Senior Competition HANDBOOK
Spring 2025
contents of page
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General Info
Contact details, Competition timeline, Venues
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Competition Operations
Competition age groups, Competition Structure, Finals format, WWCC information
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Competition Fees
Fee information, AKV, BNSW membership fees, Association information
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Competition By-laws
By-Laws, Rules on fill-ins, Uniforms, Forfeits, Duty, Fines
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Competition Expectations
Coach conduct, Spectator behaviour, Player conduct
CONTAct details
This handbook aims to provide all relevant information and expectations relating to the 2025
Senior Spring Competition. For all enquiries regarding competitions:
Contact: Vance Abreu
Email: vance.abreu@nsba.com.au
Phone: 02 9906 7877
Competition timeline
VENUES
competition operationS
Competition structure
finals format
competition fees
fee information
Season fees will be charged in two phases
Phase One: Nomination Fee
The Team Nomination Fee is NON-REFUNDABLE if a team withdraws after Friday July 4th 11:59pm.
Phase Two: Balance of Team Fees
Balance of fees will be invoiced on Friday July 11th.
The balance of season fees is required to be paid in full by Friday July 25th.
A late fee of $100 will apply if payment is not received by this date.
please note:
NSBA Annual Registration and BNSW Membership is separate to competition fees.
Within 14 days of the competition commencement date, teams will incur a $300 admin fee for withdrawing from NSBA competitions. Please refer to NSBA by-laws 13.2 and 13.3 for more information.
competition by-laws
by-laws
NSBA’s Domestic Competitions are governed by the NSBA Competition By-Laws.
rules on fill-ins
A team may organise fill-in players should their registered players be unavailable for a game.
Fill-in players are required to have an active Norths/BNSW Membership (this can include the 14-day pass).
Please note the following rules for fill-ins:
Each team is limited to a maximum of 3 fill-in players for any game, to bring the total players for that game up to six.
The fill-in player must not be on the roster for another team within the competition. (Eg. Monday Women’s B grade Team A player cannot fill-in for Monday Women B grade Team B.)
The fill-in player must not have filled in for another team within the competition. (Eg. Monday Women’s C grade Team A player cannot fill-in for Monday Women B grade Team B and Monday Women B grade Team C.)
Fill-in players must comply with the relevant uniform requirements or be penalised per clause 21.
If a fill-in player plays 3 or more games for a team they must be added to the team roster.
uniforms
Each team is required to supply their own uniforms. These uniforms need to meet the requirements in the Uniform Policy, found in the NSBA Competition By-Laws.
Please note, all players must have shorts without pockets.
Penalties apply to teams that are not in matching uniforms by Round 6 of the Competition.
Refer to by-law 21.9 for further information.
Forfeits
If your team is required to forfeit a game, please call the NSBA Front Desk (02 9906 7877) a minimum of 24hrs BEFORE YOUR GAME.
You MUST speak to someone; a voicemail is not an accepted forfeit notice.
Once you speak to a staff member, please follow the phone call up by emailing the following details to: nsisc@nsba.com.au
Team Name
Team Grade (including day played e.g. Monday Men’s B)
Opponent
Game Time
Reason for forfeiting
Penalties apply for late notice and repeated forfeits; see NSBA By-Law Clause 14.
duty requirement
Each team is required to complete Duty on their own game (excluding Premier Division Competitions). This means having ONE competent person to complete the scoring of the game. This can be a substitute player or a spectator.
A team that fails to provide Duty on 3 occasions will have the penalty applied in accordance with By-Law 16.6 (f).
fines
If you or your team is issued with a fine due to an infringement of the NSBA Competition By-Laws, you will have 14-days to make payment. All fine payments will go through the front desk and can be paid in person or over the phone.
competition expectations
coach conduct
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Player conduct
All players and teams participating in an NSBA Competition are expected to conduct
themselves in accordance with the NSBA Competition By-Laws, Norths Players Code of Conduct and the BNSW Zero Tolerance Policy.
Penalties apply for players and teams who breach these policies. The penalties associated with breaches of the NSBA Competition By-Laws, Norths Players Code of Conduct and the BNSW Zero Tolerance Policy can be found in Clause 23 of the NSBA Competition By-Laws.
At NSBA’s discretion a team or player who continually breaches these policies may be removed from and/or not accepted back into NSBA Competitions.