MUSTANG BROTHERS
 
RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUB

PLAYERS & PARENTS INDUCTION 2012

First of all, welcome to all the new members that have joined our club especially the parents of our under sixes and sevens who this may be their first time. Please, if anybody has any queries as to anything throughout the year no matter how small you may think it to be or do not quite understand ask one of the committee members and if they cannot answer the question they will point you in the direction of someone that can.

Please enjoy your time at Mustangs and remember that we are all here to enjoy watching the players play and for the players to enjoy themselves on and off the fields.

1. Club and Membership Rules

All persons entering the club should be members ($5.00).  If you are not a member you must report to reception to sign in.  This is a licensing law and out of the clubs hands which is why it will be policed.

All children must enter the premises with an adult.  Children are not allowed to go to the bar for service.  Only persons over the age of 18 will be serviced from the bar area.

Persons under the age of 18 are not allowed to purchase or smoke cigarettes on the clubs grounds.

No alcohol to be consumed outside the licensed area which is clearly marked and sign posted

Membership

All parents of players are to be financial members of the club. Parents will receive membership forms when their child signs on.

2. Payment of Player Registration fees and what you get for your money.

Fees will be $225.00 for Opens players and $205.00 for players from Under 8’s to Under 18’s.

Team photos and trophy’s for children in Under 6’s to Under 18’s.

All fees are to be paid in full by the first official fixture after trials unless prior arrangement to utilise the direct debit payment service has been made.

Eftpos facilities are available on sigpn on day and in the football club office.

3. Insurance Procedure

Insurance procedure is as follows:

a. Obtain a claim form from team manager.

b. Fill out form.

c. Obtain a report from doctor

d. Return form to football club office.

4. Football Club Office Hours

Parents will be able contact us and make purchases or payments four days a week.

These days and hours are as follows:

Monday – 6.30pm to 7.30pm

Tuesday – 6.30pm to 7.30pm

Wednesday – 6.30pm to 7.30pm

Thursday – 6.30pm to 7.30pm

5. Guidelines for problems with Coach

If any parent has a problem with their child’s coach these are the lines and order of communication:

• Approach and discuss team manager and coaching coordinator first.

• Address it in writing to the secretary of the club – Attention to the Committee.

• Approach the club President.

  
  

6. Roles of Parents and Behaviour Code

The role of parents in the Mustang Rugby League Club is to:

• Support and encourage their child to participate in junior rugby league.

• Allow their child to participate only if they are well and healthy.

• Encourage their child to participate for the enjoyment of junior rugby league.

• Support their child to develop social and physical skills through junior rugby league.

• Promote and abide by the Mustang Rugby League Club’s codes of behaviour.

• Be courteous when communicating with coaches, umpires and administrators.

• Be a positive role model.

  
  

• Remember, children participate in junior rugby league for their enjoyment not yours.

• Encourage children to participate, do not force them.

• Focus on the child’s efforts and performance, rather than winning or losing.

• Encourage children to always participate according to the rules.

• Never ridicule or yell at a child for making a mistake or losing a game.

• Remember that children learn best by example. Applaud good performance by all participants.

• Support all efforts to remove verbal and physical abuse from rugby league.

• Show appreciation of volunteer coaches, officials and administrators. Without them your child could not participate.

• Respect umpires’ decisions and teach children to do likewise

• The consumption of alcohol outside of licensed areas and smoking within the field boundaries is inappropriate at all Mustang junior rugby league games.

Disciplinary action will be taken by Mustangs Rugby League Football Club against anyone who is found to be in breach of the codes of behavior.  Disciplinary action will be administered in a three-phase education process designed to assist members with defining their role in junior rugby league. The three phases dealing with breaches are designed to provide ample opportunity for correcting undesirable behavior in a continual education process.

Stage 1 applies to the first breach of a code of behaviour or ethics.

Procedure for implementing Stage 1:

• Duty officials will provide the Mustangs Rugby League Football Club with an incident report advising of a breach of a code.

• Mustangs Rugby League Football Club will inform the offender in writing, detailing the breach and the consequences. A copy will be provided to the club to inform them that phase one has been initiated.

• Where the offender could not be identified, the club will assume responsibility to identify parents and implement phase one.

• Club will contact the offender within five days of receiving the breach notice to arrange the counselling session. The aim of the session is to educate the offender about the behaviour permitted at Mustangs Rugby League Football Club games and to revisit the role of members. Offender will be informed of stages 2 and 3.

Parents may proceed to stage 2 at the discretion of Mustangs Rugby League Football Club if breach of codes deemed to be a serious nature (For example, obscene language, threatening behaviour, any form of racial vilification or physical acts, harassment of an umpire).

Stage 2 – Parent suspended from attending games.

Stage 2 applies to the second breach of a code of behavior or ethics in a 12-month period or current Mustangs Rugby League Football Club season.

• Duty officials will provide the Mustangs Rugby League Football Club with an incident report advising of a second breach of a code.

• Mustangs Rugby League Football Club will inform the offender in writing, detailing the breach and the consequences. A copy will be provided to the club to inform them that phase two has been initiated.

• Club will contact the offender within five days of receiving the breach notice to confirm attendance at a role model training workshop. The aim of the training is to assist offenders define their role in junior rugby league and be better role models. Offender will be informed of stage 3.

