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Raid's Time |
A raider shall be entitle to 30-Seconds to touch a player of the
opponent team or being touched from the time he cross the gateline
and back to his court. If a raider touching any defender or having
touched by a defender touches the gate line with any part of his
body or crosses it without infringement of these rule within
30-seconds, he shall be awarded one point. If defender (stopper)
holds the raiderin his 'Pala' during and up to those 30 seconds, a
point shall be awarded to the stopper. The raider has option/right
to give up struggling within or the expiration of that 30 seconds
period however in that case a point will be awarded to the stopper
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Touch |
The touch means the contact by or with any part of the body of a
raider or defender. |
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Raid |
When a raider goes from his court into the court of the opposing
team, it is called a raid. NO RAIDER SHALL BE ALLOWED TO GO AS A
RAIDER MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE TIMES. |
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Struggle |
When a raider touches a defender or a defender touches a raider, it
shall be called a struggle. |
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Misconduct |
The committing of a prohibitory foul shall constitute a misconduct.
Abusing and shouting onto other teammate, opponent teammate,
referee, anymember of the organizing committee and member of
federation constitute misconduct and there will be disciplinary
action shall be taken against such player. |
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Warning |
Showing of a card (Yellow, or Red) to a player by the Umpire during
a match shall be treated as a warning to a player for his
misconduct. |
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Yellow Card |
Any player who repeats minor misconduct shall be liable for a Yellow
Card. Such players shall be liable for two to five minutes
suspension from the play at the discretion of the Umpire. |
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Red Card |
Any player who repeats misconduct or behaves during a match or
otherwise commits a major violation of these rules shall be liable
for disqualification for the rest of the match/tournament at the
discretion of the Umpire AND THE ONTARIO FEDERATION. |
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Hold a Raider |
During the struggle between Raider and the Stopper all other player
of defendant return to the raider's court until the 30 second
expires. It shall be called a "hold" by the defender. |
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Successful Raid |
A successful raid shall be one when a raider, after touching any of
defender reaches his court or home safely within 30 seconds. |
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PLAYERS |
| 18a. If any
player played a match for any club during the season, he must play for
the same club for the currency of the entire season.
18b. No player shall be permitted
to join and play with any other team or club or organization during the
currency of the season without a written release from his respective
club. The release must be signed by the Club’s President and the
Secretary. No club shall release any of their top Four players (top Two
Raiders & Two Stoppers) to play for any other team. Federation will
select top Four players from each team based on Merit (points). Top
players will be considered as described in 38c & 38e. Any Two teams who
participated in the Final match in the previous tournament, will not be
allowed to take any released player. Any released player from any club
must give priority to join the bottom team in the league. In the event,
the bottom team do not wish to take the released player, then he must
give priority to join the next team who is on the 2nd position from the
bottom and he continues the procedure until he is signed up with a team.
Released player must sign a new agreement with the new club. Player’s
total salary will be divided into equal payments for the total number of
tournaments for the season. Any released player from any club will not
be allowed at all to play for the releasing club for the entire season.
If none of the club is willing to
sign up any released player for the balance of the season in that fiscal
year, then the club who has released that player, must pay to the
player, the amount equal to Thirty (30) percent of the remaining balance
of his contract. The player must have the contract in writing to
establish the appropriate amount.
18c. No club shall accept any
player(s) from other club whereas the player(s) has been a member of
another club and he has not been fully released from his previous club.
Any club that violate this rule shall be fined up to $2000.00 for a
single/each violation and player could get a suspension for the entire
season. (6)
18d. No club shall withhold a full
release to any player(s) beyond any reason. Clubs and the player(s) have
right to solve their problems among themselves. However, in case of any
dispute, the Ontario Federation of Sports and Cultural Organizations has
right to intervene in the matter and give their decision after hearing
all related parties. The decision of the federation without prejudice
shall deemed to be final.
