1. Team Equipment

The executive of BUYSA will approve and provide each registered team with the necessary equipment to allow participation in all scheduled games and practices.

An elected executive member shall be charged with the responsibility for purchasing, distributing and collecting all club equipment during each playing season. He/she shall submit in writing a yearly budget and have an ongoing program in place to upgrade the club's equipment.

2. Equipment Ownership

All equipment listed below is the property of BUYSA and is on loan to coaches and managers for the duration of their team's playing season. Depending on the division this equipment may include:

a. practice and game balls
b. ball bags
c. wos markers and stackers
d. corner flags
e. goal nets
f. goal net anchors, spikes and ties
g. pinnies
h. orange field cones and /or triangles (U7-U11 only)
i. goal marker flags (U7-U11 only)
j. first aid kit

Coaches and managers are responsible for the care of all items signed out to them. They shall take every reasonable precaution to prevent loss or damage to equipment under their control.

3. Equipment Distribution & Collection

The executive member in charge of equipment shall each soccer season set dates and times to allow team officials to pickup and return all loaned items. Each team's coach or manager must sign an equipment inventory sheet listing all equipment issued to that team. These equipment inventory sheets are shown as appendices 1 and 2 (see Equipment & Uniform Inventory Worksheets on the forms web page). No equipment will be handed out without the registered team officials having filled out the approved Risk Management forms (see Risk Management Form on the forms web page).

All equipment must be returned by team officials to the executive member in charge of equipment at the completion of the teams last league or cup game. Teams in Island or Provincial Cup play may retain their loaned items until completion of their last cup game but must first return all loaned items for an inventory check before it will be reissued for continued cup play. Teams entered in season-ending tournaments must also turn in their equipment for an inventory check before it will be reissued for continued play.

Upon returning their team's equipment at season's end, team officials must sign the equipment inventory sheet showing that they have returned the loaned items and have reported any lost or damaged equipment.

4. Equipment For Divisional Assessments and Player/Coach Clinics

The executive member in charge of equipment will make available on request equipment required to run divisional assessments or clinics for players or coaches. All items are signed out using forms shown as appendices 1 and 2 (see Equipment & Uniform Inventory Worksheets on the forms web page) and must be returned within 1 week of the completion of the assessments/clinics. Items must be signed out by either the division coordinator or the coach appointed by the coaching committee to organize the assessments or clinics.