A trio of changes are set to take effect for our 2023 domestic competitions for the Winter 2023 season.

 

1: Saturday Fixture Structure

A proposal put forth by the Junior Domestic Club Forum to restructure the Saturday Junior Boys fixture schedule has been approved. The new fixture schedule is aims to assist with fill-ins across multiple age groups, and allow players to play additional games in older age groups. The new schedule allows for gaps between sequential age groups (eg. U9, U13, then U10), giving fill-in players or those playing multiple games ample time to commute to their additional matches. The new structure was proposed and voted on by our Junior Domestic clubs.

WINTER 2023 – SATURDAY BOYS FIXTURE STRUCTURE:

Time Slot

Age Group

8:00am

U8

8:50am

U11 / U8 overflow

9:40am

U9 / U11 overflow

10:30am

U9 / U13 overflow

11:20am

U13

12:10pm

U10 / U13 overflow

1:00pm

U15 / U10 overflow

1:50pm

U12 / U15 overflow

2:40pm

U12 / U14 overflow

3:30pm

U14

4:20pm

U18

5:10pm

U16 / U18 overflow

6:00pm

U23

 

2: Team Sheet Fees

With inflation having a direct effect on operating costs, team sheet fees will increase by $3 per team for all competitions. The increase is necessary to ensure that we can continue to run our competitions at a high standard.

 

3: Junior Points System

Finally, an amended points system for our Junior Domestic competitions has been approved. Boys (U7-U15) and Girls (U7-U14) teams are still allocated nine (9) player points, with a revision to ‘Homegrown’ player points (now worth one point) allowing teams to maintain their home grown athletes with minimal impact on team points.

WINTER 2023 – JUNIOR DOMESTIC POINTS SYSTEM:

HOMEGROWN* PLAYER

NON-HOMEGROWN PLAYER

TRANSFER* PLAYER

REP GRADE

POINTS

POINTS

POINTS

VC

1

3

4

VJBL 1-2

1

2

3

VJBL 4+

1

1

2

Definitions: 

Homegrown Player

Player who has never transferred to another club (plays at their club of origin)

Transfer Player

Player that transfers to another club will take on an additional transfer point for a total of four played seasons. After the four seasons have transpired, the player will then be referred to as ‘Non-Homegrown’

Non-Homegrown Player

Player has transferred to another club and has completed four seasons at their new club as a ‘Transfer Player’ 

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