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LEAGUE RULES & GUIDELINES

General Information

1. Tournament name is the Bank of St. Lucia Guy Brown Memorial League
2. The tournament is being staged by the St. Lucia Volleyball Association (SLVA).
3. St. Lucia Volleyball Association P. O. Box 1261 Castries St. Lucia
4. League Committee addresses:
   • league.committee@hotmail.com  
   • slvaassistantant@gmail.com

5. League Committee Members: Emmy Vitalis, Darian Roberts, Shammah Philgence and Terry Faisal

Tournament

1. Tournament matches will be played on a home and away basis with each Team being assigned a home venue.
2. The tournament will begin on October 2017 and end in January 2018
3. Teams must arrive 45 minutes before scheduled match time.
4. The tournament will be in two categories; Men and Women.
5. Member clubs in good standing, affiliated to the St. Lucia Volleyball Association must pay a League Registration Fee of $200. Payments made to Emmy Vitalis 519-0007.
6. The attached Registration/ Team Roster (O-2) Form is a necessary requirement if we are to properly manage the competition. All teams are must comply with the following requirements, guidelines and deadlines. This form should be returned to us no later than October 30^th, 2017.  Deadline for registration fee is October 30^th, 2017.
7. The tournament regulations shall be the statutes that govern the SLVA. FIVB regulations and their statutes will govern any case not provided for these regulations
8. Teams shall consist of a maximum of 14 players (a minimum of 12 regular players). One of the players, other than the Libero, is the team captain, who shall be indicated on the score sheet. Teams may elect to bring more technical and management personnel.
9. All regular matches will be played according to the official fixtures
10. Tournament balls will be Molten
11. All fines to be paid at the end of the tournament.
12. Referees are selected by the technical committee of the SLVA.

Official Tournament Rules

 The competition will be played in accordance with FIVB Rules of the Game. Participating teams are held responsible for content of all rules.

1. The home team is responsible for:
   • First Aid Kit on site
   • Preparation of their home court
   • Sourcing the 2^nd Referee
   • Getting lines people, scorers and ball retrievers

2. Association is responsible for 1^st Referee
3. Any team not having its home responsibilities covered as stated in Rule (1)cwill be fined $25
4. Forfeiture:
   • teams not getting to the playing venue within 30 minutes of playtime will forfeit the match.
   • teams may liaise with each other and the 1^st referee if they plan to push     

5. Any abuse, verbal or otherwise, of the referees or other players will constitute an immediate ejection from the game
6. Referees decisions are FINAL.
7. If a team forfeits a match by refusing to play, they will be fine $50 and can be dropped from the remainder of the schedule.
8. Clubs will be sanctioned/penalized for n-show of scheduled officials, as agreed upon by the Control Committee.

Uniforms

1. The playing uniforms must be conformity with SLVA Regulations.
2. All teams must be in full uniform for scheduled matches. (Uniform design/ colour shirts and shorts, special attention is to be paid to length of shorts see uniform regulations on FIVB website)
3. Appropriate uniforms numbers are 1-25. Players must use 1 number for the duration of the tournament

Protests:
- All protests must be presented in writing to the League Control Committee, in c/o of SLVA

- Protest about the results of a match must be accompanied by deposit of $150.00 (EC) for each protest.

Awards:
- First Place: A Trophy and gold medals. $500

- Second Place: A Trophy and Silver medals for each member. $300

- Third Place: $200

Control Committee

• Control Committee will be appointed by the SLVA Executive and will include members of the SLVA Technical committee and Referee Committee and other persons so appointed. The Control Committee will have a maximum of four (4) members in total, all of them to be appointed by the SLVA executive.
• The Control committee is the supreme authority of the competition, its decisions being final. 
• The committee will issue final decisions on claims and protest brought to their attention.
• Impose any sanctions or take measures on any violation to these competition regulations, SLVA or FIVB.
• Verify the eligibility of the participants.
• Manage and supervise all matters related to refereeing and auxiliary personnel during the competition.
• One or more members of the league Control Committee should be present at a match. They will assist in verifying the team’s roster and resolve issues on match day.

All clubs/teams are required to ensure that all registered players have been certified as fit to engage (it is advised that a health certificate from a registered Doctor be provided by the player) in strenuous physical activity. SLVA accepts no responsibility in this regard.

Download a copy of the registration form, here