Club Policies

Team Numbers

The Gisborne Rookies have a guideline of 26 players maximum per team. However, it is left to the coach's discrection to sometimes allow extra players in a particular team.

Age Groups

Players must play in their correct age group ( determined by age as of 1st January ) unless they gain approval from the Executive. Approval must be requested in writing.

Mouthguards

The club policy is that that mouthguards are mandatory both at training and on game days.

Helmets

Helmets are highly recommended and can be purchased from any sports store

Pre-season Heat Policy

In the case of very hot weather (over 35 degrees) training sessions will still take place however the following common sense provisions will apply:

• First and foremost - if any parent feels that it is too hot for their child to train they are more than welcome to withdraw their child from that session
• as much as possible the players will train in the shade
• training drills etc will be lighter than normal
• players can have as many drink breaks as they require

Racial & Religious Tolerance Policy

The Gisborne Rookies Junior Football Club is committed to an environment which promotes racial and religious tolerance by prohibiting certain conduct and providing a means of redress for victims of racial and religious vilification and/or racial discrimination. An outline of what is considered to be racial and/or religious vilification and/or discrimination is contained below. To view our full policy click here.

Racial and Religious Vilification

• No player, spectator or team official shall behave in a way that humiliates, intimidates, ridicules, incites, threatens, vilifies or insults another person because of that person's race, religion, colour or because they come from another country.
  • To vilify someone is to speak ill of them.
  • The behaviour may be in the form of name-calling, general abusive language or talking about someone behind their back.

Serious Racial and Religious Vilification

• No player, spectator or team official shall intentionally behave in a way that is likely to incite hatred against another person, or threaten physical harm or incite hatred in others to cause physical harm to a person or to a person's property because of that person's race, religion, colour or because they come from another country.
  • i.e: it is wrong to stir up other people and turn them against an individual because of the individual's race, religion, colour or because they come from another country.

Racial and Religious Discrimination

• No player, spectator or team official shall behave in a way that discriminates, directly or indirectly against another person on the basis of that person's race, religion, colour or because they come from another country.
  • Discrimination means treating another person less favourably or unfairly.

To view our full policy click here.