19thman wrote:What happens if the A grade is knocked out before the B grade? Can players who played in the B grade finals but played majority of A grade through the year still play B's?
By-laws are as follows:
17. QUALIFICATION FOR FINALS
17.1. No senior player shall be qualified to play in any finals round in any current season, unless they shall have played at least four (4) of that club’s matches on four (4) separate weekends.
17.2. A junior player will be eligible to play finals in their age group providing they have played at least four (4) of that club’s matches on four (4) separate weekends.
17.3. Any player to qualify for a Grade final below the highest grade in their Club must play the majority of their games for that Grade.
17.4. In the event of more than one grade playing in the finals on the same weekend, any player not selected in the 21 of the highest grade they qualify for, shall be eligible in a grade one below the grade they are qualified for.
17.5. No one of the twenty one players who were selected to play in the last match of the season (including finals) played by the Club in the higher grade, shall be eligible to play for such lower grade should it still be playing in the final round of matches and that no player shall be permitted to play in any grade more than one (1) level below that in which they played their last senior match for the Club.
17.5.1. A deviation from this rule necessitated through injury or illness only may be dealt with by the Permit Committee.
17.6. Any ‘C’ Grade player to qualify for ‘C’ Grade finals must play one third of the Home and Away games of the current ‘C’ Grade season matches to the nearest whole number including the last minor round game.
17.7. At all times if there is any doubt permission must be obtained from the Chairperson of the Permit Committee.