2020/21 Senior summer competition registrations now open

Upcoming Touch Season (2020-2021 Season)
The details for the 2020-2021 Season are set out below.  Please take the time to read the details.
Season Details:
The 2020-2021 Season will commence on 19 October 2020 and conclude on 8 March 2021. Summary of dates are provided below:
Sunday 27/09/20                                                 - Online applications to be entered
Monday 19/10/20                                               - Competition commences with Round 1
Monday 26/10/20                                               - Managers meeting. 3 competition points awarded for attendance by a team representative.
Monday 28/12/20 - 11/1/21 inclusive           - No Games (Christmas Break)
Monday 18               /01/21                                               - Games resume
Monday 25/01/21                                                - No Games – Australia Day long weekend
Monday 15/02/21                                                - Last round games 
Monday 22/02/21                                               - Semi-finals
Monday 1/03/21                                                  - Finals
Monday 8/03/21                                                  - Grand Final                                   
Competitions/ Grades:
The 2020-21 Season consists of 3 separate competitions, catering for Open’s, Women’s and Mixed teams. These competitions will be run on Monday nights with games commencing at 6:00 pm, 6:40 pm and 7:20 pm. Games are intended to be of 35 minute duration and will be touch down, turn around with no half time. All games will be attempted to be played at Morrison Bay Park and Bremner Park but this will depend on the number of entries. 

How to enter a team: 
To enter a team please complete the online team registration process. This can be done by clicking here and typing Ryde Eastwood when prompted or go to the Ryde Eastwood website “Comps” page and click on the Summer Seniors “Team Regos OPEN now” button. You will still need to type in Ryde Eastwood when prompted.
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Registration Fees:
Fees for the Men’s and Mixed competitions are the same as last year:
Cost is $900 per team.  Full payment is required before commencement of Round 2 of the competition. This will be strictly enforced this year. The club has been let down too many times in the past and some of those times have been by long standing teams.
Non-financial teams will not be permitted to play Round 3. To gain re-entry into the competition a fee of $1,000 will need to be paid.
Fees for the Women’s competition have been reduced in an effort to increase participation in this competition. Cost for teams in the Women’s competition is $500 per team. Full payment is required before commencement of Round 2 of the competition.
Non-financial teams will not be permitted to play Round 3. To gain re-entry into the competition a fee of $600 will need to be paid. As with the other competitions this will be strictly enforced this year.
A maximum of 14 players are able to be registered in each team. To be eligible to participate in the Finals series, players must have played and signed on for 5 games. Sign on sheets will again be in operation this year. The names on the sheet will reflect the people who have registered by the cut-off time for that week’s games.
·        EFT – PREFERRED METHOD - (NAME OF ACCOUNT: Ryde Eastwood Hawks Touch Football BSB: 633 000 Acct: 146907159).; Or
·      Cheque.  (To be made payable to “Ryde Eastwood Touch Association”)
·      Please include your team name + team contact name with the EFT payment or Cheque.  This is to allow the matching of the online registration with the payment.
Grading of Teams
Following the closure of applications, Ryde Eastwood will grade all received team applications into the competitions as long as there are spots available. If the number of teams applying for entry exceed the available spots then the team manager(s) of the team(s) that could not be accommodated in the competition will be notified as soon as practicable and the registration fee refunded.  The following items are considered when determining the teams to be accepted and the grading of teams:
·        Payment of fees.
·        Team strength and compatibility (relative to grade strength)
·        Prior history with Ryde Eastwood (e.g. payment of fees, adherence to code of ethics + uniform policy + duty requirements)
 
Managers Information meeting
A managers’ information meeting will be held to provide details of the Season. It is important that a team representative attends this night so that they obtain all the relevant information for the season. Three (3) competition points will be awarded to all teams that have a representative at this meeting.
Details of the night are as follows: 
Date and time:   8:00 PM – Monday, 26 October 2020.
Venue:                 Putney Tennyson Bowling Club

Competition Requirements:
Please note the following important competition requirements
· Ryde Council have advised that people participating in summer competitions in their council area are not allowed to wear football boots.
· Player registration this year will use the electronic registration system that has been developed by Touch Football Australia. Use of the electronic registration system is a requirement for Ryde Eastwood to remain affiliated with NSW Touch. Sign on sheets will be based on the players registered in the system. If you have not done the electronic registration, any games you play prior to registration will not count towards achieving the final series requirement.

·  Team uniforms – By Round 4
o    Teams must be dressed in a team uniform
o    Shirts can be any colour or combination of colours.
o    Shirts to have a number on the back (min of 16cms) that is clearly visible. (Taped numbers are not acceptable.)
o    Numbers are to be unique (i.e. No two numbers are to be the same)
o    No uniform, no number, NO PLAY, no exceptions

·  Duty Requirements
o    Each team will need to supply 2 referees for a maximum of 3 nights throughout the year. 
o    It is anticipated that official referees will be provided for the vast majority of games. However, the purpose of these requirements is to ensure that in the rare cases where this is not the case, that there are sufficient referees to run the competition.
o    Teams that do not provide Duty Refs on the allocated day and on time will be penalised 3 competition points. A referees’ sign on sheet will be available for completion to verify the duty referees’ attendance.
 
·        Referee abuse will not be tolerated
 
·        Code of Ethics
o    Ryde Eastwood has adopted the Touch Football Australia (TFA) Code of Ethics.  It is a requirement that teams, players, officials and spectators abide by this code.
 
Should you have any queries, please contact the Secretary, Paul Wines at [email protected] or 0407 564 442.