Gentlemen,

 

Registration for the 2023 Royal Cup is now underway!  

 

This is a 32-team FA Cup style tournament (single knockout) that takes place on 6 Sunday's during the 2023 season (June 25, July 16, Aug. 13, Aug. 27 (Quarter-Finals), Sep. 24 (Semi-Finals) and Oct. 1 (Final)).  The tournament is open to all men's league teams in the BC Interior.  This event is for "league teams only" and is not open to "tournament teams". 

 

There is no charge to enter this event for KMSL "Open" Division teams (Div. 1, 2, 3A, 3B).  The fee for 35+, 45+, 55+ and non-KMSL divisional teams is $220

 

As with the FA Cup tournament format, lower division teams will enter the tournament first, with higher division teams entering in the later rounds. 45+ & 55+ teams will enter with the Div. 3 teams, 35+ will enter with the Div. 2 teams.

 

Match fixtures are done by random draw.  There is no rescheduling of Royal Cup games.  All games will be played in Kelowna.

 

All Royal Cup Team rosters are frozen & and must be submitted by Midnight, Saturday, June 24.  Rosters are frozen for the complete tournament. There are no call-ups allowed for Royal Cup play.

 

Individuals who are registered on KMSL Open division teams AND 35+, 45+, 55+ team can play on each of the teams they are registered with in the tournament.  They are not tied to just one team.

 

Registration for the event is "first e-mail, first entered" at kmsladmin@hotmail.com

Teams that must pay the entry fee must do so by e-transfer to the same e-mail address, at the time of registration.

Registration deadline is Monday, June 5 (or earlier if tournament is full).

 

Please note the updated BCSA / KMSL Suspension / Appeal / Performance Bond Information for 2023:

• Individual Player Accumulated Yellow Card suspensions are issued at the 3^rd yellow card of the season (1 game), 4^th yellow card of the season (1 game), 5^th yellow card of the season (1 game), 6^th and any further yellow cards (2-8 games).  Accumulated Yellow card suspensions cannot be appealed.
• Red Card suspensions of 3 or less games cannot be appealed as this is the BCSA suspension appeal minimum.  The KMSL follows all BCSA Suspension & Appeal guidelines.  The minimum suspension allowable by the BCSA is applied to all KMSL suspensions (without extenuating circumstances).
• Reminder that Team Dissent Fines are issued at the team's 5^th Dissent card ($50) and any further Dissent cards with the fine increasing in amount by $25 each time.
• All player and team fines are assessed to the team's Performance Bond.
• Team Performance Bond account must be kept above the $100 level at all times throughout the season or risk forfeiture of the next scheduled league / playoff game.

It is the responsibility of the team manager to know and inform team members of the current game, league, and provincial disciplinary rules.  These rules are viewable on the website under "Media/Misc" / Documents.  

 

Link to provincial governing body BCSA for suspension information is: https://www.bcsoccer.net/media/oqybtkuf/bc-soccer-complaints-discipline-and-appeals-procedures-november-2022.pdf

 

The start of the 2023 season is upon us.  The board has approved the draft budget for the 2023 season and as such we have posted the league fees.  Please have your fees paid in full by May 01.  We are not chasing teams for fees.  Failure to pay will result in suspension in play until all fees are paid.

We are looking forward to a great season.  If you have any questions about your team fees, please contact your division rep.  Contact info is located in the “contact us” drop down menu on the web site.

 

 

The schedules are now posted.  This is the KMSL’s first full post COVID season and it is going to be full and exciting.  We have 50 teams this year so fields and referee crews are tight.  We have been able to get back to our distinct divisions which means the league will implement promotion and relegation next season to help balance the 2024 season.  The board and our league scheduler have done our best to insure fair play and a balance of teams.  We ask that you do your part, play fair, follow the rules and have some fun as we move back to our regular formats.  Playoff schedules will be posted soon along with the individual team league fees.

 

Teams are strongly encouraged to select a team nickname.  For example Sterling “Hawks" or Encora “professional football club”.  These nicknames can follow a team while sponsors can change yearly.  The KMSL administration and accounting have extreme difficulty tracking performance bonds, fines and players when team names constantly change.   A permanent nickname would  go a long way to reducing our administrative time and expenses.  If you can, select a team nickname and keep it constant moving forward.