Please submit your Junior Finals Eligibility requests to HACT. All clubs must ensure the form is verified by a committee representative and supply any medical certificates/additional documentation. Please refer to Section 14 of the Junior Competition Rules and make sure to list the rule the player/s are seeking exemption for;

14. Eligibility for finals

14.1. A team may not participate in finals matches unless all monies owing to the Association by that team or that team’s Club have been paid at the completion of the round matches (refer to the Hockey ACT General By-laws).

14.2. No player shall be eligible to play in finals in more than one team in the same age and division.

14.3. A player may not play in finals matches for a team unless he or she has played at least fifty percent of the round matches played by that team and would also have been eligible to play in the last round match for that team barring any period of suspension.

14.3.1. Players who have qualified for a division one team cannot play in division two finals unless they have qualified directly as per rule 14.2. For example a U15 division 1 player may not play U18 Division 2 unless they have qualified directly as per rule 14.2.

14.3.2. If fifty percent of round matches is not a whole number, then the number of matches required to be played is rounded downwards to the nearest whole number. For example, in a 15 round competition the required number of games to be eligible is seven (7).

14.3.3. Clubs will not have the ability to retrospectively add players to team list in RevSPORT. It is the responsibility of all clubs to ensure that their players are registered and ‘active’ in the system thus allowing them to be selected in teams lists from week to week.

14.4. With approval, a player shall be deemed to have played games for which they were unavailable solely because of Hockey ACT or Hockey Australia commitments when determining the number of round matches in which a player has played for a team. It will be the Club’s responsibility to inform the MC of relevant cases and appropriate information.

14.5. A player shall be deemed to have played games for which they were unavailable to participate in because of injury or illness if the club supplies medical certification to the MC. However, where a player has participated in fewer than 4 matches, Rule 14.7 shall take precedence.

14.6. The JCAC may, in exceptional circumstances, on application by a Club, deem a player eligible for a finals match, even if the strict requirements of the above rules have not been met. When seeking clearance Clubs should outline why the player has not played the required number of matches in the season (example, injury) and how many players they expect to have available in the match.

14.7. If a player has played fewer than 3 games throughout the season, a clearance cannot be sought by the individual or club and they will not be permitted to play in finals series.

14.8. By the date determined, Clubs must provide to the MC lists of players expected to play for each of that Club’s teams that have qualified to play finals. This is for eligibility checking to allow for a sufficient amount of time for clearance requests to be submitted and processed if required.

14.9. The captain or team manager of a team playing in a finals match must present a list of the players who are actually going to play in that match at least thirty (30) minutes before the match is due to start. The player list must be presented to a member of the JCAC to verify player eligibility against the list approved for that team under the competition rules.

14.10. Teams participating in finals matches must nominate at least one (1) umpire that is of a suitable standard to umpire a junior finals match during the finals series. Other teams are also invited to nominate an umpire/s to participate in the finals series