1. All Students participating in the HESF competitions must be registered
and atending whole time courses and must produce evidence of same
if required. Block release and day release students are eligible
throughout the year of their course. Adult education courses are
excluded. Team Managers are empowered to carry out spot checks
and disqualify persons not in possession of valid ID cards.
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| 2. All fixtures, venues and dates should be strictly adhered to.
Where a team is more than fifteen minutes late for a fixture the
other team is entiled to take the points for the game. |
| 3. All Colleges participating must have paid an affiliation fee
to the Treasurer, Brendan Johnston before 15th November. |
| 4. League Competitions : The League competitions are divided into
two groupings. Two teams from each groups with the highest number
of points at the end of the league go through to the semi-finals
stage to be held at a venue and place to be decided by the HESF. |
5. All the results must be forwarded to the group fixtures secretary
within seven days of the competition on official HESF results
sheets using official score sheets. Both teams are to send in
results and failure to do this will result in no points being
awarded for the fixture.
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6. The home team must send a fixture programme with times and venues
to the visiting team at least three days before the competition.
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7. If a fixture has to be postponed due to unforseen circumstances
beyond the control of the participating colleges, sufficient notice
should be given to the contact person of the opposing college
( minimum notice should be at least three days ).
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8. Where a College fails to provide a venue for a fixture the College
looses home advantage and must play the fixture at the opposing
College's convenience.
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9. All referees and officials must be provided by the home team
and should be qualified and neutral.
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10. Dress : Members of a team must be dressed appropriately for the
sport being played. For Badminton 75% white for top and single
colour shorts. For Volleyball numbers should be worn front and
back.
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11. All cups must be returned to the semi finals venue by the semi
final date. Colleges failing to return cups will be fined the
cost of replacing the cups involved. It is up to the college concerned
to have the college's name and year engraved on the cup.
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12. Catering done by the home team is at the discretion of the host.
Host teams are not obliged to provide meals but where possible
this is encouraged.
Finals : Panel of players with college registration numbers must be forwarded
to the Competitions secretary at least one week before the finals. At this event as with all league fixtures students must produce
college ID cards. College must register players half an hour before each competitions
scheduled to begin. Counters and visible score boards must be
provided at semi final and final venues. This is to be encouraged
throughout the year. |
