Please find below a copy of the criteria for which the fair play league will be based on this season. After each match the referee will give each team a mark out of ten based on the criteria below. The 3 main areas teams will be marked against are;

·        Respect shown towards opponents

·        Respect shown towards the referee

·        Any Red or Yellow cards.  

Teams will be deducted points from their total if they receive any red or yellow cards.

Red and Yellow cards:  

Yellow card =                          1 point deduction

2 x yellow card=                       2 points deducted

Red card =                               3 points deducted

Yellow + direct red =               4 points deducted 

Respect of Opponent:             Score - Max 5 points 

Based on positive attitudes (e.g. helping an injured opponent) rather than infringements. Blameless behaviour, but without any particularly positive attitude, should be awarded with a mark 4 rather than 5. 

Respect of Referee:              Score – Max 5 points 

A positive attitude shown towards the referee, including acceptance of doubtful decisions without protest, points will be awarded. Normal behaviour, but without any particularly positive attitude, will be awarded with a mark of 4 rather than 5.

Forfeit 5-0 games:  No show or cancelling team will get 0 points but the game will be included in the average, the other team will get 0 points but the game will not count towards their average.

Points will be averaged out per games played.

Postponed Matches:

If a team postpones a match, both teams will be awarded their Fair Play points when the match is played at a later date.

Cancelled Matches:

(1) Any team who fails to show without providing the necessary advanced notice will be awarded ZERO Fair Play points for that match, and the match will count against their average Fair Play score.

(2) Any team who is unable to play a match due to a ‘No-Show’ opposition will not receive Fair Play points and WILL NOT have the match counted against their average. (This has the same net effect of the team being awarded their current average score with the game counting against their average)

League Standings:

The league standings are based on individual teams and all Division 1 and Division 2 teams are in the same Fair Play League.

Each teams’ league standing is calculated by the average Fair Play points awarded per game they have played (unless rules for cancelled matches have been applied)