Zero Tolerance Policy

If you think that team personnel or spectators are behaving inappropriately and are in breach of the zero tolerance policy, please bring it to the attention of the Games Controller or Mike Bussell in the first instance.  It is not the referee’s or referee supervisor’s job to deal with this.

We are currently having a very active debate on how this policy can be better managed – I hope to have some more information for you following our meeting this week.

It is timely to remind everyone in your team and their spectators that they have agreed to the following:

All participants in Perry Lakes Hawks junior competitions must accept responsibility for their behavior.

Perry Lakes Hawks reserves the right to ask any coach, manager, player, parent or spectator to immediately leave the venue should they -

• Wilfully question or challenge the rulings of the referees
• Berate or abuse referees
• Berate or abuse players
• Berate or abuse other parents or spectators
• Display conduct which is inappropriate in a sporting environment

No warnings will be given in the event of the above action becoming necessary.

Any such ejection, or failure to leave the venue, will be referred to the junior competition Tribunal which may result in further formal actions being put in place

I ask all Coaches and Managers to lead by example and if you have any spectators that don’t appear to be abiding by this Code to please talk to them about it.  We do not want anyone associated with our Club to be asked to leave (and possibly never return).