Rules

For National Community Games rules, please refer to the FAQs section on the national website and for rules on specific events, please check the Events section. The most important participation rules are summarised below: -

• Children competing for a particular area must reside within that area boundary as defined by their area map.

• The cut off date for defining ages in Community Games is 31st July.  So children who are under the age on 31st July in the year of competition are eligible.

• To compete in Community Games, children must be over 6 and under 16.  See the handy age calculator to check eligibility for different events.

• At National Community Games events, a child may only compete in one individual and one team event at any given National Weekend.

Dual Players Qualifying for Munster Provincial Finals

In relation to participating at a particular Munster Final’s Weekend (including preliminaries held prior to the weekend), that a competitor may only take part with one team.  The decision will be taken at area level and forwarded to the county secretary of which event the competitor will take part in.  The county secretary will notify the provincial secretary who in turn will advise all relevant personal of the decision.  If the team which a participant opted to compete with is defeated at provincial and the other team wins provincial the defeated participant will be eligible to compete at the National Finals with the winning team.

1. All entries must be entered on ORS.

2. No late entries will be accepted – No exceptions.

3. Team events at County may replace two on the day of the event, before start of their first match only. No additions allowed.

4. Individual events, individuals can be replaced once, up to 48 hours before start of the event. No additions allowed.

5. If an event is delayed by more than 5 days, the ORS closing date will be extended to 14 days before the new date.

6. All communications must be through the Area Secretary, the Area Secretary must use the Community Games Email.

7. The allowable number of Area entries in County events is limited to 2 individuals/teams, with the following exceptions: -

a. Pitch & Putt: 5 entries per category.

b. Talent: Unlimited (but limited to 1 solo and 1 group per child).

c. Gymnastics: 6 entries per category.

d. Mixed Distance Relays: 3 entries per category (i.e. 3 per distance). Note: County event is not a relay - top 3 per distance are selected for county representative team.

e. Cross Country: 10 entries (5 boys/5 girls). Note: A child can only enter Mixed Distance Relay or Cross Country (not both).

f. U16 5k Run: Unlimited.

g. Cycling: 3 entries per category.

8. The following events are run at County only, subject to annual insurance confirmation: -

a. U10 Cross Country Relays (4 x 250m): Teams of 4 with 1 sub.

b. U10 Cycling on Grass.

c. U14 (O12) 2k Run.