2011-2012 Evening League Priority Criteria

Criteria - Returning teams are guaranteed their spot back in their league if they have three(3) returning players from last year's team (see Note 1). The Draw Committee will then fill the remaining vacant spots starting at the top of the waiting list.

Note 1: a player is considered a returning member of the Team if the player played with that Team during the previous season and is listed in the previous season's roster book.  Deadline for Team changes is the end of the third go-round.  any late changes has to be approved by the Draw Committee which reports to the Board of Directors.

Waiting List Ranking - One point will be awarded for each of the following: Shareholder; Player with Active Status (see Note 2).  The teams will then be ranked by the total points awarded to the primary four members of the Team (Fifth player & others are not counted).

The tie-breaking criteria are:

  1. The number of shareholders (see Note 3);
  2. The number of Active Status players from any evening league;
  3. The cumulative time the four Team members have been Shareholders (share acceptance date);
  4. The entry date of the application (as determined by the Club).

Note 2: Active Status is granted if a player played on a Team the previous season, paid the required fees and is listed in the roster book (including Rovers, 5th player, etc.).

Note 3: A player may purchase a share at any time; however, to be considered a shareholder for the purposes of this ranking process, the share(s) must have been approved by the Board of Directors on or before their last spring meeting (usually in May).

Junior Teams - The Board of Directors may place two (2) junior aged teams in the evening leagues.  The Draw committee will make best efforts to accommodate the night requested by the approved junior team.  For the Wednesday Womens' and Thursday Mens' Leagues, one spot will be made available if the league is not full per the Returning Team criteria;therafter, any vacant spot(s) will be filled from the Waiting List. For entry to any of the other nights, any player enrolled the previous season in the North Hill junior program, will be accorded active status. Note: there are other 4:30 or weekend leagues that have accepted junior teams in the past.

A Junior Team Entry must be submitted to the Draw committee no later than the Registration deadline for the Evening Leagues. The application will only be valid for the current season; that is, the successful Junior Team(s) are not guaranteed a spot the following season as a Returning Team.

To be eligible, all players must be enrolled in a junior program (not necessarily at the North Hill); and all Team players must be eligible for Junior or younger competition.