Pre-Season games can only be played if sanctioned by Football Canterbury.
- Only players registered with the club are allowed to compete in trial games and only registered players will be covered by Insurance if an injury occurs.
- If the games are played without official sanctioning, players will not be covered by the Football Canterbury insurance coverage.
Players and teams must always check with their club that pre-season training has been approved to commence to ensure the grounds being used are approved for use. Training without the permission of your club or training on non-approved grounds can be dangerous due to the uncertainty of ground conditions and is likely to void any insurance cover. If activities are conducted outside these parameters, in the event of an adverse event, the insurers may refuse a claim.
There are two types of trial games: Internal games and Out of Association games:
Game against a Football Canterbury Association Club (Internal game)
The match organiser (team manager or coach) must email the following information to competitions@balmainfootball.com.au no later than 7 days before the match:
- Home Club:
- Away Club:
- Age Group:
- Team/s:
- Match Date:
- Kick-off time/s:
- Venue:
- Organiser (from BDFC):
- Email:
- Mobile:
Game against a club OUTSIDE of the Football Canterbury Association
- The organiser of the match (whoever is hosting the match) must fill out this form: OUT OF ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY TRIAL GAME FORM
- The form must be submitted to the hosting club’s Association, who will approve it and sent it to the other club’s Association
- If your team is hosting the match, then send the partially filled out form (from Club Details to Host Information) to competitions@balmainfootball.com.au. It will then be sent out to Football Canterbury to manage the remaining approvals
- Please do this no later than 7 days before the match as it could be a long process between Associations signing the document.