Alcohol. Think Again High School Beach Cup. Competition By Laws

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1 Alcohol. Think Again High School Beach Cup Competition By Laws 13 March 2016

2 CONTENTS Contents General Information Tournament By Laws Basic beach volleyball rules P a g e

3 1. GENERAL INFORMATION Courts will be located at City Beach and Inner City Beach (if required pending entry numbers) at 180 Charles St West Perth. Venue layout map will be available on the day for court numbers. Be early! There is a briefing starting at 8:00am sharp for all players and teachers in front of the tournament main marquee. Whistles Volleyball WA is not allowed (by Health Regulations) to supply whistles on the day, so please ensure your school or individuals bring their own. This is very important. Duty teams are required to referee and score. Teams not showing up for duties will be penalised one premiership point. Know where you are playing. The majority of your games will be on or near the same court. Balls A Match Ball will be provided on each court. Teams are responsible for their own warm up balls. Once finalised please check your fixtures thoroughly : - Some teams will have back to back games due to the number of games that need to be played. - Please check the whole fixture sheet carefully so you show up for all games (and duties) at the right times on the correct court. Please be on time, accurate and above all honest. SCORESHEETS MUST BE SIGNED BY WINNING TEAMS, THEN TAKEN TO THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR. ONCE SIGNED, THE SCORESHEET IS OFFICIAL. VWA WILL NOT SORT OUT DISCREPANCIES AFTER SCORESHEETS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE MAIN MARQUEE. Teachers / Supervisors are ultimately responsible for the safety and behaviour of your students. Remember to be Sun Smart and bring water bottles, hats and shirts. Please make sure all students bring a packed lunch and water. Please note that there is no food suppliers at Inner City Beach although drinks available for sale. All players must wear a shirt while playing. It is preferred that they also wear a hat and sunglasses. 3 P a g e

4 Basic 1 st Aid is available at the tournament desk. VWA officials will not take liability for injury. Players play at their own risk. Contact Numbers: Volleyball WA competitions@volleyballwa.com.au 4 P a g e

5 2. TOURNAMENT BY LAWS 1. For this tournament Volleyball WA membership cost is incorporated in the nomination fee. Players are required to make themselves familiar with VWA Code of conduct and policies that are available on our website 2. Important dates for the tournament. Friday February 26 th Close of nominations. Monday February 29 th Nomination invoices sent to schools. March 4 th Deadline for payment of nomination fees. March 8 th Deadline for changes to team lists ($100 fine if teams pull out on this date or after). March 13 th 2016 Alcohol. Think Again High School Beach Cup. 3. Team Composition 4 s teams must start with 4 players on the court. In the event of an injury a team may start the game with three players. Players may play in one team only. 4. The tournament is open to all schools, country associations and community teams that qualify for school aged tournaments. (Athletes must currently be attending a secondary school). Athletes are only required to be of school age and do not necessarily have to attend the same school to compete. 5. Volleyball WA may need to refuse team nominations if it benefits the structure of the tournament, teams who nominate first will take preference if such a situation occurs. As a result VWA strongly encourages schools to nominate early to avoid the possible removal of teams. 6. All members of the School Team must play a minimum of 2 round robin games in order to qualify for finals. 7. Match Time 5 minute warm up + 15 minute game. The game end will be signaled / announced. 8. Scoring Round Robin and Semi Finals. All Matches will be rally point i.e. points are scored off every rally regardless of whether the team has the serve, consisting of one set capped at 5 P a g e

6 40 points. The team with the most points at the end of time wins. If teams are even at the end of the game the next point wins there are no draws. 9. Grand Finals Scoring Matches will be rally point un-timed. First to 30 points capped. 10. Teams switch sides on court during the match, when the score reaches a multiple of 10 (for example 4-6, or 13-7). This is to eliminate advantages caused by weather and court conditions. 11. One time out is allowed per game per team of 30 seconds. 12. Substitutions may be made on a rotation basis. 13. Equal Points If teams are on equal points at the end of the round robin the following applies Games percentage then Set percentage then Points percentage 14. Premiership Points Win 3 points Loss 1 point Forfeit - 0 points 15. Forfeits If a team is not present 5 minutes into the start of the game it will be declared a forfeit. 16. Net Heights Female 2.24m Male 2.43m 17. All monies are non-refundable after the close of nominations. If a team pulls out after nominations have closed, the school will have to pay the nomination fee for the team. If a team withdraws after March 8 th 2015 without a valid reason a $100 fine will occur. VWA makes the final decision on valid reasons for the removal of teams. The Tournament Director s decision is final. 6 P a g e

7 3. BASIC BEACH VOLLEYBALL RULES Taken together, the following rules essentially define the game of Beach Volleyball: 1. The lines are considered to be a part of the court, and a ball landing or touching the line is considered IN. 2. Service (must be by hand) is from anywhere behind the end-line. A player may not 'handpass' the ball directly off the palm. The ball must be tossed up or dropped slightly before contact. 3. The team is entitled to a maximum of three hits for returning the ball. A player can play the ball 2 times consecutively only if the first touch is a block touch. Block contacts are counted as the first hit. 4. The ball can be played with any part of the body. The ball can be touched or hit but cannot be caught, thrown or scooped in any way. 5. On winning the service, the team rotates their service order, bringing a new player to the service line. This service order must be maintained throughout the game. Players continue to serve until the opposition wins a rally. 6. Teams switch sides of the court during the match when the score reaches a multiple of 10 [for example 4-6, or 13-7]. This is to eliminate advantages caused by weather or beach conditions. 7. One time-out (30 sec.) per game, per team. 8. Net touches are not allowed at any time and immediately signal the end of the rally. 9. Players may step under the net to play the ball, however, interference with players on the opponent s team is not allowed and will result in losing the point. 10. Setting of the service is not permitted as it is too open to interpretation and inconsistency. In Beach Volleyball, you may not tip the ball with open or soft fingers. Instead the ball must be hit or knuckled. 7 P a g e