Hellenic League Handbook 2015-16

UHL SPORT HELLENIC LEAGUE HANDBOOK 2015-2016

ies to their Football Creditors as referred to in 39.2 above or 39.4 below.

39.4 Whether there is any withholding pursuant to Rule 39.1 or not the member further irrevocably appoints the Company as its attorney to pay and discharge out of any monies that would otherwise be due to it pursuant to its membership of the Company and/or the Competition any sums that may be due to other members of the Company or any other Football Creditor as defined within the Rules of the Competition. 39.5 In the event of any such payments being made as set out in Rule 39.2 and 39.4 the Board shall be obliged to advise the relevant members in writing of the payments it has made on its behalf within 28 days of such payments.

40. FINANCIAL REPORTING INITIATIVE (N/A)

41. HOSPITALITY

1 Away Clubs will appoint an Official Member of its Club to communicate with the Home Club on arrival. Home Clubs will appoint an Official to welcome visitors and familiarize them with facilities and arrangements including the loan of three practice footballs for pre-match use. 2 If the Away Club Member does not return the three balls to the Home Club Member, the home club will report the details to The League Office on the Match Report Form. The home club will be entitled to recover the cost of any balls that are not returned 3 Visiting Players, Officials and Match officials should be provided with a drink of tea or coffee (or cold drink if acceptable to the visitors) on arrival and at half time. Club Officials should be provided with a drink and light re- freshments at half time. Host clubs must provide after match hospitality to visiting clubs and Match Official’s

4 A Club in default shall be liable to a fine in accordance with the Fines Tariff.

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BENEVOLENT FUND RULES

The Hellenic League Fund

1 The object of the Fund is to grant assistance at the sole discretion of the League to relieve serious financial hardship of persons who are members of Clubs in membership of the Hellenic Football League, who may be inca- pacitated through injury or illness definitely attributable to participation in The Hellenic Football League and who are in need of financial assistance. The Benevolent Fund shall be under the control of and administered by the Management Committee of The Hellenic Football League. The Fund shall be lodged to a Benevolent Fund Ac- count and all cheques shall be signed by any two of the following officers, Chairman, General Secretary and Treasurer. 2 The Benevolent Fund shall be by an annual contribution of £10 per season from each Club in Membership of the League. 3 All applications shall be made on forms to be obtained from the General Secretary of the League. The appli- cation shall state the nature of the injuries or the special circumstances necessitating the need for a grant must be signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Club for which the person was a Member.

4 Grants may be made in the form of: -

a lump sum.

a series of monthly payments;

in such other form as the Management Committee may deem advisable.

5 All the necessary expenses in administering the Fund may be paid out of the Benevolent Fund of the League. 43. THE HELLENIC LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP, SUPPLEMENTARY CUP & DIVISION TWO CHALLENGE CUP RULES 1 The names of the Competitions shall be The Hellenic League Challenge Cup Competition, The Hellenic League Supplementary Cup Competition, The Hellenic League Division Two Challenge Cup Competition (hereinafter referred to as The Hellenic League Chairman’s Challenge Cup Competition), The Hellenic League Division Two Supplementary Challenge Cup Competition (hereinafter referred to as The Hellenic League Presi- dent’s Challenge Cup Competition). 2 The Cups shall be competed for annually and all Clubs in membership of The Hellenic League shall enter The Hellenic League Challenge Cup Competition. All Clubs who are defeated in the Preliminary or First Round of the Challenge Cup shall enter The Hellenic League Supplementary Cup Competition. All teams in membership of The Hellenic League Division Two shall enter The Hellenic League Division Two Challenge Cup Competition.

3 Trophies presented to the League shall be vested in the Association sanctioning the competition as Trustees.

4 The entire management and control of the Competition shall be vested in the Management Committee of The Hellenic League, who shall conduct it in accordance with the Rules, Byelaws and Regulations of The Football As- sociation. The Management Committee shall have the power to deal with any matters for which no specific provi-

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