ACTIV8 JUNIOR CUP

All Rules as per Barkston Ash Junior Cup except the following: -

1. The Competition shall be called the "Activ8 Junior Cup"

3. The Cup shall be competed for annually by Teams whose Clubs are fully affiliated to the West Riding County Football Association, who are based in the Barkston Ash District.
This competition shall 9 v 9 as per FA Regulations.

4. The entrance fee shall be £8 and this must be paid to the Association Secretary, or as directed, by 1st August in each year.

5. Eligibility of Players

Clubs playing in this competition may only play players who have been registered with their respective Leagues to play for that Club at least 7 days prior to the fixture; (non League Clubs must register their players with the Association secretary)

No player shall be allowed to play for more than one Club in the competition.

All players must be UNDER 12 years of age on August 31st of the current season

In All rounds, Birth certificates, or other satisfactory proof of date of birth of each player taking part in the match, must be produced by the official of each competing Club to the official of the opposing Club, prior to the commencement of the match.
All team officials must have undertaken a CRB check via WRCFA and be in possession of child protection cards as per West Riding County FA membership Rule 1. These cards must available at all matches and must be produced if requested by a District FA Official.

Any protest regarding the qualification of players under this Rule must be made in accordance with Rule 23.
Any Club found guilty of playing an ineligible player will be struck out of the competition and fined £20.

6. Substitute, Team sheets

The substitute Rule as approved by the Football association shall operate. Three substitutes may be named and used in all Cup matches, and their names must be given to the referee before the match.

A player who has been substituted himself becomes a substitute and may replace another player at any time subject to the substitution being carried out in accordance with Law 3 of the Laws of association Football. (ie Rolling substitutes are allowed in this competition)

Un-named substitutes will not be allowed to participate. A named substitute who does not play in the match shall be deemed not to have played.

Each Club must exchange a list of players taking part in the match with their opponents 15 minutes prior to Kick Off. Each Club must provide the referee with a team sheet, correctly completed 15 minutes prior to kick off. Clubs in breach of this Rule will be fined £10.

11. Duration of matches

In all matches the duration of the match shall be 60 minutes, (in two equal halves) but not less than 50 minutes (in two equal halves), at the discretion of the referee. When a match has ended in a draw, an extra 20 minutes (in two equal halves) shall be played.

If after the playing of this extra time the scores are still level the match will be decided by the taking of kicks from the penalty mark in accordance with the FA recommended procedure.

The half time interval shall be a maximum of 10 minutes, and this

May only be altered with the consent of the referee

13. Grounds

As per Barkston Ash Junior Cup except for:

The FA recommended pitch size is 80yds by 50yds.

The FA recommended size of goals is 16ft wide by 7ft high

Size 4 footballs must be used in this competition