RATIONALE

1. The Metropolitan East School Sport Board has uniforms for its teams to:

a.   Identify team members in team games

b.  Give team members a sense of belonging to the team

c.  Provide a practical recognition of a student’s achievement of excellence

d. Provide recognition of the voluntary service given by team officials to the promotion of programs of this Board and of its Secondary and Primary Councils of Management.

POLICY

1. The Metropolitan East School Sport Board requires all members of Regional Teams to purchase their own playing uniforms as a condition of selection in that Regional Team.

2. The Board requires all members of Regional Teams to purchase their own Regional Travel Shirt as a condition of selection in that Regional Team.

3. The Board will provide a range of quality clothing as optional items for purchase by team members, team officials (convenors, managers, coaches and trainers), members of the Board and representative members of the Regional Secondary and Primary Councils of Management.

4. Team officials will maintain a standard of dress complementary to the standard required of the team.

PROCEDURES

1. Provided the uniform is acceptable to team management and in reasonable condition, a student who has been selected in a Regional team in a previous year may wear the uniform purchased for the earlier occasion.

2. All Regional team officials will be provided with a notional uniform allowance.

3. A hat which offers reasonable protection from the sun will be offered as an option to all members of all Regional teams.

4. A profit margin, as set by the Board at the beginning of each financial year, shall apply to the selling price of all uniform items.

5. The Regional colours will by navy, white and sky blue with navy blue and white being dominant. The design of Regional uniforms and optional clothing should reflect these colours.

6. The Regional logo will be three intertwined quadrilaterals carrying the initials of Metropolitan East Sport and nested within a curved olive wreath. The design of Regional uniforms and optional clothing should feature this logo and the Regional name, its diminutive or its initials.