Team Nomination HANDBOOK
SENIORS - Autumn 2027
contents of page
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General Info
Contact Details, Nomination Information, Competition Timeline, Venues.
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Competition Operations
Competition Structure, Player Registrations, and Regrading.
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Competition Fees
Fees Outline, Fees Structure, BNSW Fees, Secondary Association Information.
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Competition By-Laws
By-Laws, Duty, Fill-Ins, Uniforms, Forfeits and Fines.
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Competition Expectations
Player and Coach Conduct.
CONTAct details
This handbook aims to provide all relevant information and expectations relating to the 2027 Senior Autumn Competition.
For all enquiries regarding competitions:
Contact: Elena Carraro
Email: competitions@nsba.com.au
Phone: 02 9906 7877
NOMination information
Key Nomination Dates
PRIORITY ACCESS Nominations Open
Monday, November 16, 2026 @ 9:00 AM
PRIORITY ACCESS Nominations Close
Sunday, November 22, 2026 @ 11:55 PM
Priority Access:
All returning teams that nominate by the by the Sunday, November 22 deadline will retain their spot in the 2027 Autumn season. Following this deadline, all teams, both new and returning, will be accepted based on their registration date.
Standard Team Nominations Open
Monday, November 23, 2026 @ 9:00 AM
Standard Team Nominations Close
Tuesday, January 4, 2027 @ 11:55 PM
Please note Team Nominations may close earlier than January 5 if NSBA reaches capacity for Team Acceptances.
Independent Teams
Nomination Form (click here)
All new and returning INDEPENDENT teams only.
The registration link will not be available until Monday, November 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM.
Club Teams
All club teams will need to register through the club’s portal on PlayHQ.
Competition timeline
VENUES
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North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre
Level 5, 36 Hume Street, Crows Nest, 2065
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Galuwa Recreation Centre
180 River Rd, Lane Cove NSW 2066
competition operationS
Competition structure
Player to Team Registrations
All permanent players must register to their team by Round 3 of the competition.
Any fill-in participation beyond Round 3 will not count towards finals eligibility.
All team organisers can access the player registration link for their team through PlayHQ.
REGRADING
After Round 5 of the competition, each team's performance will be reviewed and NSBA will complete a regrading process taking into consideration the context of the divisions/age group as a whole.
Where a team is identified as being too strong or too weak for a division - NSBA may make changes to their grade to ensure they are provided with the opportunity to verse teams of similar caliber and games are competitive for the majority of teams.
Where a team is unable to be moved up a division and is considered too strong for their current division - NSBA may at their discretion make the team ineligible for the finals.
competition fees
fee information
Season fees will be charged in two phases
Phase One: Nomination Fees
Paid together when nominating a team.
Team Entry Fee
$150
NON-REFUNDABLE.
Season Fee Deposit
$350
NON-REFUNDABLE after team withdrawal deadline (January 12 2027).
Phase Two: Season Fee Balance
Remaining season game fees.
The balance of season fees is required to be paid in full by Friday, February 5.
A late fee of $100 will apply if payment is not received by this date.
For a team of 8 players, the cost per player is approx. $15.70 per round for our standard domestic competitions
The exact cost depends on:
Season rounds
Number of players in your team
Your selected competition
Withdrawing from a Competition:
13.2 A team may withdraw from a competition by giving 14 days’ notice in writing to NSBA.
13.3 A team that withdraws from a competition:
(a) must pay:
(i) all game fees up to their withdrawal date, including games they were scheduled to play during the notice period.
(ii) any levied fines.
(iii) an administration fee of $300.
Byes:
Any teams rostered with 4 (or more) byes in a season will be eligible for a game fee credit towards the following season.
please note:
BNSW Membership fees / secondary association information
All players must pay an annual NSBA/BNSW fee in order to participate in competitions. This cost covers your registration with NSBA and your membership with BNSW. The membership fee will be automatically prompted for payment if your membership expires within the season dates. The BNSW membership fee is seperate to your competition fees.
If NSBA is your secondary association, please provide the following information to Elena (competitions@nsba.com.au) to receive a secondary association discount voucher:
BNSW membership expiry date.
Primary association membership payment receipt.
NSBA competition by-laws
by-laws
NSBA’s Domestic Competitions are governed by the NSBA Competition By-Laws.
duty
All teams are required to provide a competent person to complete duty (score table) on their own game.
To help ensure smooth operations, we encourage all teams to organise someone to complete duty for their game in advance.
rules on fill-ins
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.
A registered player may play up to two games for a team when they are not on the team’s roster, provided they:
(a) are filling in for a team in a higher division or age group than they are registered to; and
(b) are not on the roster of another team in that division; and
(c) have not played a game with another team in that division; and
(d) have not been ruled ineligible by NSBA to play in that division or age group.
Fill-in players must comply with the relevant uniform requirements or be penalised per clause 21.
For more information on fill-ins refer to the NSBA Competition By-Laws.
uniforms
Each team is required to supply their own uniforms.
All teams must have a matching uniform by Week 6 of the competition.
Players must play in shorts WITHOUT pockets.
More about the uniform policy can be found in the NSBA Competition By-Laws.
Forfeits and fines
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 Date
Game Time
Reason for forfeiting
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
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.
COACH CONDUCT
All coaches are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with the Norths Coaches Code of Conduct and the BNSW Zero Tolerance Policy
Failure to act according to the codes of conduct may result in your removal from the stadium and/or exclusion.
At NSBA’s discretion a coach who continually breaches these policies may be removed from and/or not accepted back into NSBA Competitions.
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