Junior League and Competitions Regulations 2023-24

The Area Adult League and Area Junior Competition Regulations for the 2023/2024 season are now available. Below is a summary of major changes to these Regulations, however we strongly advise teams to ensure they are familiar with the full Regulations.

JUNIOR COMPETITIONS

• 2.1.4 & Appendix 1 U16 Tier 1 Championships – The structure has changed to Tier 1 now being central entry and a nationally led league playing from September through to Supra League and knockout competitions for those who fail to progress to the Supra League. This replaces the Tier 1 Area / Supra League format and KO Championship that was run last year.

• 2.4.7 Match results limit - in all competitions match results shall be limited to a goal difference of eight, and any score recorded as 8-0 to the winners. Once a match reaches 8-0 the game should be paused and come back out with a score of 0-0 to enable players to be rotated to support development, retain players interest in the game and ensure all junior players enjoy and learn from the game.

• 2.4.10 U14 & U16 Tier 1 failing to honour two of League fixtures – any team that fails to honour two of its league fixtures will be automatically withdrawn from the Leagues and all previous results will be void and will forfeit its entry fee. In any other competition, any team that fails to honour at least half of their fixtures will be automatically withdrawn from the leagues and all previous results will be void and will forfeit its entry fee.

• 7.1 Rescheduled Matches - If any match is rescheduled because of postponement or abandonment, the game is to be played on the next available slip date, as per the calendar, or within 14 days of the original fixture date. The new date of the game must be reported to and agreed by AJLCC.