ATTENTION ALL SATURDAY & SUNDAY REFEREES

Please be advised that due to the very dusty courts recently, the Junior
Committee and Clubs have reintroduced the requirement to sweep the courts
every game.

The following is to apply for every JUNIOR game from this Saturday the 31st
of July 2010.

Floor Sweeping
 
At the request of the clubs it was agreed that we need to reintroduce floor
sweeping at every game to ensure the floors are in a suitable condition for
play. As a result the floors are to be swept during half time at every game.
The following is a copy of the rules related to floor sweeping:-

2.18.1

At the start of the game the referee will remind the clubs that they are
required to sweep the floor at half time and that the game will not begin
until the sweeping has been completed.

Once the half time break has concluded the referee will call the teams to
the centre for the start of the second half.   

2.18.2

If the floor has not been swept then the clock will be turned on and the
team or teams advised that the game will not commence until the floor has
been swept. While one team can elect to sweep both ends they are only
required to sweep one half. If the court is still not swept at the 10 minute
mark of the second half the referee will declare the game forfeit. If one
team has swept the floor and one has not then the game will be awarded to
the team that has completed the sweeping and the half time score will stand
if they were in the lead at the half time break or will revert to a 20 to 0
win if they were behind. 

Please make sure that you implement this from this weekend onwards.  

Regards,

Daniel Battye