Summer 2024 Grand Finals!!!
Congratulations to all teams who made it through to the Grand Final this coming weekend!!! This is amazing and no matter what happens on Grand Final, you are all winners!!! Now comes some official reminders (boring but necessary...): Cost: - Team fee: $85 per team - Door fee: $3 per player and spectator (Spectators under 18 are free) Uniform: - Uniform penalties apply for incorrect uniform- refer to sections 9 and 16 of the MBA by-laws. - Shorts to have no pockets - Uniforms to have numbers affixed - Uniforms to be identical - In the event of a colour clash, the first team listed changes their top. - To help avoid injuries: - Nails: please either tape nails or trim short - Jewellery: Exposed jewellery, such as rings, necklaces, ear/facial piercings, and bracelets need to either be secularly taped or removed. Zone Defence (U10-14) - According to By-law 16.15, the following penalties apply if teams play zone defence during finals: - First offence, Supervisor will advise coach they are in breach of playing a zone which must be fixed immediately and given an official warning. - Second offence, Supervisor will advise Referee to call a technical foul at the most convenient time. - Any further zone incident will result in the game being forfeited and the win awarded to the opposition. - MBA will have Zone Busters present and roaming around Bentleigh during the U10-14 games on Saturday and Sunday. The Ref Supervisor at GESAC will act as the Zone Buster. - If you believe a team is using Zone Defence, please notify one of the referee supervisors who will act as a Zone Buster to watch the game or you can politely notify the Zone Buster yourself, if they are in proximity. They will be wearing fluoro vests. Scorer: - Would be highly beneficial to provide the best scorer from your team; also good to have a spotter as well if you can. - MBA will provide an official to sit with the scorers; however they will not be scoring for either team.
Fill-In Players: - Any team requiring a Fill-In player, please raise this asap as the request will need to get to MBA by 9am Friday (22 March)
Presentation: - There will be a medal presentation at the end of each game for both the Runners Up and Premiers as well as a Sportsmanship award for one player in each game in the U10-20 age groups. BEST OF LUCK TO ALL TEAMS!!! GOOOOO MAGIC!!!
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