12. Rescheduling of Matches

12.1 No match shall be rescheduled from its originally fixtured, time, venue and/or date without the prior approval from VV.

12.2 A Club may request to reschedule the time, venue and/or date of a match via email to VV Senior Events Manager. 

12.2.1 To reschedule a match the following conditions shall apply:

• The match is a regular season Victorian Volleyball League match.
• The reschedule request for a match must be made no later than 30 calendar days prior to the originally fixtured date of the match.
• The proposed rescheduled date of the match must be no later than 30 calendar days after its originally fixtured date.
• The match can only be rescheduled to a date prior to the commencement of the final series for the match's division.
• The Club that requested the reschedule shall be required to fulfil any duty requirements of the rescheduled Match that either they, or the opposition Club had, in the original fixture unless an adjustment to the Victorian Volleyball League draw has been made by VV. 
• The Club that that reschedules a Match shall be responsible for any costs associated with the reschedule.
   

12.3 The reschedule request must include:

• reason(s) for the team requesting a reschedule; and
• the proposed date, time, and venue for the match; and
• a guarantee by the club that a duty team including a 1st referee will be present for the rescheduled match
   

12.4 Within 7 business days of receiving any request to reschedule a match, VV shall contact the Club in writing, notifying them of its decision to either: 

• approve the reschedule at the proposed new date, time and/or venue; or
• reject the reschedule at the proposed new date, time and/or venue; or
• reject the reschedule request outright.
   

12.4.1 If VV approves the request, the Club requesting the reschedule must pay to VV the prescribed reschedule fee, as outlined in Appendix B.
 

12.4.2 Should VV reject the reschedule at the proposed new date, time and/or venue, the Club requesting the reschedule may elect to again request an alternate date provided By-Law 12.2.1 is satisfied.
 

12.4.2.1 If there is not a mutually acceptable reschedule between the Club requesting the reschedule and VV the Club that has requested the reschedule shall either:

• accept any proposed reschedule date, time and/or venue provided by VV; or
• play the match in accordance with the original schedule.
   

12.4.2.2 If the Club requesting the reschedule chooses to accept VV's proposed reschedule, it shall do so regardless of any inconvenience to themselves, including but not limited to:

• scheduling the match at the opposition's venue; or
• scheduling the match at a non-optimal time.
   

12.4.3 If VV rejects the reschedule request outright, the match shall be played in accordance with the original schedule. The Club requesting the reschedule shall have no right of appeal against this decision.

12.5 Should a match be rescheduled under By-Law 12, VV shall notify the other Club playing in the match within 3 business days of accepting any reschedule request. VV has the right to compel a Club to accept the rescheduling of a regular season match where it believes that doing so is in the best interests of the players, the Victorian Volleyball League, or the sport. If a Club refuses to play the rescheduled Match at the new time, venue and/or date then that team shall forfeit the match and be penalised the Forfeit Penalty.

12.6 If VV reschedules a match by its own accord, VV will attempt to provide a 1st referee. Any failure by VV to provide a 1st referee for the rescheduled match shall not in any way invalidate the match or the match result.