YMBA Heat Policy:

As adopted by BVC:

a)     When the court temperature reaches 30°C competition organisers must consider implementing and where the court temperature reaches 35°C, must implement the following timing rules:

The clock must stop for each timeout and the referee must call an additional compulsory timeout close to the half way mark in each half. Each team must call a timeout before the compulsory timeout and after the compulsory timeout. In the event the coaches do not call a timeout as required, the referees will intervene and call a timeout and attribute them to the respective teams.

b)    When the court temperature reaches 40 C games must be abandoned. Subject to any rule or ruling by a competition organiser,

(i)              If a game is abandoned before it commences or before or at half time it is counted as a draw;

(ii)         If a game is abandoned after half time, the game score stands as a final result