Monday Spring Season

Competition Dates

Commencing Monday 22nd July 2024 and finishing on Monday 7th October 2024.

Men’s Division 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 and Youth

Competition length: 11 weeks

Division rules: There will be a maximum of 12 teams for Division 1, Division numbers will be modified based on entries, team and competition balance 

Men’s Division 3, 4 & 5 have no duty requirements and will mostly play across the 5:30pm, 6:30pm & 7:30pm timeslots.

Youth games will be played at 4:30pm or 5:30pm

Venues

Division 1 - Shirley Smith High School

Division 2 - Harrison School

Division 3, 4, youth - Lyneham Hockey Centre

Competition Fees 

TBA

Player Registration

All players must be registered with VACT before their first match. Registration is on an individual basis and is separate to the team's competition fees. Any team found to have played an unregistered player after week 3 will forfeit the match.

Match Times

First matches start at 5.30pm for Men's Division 3. A 10 minute warm up period will commence at the scheduled match time indicated on the draw. All round matches will be played best of five sets, to a time limit of 50 minutes.

Uniforms

Each teams’ playing shirts must be uniform in colour and design (except for the Libero), with numbers on the front and back. We strongly encourage teams to also be in matching shorts and sock.

Please note: Uniform sanction apply to teams deemed out of uniform 

Substitutions

The VA 12 Substitution Rule shall be used for Men's Open League Divisions 1 and 2.

A maximum of twelve (12) substitutions per set.
 

A player may take the court only three (3) times per set, including starting on court.

Once a player has started in, or substituted into, a particular rotational position, that player may only be substituted back into that same position for the duration of the set.

Men's Open League Divisions 3 and lower divisions- Players may substitute on and off the court between points, there is no restriction on the number of substitutions within each set. If the 1st Referee feels a team is using this substitution rule to gain an advantage, they will be given a warning and if this continues the Sanction Scale will be used.
 

Libero

Teams are permitted to change the Libero player at the end of each set. The Libero must always be in a contrasting playing shirt to the rest of the team.

Finals Qualification

To qualify for finals a player must have participated in at least 33% of matches for that team during the regular season.