RULES OF THE SHROPSHIRE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION TJ VICKERS PREMIER CHALLENGE CUP COMPETITION 2024/2025.
1. Cup Ownership. The Cups are the property of the Shropshire Football Association. When the winning Club shall have been ascertained, the Association shall loan the Cup to such Club, which shall be responsible for its return to the Association on or before the 1st day of February in the ensuing year, in good order and condition. The Association reserves the right to request the Cup at any time by giving seven days’ notice. Should the Cup(s) be lost, destroyed or damaged by fire or any other cause whilst under the care or custody of the Club, the latter shall refund to the Association the amount of its current insured value or the cost of through repair in addition to any other penalty which the Association may impose. A copy of the cup winners document to be signed is at the back of these rules. 2. Medals or Trophies (i) In addition to the Cup, the Association shall present medals to players competing in the final tie. Each of the competing teams will be presented with 20 medals. When a player taking part is ordered to leave the field of play for misconduct, the medal to which they may be entitled may be withheld at the discretion of the Competitions Committee. (ii) Any player receiving an award that is seen to throw the award after it has been awarded, the club that the player is registered with will be fined £100. (iii) Member clubs who are in receipt of a Shropshire Football Association Trophy/Cup will be responsible for its upkeep and security for the team specified within the agreement/contract signed by the clubs officials on winning a competition. (iv) The member club as laid down in Rule 1 will return the Trophy/Cup by the specified date and in a condition on which it was received. Failure to comply will result in a fine of £50. 3. Control of all Challenge Cup Competitions The Competitions Committee shall have the power to exercise all powers in relation to the Competitions and to make decisions on all matters arising out of or in relation to the organisation, control and management of the Competition (including as to eligibility and qualification) and shall be final and binding on all participants in the Competition. In relation to these and any other matters not specifically mentioned in the Competition Rules, the Competitions Committee shall have the power to take such action and make such decisions, orders, rulings and impose such penalties as it deems necessary and following such procedures as it considers appropriate and such shall, subject to Rule 23, be final and binding on all participants. The Competitions Committee shall have the power to appoint a Sub-Committee in order to expedite decisions to ensure the progress of the Competition. 4. Eligible Clubs Participation in the Competition shall be open to Clubs affiliated to a County Association and members of an affiliated Competition. The SFA TJ Vickers Premier Challenge Cup. This Competition shall be open to Shropshire Clubs, at the appropriate level of Saturday football. 5. Entry Date (a) No Club is eligible to until it has paid its subscription for the current season. The Competition is annual and is open to all affiliated clubs in membership of the Association competing in an affiliated Adult Football League. (b) All eligible clubs shall be entered into the Competition upon the completion of their annual affiliation. (c) The entry fee is £25.00, to be paid directly to the Association along with the affiliation fee. 6. Organisation of Competitions The supervision of all matches and rounds will lie with the Competition Secretary who will organise conference dates, or as allowed by The Competitions Committee. 7. The Draw The names of the Clubs entered for the Competition shall be placed in one lot and shall be drawn from such lot, in couples at a time. Those couples shall compete with each other, and the names of the winning clubs shall be placed in a lot, drawn in couples and compete as in the first tie, and so on, until the Final is reached.