Average AF Pty Ltd — these terms govern participation in a Banter Board Challenge by a subscribing business, gym, club or employer. They are separate from, and additional to, the Average AF app terms which apply to individual members.
📄 Download the PDF2.1 A Banter Board Challenge is a free-to-enter competition of skill. Members compete for a prize contributed by third-party sponsors.
2.2 No Member pays anything to enter, participate in, or win. There is no entry fee, ante, stake, wager or forfeit of any kind.
2.3 The Subscriber pays a subscription for access to the platform. That subscription is not, and must not be represented as, an entry fee or a stake on behalf of any Member.
2.4 The Subscriber must not charge, levy, surcharge or otherwise seek payment from any Member in connection with a Banter Board Challenge. Ordinary membership or employment arrangements that a Member would have regardless of the competition are not affected. Any competition-specific charge is a material breach and we may terminate immediately under clause 14.
2.5 WOW Factor points and Dominator Badges have no cash value, cannot be purchased, and cannot be exchanged for money.
3.1 Divisions are determined by the Subscriber's total membership or headcount — not by the number of Members who join the Community.
| Division | Membership | Name |
|---|---|---|
| D1 | 1 – 30 | Featherweight |
| D2 | 31 – 100 | Lightweight |
| D3 | 101 – 300 | Middleweight |
| D4 | 301 – 1,000 | Heavyweight |
| D5 | 1,000+ | Open |
3.2 The Subscriber declares its headcount at signup. We may verify that declaration at any time, including by comparison against Community signups, and may re-rate the subscription where the declaration is materially inaccurate.
3.3 A Subscriber may voluntarily challenge into a higher Division ("PUNCH ABOVE YOUR WEIGHT"). A Subscriber will never be required to compete above its Division and may not compete below it.
3.4 Challenging above Division does not change the subscription price.
4.1 Subscription fees are as published at the time of signup and are determined by Division.
4.2 The subscription includes participation in up to six Banter Board Challenges per calendar year.
4.3 Headcount and price are locked at the moment the Banter Board goes live and do not change during the Window. Members who join the Community mid-Window incur no additional charge.
4.4 The Subscriber authorises payment at signup. No charge is made until the Banter Board goes live — that is, until both Communities have accepted and the Window has opened. A Seat that never finds an opponent is never charged.
4.5 Subscription fees are non-refundable once a Window has opened, except where a challenge is abandoned by us under clause 10.
5.1 A Subscriber may enter a Banter Board Challenge by:
5.2 A challenge becomes binding when both Nominated Administrators have signed the Rules Pack under clause 12.
6.1 A Member's scores count toward the Community tally only where the Member has posted two scores in each of the five categories within the Window.
6.2 The Community's result is the collective total of the top five qualifying Members.
6.3 The five categories applicable to a Window are stated in the Rules Pack and are fixed for that Window.
6.4 The popularity multiplier is frozen at the moment of submission for the purposes of a Banter Board Challenge. Scores counted toward a Challenge tally do not re-rate during the Window. Scores also feed Members' individual leaderboards, where the multiplier continues to apply dynamically. The same score may therefore display different values in the two contexts, and this is intended.
6.5 Scores must be verified in-app by a playing partner or venue within the verification window. A score that is not verified does not qualify.
6.6 At least 20% of a Community's qualifying scores must be verified by a registered Verifier or supported by video evidence submitted in the manner set out in the Rules Pack.
6.7 Where a game's rules require video evidence for a trick shot or bonus, that requirement applies regardless of clause 6.6.
6.8 Scores existing before the Window opened do not count. A fresh score must be posted and verified within the Window.
7.1 The Subscriber must not, and must take reasonable steps to ensure its Members do not: submit false or inflated scores; verify a score not personally witnessed; use automation, scripts or multiple accounts; enter individuals who are not genuine Members; or otherwise interfere with the fair conduct of a challenge.
7.2 We may invalidate any score, disqualify any Member, forfeit any result, or terminate a challenge where we reasonably believe clause 7.1 has been breached.
7.3 Roster eligibility: only genuine Members of the Subscriber's business, gym, club or workforce may compete for that Community. Members who join mid-Window are eligible. A Member may compete for only one Community in any Window.
8.1 A dispute about a score, result or conduct must be raised with us in writing by the Nominated Administrator within five business days of the event, or of the close of the Window, whichever is earlier.
8.2 We will determine the dispute within a reasonable time. Our determination is final and binding on both Subscribers.
8.3 We may require evidence, including video, in determining a dispute. Failure to supply requested evidence may be determined against the party who holds it.
9.1 The Bucket is contributed by third-party sponsors. Its contents are stated on the Banter Board and in the Rules Pack before the Window opens.
9.2 Average AF does not hold, supply, fulfil or guarantee any prize. Sponsors issue prizes directly to winners on our notification. Any dealing regarding a prize is between the winner and the sponsor.