18e. Any financial dispute between
releasing club and/or the player must be sorted out among themselves
before a player leaves or joins another club and at least two days prior
to any tournament during the current season. No settlement shall be
permitted in the field. Federation expects the full Co-operation in this
matter from all the clubs.
.18f. Any dispute between player(s)
and his club or any complaint player have against his club or dispute
between Two or more clubs, that must be brought in the light of
Federation at least Seven (7) daysbefore any tournament.
18g. All clubs must provide the
name of their players to the Federation at the time of entries/ties who
lives in Canada, otherwise that player will not be allowed to play.
If a player’s name is given by Two teams, in that event, the
President will notify the both teams. Whichever club wishes that player
to play for their team, they must provide the contract to the
Federation’s President, signed by the player, within 24 hours once they
were notified.
18h. Any player who would be in
breach of a contract with his club, will not be permitted to join other
club until the player solves his dispute with his club and get a full
release from his club (and/or federation). Whereas any kind of
complaint, (including their financial payoff contracts) from the player
against his club must be brought into the attention of federation to
solve such dispute at least
Seven (7) days prior to any
tournament to avoid any problems in the field on the day of the
tournament. Panel & Executive committee reserve all rights to deliberate
their final decision.
18i. If through the
investigation(s) and discussion(s), a player is guilty of breach of
contract, then the Federation has discretion to permit (allow) such
player to join other club by paying a set fine as to be determined by
Federation and also payments equivalent to all monitory help his
previous club had provided to the player for the season according to
their contract.
18j. If any club is in the breach
of a contract with any player, then the matter must be brought to the
Federation in writing and Federation will take views of both sides and
will come up with a decision.
18k. Any player who sign a
contract for two clubs for the season, he will not be permitted to play
in any tournament during that season.
18l. A person of any race or color
could participate in Kabaddi tournaments in Ontario.
18m. Any player who is banned by
the Ontario Sports Federation, and he wishes to play for any
team/tournament in Ontario, he must solve his dispute with local Club(s)
and/or Federation at least Two (2) weeks prior to the tournament.
(7)
18n. .Any new player who comes to
Canada to play for any individual club, and he obtain his Visa with the
efforts of that individual club, in that event he must play for the same
club for at least Three (3) years. The player will be free to play with
any other club only if he was fully released by the same club who helped
him to obtain the visa.
19. NEW IMMIGRANTS
19a. New immigrant or a player
with the refugee claimant status must provide a proof of their
respective status to the federation two days prior to the date of first
and each tournament. Refugee status must be applied before April 13th
each year to be eligible to play in that year.
19b. If any player’s (refugee as
example) claim is rejected by the Immigration, he must provide legal
documents to his member club/organization for his deportation or removal
order from the country so that his respective club can provide that
documentation to the federation to escape from a set fine.
19c. Any player who came to Canada
to play Kabaddi and/or have played on the behalf of India or Pakistan or
any other country in any local or international cup and has applied as a
refugee claim, he can not participate in any tournament in Ontario for 3
years.
19d. All local players must
represent Ontario Federation whenever required to play. If any player
refuse to play on the behalf of Ont. Federation, he will be penalized
for a possible suspension for up to Three (3) years or a fine of Two
Thousand ($2000.00) Dollars. Any solid reason for not
participating/representing federation could be considered in the
federation meeting.
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GROUNDS (Kabaddi Grounds):
21a. Grounds shall be consist of a
semi-soft or grassy level land. The boundary shall be drawn into a 75
Ft. semi-circle of an oval shape from the mid point for out door fields.
Grounds for indoor stadiums could be adjusted accordingly with the prior
approval from federation.
21b. The boundary and mid-line
shall be distinctly drawn in white by Three inch thick lines except the
portion of mid line between the two posts which would be Four inch thick
line.
21c. A clear space of Thirty (30)
feet shall be provided all around the play area no one will be allowed
to enter during the play off.
(8)
21d. In the Centre of mid - line, a Four inch thick line measuring 20
feet from inside at equal distance from both ends of the mid - line
shall be demarcated to be called a ‘Pala’ or ‘Gate-Line’.
