TATU CITY SPORTS CENTRE

CITY PARK 5-ASIDE RULES AND REGULATIONS

By participating in Tatu City Park 5- A-side, you acknowledge acceptance of the following Terms & Conditions (“T&Cs”).

  1. LIMITATION OF OUR LIABILITY
    • Tatu City Sports Center shall not be liable to any indirect, special or consequential loss, damage, injuries or death (whether or not resulting from the negligence of Tatu City Sports Center, its employees or agents) suffered by the team or individual participating in the sport which will arise out of or in connection with the provision of Tatu City Sports Center’s services.
    • An individual(s) or firm (s) contracting with Tatu City Sports Center 5-Aside sports as a team member, player or otherwise under these T&Cs and hereby releases, discharges, covenants not to sue, and agrees to hold harmless Tatu City Sports Center, its officers, employees, agents, workers, any sponsors and advertisers, and owners or operators of premises on which matches take place, from all liability, claims, demands, losses, or damages arising from such party’s negligence or gross negligence.
    • All participants will indemnify, save and hold harmless each of Tatu City Sports Center, its officers, employees, agents, workers, any sponsors, advertisers, and owners or operators of premises on which matches take place from any litigation expenses, loss, liability, damages or costs any may incur as the result of any claim.
  1. RISKS OF PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH ARISING FROM A SPORTING ACTIVITY OR EVENT

By participating in matches or training for matches, you accept and assume the ordinary risks arising from participation in those activities and accept that:

  • You must act responsibly and sensibly at all times.
  • You must not participate if you under the influence of alcohol or non-prescription drugs or in any other condition that restricts your involvement in such a sporting activity.
  • You must follow any safety warnings or instructions displayed or given to you by a member of staff.
  • You must ask a member of staff for guidance if you are unsure about anything.
  • You must obtain professional or specialist advice from your doctor before participating.
  • Participation in the sporting activities is entirely at your risk.
  1. TEAMS
    • The team captain (“Captain”) is responsible for all participants playing in the team and personally liable to Tatu City Sports Center payments/arrears. The captain agrees to this responsibility.
    • Tatu City Sports Center reserves the right to refuse entry or exclude any participant, team or organisation without giving a reason.
    • Exiting of any league organized by Tatu City Sports Centre can only take place at the end of the season. The Length of the League varies from league to league depending on number of teams If a team decides to leave during the season that team will be liable for all the remaining fees of the season.
    • When the first season is coming to an end a team shall be automatically registered into the next/new season unless the team chooses to opt out, giving at least 1 week notice prior to the end of the season, this means by midnight the day of your second to last fixture. Please note that if you miss that deadline of 2 weeks before the new season starts, your team will be entered into the new season and be liable for the fees for that season (subject to clause 3.3), regardless of the reason for failing to do so.
    • Where a team wishes to cease being registered but has not opted out in accordance with clause 3.4, per-game and seasonal charges shall continue to accrue and will be payable in accordance with these T&Cs until a new or replacement team is registered by Tatu City Sports Center. For example:
  1. INDIVIDUALS

An Individual can apply for a one-off entry, medium term or long-term subscription for access. The provisions in 3 above will not apply to the individual participant(s).

  1. FEES / ABSENCES / MATCH TIMES
  • In some circumstances Tatu City Sports Center may need to and will change match times. We ask all teams to regularly check the website and social media groups for any changes. The match fees are determined by Tatu City Sports Centre and be subject to change.
  • All payments must be made through Tatu City Sports Center’s acceptable payment methods. Cash and cheque payments are NOT accepted. Individuals and teams joining will be required to pay for the session or season in advance.  Team captains/organisers can pay for the season and recover the costs from their players.
  • In the unlikely event that the full balance of monies owed to Tatu City Sports Center by the team hasn’t been paid before the fixture, the result will be recorded as a 10-0 forfeit against your team. This will be treated as a forfeit without notice and you will be liable to pay your full match fee plus your oppositions match fee.
  • Although Captains have primary responsibility for payments due from the team, the liability of team members for any and all charges due from the team under these T&Cs is joint and several. This means that we have the right to recover all of the fees due from the team as a whole from any of its members.  Without limitation of our other rights, we can charge any individual player’s card or payment facility on file with us for any money due from the team at any time.
  • If it is not possible to collect these fees, we may appoint an external debt collection agency to assist us in collecting monies due.
  • Without limitation of our rights, team members shall be joint and severally liable for our costs and expenses of collection and any interest accruing on sums due, including but not limited to the costs, fees or commissions of an external debt collection agency.
  • Tatu City Sports Center will typically apply credit to an account where necessary rather than issue a refund. A refund can only be made to the individual requesting the refund, this must be requested via our refund request form. We endeavour to respond within 5 working days and issue the refund within 30 working days.
  1. FORFEITS/NO SHOWS
    • If a team or individual is not able to attend a fixture or session already paid for, the forfeiting team or individual will be charged their full match or session
    • If a team forfeits twice in one season their place in the league will be under review and we have the right to eject the team in question at our sole discretion.
    • If a team fails to show up with no notice Tatu City Sports Center will remove them from the league and the team will still be liable for the remaining costs of the season.
  1. ATTENDEE CONDUCT

7.1. All attendees at any Tatu City Sports Center 5 A-side or event are expected to behave in a civil and courteous manner.  This includes players and spectators.  All players are expected to abide by Tatu City Regulations.  Any unsportsmanlike behaviour on or off pitch will be penalized in line with the applicable Tatu City Regulations.  The penalties will range from official warnings, suspension, expulsion and financial penalties to players, teams or spectators. You accept and acknowledge that Tatu City Sports Center and Tatu City shall make such decisions in its sole discretion and shall have no duty to exercise that discretion in a particular manner or according to a particular process.

  1. HEALTH & SAFETY
  • No item that may endanger player or spectator safety shall be worn or carried into the pitch.
  • Players must wear suitable clothes and training shoes. Shoelaces must be securely tied before a game.
  • All players should ensure their nails are short and smooth before taking to the pitch.
  • Participants and Spectators agree to take full responsibility for any injuries that may occur. All participants play with full knowledge, assumption and acceptance of all risks, losses, costs and damages involved and incurred as a result of their participation. Participants understand that Football is a contact sport, containing an element of risk. Tatu City Sports Center and Tatu City does not provide personal injury insurance or player to player insurances. All players play at their own risk and are responsible to take out their personal injury insurance.
  • The Individual or Captains are fully responsible for assessing the appropriateness of the conditions for their team. If the participating Individual or Captain feels the environment is not safe to play in, including any misconduct, danger, violence (or threats thereof) or the condition of the premises, then the Individual or Captain must advise Tatu City Sports Center at the earliest opportunity.
  • Smoking, drinking alcohol and anti-social behaviour are forbidden at all premises used by Tatu City Sports Center.
  • Tatu City Sports Center reserves the right to ban or ask the entire team to leave should they breach any of the above.
  1. GENERAL
  • Website pictures may not always be the actual pitches you will be playing on, they are for display only.
  • Tatu City Sports Center takes photos of individual players and teams for display on social media pages.  Tatu City Sports Center and Tatu City owns the rights to these pictures and will use them for promotion.  Players confirm that they waive any moral rights, image right, right of publicity or privacy in respect of images.
  • Tatu City Sports Center may subcontract, assign, or deal in any other matter with the performance of any of its obligations to any person without notice.

The individual participants and teams will be subject to  other relevant provisions in Tatu City’s Sports and Recreation Policy available in Tatu City’s website via https://www.tatucity.com/wp-content/uploads/Tatu-City-Sports-Recreation-Policy.pdf