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Behaviour
Hockey Victoria have implementing codes of conduct to ensure misbehaviour does not become a part of hockey. The fundamental aim of these codes being to provide an environment that is safe for the children and their families and free of discrimination, harassment and offensive or violent behaviour.
As a junior sports club, affiliated with Hockey Victoria (HV), and in turn Hockey Australia (HA), all Greensborough HC members must abide by these codes.
Coaches and managers should note that Hockey Victoria competition regulations include a schedule of fines for rule infringements and spectator misbehaviour. Note, that fines for misbehaviour by club officials and spectators can be substantial, and the utmost restraint should be exercised always, especially when dealing with umpires.
Greensborough HC is held responsible for the behaviour of its players, coaches and spectators. Greensborough HC prides itself on providing a positive and welcoming environment for all participants. The club will take swift action on bad behaviour.
We rely on coaches and managers to protect the club’s interests and should a Greensborough HC spectator at one of your games become abusive or otherwise misbehave, the coach and/or manager should attempt to verbally restrain the person. We do not expect you to place anyone in physical danger, but often a quick word can defuse a situation and avoid a game being abandoned. At no time are spectators or officials associated with your team allowed to engage in negative or provocative banter with opposition’s players, officials or supporters, or the umpire(s).
If a player, coach, or spectator associated with your team is regularly a problem, please alert the Greensborough HC committee.
If your team is involved in a match in which an incident occurs that is likely to be the subject of a umpire’s report, or a protest by another club, or about which you feel Greensborough HC should protest, please contact the club immediately. Whether the blame lies with Greensborough HC or an opposing club, the Committee needs to know about incidents to be able to protect the club’s interests. We should hear about them from team officials on game day, not days later via umpire reports and protests from other clubs.