Weather & Condition Policy

1. In the case of weather, decisions to cancel are not made prior to 5pm.
2. We ask that members do not contact Volley+ to find out if games are cancelled and any emails or phone call messages will not be returned on the matter.
3. Volley+ may decide to cancel a whole night, or specific timeslots.
4. Our venues are different. Some have better air conditioning or air circulation than others. Volley+ may decide to cancel one venue, but not others.
5. Volley+ will endeavour to cancel games as early as they can as to try not to inconvenience players, however no guarantee can be given - we live in Melbourne and anything can happen at any given time!
6. When a decision is made to cancel games:
   1. Captains will be sent an SMS, asking them to reply to confirm the message.
   2. If we do not hear back from one of the team captains, we will call to ensure the team has the message.
   3. We will update our Facebook groups if we cancel the entire night of any venue.
   4. Captains are responsible for notifying their players that games have been cancelled.

1. Volley+ generally follows the recommendations set out by Sports Medicine Australia, however there is not a set temperature at which any heat policy will be put in place. Things that are factored in are:
   1. temperature;
   2. wet bulb globe temperature;
   3. humidity;
   4. venue (air conditioning)
2. Volley+ has three Heat Policies that can be put in place. These are:
1. Games that start before 7pm shall be played with shortened timed sets for beach volleyball, and shortened sets (21 pts) for hardcourt volleyball, allowing for longer breaks/time-outs for players to rehydrate. For games starting after 7pm, match officials shall be lenient in allowing players time to rehydrate between sets that do not have official breaks. Under these conditions, management may decide that games after 7pm will be played under shortened quarters/sets condition on a timeslot by timeslot basis for the safety of players and referees.
2. Games that start before 7pm shall be cancelled and all games that start after 7pm to be played with sets allowing for longer breaks for players to rehydrate. Under these conditions, management will cancel games that start after 7pm on a timeslot by timeslot basis if the need is required for the safety of players and umpires.
3. Conditions at the venue are deemed unsafe due to the extreme heat and all games are cancelled.

Why 7pm?: Temperatures can sit close to the cancellation level based on the guidelines from Sports Medicine Australia and we may find that games will get through based on what is deemed safe. However, we are also mindful for games starting before 7pm that players are travelling by car, bike, public transport or walking in the heat, generally rushing from work. So we will tend to side with caution to call off the earlier time slots allowing the sun to start to set and then make a more informed decision.

1. As per the Terms & Guidelines set out by Volley+ and signed upon digitally by the Captain at the start of the season in the Captain's Waiver, if Volley+ Management deem that the conditions are safe teams must attend to play their game.
2. Teams who refuse to play will be required to pay the full forfeit fee (game fee plus late fee) and risk being removed from the competition.
3. Teams and their opponents CANNOT make deals to pay their game fee each and to not play. If both teams refuse to play then both teams will have deemed to have forfeited. This is to stop one team trying to place any pressure on their opponents to agree to a cancellation.

If a game is cancelled for any reason (excluding one team forfeiting), scores and fees shall be applied as follows:

• Hardcourt Volleyball
• Rebound Beach Volleyball