Aims of Policy
The aim of the Abandonment of Play Policy is to ensure the safety of all BMNA
association members and their supporters when at the Lapstone netball courts.
To this end the BMNA aims to:
 Follow the directions of Emergency services
 Make decisions about the playing conditions of the courts due to adverse weather
conditions, an unsafe environment or foreseeable danger.
 Make public the outcome of abandonment of play decisions to members of the
BMNA
 Provide a safe playing environment at Lapstone netball Courts
Procedures/strategies
Weather
 The decision regarding the abandonment of games due to wet weather shall be
made by the Wet Weather committee or officials appointed for such purposes. In the
event of no play, the Weather committee or appointed officials shall make public the
cancellation of games through club representatives (e.g: SMS, phone, email,
webpage) at 7.30am for junior games and 11.30am for senior games.
 It is the responsibility of all clubs to advise team of abandoned games.
Executive and official role
 Once play has commenced the decision to continue play will be made by a quorum
of the executive committee after all attempts have been made to contact all members
of the executive committee.
 Although it is the responsibility of umpires to ensure that the playing conditions are
safe, in the end it is the association’s decision whether, due to adverse conditions,
unsafe environment or foreseeable dangers:
o The match should commence;
o The match should continue;
o The match should be abandoned
o Where a game is abandoned for any reason other than wet weather or forfeit, the
executive committee and the council shall determine what action is to be taken in
relation to the result of the game. (The game may be awarded to either team, a draw
may be declared or the game may be replayed)
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Outcome of game
o Where a game is abandoned each team will receive two (2) points
o When a division is split over different playing times and abandonment is called for
one of these playing times, all games in that division will be deemed as abandoned
o If play has commenced and the game is abandoned the result shall be as follows; o If play ceased before half time the game is abandoned
o If play ceased after half time the result of the game will be taken at the time
the game has ceased.
o In the case of Semi-Finals, Finals and Grand Finals, if play is abandoned before a
result can be achieved then the games will be replayed.
o Replayed games will be played at a time and date fixed by the Competition
Convenor in conjunction with the Umpire Convenor.
o The Competition Convenor will set a provisional schedule for replaying
abandoned Finals series games at the start of the season.
Attachments:
Club Contact Number Register for SMS and Email
Website Notification
References:
BMNA Constitution
Evaluation
This policy and procedure will be reviewed at the September Council meeting or as
required.
Ratification:
This policy was updated at the September 2014 Council meeting to include provisions for
replaying games in the finals series.
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Jenny Walker BMNA President
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Lyn Silk BMNA Public Officer
Date
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