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APPENDIX E

 

ROWBARTON CHARITY CUP

(Est. 1911)

COMPETITION RULES

1.         1.1       The Competition shall be known as the Rowbarton Charity Cup Competition.

1.2              The Competition will be drawn as a straight forward knockout competition.

            1.3       The winners each season will be awarded the holders trophy known as the Rowbarton Charity Cup Trophy. The runners-up will be awarded the Runners-Up Shield.

2.         The cup shall at all times remain under the control of the Trustees as currently known under the Deed of Trust.

3.         3.1       The trophy shall be competed for each season and shall not become the property of any one club.

3.2              The trophy and shield must be returned to the Competition Secretary in good clean condition no later than the last day of February the following year.

3.3              The club must assume responsibility for the safe keeping and insurance of the trophy and shield and must notify the Committee Secretary of the actual address where they are kept and the person responsible for their security.

3.4              Any changes in these details must be notified to the Competition Secretary without delay.

4.                  The Management Committee shall be vested of the officers and committee who shall be elected annually at the AGM of the competition. The AGM shall be held as soon as possible after the Taunton & District Saturday League AGM.

5.                  The entrance fee for the competition shall be decided at the AGM and must be paid before entry into the Competition.

6.                  Entry into the Competition shall be by invitation only and all clubs must be Junior Clubs affiliated to the Somerset Football Association Limited.

7.                  Clubs can enter all their affiliated teams.

8.                  All teams must give the referee and their opponents a team sheet, including substitutes, before the start of the game.

9.                  9.1       No player shall play for more than one team in any season in this Competition.

9.2              Any club found guilty of playing an ineligible player(s) will be withdrawn from the Competition and the tie awarded to their opponents.

9.3              Breach of Rule 9.1 must be notified within 7 days to the Competition Secretary in writing.

10.       Only three of the five named substitutes will be allowed to play.

11.       Only the players who are registered in time to play in the last qualifying round shall be allowed to play in the semi-finals and final.

12.              No reinstated player(s) shall be allowed to participate in this competition.

13.              13.1     The duration of all ties including the semi-final and final shall be a minimum of ninety minutes comprising forty-five minutes each half.

13.2          If at the end of ninety minutes the scores are level then thirty minutes extra time, fifteen minutes each half, shall be played.

13.3          If in any cup tie the scores are level after extra-time the match will be decided by the taking of penalty kicks as laid down in the Somerset Football Association Limited Handbook.

14.       14.1     All games must be played by the date laid down by the Fixture Secretary of the Taunton and District Saturday Football League acting as Organising Secretary on behalf of the Management Committee.

14.2          Any club failing to do so will be ruled out of the Competition unless such failure is caused by their ground being unfit to play due to weather conditions or by the club participating in any other competition which holds precedence.

15        .All results must be telephoned to the same person who is the official Saturday League score receiver by 5.30pm on the day of the match.  Team sheets are to be forwarded to the Referee’s Secretary of the Taunton and District Saturday Football League no later than three working days after the tie.

16.       16.1     The final shall be played on a neutral ground selected by the Management Committee.

16.2          At this game the gate money will be taken by the Management Committee as decided at the AGM.  All monies will defray all match expenses other than traveling expenses of the competing teams

16.3          Each team shall cover their own traveling expenses for this match.  Match expenses shall cover the Referee, Assistant Referee, Fourth Official, ground charges and advertising.

17.       Any profits made from the season’s workings of the Competition shall be allocated to such charities that the Management Committee shall decide at the AGM.

18.       18.1     The four named match officials participating in the final shall be appointed by the Referee’s Secretary of the Taunton and District Saturday Football League.

            18.2     The match officials for the semi-final and final will be awarded a memento. Expenses of the semi-final may be returned to the Rowbarton Charity Cup Committee by the competing clubs.

19.              Any matters not covered by these rules are subject to the rules of the Somerset Junior Cup Competition as laid down in the current handbook of the Somerset Football Association Limited.

Competition Secretary:

Mrs Dee Mayo

16 Orchard Road

Carhampton

TA24 6NW