Floor & Table Officials – a reminder of the Regulations

Detailed below are the SLBA Competition Regulations with regards to Floor and Table Officials.

14.  Officials
14.1  All Games must be played with two qualified and National Governing Body registered Floor Officials.
14.2  All Games must be played with two Basketball Scotland qualified Table Officials. If no registration numbers are entered on the scoresheet for the table officials then a fine of £10 will be levied.
14.3  The following match fees shall apply: –

Type Senior Men Senior Women Junior Cadet Under-14
Floor Official £20 £20 £16 £16 £14
Table Official £6 £6 £6 £6 £6

(**Recommended minimum)

14.4  In addition to the above fees, travelling expenses between officials’ homes and venue, and return, will be calculated as follows:

  • 30p per mile travelling by car (subject to change).
  • Second class return rail fare plus public transport to and from station.
  • Bridge toll as appropriate.

14.5  All Officials’ fees and expenses shall be paid by the Home Club at the Pre-game meeting.

14.6  Where an official is away from home for more than 5 hours and no suitable refreshments are provided, he/she is entitled to a subsistence allowance of £5 to be paid by the Home Club.

SLBA AGM 2020 – 6th July 2021

Please note that the SLBA AGM 2020 will take place on Tuesday 6th July 2021, Via Zoom 7pm

Details of the Zoom call have been notified to all Club contacts.  If you require the details please contact:  Maureen McNeill:  maureen@slba.org.uk (these must not be shared publicly)

The Minutes from our previous AGM (2019) have been distributed and are available for download from here:  SLBA AGM Minutes 20 June 2019

Any proposals of changes to the Constitution or Rules must be in writing to the League Secretary at least fourteen days prior to the AGM and be proposed and seconded by two registered Clubs.

We would also welcome at this time any nominations for any of the positions on the Executive committee.

A full AGM Agenda along with any proposed regulation changes and Executive nominations will be circulated to all members at least seven days prior to the AGM.

At the AGM, the current Chairperson will conduct the election of Officers and if he/she is not re-elected, he/she will then stand down and the new Chairperson will take control of the meeting. The quorum needed for decisions at the AGM is seven member Club votes excluding the Exec.

All decisions at the AGM must be proposed, seconded and decision by a majority-vote. The deciding vote in the event of equality would be with the Chairperson.

  • Only Clubs that have completed the 19/20 (our latest season) and attend the AGM can vote on issues for the coming season. New Clubs have no voting powers until after the Fixture meeting.

Other regulations that clubs should be aware of:

2.10. Any Club wishing to enter a new team or re-enter a team that withdrew during the previous season must lodge a separate surety fee for that team.

2.11. Failure of a current Club to send a representative to the AGM may render the Club liable to a fine of £25.00 and possible withdrawal from the league.

2.12. Non-attendance at the AGM of new Clubs will result in their application being rejected.

2.13. All outstanding fines for the season in question must be paid before the start of the AGM.

Entry forms for entry to the Leagues for the 2021/22 season will follow towards the middle of the month: This is anticipation that the COVID rules will allow the SLBA to run the Leagues this year.

If anyone should have any queries on this please let Maureen know.

IMPORTANT NEWS

Wash Your Hands instructions

As affiliated clubs of Basketball Scotland you should have all received an email (please see copy below) from Kevin Pringle, CEO, confirming “Postponement of All Basketball Scotland Competitions” with immediate effect.

Therefore, in line with our governing body, SLBA are postponing all SLBA competition with immediate effect.

Remaining league games and cup finals

The SLBA Executive Committee will monitor this situation and advise clubs in due course.

We will provide a further update should this situation change.

 

Following message from Kevin Pringle:

 

Subject: COVID-19 Coronavirus Update / 13 March 2020 #2 – POSTPONEMENT OF ALL BASKETBALLSCOTLAND COMPETITIONS

 

POSTPONEMENT OF ALL BASKETBALLSCOTLAND COMPETITIONS

 

Dear Club Secretary,

 

Further to our earlier statement, things have moved significantly today and, following feedback from a number of clubs and a number of self-isolations being highlighted across various clubs, basketballscotland are postponing all basketball with immediate effect. The health and safety of all our players, coaches, officials and spectators is of paramount importance.  Please take the steps to inform those affected the decision as quickly as possible, particularly those due to participate this evening.

 

This has been a really challenging decision to take and we appreciate the impact it may have on clubs ahead of the weekend. We remain available to support clubs as much as possible. 

basketballscotland will continue to monitor the current situation and will inform of any updates.

 

We wanted to communicate this as quickly and clearly as possible.

 

There will be more information to follow.

 

Please keep safe.

 

Kevin

Preseason Tournament 2019

Following the SLBA Executive Committee meeting last night, we regret to advise that there will be no preseason tournament this year.  This is due to a combination of lack of venue and lack of appropriate resources.  The SLBA Executive will review this for the 2020-2021 season and advise further.

Team List Reminder Before 1st League or Cup Game

As some league games are starting this week this is a gentle reminder that all team lists with player names and Basketball Scotland registration numbers must be submitted to your league coordinator BEFORE you play your first league or cup game. If no team list with registration numbers are submitted then the sanctions shown below WILL BE APPLIEDno excuses will be accepted unless accompanied by evidence from the relevant staff member at Basketball Scotland that your registrations were submitted prior to your first game and the internal system at Basketball Scotland was to blame for the delay in getting the registrations confirmed. So to save the league coordinators doing some complicated calculations whilst adding up the fines please get your team lists to your coordinators asap please.

Any queries then please contact your league coordinator in the first instance.