8.1 Eligibility – Unless otherwise authorised by the CCBA, each affiliate CCBA Club will have to enter four (4) teams (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Grade) and 5th Grade to be eligible to compete in the CCBA Senior Competition.
8.2 The minimum age of players registering for the senior competition is:-
Exemptions may be requested in writing to the CCBA via the Summer or Winter
Competition Manager.
Applications for exemptions will not be accepted after :-
8.3 All Under 18 Grade players must be Under 18 years of age on 31st December of each competition year.
8.4 Players who are Under 16 years of age on 31st December in each
competition year shall be classified as Under 16 players.
8.5 Late registrations may be accepted at the discretion of the CCBA Executive or sub-committee as determined by the CCBA Executive
8.6 Only persons whose registrations have been approved by the CCBA may participate in any competition games. The CCBA retains the right to refuse any registration, or any registration in a particular grade, at their discretion, and this decision shall be final.
8.7 All players, coaches, managers, scorers and any other team official must be registered on the Gameday Registration system or current database as determined by the governing State Body prior to participating.
8.8 A team shall be debited with a forfeit of nine to nil (9-0) for any game in which an unregistered player, coach or manager participate.
8.9 Clubs intending to field teams in the junior competition are to notify the Junior Competition Manager at least six weeks before the start of the competition. Teams nominated that are not affiliated with a club playing in one of the senior competitions are to be approved by the CCBA Executive.
8.10 Clubs intending to field teams in a senior competition are to notify the
relevant sub-committee at least six weeks prior to the scheduled start of the
competition.