21e. Two posts, round in shape of
soft or playable material with a radius of Six to Nine inches in white
color shall be placed at each end of Pala or Gate-Line and these posts
will not be a part of Gate-Line.
21f. Raiders must stand at the
side corner at the end of their respective half near the center line and
opposite to their opponent team as shown in the diagram. Stoppers must
stand on the top front of the field from the center line as shown in the
diagram.
21g. Attached is a diagram showing
measurements of the outdoor ground and positions for both Raiders &
Stoppers.
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GAME:
22a. Kabaddi shall be played
between Two teams consisting of up to Twelve (12) players (Ten
participating players & Two extra or replacement players). Substitution
or replacement shall only be permitted out of the list provided, at any
time during the play off informing the Umpire.
22b. Only one substitution for
local players shall be permitted at a time during the same game.
Outgoing substitute player shall not be taken in the field again in the
same game. Substitution for outsider players is not permitted.
22c. The duration of each league
match shall be Thirty (30) minutes (e.g. 15-5-15) of actual play
consisting of Two Halves of Fifteen (15) minutes each. The duration of
each semi-final match shall be Thirty Five (35) minutes (e.g. 20-5-15)
of actual play consisting of Two Halves. The duration offinal match
shall be Forty (40) minutes (e.g. 20-5-20) of actual play consisting of
Two Halves of Twenty (20) minutes each. At the half time, the teams
shall change the courts and the duration of the interval shall be Five
(5) minutes only.
22d. The captain of the team
shall: Choose the playing court side (Pala) or Raid if he wins the Toss.
Be responsible to maintain the discipline in the field and take full
control of his team during the play off.
22e. Participating team who have
less than Eight (8) players in the beginning of the match can not Enter
or Replace any player before the Half time. (Except in the case of
serious injury during the match, then the Federation or the Organizing
committee reserve the right to exercise their options). If a replacement
is permitted, the injured player will not be allowed to participate in
the entire tournament on the same day.
22f. The team who have less than
Eight (8) players in the beginning of the match, can enter the balance
of their players up to the maximum of Ten (10) players, in the Half Time
Only. If a team have less than 8 players during the match, the opponent
team will be awarded with One extra point for each short player for each
half of the game.
(9)
22g. As soon as Umpire/ Referee
blow the whistle to start 2nd half of the match, no players shall be
allowed to enter or replace for the rest of the match.
22h. Two (2) extra players must
sit on a designated spot provided at the side of their own team.
22i. No team shall be allowed to
enter the ground to warm up for the next match until the current match
is over. The team/club will be fined Two Hundred ($200.00) dollars for
the violation of this rule.
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DRESS (Langota & Shorts):
23a. Footwear will not be
permitted at any time or under any circumstances during the entire game,
However knee caps and anklets would be allowed. Metallic ring(s),
bracelets or any kind of material which may cause injury to player or
the opponent player shall not be allowed during the match.
23b. Nails must be closely cut and
filed prior to the matches.
23c. Any kind of greasy / oily
substance including Vaseline and greasy ointment, Baroza, Sticky
substance, Ointment which deemed to be greasy shall be strictly
prohibited on the body, hands, legs, ankles and at any part of the body
before or during the match. Any infringements thereof shall be treated
as a serious violation and shall be punishable amounting to a
disqualification to the player for the game and player shall also face a
fine of up to $1000.00 for each violation. Players shall not be
permitted to play any further games until the fine is paid in full
(either by the player or the club).
23d. Umpires shall inspect both
playing teams if it is deemed to be necessary prior to the commencement
of the game and during the playoff to enforce a close observation to
implicate this rule.
23e. Captain of each team in the
field must make an objections for any doubtful situation before starting
the match. However if required organization committee and /or Federation
can inspect /check Any player who repeats misconduct or behaves during a
match or otherwise commits a major violation of these rules shall be
liable for disqualification for the rest of the match/tournament at the
discretion of the Umpire and the Federation.
