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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guilty of playing an ineligible player(s) will be withdrawn from the Competition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 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 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
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 |