BIRTH DATE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 2024 SEASON

  • Under 6 Born on or after 1st January 2018 or 2019*
    Under 7 Born on or after 1st January 2017*
    Under 8 Born on or after 1st January 2016*
    Under 9 Born on or after 1st January 2015*
    Under 10 Born on or after 1st January 2014*
    Under 11 Born on or after 1st January 2013*
    Under 12 Born on or after 1st January 2012*
    Under 13 Born on or after 1st January 2011*
    Under 14 Born on or after 1st January 2010*
    Under 15 Born on or after 1st January 2009*
    Under 16 Born on or after 1st January 2008*
    Under 18 Born on or after 1st January 2006 or 2007
    All Age Born on or after 1st January 2005 or 2006
    Over 35 Born on or before 31st December 1989
    Over 40 Born on or before 31st December 1984
    Over 45 Born on or before 31st December 1979

    Over 55 Born on or before 31st December 1969

*Can apply for dispensation to play in a lower age group under the Relative Age Effect Rule.

  • Players may only register in Mixed SSF if they are four (4) years of age or older as at midnight on the 31st December of the year prior.

  • No player should play in an age group more than two (2) years higher than they are qualified for, unless the Competitions Department has granted dispensation.

  • The Relative Age Effect Rule allows for players born in last thee (3) months (between the 1st of October and 31st of December), to offset any physical disadvantage to players born in the earlier months of a year by playing down an age group.