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Hold a Raider:
During the struggle between a
raider and the stopper all other players of defendant team must stay at
least Ten (10) feet away until point is decided. If a defender touches
and keep a raider in his court and does not allow him to return to the
raider’s court until the 30 seconds expires, it shall be called a hold
by the defender.
Successful Raid:
A success raid shall be one a
raider, after touching any of the defender reaches his court or home
safely within 30 seconds.
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CONDUCT OF PLAY: (11)
25a. A Kabbadi match shall be
decided on the basis of points of each team. The team scoring the
highest points at the end of a game shall be declared winner.
25b. The team winning the Toss,
shall have a choice either of the court (Home) side or the first raid.
In the second half of the match, the court shall be changed.
25c. Arrangements for water shall
be made in the clear space on the off side beyond the playing ground on
the mid-line, but no player would be permitted to cross the boundary
line.
25d. A raider shall be allowed to
touch any designated stopper player of the opposing team. All
participating teams must warn their players (raiders) standing in the
field that if upon touching any player of the opponent team, raider
returns to his court, the raid shall be considered a successful raid and
a point shall be awarded to the raider.
25e. If in the opinion of the
Umpire, a raider is coughed by any of the defenders of the opposing team
and is un-able to get out of his grip and raider signals his inability
to struggle further, the Umpire shall give the point to the defender’s
team. 25f. If during a raid or struggle, or if there is no contact, a
raider or any of the defenders goes out of the ground, the one who goes
out first loses a point. If both of them go out simultaneously, no point
shall be scored by any of the teams.
25g. During a raid, no raider
shall be cautioned by any of his own team players, otherwise the Umpire
shall award a point to the defenders team. No coaching from outside
shall be allowed by coaches or outside players during a play.
25h. The officials of federation,
one Coach and one Manager of each participating team and medical
team shall be allowed inside, but at a distance of 20 feet from
the boundary of the ground during the course of the game.
25i. If a raider having been
touched or held by any of the defenders fails to reach his court or
fails to touch the mid-line inside the pala within a struggle the
defending team shall score a point.
25j. No team shall delay any raid.
A team taking more than 5 seconds to send raider when asked to do so by
the Umpire, shall be liable to concede one point to opposing team at the
discretion of the Umpire.
25k. A raid having been commenced
before the end of half time or close of the play shall be completed even
if the time runs out during the raid.
25l. In case of struggle between a
raider and any of the player of the opposing team, the remaining players
shall be passive temporarily and keep themselves out of the raider’s way
until the point is decided. If any other player of the defending teal
causes any obstruction, the raider’s team shall be awarded a point.
(12)
25m. No other member of the
federation of both participating teams in the game shall be allowed to
enter in the field during the play off until the match completed.
25n. First point shall be
considered to be a One and a Half (1.5) point awarded to a successful
raider or stopper to prevent for extra time to be given at the end of
the match to decide a winner.
25o. Before the end of the entire
match, the Umpires will announce Two final raids from each club.
25p. All Raiders from both teams
must stand in the designated area for the Raiders as described in the
Sketch of Kabaddi Ground.
25q. A Raider must only raid on
the designated stoppers as designated in the Sketch of Kabaddi Ground.
25r. Any raider may also play as a
stopper, as long as he joins the designated stoppers of his own team
prior to the opponent raider reaches the area for designated stoppers.
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FOULS:
The followings shall be considered
as fouls or illegal tackers:
1. Twisting of the wrest, neck or
ankle.
2. Strangling.
3. Gagging / Throttling.
4. Striking with the head.
5. Kicking, biting, scratching and
tripping from behind.
6. Hitting with the fists.
7. Slapping with open palm or both
hands.
8. Holding from costume or hair
9. Violent tacking leading to
injury to the body.
10. Applying flying scissors
without body hold.
11. Using abusive language,
indicating words, or insulting words, etc.
12. Striking players head to the
ground.
13. No player allowed to pock in
the eyes.
