1.

Entry Fee and Eligibility

1.1

All Secondary Schools that have registered with the HKSAR Education Bureau are eligible to participate.

1.2

Entry fee is $100 per team.  All fees are non-refundable upon confirmation.

2.

Competition Grades and dates

2.1

Each school could only enter ONE team in each graded tournament.

2.2

Grades

Grade A : Players must be Under 20 years old, i.e. D.O.B. on or after 1^st January 1990

Grade B: Players must be Under 16 years old, i.e. D.O.B. on or after 1^st January 1994

Grade C: Players must be Under 14 years old, i.e. D.O.B. on or after 1^st January 1996

2.3

Players could only play for ONE Team.  Once a player has decided to play a higher grade, i.e. B to A, or C to B, she would not be allowed to play in the lower grade in other series of this competition.

2.4

Dates

Grade A : Sunday 22 November 2009 [Venue: Wong Chuk Hang Recreation Gound]

Grade B: Saturday 13 March 2010

Grade C: Saturday 15 May 2010

2.5

Venue for B & C Grades

Tai Wan Shan Park hard surface pitch, Hung Hom (Near Whampoa Garden/Laguna Verde)

(For location details please refer to map attached.)

3.

Competition System and timing of games

3.1

Round Robin System : Teams will play against all other participating teams, four(4) points shall be awarded for a win, three(3) points for a draw, two(2) point for losing but scoring more or equal than half of your opponents score, one(1) point for losing but scoring less than half of your opponents score and zero(0) point for a forfeit or absence.

In case there is a draw of points of two or more teams, the winner of the match between the two teams shall be awarded the higher position; if the match ended in a draw, then teams will share equal position.

If three or more teams tie on point, results in the matches among the teams shall determine the ranking.

3.2

The Champion, 1^st and 2^nd runners-up will be awarded to the 1st, 2^nd and 3^rd ranking team after finishing the round robin games.

3.3

The competition system of each graded tournament is subject to change depending on the number of teams competing.

4.

Timing of games

4.1

Central timing will be used and all games are commenced and ended on own court’s umpire’s whistle.

4.2

The length of games will be announced once the number of teams in each graded tournament is confirmed.

5.

Match Ball

5.1

Match Balls will be provided by the Hong Kong Netball Association.

6.

Netball Positional Bibs

6.1

Teams should bring their own set of bibs.  Bibs would only be provided in case of special circumstances.

7.

Umpire

7.1

Umpires are provided by the Hong Kong Netball Association

8.

Team Manager

8.1

Participating teams should be accompanied by a team manager who should be staff of school or an adult personnel endorsed by respective school until their games are finished.

9.

All IFNA netball rules apply to this tournament, unless otherwise stated.  If there is any dispute, HKNA personnel has authorization to make final decision.