ELIGIBILITY

• A junior player, to be eligible, MUST be under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 or 18 years of age up to and including 31/12/26.

• Players must be registered on Basketball Connect prior to the commencement of the carnival at 5pm Thursday 9th July. 

• Any players registered that were not included on the initial registration list (and assessed in grading) must be approved by the carnival committee prior to the start of carnival.

• Players in Division 1 are ineligible for their age group and are instead invited to play up an age group.

  • A player who has played the last four minor round games in division 1 will deem that player division 1.

• To be eligible for finals, a player must play in two games or more for the team which is participating in the finals.

• No player is allowed to play in more than one team in any given age group. 

  • The first team a player plays for will be deemed to be the player's team for the Carnival. 

  • The penalty for the infringement of this rule shall be the forfeiture of the match. 

  • Exemptions may be granted in certain circumstances by the Carnival Director.

• Under 8’s (mixed boys & girls)

  • No player registered to play District Basketball is eligible to play in the Bearcats Midyear Carnival U8’s competition.

  • There is no requirement for a certain number of either boys or girls that need to be on the court at any one time.

SCORETABLE

• Team A will manage the tablet scoring and Team B will operate the game clock and the possession arrow.

GAMEPLAY

• Any team not present on the court at the scheduled starting time shall be penalized one point for each minute or part of that the team is late. Any team more than eight minutes late shall forfeit the match. Forfeits shall count as 20-0 loss to the team forfeiting and a 20-0 win to the opposing team.

COLOUR CLASH

• In the case of a colour clash team B shall change uniforms or wear bibs.

ZONE DEFENCE

• Zone Defence is not permitted in U8’s, U10’s, U12’s & U14’s age groups. If you believe the other team is playing a zone, please report the team to the court supervisor. The punishment for playing a zone is a technical foul charged to the bench.

MERCY RULE

• As this is a development carnival a mercy rule shall be enforced in age groups Under 8’s, 10’s, 12’s & 14’s. 

• Under 8’s to 12’s - 20 points

• Under 14’s – 30 points.  

• When the mercy rule is enforced the team shall run ‘man defence’ behind their own 3 point line.

DISQUALIFICATION OF COACH

• If a coach is disqualified from a game, the disqualification will be reviewed by the Games Commissioner and the Mid-Year Carnival Committee.

POINTS

• Premiership points shall be 2 points (win) & 1 Point (loss).

• For teams finishing on equal points, the result of the game between those teams will be the deciding factor. If three teams or more tie on games, the position shall be determined by winning and losing margins between those 3 teams only.  (Points for — (Points For / Points Against)* 100).

TIMING FOR ALL MINOR ROUND GAMES WILL BE AS FOLLOWS

• 4 x 8 mins Quarters – running clock

• 4th team foul is shooting

• 1 min between 1st and 2nd quarters and the 3rd and 4th quarter

• 2 mins between 2nd and 3rd quarter

• 1 time out per quarter per team

• Clock stops for all time outs

• No subs in the last 1 min of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarter

• In the last 2 mins of the 4th quarter the game will be fully timed (clock stops for every whistle and time outs [clock will stop at the 2 minute mark even if call is made beforehand])

• If a team is losing by more than 20 points at the 2 minute mark then the clock will not stop

• There will be no electronic shot clock and the referees shall be responsible for making the call, giving the team a 10 and 5-second verbal warning in all age groups and divisions.

• In the case of a draw an extra period of fully timed 2 minutes will be played (no time outs, team fouls shall stand).  This will take place after a 1 minute break.

TIMING FOR ALL FINALS GAMES WILL BE AS FOLLOWS

• In case of a draw in a Semi-final and Grand Final an extra period of fully timed 2 minutes will be played (only one time out per team, team fouls shall stand).