• Offenders issued with a second breach notice must attend a role model training workshop conducted by Mustangs Rugby League Football Club. These will be conducted on needs basis pending demand.

• Failure to attend the workshop will result in suspension until training requirement met.

Stage 3 – Membership removed.

Stage 3 applies to the third breach of a code of behaviour or ethics in a 12-month period or current rugby league season.

• Duty officials will provide the Mustangs Rugby League Football Club with an incident report advising of a third breach of a code.

• Mustangs Rugby League Football Club will inform the offender in writing, detailing the breach and advising that club membership has been removed. A copy will be provided to the club to inform them that Stage 3 has been initiated.

• Once membership has been removed the offender and the associated member (player) will not be permitted to participate in any junior rugby league affiliated with Mustangs Rugby League Football Club

Member can apply to Mustangs Rugby League Club for membership renewal at the start of the next junior rugby league season. Renewal will be at the discretion of Mustangs Rugby League Football Club

Monitoring and reporting

Duty officials will provide all incident reports to Mustangs Rugby League Football Club on a weekly basis.

In the event of a member facing the clubs disciplinary tribunal the tribunal decision will be forwarded to the clubs committee to enforce its decision as per rule 42A of the clubs constitution .these decisions can be anywhere from a warning ,suspension or  expulsion from the club.

The judiciary consists of 1 life member as chairperson  ,2 committee members, and 2 general  club members. All findings will be kept in a register for future reference.

7. Coaching and Player Structure

We have put in a coaching structure so as players from Under 11’s to Under 18’s will have, as we feel, coaches best suited to their age and development. Players may move on to a new coach from year to year, our aim is to give them the best chance to develop skills and social interaction.

All coaching is to be based on the six major skill areas:

1. Catch and pass.

2. Defence

3. Evasion.

4. Play the Ball

5. Kicking

6. Scrummaging

Outlined on the following pages are the skills we want players to attain by the end of each year. You will notice a lack of evasion in this skill area; generally this will be done during warm up with footwork drills. Not all parents will be able to see their child’s development as well as the areas their child needs to work on so if in doubt please ask your coach if you are not sure.  The coach in the following year will also assess each player individually.  Our aim is to improve every player’s skills and sometimes this requires coaches to give specialist coaching to players that may fall a bit behind.

JUST TO HAVE FUN

We hope to have A specialist kicking coach to be available to all kickers from under 15’s to under 18’s.

8. Game Day Information

Game day information will be on the board at the front of the canteen after 6pm on Wednesdays, all information not on the board should be sourced from your team manager. Game day information will also be posted on the club website as soon as possible.

9. Suggestions/complaint box

If any parent has a suggestion to improve the club or a complaint they don’t feel comfortable talking about they can place a letter in the box which will be secured at the front of the office please address the letter to the relevant person or persons with the writers contact details.

10.  Newsletter

We will be having a weekly newsletter to be handed out to players from Wednesdays and also posted on the web site. These will give team reports on past games; give parents and players information on upcoming events, profile players as well as volunteers and sponsors.  These will be available from the front office window and the bar area.

11.  Yearly Events

Major Events In 2012

• Australia day

• Trials (TBA)

• Season commences

• Easter weekend

• Anzac Day march

• Chairmans Cup

• School holidays

• Semi finals

• Grand finals

• Club presentation

SOME DATES WILL BE ADVISED AT A LATER DATE AS THEY ARISE

At all times the clubs constitution is available for all members to read at their leasure and we will endeavour to post it within the website for easier convenience and availability to our members asap.

1. NO ALCOHOL TO BE CONSUMED OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGNATED AREAS

2. NO ALCOHOL TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE GROUNDS AND CONSUMED, ALL PURCHASES MUST BE FROM THE LICENCED AREA.

3. NO GLASS BOTTLES, CONTAINERS, OR OTHER ITEMS OR VESSELS MADE OF GLASS ARE TO BE TAKEN ONTO PLAYING FIELDS OR BROUGHT INTO THE CLUB GROUNDS

4. NO DOGS, PETS, OR OTHER ANIMALS ARE ALLOWED ON CLUB GROUNDS.

5. ALL VEHICLES ARE TO PARK IN THE CARPARKS AT THE FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY HALL

6. CLEAR ACCESS TO FIELD AREAS MUST BE GIVEN AT ALL TIMES FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS

7. ANY VEHICLES FOUND TO BE PARKING AT THE BACK OF THE HALL OR BESIDE THE HALL WILL BE TOWED FROM SITE AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE

8. ALL VISITORS AND MEMBERS ARE TO OBEY DIRECTIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS OF CLUB OFFICIALS IMMEDIATELY AND WITHOUT DISSPUTE.

9. ABSOLUTELY NO ABUSE , INSULTS, OR ACTING IN A PROVOCATIVE MANNER TOWARDS A PLAYER , COACH, CLUB OFFICIAL, MEMBER, OR VISITORS WILL BE TOLERATED WHAT SO EVER AND OFFENDERS WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY

10. PLEASE PLACE RUBBISH IN THE BINS PROVIDED

11.ANY PERSON CAUGHT VANDALIZING OR DAMAGING CLUB PROPERTY WILL LIABLE FOR ITS REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR AND ANY OTHER ASSOCIATED COSTS.

BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT

MUSTANGS BROTHERS JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUB inc.