Competition Sanctions
Hosting A Tournament?
All tournaments, festivals, friendlies and competitions must be sanctioned. This includes summer tournaments, mid-week competitions and charity games.
It is important to recognise that an unaffiliated tournament, friendly or competition renders a club’s insurance invalid, with participating teams and referees at risk of not being covered by their existing public liability or personal accident cover. Unaffiliated competitions are also not governed by the Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA's disciplinary process which means players, coaches and referees are potentially at risk.
To ensure that you do not void your team's insurance, or enter a tournament where the coaches have not been checked for a DBS, your tournament must be sanctioned by your local County FA. Registered Match Officials are only permitted to officiate in sanctioned tournaments.
- Permitted to use registered referees (registered referees are not permitted to officiate in un-affiliated football)
- Coverage under club public liability insurance
- County FA approval of rules
- Promotion of your tournament via our website
- Ensure that the tournament meets club / Sheffield FA safeguarding requirements
In order to sanction your tournament, we will need:
- A completed tournament sanctioning form - download HERE
- A copy of your competition rules
- A competition sanction fee - £50 (11v11 or 9v9) or £25 (7v7 or 5v5)
All of this information must be sent at least 28 days before your event. This allows us time to process your form and discuss any issues with the tournament rules.
Your sanction form and competition rules will be verified by a relevant staff member. Once we are satisfied, you will be issued with a sanction fee via the Whole Game System. Once this is paid you will receive a confirmation email that your competition is sanctioned and we will upload these details to our website.
Please note: Tournaments, friendlies or competitions involving children aged under 6 will not be sanctioned.
Get in touch
If you have any questions about competition sanctioning, please get in touch.
Sanctioned Competitions 2022-23
Heidi's Cup / Thurcroft Hub, New Orchard Lane, Thurcroft, S66 9AE / 13/05/2023
Annual Tournament Armthorpe Welfare JFC / Shaw Wood Academy, Mere Lane, Armthorpe, DN3 2DG / 10/06/2023 - 11/06/2023
Grassroots Sports Academy Tournament / Holy Trinity School, Carlton Road, Barnsley / 29/04/23 - 30/04/23
Rossington Main JFC Annual Tournament / Rossington Miners Welfare, West End Lane, Doncaster, DN11 0DU / 08/07/2023 - 09/07/2023
Carcroft Village Spartans JFC Summer Tournament / Owston Primary School, Lodge Road, Doncaster, DN6 8AP / 10/06/2023 - 11/06/2023
Gemini Contracting Group Summer League 2023 - U7,U8,U9,U10,U11’s / Various - playing league format over several weeks / 22/04/2023 - 30/07/2023
LJS Cup 2023 / Middlewood Rovers JFC / 25/06/2023
Kiveton Park Tournament 2023 / Chapman Fields, Wales High School, Storth Lane, Kiveton Park / 08/07/2023 - 09/07/2023
HALL GREEN SUMMER GALA / HALL GREEN JUNIORS PITCHES (WF4 3LA) / 17/06/23
Durkar Devils JFC End of Season Gala’s / Durkar Devils JFC, Slack Lane, Newmillerdam, Wakefield, WF2 7SW / 21/05/2023 - 18/06/2023
Brampton Summer League (U9-U11) / Brampton Rovers – Newbold Back Lane S40 4RW / 12/05/2023 - 24/06/2023
Millmoor Juniors Festival of Football / Grange Park Football Ground, Rotherham, S61 2RB / 20/05/2023 - 21/05/2023
Summer Football Festival / Dearne and District, Goldthorpe Green, Rotherham, Bolton Upon Dearne, S639EH / 13/05/2023 - 22/07/2023
FRICKLEY COUNTRY PARK 3G TOURNAMENT / Frickley country park 3g tournament / 03/06/23 - 26/08/23
Brinsworth Whitehill JFC Summer Football Festival / Phoenix Sports Pavilion Lane Brinsworth S60 5PA / 17/06/2023 - 18/06/2023
Tickhill Juniors FC Summer Tournament / Brookfield Park, Tickhill Juniors FC, TIckhill, DN11 9RE / 24/06/2023 - 25/06/2023
Greasbrough Youth tournament / Roughwood rood, Greasbrough, S61 4AZ / 10/06/2023 - 26/06/2023
Scawthorpe scorpions summer tournament boys and girls / Langdale drive, Scawthorpe, Doncaster, DN5 9JG / 01/07/23 - 16/07/2023
Wombwell Town FC Junior Tournament / Wombwell Recreation Ground, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 0BJ / 24/06/2023 - 25/06/2023
Bessacarr FC Summer League / Cantley Park DN4 6HR / 27/05/2023 - 30/07/2023
Hoyland Common Falcons Annual Tournament / Emhirst Playing Fields, Ardsley Road, Worsbrough, S70 4RG / 08/07/2023 - 09/07/2023
Brampton Tournament / Brampton Rovers – Newbold Back Lane S40 4RW / 01/07/2023 - 02/07/2023
Leisure United U13 / Leisure United Thorncliffe / 16/06/2023 - 21/07/2023
Beighton Magpies 2023 Tournament / Beighton Magpies / 10/06/2023 - 11/06/2023
Bessacarr FC Annual Tournament / Cantley Park DN4 6HR / 17/06/2023 - 18/06/2023
WEST END TERRIERS FC – 20th ANNUAL TOURNAMENT / Outwood Academy Hemsworth WF9 4AB / 29/07/2023 - 30/07/2023
Staveley Miners Welfare Junior Summer Football Tournament / Staveley Miners FC, 8 Inkersall Road, Staveley S433JL / 01/07/2023 - 02/07/2023
Sheffield United Community Foundation Festival of Football / Leisure United Westfield / 01/07/2023 - 09/07/2023
Junior Blades Tournament 23/24 / Bochum Pkwy, Jordanthorpe, Sheffield S8 8JR / 15/07/2023 - 16/07/2023
Crofton Pre-Season Tournament 2023 / Crofton Juniors AFC, Sidings, Shay Lane, Wakefield, West Yorkshire / 26/08/2023 - 28/08/2023
Maltby Juniors Festival of Football / Maltby Academy Extension Fields, Lilly Hall Road, Maltby, Rotherham, S66 8AT / 01/07/2023 - 02/07/2023
Denaby Main JFC Summer tournament / Tickhill Square, Denaby Main / 19/08/2023 - 20/08/2023
Bolsover Town Summer 2023 Tournament / Bolsover Town FC Moor Lane Bolsover S44 6EB / 08/07/2023 - 16/07/2023
SSMF Futsal Cup / English Institute of Sport, Sheffield. S9 5DA / 15/07/23
Mexborough Rangers U14 Tournament 2023 / White Lea Rd, Swinton, Mexborough S64 9QY / 13/08/2023
AFC Bentley Tournament / Bentley High Street Primary School / 22/07/2023 - 23/07/2023
AFCNW Summer tournament / Olive Grove Sports Club, Heeley Bank Road, Sheffield, S2 3QN / 13/08/2023
High green villa Tournament 2023 / SGP Thorncliffe Packhorse lane, High green, S35 3HY / 05/08/2023 - 06/08/2023
Download The FA's Tournament Guide
The following guidelines are intended to help you organise a successful festival or tournament that will run effectively and efficiently.