23.    NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

        23.1    Nomads shall hold a National Tournament at a centre to be decided at a meeting of the National
                   Council.
                    The Executive Committee of the host Club at which such Tournament is played shall nominate a National
                    Coordinator whose appointment shall be subject to the approval of the National Management
                    Committee and who, upon such approval, shall thereafter be responsible to the National Chairman and
                    the National Council.
                    The National Coordinator shall then appoint a Steering Committee to recommend, based on a majority
                    decision, the venue and dates for the event.
                    Each Member Club shall nominate a Club Coordinator who shall attend to the local coordination of its
                    Members and arrange for their attendance at the National Tournament in collaboration with the National
                    Coordinator.
                    The National Council or National Management Committee shall decide the entrance fee payable and the
                    manner in which such Tournament shall be conducted and played.

        23.2    During the National Tournament, such competitions shall be held as shall be decided by the National
                    Council from time to time. The National Council shall decide on what trophies shall be awarded to the
                    participants of such competitions.

        23.3    A Non-Playing category of Members shall be recognised at National Tournaments. Such Members shall not
                    be entitled to play in the Tournament but shall be entitled to participate in all official Tournament functions
                    including the right to receive all regalia to which playing Members are entitled. Non-Playing Members shall
                    be obliged to pay the Tournament entry fee. The number of Non-Playing Members, if any, shall be
                    determined by the National Coordinator for the Tournament concerned, who shall allocate the number of
                    vacancies per Member Club in accordance with such formula laid down by the National Management
                    Committee from time to time. Selection at Club level of Non-Playing Members shall be at the discretion of
                    Club Coordinators according to such formula as laid down by the Member Club Executive Committee
                    concerned from time to time.

24.    INTERPRETATION OF CONSTITUTION AND RULES

        In case of doubt as to the meaning of any of the Rules of Nomads the interpretation of the National Council shall be
        binding upon all Members. Any decision of the National Council in terms of this rule shall not affect the validity of
        anything done in conformity with a decision of the National Council prior to such decision being reversed or altered.

25.    WINDING -UP

        25.1    Nomads may be wound-up and the property or assets disposed of by a resolution passed at a meeting of
                    the National Council specially called for that purpose by a three-fourths majority of those Members present
                    and eligible to vote.

        25.2    The net proceeds of such winding-up shall be awarded to a charity to be nominated by a majority of the
                    National Council provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent a Member Club from distributing such
                    funds as may have been allocated to particular charities prior to the decision to affect a winding-up, and
                    such Member Club shall notwithstanding the fact that such distribution takes place after the decision to
                    wind-up nevertheless be empowered to effect such payments.

        25.3    No such resolution to wind-up shall be passed unless notice of the proposal has been given to the National
                    Council and all Member Clubs for a minimum period of 3 calendar months prior to the date of the meeting.

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