Men’s Monday Spring Season

Competition Dates

Commencing Monday 21^st July 2025 and finishing on Monday 22^nd September 2025

Men’s Division 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 and Youth

Competition length: 10 weeks

All Divisions play compulsory 3 sets (25, 25, 15) - 60 min scheduled games.

Division Structure Guidelines– Spring 2025 Season

Divisions and Team Allocation

• Each division will consist of a maximum of 10 teams.
• At least one division may be split across multiple venues.
• Divisions will be determined based on final ladder positions from the 2025 Autumn season.
• No teams are permitted to directly enter Division One.
• A promotion/relegation system will be implemented between the Autumn and Spring seasons:
• The top two teams from a lower division will be promoted.
• The bottom two teams from a higher division will be relegated.

Duty Requirements by Division

• Division 1 and Division 2: Full duty requirements apply.
• Division 3: Duty requirements include providing a 2nd Referee and a Scorer.
• Division 4 and below: No duty requirements.

Note: Team Registration
All teams must register through the VACT RevSport Events form. Registrations via spreadsheets or emails will not be accepted.

Competition Fees

Open League team fees are based on a $103 per team per week ratio, the team season fee will be as follows:

Men's Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 - 10 weeks @ $103 per week = $1,030 per team 

Youth Team – 10% discount = $930 per team (only applies for teams in the Youth division)

School Team - Must be approved by the school to participate in a VACT Competition = $930 per team

Teams not fully paid by week 3 will not be permitted to play until payment is made.

Player Registration 

All players must be registered with VACT before their first match. Registration is on an individual basis and is separate to the team's competition fees. Any team found to have played an unregistered player will forfeit the match.

Substitutions 

The VA 12 Substitution Rule shall be used for Men's Open League Divisions 1, 2 and 3

A maximum of twelve (12) substitutions per set.

A player may take the court only three (3) times per set, including starting on court.

Once a player has started in, or substituted into, a particular rotational position, that player may only be substituted back into that same position for the duration of the set.

Men's Open League Divisions 4 and lower divisions- Players may substitute on and off the court between points, there is no restriction on the number of substitutions within each set. If the 1st Referee feels a team is using this substitution rule to gain an advantage, they will be given a warning and if this continues the Sanction Scale will be used.

Libero 

Teams are permitted to change the Libero player at the end of each set. The Libero must always be in a contrasting playing shirt to the rest of the team.

Finals Qualification 

To qualify for finals a player must have participated in at least 3 matches (30%) for that team during the regular season.