MAIL IN THE COMMITMENT FORM AND PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT REGISTRAR; POSTMARK DEADLINE IS December 10, 2019. INCLUDE: Team entry frees (make entry checks out to District 8), field availability and restrictions, (dates and times) and maps must accompany the entry form. Mail to the District Registrar.
Shirley Thompson
District VIII Commissioner
1239 Adam Street
Tracy, California 95376
Include the registration form, fees, and maps. Submissions that are not postmarked by the deadline will be charged a late fee of $50 per team.If the fine is not included in the registration check, it will be deducted from your league forfeiture deposit refund at the end of the season. Team entries received after 12/15 will be accepted or rejected at the District's discretion. Refer questions by email to Shirley Thompson:sthompson@calnorth.org
TEAM ROSTERS AND PHOTOS FOR PASSES MUST BE IN THE REGISTRATION DATABASE FOR APPROVAL BY THE DISTRICT 8 REGISTRAR BY DECEMBER15. (COACHES MUST HAVE DOJ/CYSA BACKGROUND CLEARANCE PRIOR TO APPROVAL, and have taken the on-line CDC Concussion course. )
Peter Kilpatrick
peterk27@yahoo.com
The Bill Meyer Winter League are District 8 Paper Teams for boys and girls in the U10 through U14 age group that allow players to participate in a higher level of soccer than played in the District VIII, fall recreational season, in an affiliated District VIII league. Leagues can use it as a building block for their competitive teams (although established boys and girls competitive teams are not permitted to play).
Players are only eligible if they:
- Were currently registered recreational players for the fall recreational season with
District VIII affiliated leagues. - Soccer aged players 8-9 for U10 (younger players may not play up).
- Have not been rostered on any competitive team during the past season.
- No new player registration is allowed for this league.
Age groups are as follows:
Girls & Boys:
U12-U14
U10
The season runs from approximately Jan.-Mar..
All games are played under DISTRICT VIII rules
LEAGUE RULES DO NOT APPLY TO BML GAMES
1.) RED CARDS: Red carded players and coaches are at the mercy of the mails and should consider that any additional suspensions will probably be in two game increments. EXAMPLE: A player red carded in the first minute of the first game of the season, will miss the next game that day automatically, then if the decision is made for an added the game, the player will miss the NEXT game the following Saturday. Delays with the mail or the league delivering the card back to the coach could add another two games missed (NO PASS NO PLAY RULE.) Verification Form
2.) LENGTH OF GAMES:
UNDER 10 -- 20 MINUTE HALVES
UNDER 12 -- 25 MINUTE HALVES
UNDER 14 -- 30 MINUTE HALVES
U10, U12, and U14 – Offside and direct kicks are called per FIFA rules
NOTE: The above is only a partial list of BML rules.The following documents contain all rules regarding BML play:
Bill Meyer Coordinator:
Email:
Bill Meyer Coordinator:
Email:
DISTRICT 8 REGISTRAR APRROVED CREDENTIALS (PLAYER PASSES, 1601 FORMS, AND ROSTER) MUST BE WITH THE COACH OR ASSISTANT COACH AT ALL PRACTICES AND GAMES (LEAGUE GAMES AND TOURNAMENT PLAY)
All red card reports and player passes must be sent to
Shirley Thompson
1239 Adam Street
Tracy, CA 95376
All red cards MUST be sent to me, postmarked by Monday.
Games are played throughout District 8. Each league with teams entered should be able to provide a reasonable amount of fields accordingly to the number of teams you enter and be available for 3-4 games a day per field. Fields must have rest rooms. The host team provides and pays for referees. Teams not providing fields/referees may have to defray costs of the providing team.
Any rules not covered above, refer to the
CYSA team manual
Dennis O'Brien
dobrien@mysa-ajax.org
Bill Meyer Coordinator: Kim Nickerson
Email: ksnickerson@sbcglobal.net
BML Tournament Action
The entry fee is a non-refundable fee, as follows:
U9 & up teams $275 per team