BWA Grading dates for this year are as follows:

Dates have been set as:

Saturday 22 Feb – U12 Boys and U14 Girls

Sunday 23 Feb – U12 Girls and U14 Boys

Saturday 29 Feb – U12 Boys and U14 Girls

Sunday 1 Mar – U12 Girls and U14 Boys

(No Games – General Bye)

Saturday 7 Mar – U16 Girls and U18 Women

Sunday 8 Mar – U16 Boys and U18 Men

Saturday 14 Mar – U16 Girls and U18 Women

Sunday 15 Mar – U16 Boys and U18 Men

Reminder of the WABL Grading / State Champs Forfeit Policy:

With the upcoming BWA Grading Championships likely to result in a number of domestic teams being impacted upon over the 4 weekends. Just a reminder of the Forfeit policy and procedures for everyone to be aware of:

1. Teams that lose WABL players for State Championships and State wide events (ie WABL Grading) will be able to declare a forfeit and still receive equal points each under the following circumstances:

The Domestic Team list must show that sufficient WABL players from that team are competing in events as stated above that will cause a forfeit (ie a team with 7 players that loses 3 players to State Champs / WABL will be eligible. A team with 8 players that loses 2 players to State Champs / WABL is NOT eligible).

ALL REQUESTS FOR FORFEITS UNDER THIS PROPOSAL MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE DOMESTIC CLUB (NOT INDIVIDUAL TEAMS) AND MUST BE MADE NO LATER THAN THURSDAY 13^TH FEBRUARYTO THE COMPETITION OFFICER.

When advising of the forfeit, registrars are to include the following:

• Team name forfeiting;
• Players missing;
• Fixtured time and court;
• Opponent.