Any players who commit these fouls
shall be penalized by awarding one point to the opposite team, and also
liable for further disciplinary action.
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OFFICIALS:
There shall be Two Umpires, Three
scorers (One from executive member of organizing committee and One from
each participating club), One coach & One manager of each team permitted
during a play in the field. All others shall be required to leave the
ground immediately after Umpire commence to begin the match. No
supporters or any person other than the designated officials shall be
permitted in the ground at half time break.
28. UMPIRES: (13)
28a. There shall be two Umpires in
each game. Each Umpire shall take one side of the field for the entire
match.
28b. The match shall start with a
blow of the whistle by the Umpire. He will also blow the whistle for
intervals, restart and for ending the match.
28c. If there is a objection about
any point, the Umpires will discuss the objection among themselves and
give the decision to the federation and that decision will be final.
Objections could only be made by the team Coach or the team Manager
during the match.
28d. There will be a team of Six
designated Umpires on the list. Each Umpire will be awarded money for
Umpiring the match and the organizing committee shall be responsible to
pay the money to Umpires as soon as their tournament is finished. The
amount for Umpires will be decided each year between the Umpires &
Federation prior to the commencement of the seasonal
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FINE TO THE TEAMS WHO DO
NOT PLAYING OR SHOW UP LATE:
Any club who enter their team for
any tournament before the ties take place and do not play during the
tournament, such club will face a fine for a maximum of Five Hundred
($500.00) Dollars payable to the Ontario Federation of Sports and
Cultural Organization.
Any team showing up late by more
than Thirty (30) minutes from the scheduled time to play, (unless the
weather is not suitable to play) will be penalized as follows: "A" team
will pay Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) fine.
"B" team will pay Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00) fine.
"C" team will pay Fifty Dollars
($50.00) fine.
In the event it is a rainy day,
the federation will make decision to either continue or stop the
tournament. The above mentioned fines shall be payable to the Ontario
Federation and must be paid prior to the next tournament..
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USE OF INTOXICATION
MATERIAL:
Players and Federation Officials
and Umpires are strictly prohibited to Use or Consume any kind of
alcohol, drugs, any toxic material during the tournament. Any player,
official, Umpire or any person observed to be using Alcohol, Drugs are
subject to the suspension from the entire match.
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BEST RAIDER AND BEST
STOPPER:
38a. One best Raider and One best
Stopper will be selected for the Ontario League who could be any (local
or outsider) player And One best Raider and One best Stopper will be
selected from the local players. To select a best raider and a best
stopper for the season and to qualify for the merit of best raider and
best stopper, a player must have participated and played 75% of all
tournaments organized under the supervision of the federation in Ontario
only.
38b. The average + percentage (%)
of all points (successful raids out of total attempted raids by a raider
or successful stops out of total attempted stops by a stopper as
described in 38d & 38e) attained in all matches in all tournaments by an
individual player will be calculated. Conduct, Behavior, Discipline and
Co-Operation of all participating players towards the fellow Players,
Umpires, Federation and the Organizing Committee will be judged by
federation executive committee during the whole season and will be
awarded Merit and De-Merit points and reflect the total percentage
points to qualify a player to be announced the Best Raider and Best
Stopper.
38c. The Raiders shall be divided
into Three (A, B & C) Categories. The Raider who is successful to earn
more than 80% points from his total raids, will be designated as a "A"
player. The Raider who is successful to earn 50% to 79.99% points from
his total raids, will be designated as a "B" player.
The Raider who is successful to
earn under 50% points from his total raids, will be designated as a "C"
player.
38d. The attainder of higher
percentage points aggregated out of maximum successful raids and (16)
the conduct of play during whole season in all tournaments shall be
declared the Best Raider.
38e. The Stopper who make
successful stops to "A" raider will be awarded with Five (5) points, and
successful stops to "B" raider will be awarded with Three (3) points and
successful stops to "C" raider will be awarded with One (1) point. The
attainder of higher percentage points aggregated out of maximum
successful stops to the Raiders and the conduct of play during the whole
season in all tournaments shall be declared the Best Stopper.
