General Information

Tournament Rules

We have published the tournament rules, it is your team's responsibility to understand and comply with them.

A few in particular (that we always get asked about):

  • Games that must have a result (crossovers) where sets and points are tied will be determined by the winner of the last point.
  • Scoresheet – duty teams must collect and return the scoresheet immediately to the tournament desk after the game finishes.
  • Match Ball - duty team please advise us asap if this goes missing
  • MVP - duty teams must complete MVP votes (3 points to winning team, 1 point to losing team)
  • Mixed teams allowed in men’s divisions, except for Premier.
  • Players must play in two round-robin or cross-over games to qualify for Gold and Bronze medal matches.
  • Players may play for one team each of club, school, region and state. They may change after each set when these teams are playing each other, or within a set under exceptional substitution rules. If in doubt, ask.

Divisions

The tournament is split into the following divisions:
 
Open
 Mens and Womens
 
 Premier
  Challenger
 
 Div 1
 
 Div 2
 
 Div 3 (men only)
 School-aged
Boys and Girls
 
 Senior (under 19)
 
 Intermediate (under 17)
 
 Junior (under 15)

Net Heights

  • Open Men (Premier, Challenger, and Divisions 1-3) - 2.43m
  • Open Women (Premier, Challenger, and Divisions 1-2) - 2.24m
  • Boys - Senior - 2.35m
  • Boys - Intermediate - 2.35m
  • Boys - Junior - 2.15m
  • Girls - Senior - 2.15m
  • Girls - Intermediate - 2.15m
  • Girls - Junior - 2.10m

 

Duty

Teams are expected to do a number of duties as allocated in the draw. They will be shared around as fairly as possible. This generally requires six team members (Referee, Second ref, Scorer x 2, Lineperson x 2). Points may be deducted per duty person missing in each duty. Please do your best to meet all of your commitments to make it a good weekend for everybody. Some referees in lower divisions will be reffing for the first time, so please be patient and forgiving.

Whistles

Squeeze whistles are provided for referees (two per court). If you want another kind of whistle please bring your own. We do NOT provide second hand whistles for health reasons. We may have a few whistles for sale at $5 each at the tournament office.

Jerseys

Jerseys do not have to match but all players must have unique numbers, preferably visible from the front and back, so that refs and scorers can do their job. Your team may be penalised for no numbers and identical numbers! Adding or modifying an existing number with strapping tape etc is acceptable.

Pre-Printed Score Sheets

We will use your first scoresheet to pre-print your team member's names onto all future scoresheets. So that we get them right, please write nice and neatly on the scoresheet for your first game. If you don't write names clearly, our team have license to be creative with their interpretation of your handwriting :)

Other things

Team Availability

We would like your team to make an effort to be available for the whole weekend, but if that is not possible we expect that you have indicated as such on your nomination form (under Draw considerations). Brisbane teams are generally expected to play as scheduled.
 
  • We will attempt to take into consideration the needs of our School-aged teams (school sport, study time, early night) and travelling teams.
  • Times shown in the draw are when warm up starts. The game starts 10 minutes after that.

First Aid

First aid officers will be available throughout the day at each venue to help with any injuries you sustain or strapping required.

Refreshments

See venue information page for info on this.

Questions

You can ask questions about the tournament, rules etc at the venue manager's office. We ask that your captains and coaches aim to be familiar with general information, tournament rules, and late breaking info from our website. If unsure please ask.