Team Coaches:

Please advise your team coach during training sessions if you are interested in playing for the village team and available on the day of the event.

• Teams will be selected by the team manager following all training sessions.  Priority will be given to those children who have regularly attended training sessions.

• Please remember that our team Coaches are volunteers – therefore it is important that all children under 12 years are supervised by a parent/guardian at all training sessions and Olympic events.  Be aware that both the team Coach and The Saddleworth Village Olympics Committee cannot be held responsible for children left unaccompanied and parents/guardians are responsible for their children’s safety at all times.

• Children who do not behave satisfactorily during training sessions or events will not be allowed to participate and parents will be notified accordingly.

• In the event of poor weather, please check training sessions will still take place.

• Please be aware that all spectators and competitors must realise that persons undertaking to umpire or referee games are doing so voluntarily.  Consequently, they should not have their decisions questioned at any time during an event.  Queries should, initially be directed via your village team manager who will, in turn, consult the Rules Committee.

• Any competitor, or spectator, who verbally abuses, or threatens, any other competitor, or referee, will either be disqualified from the competition or risk their team being penalised.  In addition, any competitor who deliberately tries to undermine the outcome of events will be penalised.

We hope that this year’s Saddleworth Village Olympics will proceed within the spirit of the Olympics and that each and every competitor will respect the Olympic oath:

“We promise to take part in these games as individual competitors and team members.  Playing by the rules, winning with pride, losing with grace and making friends along the way: in the hope that, through sport, we will help strengthen our community spirit”.