38f. The Best Raider will receive
a Plaque and Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) from the Federation.
38g. The Best Stopper will receive
a Plaque and Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) from the Federation.
39. WEIGHING THE PARTICIPATING
TEAMS:
All players participating in "B"
or "C" team must take their weight at 11 a.m. in presence of
Federation Officials on the day of
the tournament. It is the responsibility of all participating players
and their Two clubs officials to be present at that time.
If any player is late to take
weight, he must pay $50.00 per hour late fine to the federation to have
his weight taken after the originally scheduled time. First time, all
"B" and "C" team players will take their weights in the First tournament
and second time their weight will be taken on the Fourth (4th)
tournament regardless of any circumstances.
e.g. : out of total Eight
(8) tournaments, weight will be taken on First (1st) and Fourth (4th)
tournament only. In the event any player joins the team/club after these
scheduled weight days, OR did not qualify on these dates and wishes to
play in the next tournament, his weight will be taken on the tournament
day at 11 a.m. and fine will apply to him if he shows up later than 11
a.m. on the tournament day.
40. WEIGHT MACHINE/ SCALE:
Federation will provide the weight
machine/scale during tournaments. Federation will have Two (2) machines,
if one is broken, then the federation will provide the 2nd
machine. In the event, the machine is broker during taking the weights,
then all players must take their weights again on the new machine.
Federation’s Executive Committee
will decide on the approval of the machine.
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QUALIFICATION FOR LOCAL
PLAYERS: (17)
In order to qualify as a local
player, he must live permanently in Ontario for at least Eleven (11)
months in a fiscal year, except the time he was out of country or in
India. If any objection arises about his residency, and the player
claims that he was out of country, he must provide a proof of
Immigration Stamps on his passport and/or a used airline ticket, along
with proof of address in Ontario, Banking Records, Work Records, Tax
Return, Health Card, Driving Licence etc..
If any player brake this rule, his
parent club will be fined up to Five Thousand Dollars ($5000.00) and the
player will not be allowed to play in Ontario unless the player pays the
fine of $5000.00 to his club which was paid by his club to the
federation.
Any person of any race or color
could participate as a player in any tournament in Ontario.
Refugee claimants in Quebec will
be considered as local players in Ontario.
If any player played as a local
player in B.C. or anywhere in Canada or in U.S.A., he will be considered
as a outsider player. Ontario Federation will correspond with B.C.
Sports Federation to obtain/confirm the list of their local players.
Junior Team: The player of
the junior team could be up to 12 years of age in the currency of the
same year when he wishes to participate as a player. e.g.: to
participate in year 2002, the player must be born in 1990 or after. Each
player’s weight must not exceed 100 Lbs. to qualify to participate.
42. TOURNAMENT EVENTS:
To hold a tournament event, the
organizing committee must receive entries from at least Three (3) teams
for that particular event. If Three teams wishes to participate in a
tournament, the tournament committee must organize that event. If there
are less than Three teams, then that event will not take place during
that tournament. Any teams who wishes to participate in tournaments,
must inform the Federation by the end of April of the fiscal year.
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INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT:
To qualify to hold International
Tournament, the Club must have participated in 51% of tournaments with
"A" or "B" team from the time of applying for the tournament. This 51%
condition is in effect after year 2004.
Ticket price and Prizes for
International tournament in Ontario must be discussed every year with
the Ontario Federation of Sports. Organizing tournament committee must
provide reasonable proof to the federation to set the ticket price.
Coach / Manager will not be
selected from the same club, for the International tournament in
Ontario, who is hosting the International Tournament in the same year.
International Tournament Committee
must provide light Refreshments, Soft Drinks (Juice, Gatorade etc.),
Tea, Fruit, Submarines at about 5 p.m. to the team Manager / Coach .
Team (18)
Manager/Coach must provide a list
of Food / Drink items to the tournament committee by 11 a.m. on the day
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