Here it is - details of Cambridge South's Summer Mixed 7-a-side tournament this summer!
The tournament will run over the 5 Thursday evenings in June:
- Thursday, 2nd June 2016, 7:30pm - 9pm
- Thursday, 9th June 2016, 7:30pm - 9pm
- Thursday, 16th June 2016, 7:30pm - 9pm
- Thursday, 23rd June 2016, 7:30pm - 9pm
- Thursday, 30th June 2016, 7:30pm - 9pm
Entry
Option of team entry or individual entry. Players entering individually will be organised into teams. Minimum age for players is 15.
Open to all, not restricted to members of Cambridge South - guest teams and individuals welcome.
Fees
Team entry - £100
Individual entry - £10
Competition Format
- 8 teams divided into 2 mini-leagues of 4
- Weeks 1-3 - round robin matches. 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw
- Positions decided on: points, GD, GF, result between tied teams, toss of a coin
- Top 2 finishers in each mini-league enter the Cup competition; lower 2 finishers enter the Plate competition
- Week 4: Cup & Plate semi-finals - 1st v 2nd, 3rd v 4th
- Week 5: Cup & Plate finals; 3rd place play-offs
Prizegiving with medals for winning teams.
Rules of Play
Games are 30 minutes, 7-a-side, played on marked half pitches. Teams must have no fewer than 3 female outfielders and a goalkeeper or kicking back of either gender on the pitch at all times, from a squad of up to 12.
Coloured bibs & goalkeeping kit will be provided.
2 sets of 2 matches played each week. Teams not playing provide 1 umpire each. Umpires do not need to be qualified.
Normal hockey rules apply, except:
- no penalty corners - free hit on edge of D awarded
- no penalty flicks - penalty goal awarded
- for free hits in opposition's half, all players must be 5m from the ball; for free hits in your own half, opposition players must be 5m from the ball
- long corners taken from the sideline, 3m from the backline (i.e. old rules)