DISPENSATION POLICY

Greytown Junior Football Club is required to play players within their defined age groups for junior (5 to 12 years) and youth (13 to 18 years).

There is some flexibility within the junior age bandings, although Capital Football encourages clubs to form teams within their standard age bands e.g. U10 born players playing within an U10 team.

There is the ability to apply for dispensation for your child to play up or down a grade. We will try to accommodate players as much as possible, however Capital Football requires that a form is completed with clear reasons for changing age group. For example:

• Exceptionally talented
• Is emotionally capable of playing up a grade
• Their training load is reasonable

Reasons that are not accepted:

• A dispensation was granted last season. There is no automatic roll over to the next season
• A player would like to play with another family member or friends

Girls can play in the age group below their chronological age, in mixed football competitions. Girls require dispensation to play down in dedicated girl’s competition

Applying for Dispensation:

The parent must send a comlpeted playing up or down Dispensation Form Greytown Junior Football Club. Email completed form to:

greytownjuniorfootball@gmail.com

Submission of the form does not mean it will be automatically accepted by Capital Football.

To download the form go to the Capital Football Dispensation page:

https://www.capitalfootball.org.nz/GET-INVOLVED-1/Players-2/Dispensation-2#