KEY DATES

Fri, 1 Mar 2019
2019 New Member Nominations (for "Rookie" Members only)

Tue, 19 Mar 2019     
Final date for team selections (18) on Carji website

Tue, 19 Mar 2019
"Early Bird" membership fees due ($190, $25 discount)

Thu, 21 Mar 2019
Round 1, Carl v Tigers (Opening Game for 2019 Season)

Fri, 26 Apr 2019
Closing date for full Membership fees ($215, no discount)

Mon, 20 May 2019
Open date for mid-season selections

Thu, 6 June 2019
Round 11 - close date for mid season changes (3)

Mon, 23 Sept 2019
Brownlow Medal Night at Crown Casino

Sat, 28 Sep 2019
Grand Final 2019 at MCG

Fri, 11 Oct 2019
Carji Club Lunch at MCG, Olympic Room  (12pm start)

RULES

The Carji Club selection rules applicable for Members this year are largely unchanged from the previous year. As a reminder, the rules are as follows:

1.Select one player from each of the 18 clubs. However, the player selected cannot be an ineligible player ('an ineligible player' is defined as a winner in the past 5 Brownlow Medal counts - Matt Priddis, Nathan Fyfe, Patrick Dangerfield, Dustin Martin and Tom Mitchell).

2.Each Member is to input their 18 team selections through their user profile on the Carji Club website, before COB Tuesday 19th March.

3.Prior to 6th June (start of Round 12), Members may substitute through the website up to 3 of their originally selected players. Once again those players cannot be ineligible players.

4.Your score is calculated by total amount of Brownlow votes received by your 18 players for the 2019 season, plus bonus votes (see rule 6 below).

5.If one of your players is suspended during the 2019 season, his votes are still counted.

6.Bonus votes are awarded for selecting the Brownlow winner - 15 bonus points. Please note you must have made this selection prior to COB 19th March to be eligible for the bonus points. If there are multiple Brownlow winners, you still only get a maximum of 15 bonus points. Bonus points are not applicable if the Brownlow winner is included within the three (3) substituted players.

7.Twenty two (22) highest point scorers (the Team of the Year) will have their membership fees reimbursed, therefore being 'shouted' lunch by the remaining Members at the Annual Carji Club Lunch on Friday, 11th October 2019.

8.The highest point scorer (the Outright Winner) is awarded the 'Hugo Boss' Carji Club Jacket and Carji Club Medal. In the event of tied scores, to determine the higher point scorer, a count back will apply based on votes of the original 18 players (that is, the votes awarded prior to substitutions).  After the count back if the scores are still tied they will be declared joint winners.  If applicable, the same count back process is also applied to the 22nd position for the TOTY.

9.The Outright Winner must be a fully paid up Member of the Carji Club Inc.

10.The Member with the lowest points score becomes the proud recipient of the Carji Club Wooden Spoon. A Member is not eligible to win the Wooden Spoon more than two times (now referred to as 'the Keith Thompson rule').