Membership Conditions

Be sure to review Unicol's membership conditions. They contain all sorts of important information on things like fees, club rules code of conduct and fines.

Unicol Code of Conduct

Be sure to make yourself acquainted with Unicols revised Code of Conduct here! 

Fines:

All fines resulting from RED and YELLOW cards are the players own responsibility.

Fines are currently set at $50 RED per day suspended and $25 YELLOW. These are minimum amounts and are both are subject to change.

On receipt by the club of a fine notice from Waikato Bay of Plenty Football the player will be informed by either a committee member or team manager. The player must pay the fine in full, failure to pay will result in the player being stood down from further games until the debt is settled. All payment must be visible in the club accounts by 5pm Fridays.

Subscriptions:

Your subs, along with any sponsorship or fundraising the club may receive, help to keep the club functioning. This money goes towards the following major costs:

  • Field/facility hire and development

  • Equipment

  • Affiliation and entrance fees

  • Administration expenses

See our fees page for more information.

Equipment:

Team Shirts are provided. Shorts will be provided subject to team numbers and availability (players may be required to bring a black pair of shorts).

Players are not permitted under any circumstances to remove shirt, shorts or socks from the playing kits.

You are expected to buy a pair of regulation Unicol socks (at a cost of $25 a pair).

Goal keepers may be reimbursed $75 (maximum) on production of a receipt for a pair of gloves (one pair per Keeper per season). You are expected to return all property belonging to the club at the end of every game.

Travel:

Teams are required to provide their own transport to away games. A partial reimbursement of transport costs may be available (subject to finances) for teams that have their subs paid in full.

International Transfers:

If you are transferring from a football club outside of New Zealand then then see also our International Transfers page.

Terms and Conditions:

In accordance with the Privacy Act 1993 Waikato Unicol AFC advises that the personal information provided here is required for registration and organisational purposes.  By registering on COMET you acknowledge that the information provided will be collected and used by the organisation and people of Waikato Unicol AFC as deemed appropriate for the purposes specified above.  By registering you agree to the club collecting data on playing performance and training attendance, and allow the club to share this data with other appropriate club members as well using this data in assigning you to a squad.  You also acknowledge that should you fail to adhere to the paying of the annual subscription or carded fines any information pertaining to bad debt may be made public within the confines of club communications. You also agree to the club engaging the services of BayCorp (or other debt recovery service providers) for the club to recover the debt owed.

 

You agree under the Privacy Act to release all or parts of the information contained here to the organisation and people of Waikato Unicol AFC as deemed appropriate, as well as the following related organisations including but not limited to NZ Football, Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation. You understand that the information will be held by Waikato Unicol AFC and that you have the right to access and correct your personal information.  Furthermore, you agree that your image as related to Waikato Unicol AFC may be used for promotional and historical purposes.  In accordance with the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007 your consent is hereby given for the receipt of electronic messages from the Club as well as other organisations deemed appropriate, that relate to football matters, including but not limited to the administration of the game, football events, fundraising and sponsors interests. You acknowledge that you compete at your own risk and understand that damage to and non-return of any item of strip or property of Unicol will incur a repair or replacement fee.  By registering on COMET you are agreeing to adhere to the club code of conduct, health and safety policy, Terms and Conditions and the club protocols.   

By registering with Waikato Unicol AFC you agree that you have read and understood the conditions of membership as set out by Waikato Unicol AFC.