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f~EgUE6T FOR A COUNT OF PLAYERS 1 l;cre has always been the opportunity for a count of players ~_•t tie VAFA, however there has never been anything in place to }, iali...e a team calling for a count for wrong reasons. nic E> :ccutive Committee last Monday accepted the following rciation to this matter. only a team captain can make a request at any time that the field umpire conduct a count of the number of players or the opposing team. When this request is made the umpire shall stop play at the first opportunity, call into lines within the centre square, players of both teams who are at the time on the ground, complete the count and report to the VAFA all the details of the count including scores at the time . Where players exceed the permitted number. The field umpire will award a fc ee kick to the captain of the opposing team to be taken at the centre circle or where play was stopped, whichever is the greater penalty against the offending team. A 25 metre penalty is then added to the position where the free kick was awarded and the VAFA will determine at a later date what happens to the scores or if any other penalty is imposed - note that the offending team does not lose all points scored in the match up to the time of the count . Where player numbers are found to be correct and/or the request was without merit. The field umpire will ~. ard a free Iriek to the captain of the opposing team to be taken at the centre circle or where play was stopped, whichever is the greater penalty against the offending t cli n . A 25 metre penalty is then added to the position where the free kick was awarded and finally if the field tunpire(s) are of the opinion a request was made to delay play or the request lacked merit, the umpires are to report the player (captain) who requested the count for Time Wasting. ?i chael Sneddon (Umpires' Advisor) has familiarised his i : npires with this procedure and full details will have been ca ununicated to clubs by the time this is being read . C, ;ptains must be sure of the order off and the audible ~bscenity rules (yellow card) when they are considering udltng for a count. SPORTSCOVER "PICK THE PRERHERS" COMP=ON Clubs who have not submitted their two entry forms, (or three if their President attended the pre-season Sponsors
Night), whereby they nominate the seven section's premiers and the runner up team in -e -eachstion,yv until noon this coming Monday to fa:, them to the writer on 9531 2050. AR MERIT AWARDS The Australian Football e each year considers two nominations for people who have contributed outstanding service to Australian Football . One of the nominations is for services to Junior Football and the other for outstanding service to Senior Football. Each nominee must have given service for at least ten (10) years . Please consider people around your club who would be worthy recipients, express in no more than 500 words why that person should be nominated, and the VAFA will select one for each section (Junior and Senior) and attach a VAFA endorsement for the chosen nominations . SPONSORSHIP REWARDS PLAN . VAFA sponsors are in the process of providing their half year reports on club support of sponsors as a part of the 2001 Sponsorship Rewards Plan .
At the start of the season the VAFA identified the VAFA sponsors who could easily have club support measured. We directed some of each sponsor's fee to the VAFA to a"pGoi" to be used at the end of the season to reward clubs who support excellently most sponsors : who support well and who support moderately well. Each club will be written to in the next fortnight with details of their progress . VALE HARRY MEREDITH
Last week we wrote of the passing of the celebrated VAFA footballer of the 1940's and 1950's Harry Meredith and his wife, who we wrote, lost their lives earlier this year in a tourist bus accident in Tasmania. That was incorre ct, as Mrs . Meredith survived the accident and is thankfully recovering. We apologise for the inaccuracy of last week's Vale and we wish Mrs. Meredith all the very best in her recovery and commiserations for the loss of her beloved Harry . Many thanks also to North Old Boys' stalwart Jim Marchbank, a friend of the Meredith family, who brought this matter to our attention .
- THE JOURNAL OF THE VICTORIAN AMATEUR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIO N
~ June 23rd, 2001
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