Tournament Setup and Regulations.

All Players MUST be Members of England Netball for season 2023-2024. Players in the U13 Tournament must have been 12 years old or younger on 31-Aug-2023. Those in the U15 Tournament must have been 14 years old or younger on 31-Aug-2023.

The U13 and U15 Tournaments each have 3 stages: In Stage 1 the teams are in 3 pools of 6 teams each. Within each pool, teams will play each other once. In Stage 2 there are 6 pools of 3 teams each, with places allocated based upon their ranking in Stage 1: the 1st and 2nd second in each Stage 1 pool will be in Cup Pools X & Y, the 3rd and 4th placed teams in Bowl Pools X & Y and  the 5th and 6th placed teams will be in Plate Pools X & Y. The final Stage sees play-offs between the top two teams in each of the Cup, Bowl and Plate pools. Each team will thus play at least 7 games with 6 teams playing 8 games. 

Matches will be centrally timed and start and finish when a hooter is sounded. 

All matches are 12 minutes long with a one minute half-time. The team named first on the schedule has first centre and choice of shooting direction. 

Please be courtside promptly ready for your match. Teams who are not on court and ready to play within one (1) minute of the scheduled start time will be deemed to have conceded the match and a score of 5-0 will be awarded to the team that was ready to play. Matches finish when the finishing hooter is sounded, irrespective of any delay in starting after the starting hooter.

There will be a 2 minute break between matches to allow for teams to changeover.  Please leave the Courts via the one-way system as soon as your match is finished. 

During the Pool stages, teams are awarded points as follows:

1. Five (5) points for a win 
2. Three (3) points for a draw
3. Two (2) points for a loss having scored and within 3 goals of the winners’ score (e.g. 7-4, 6-5)
4. One (1) point for a loss having scored (e.g. 2-7, 1-5)
5. Zero (0) points for a loss while failing to score (e.g. 0-5)

League tables for each pool will be compiled on the basis of the points awarded to each team. Where teams are level on points the following will be used to differentiate between the teams, in the order of precedence shown:

1. Higher Goal Difference (Total Goals Scored - Total Goals Conceded)
2. Higher Total Goals Scored 
3. Fewer Total Goals Conceded 
4. In Stage 1, the result of the match between the two teams 
5. In Stage 2, Better Stage 1 Performance
6. Alphabetical order of Team Name (case insensitive) as recorded in the Tournament Schedule.

In the event of a draw in a final match an additional minute will be played. If teams are still deadlocked at the end of this extra time, play will continue until the next goal has been scored (the Golden Goal Rule).  Centres alternate as usual during extra time; the first centre of extra time goes to the team who did not take the last centre of normal time.

These notes are an addendum to the standard England Netball Rules, as published online at www.englandnetball.co.uk  The final arbiter on all matters is the Head Umpire. Any decision made by the Head Umpire is final.

Please follow the one-way systems when entering and leaving the courts. Please leave the courts as soon as your match has finished.

Sorry! No spectators on courts 1-6 please. No dogs are permitted anywhere on school grounds.

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