Harrow Hockey Club

EQUITY AND DISCIPLINE

The club is committed to ensuring that equity is incorporated across all aspects of its development. In so doing it acknowledges and adopts the following Sport England definition of sports equity:

Sports equity is about fairness in sport, equity of access, recognising inequalities and taking steps to address them. It is about changing the culture and structure of sport to ensure it becomes equally accessible to everyone in society.

The club respects the rights, dignity and worth of every person and will treat everyone equally within the context of their sport regardless of age, ability, gender, race, ethnicity, religious belief, sexuality or social/economic status.

The club is committed to everyone having the right to enjoy their sport in an environment free from threat of intimidation, harassment and abuse.

All club members have a responsibility to oppose discriminatory behaviour and promote equality of opportunity,

The club will deal with any incidence of discriminatory behaviour seriously, according to club disciplinary procedures. 

Disciplinary code

Harrow Hockey club fully endorse the disciplinary codes of the English Hockey Association.

If any member should receive a red card a Disciplinary Committee (as indicated below) shall be set up, as soon as possible, after the offence has taken place. The purpose of the Committee is to hear the circumstances surrounding the offence and to report back to the Executive Committee the action to be taken.

The following persons are entitled to be present at the meeting of the Disciplinary Committee:

• Appropriate men's or ladies secretary (who will act as Chair)
• Captain of the team then member was playing in when the red card offence took place.
• One other Executive Committee member.
• The member who committed the red card offence.
• A person of the above member's choice.

The procedure of the Disciplinary meeting will allow the member to present his/her case regarding the red card offence. The Disciplinary Committee will then decide on action to be taken  and report this to the Executive Committee.

If the member wishes to appeal against the decision of the Disciplinary Committee, an Appeal Committee will be formed to make the final decision. The Appeal Committee will consist of two Vice-Presidents of the club and one member of the Executive Committee who was present at the original Disciplinary Committee hearing.