9.3 Prizes are goods, vouchers, services or merchandise. No prize is cash or convertible to cash.
9.4 Where a prize is a gift card or voucher, it must carry a minimum three-year expiry from the date of supply, as required by the Australian Consumer Law. Expiry dates are displayed on the Banter Board.
9.5 We are not liable where a sponsor fails to honour a prize, ceases trading, or becomes unable to supply. We will use reasonable efforts to assist but are not obliged to substitute a prize.
9.6 Prizes are awarded to the winning Community. How a Community distributes or allocates a prize among its Members is a matter for the Subscriber, and we take no part in it.
10.1 A Subscriber that withdraws mid-Window forfeits the challenge and its subscription fee for that challenge.
10.2 We may suspend or terminate a challenge where its integrity cannot be preserved, where a party breaches these terms, or for reasons beyond our reasonable control.
10.3 Where we terminate a challenge for reasons unrelated to a Subscriber's breach, we will refund the fee for that challenge or credit a replacement challenge.
10.4 If a Community fails to field five qualifying Members by the close of the Window, the challenge is determined in favour of the opposing Community if it has done so, and is void if neither has.
11.1 Average AF does not organise, host, supervise, attend or control any physical activity. Members choose what to play, where and when. Where the Subscriber arranges, encourages or hosts activity at its premises or as part of employment, that activity is the Subscriber's responsibility, and the Subscriber's own duties, insurance and policies apply to it.
11.2 Nothing in the Average AF app, the Banter Board or any associated content is health, medical, psychological or fitness advice. It is general wellbeing content only. Members should consult a medical practitioner before starting or changing any physical activity.
11.3 The Subscriber must ensure that, before a Member competes, the Member has been presented with and accepted the participant risk warning and waiver in the form supplied by us. Members participate at their own risk.
11.4 Nothing in these terms excludes any right under the Australian Consumer Law or other law that cannot be excluded. To the extent permitted by section 139A of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, liability for death or personal injury arising from the supply of recreational services is excluded.
11.5 The Subscriber is responsible for its own work health and safety obligations, including in relation to psychosocial hazards. The Banter Board is an engagement tool and does not discharge, replace or satisfy any such obligation.
11.6 Where the Subscriber is an employer providing a prize, reward or benefit to an employee in connection with a Banter Board Challenge, fringe benefits tax may apply. That liability rests with the Subscriber. We give no taxation advice and the Subscriber should confirm its position with its own accountant.
12.1 On acceptance by both Communities, we issue a Rules Pack to each Nominated Administrator setting out the Division, opponent, Window dates, categories, qualification requirements, verification requirements, Bucket contents, declared headcount and price.
12.2 The Banter Board goes live, and the subscription is charged, only when both Nominated Administrators have signed and returned the Rules Pack.
12.3 The Rules Pack forms part of these terms. Where the two conflict, the Rules Pack prevails for that challenge.
12.4 Each Subscriber must nominate an individual with authority to bind it, and must notify us promptly of any change.
13.1 Our handling of personal information is governed by the Average AF privacy policy and the Australian Privacy Principles.
13.2 Organisers and Members can see Member names, scores and WOW activity on leaderboards and the Banter Board. Contact details are not displayed.
13.3 We report to the Subscriber on aggregate participation and results. We do not supply Member contact details to the Subscriber.
13.4 The Subscriber consents to use of its business name and logo on the Banter Board and in associated promotion of the challenge, and must ensure it holds any necessary rights in material it supplies.
13.5 Members are asked separately to consent to use of their image in competition media. The Subscriber must not supply Member photographs or video to us without that consent.
14.1 We may suspend or terminate a Subscriber's access immediately where the Subscriber breaches clause 2.4 or clause 7, or where continued participation would put Members or the integrity of the competition at risk.
14.2 Either party may decline to enter further challenges at any time. Termination does not affect a challenge already live, which runs to its conclusion unless clause 10 applies.
15.1 Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or modifies any guarantee, right or remedy under the Australian Consumer Law that cannot be excluded.
15.2 Beyond those rights, and to the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, loss of profit, loss of opportunity, or loss arising from a sponsor's failure to honour a prize.
15.3 To the extent permitted by law, our total liability to a Subscriber in connection with any challenge is limited to the subscription fee paid for that challenge.
15.4 The Subscriber indemnifies us against claims arising from its breach of these terms, from activity it organises or hosts, and from its treatment of its own Members or employees.
16.1 Changes. We may amend these terms. Amendments do not apply to a challenge already live. Continued participation after notice constitutes acceptance.
16.2 Notices. Notices are given by email to the Nominated Administrator.
16.3 Assignment. A Subscriber may not assign these terms without our written consent.
16.4 Entire agreement. These terms, together with the Rules Pack and the Average AF app terms, constitute the whole agreement regarding a Banter Board Challenge.
16.5 Governing law. These terms are governed by the laws of Queensland, Australia, and the parties submit to the jurisdiction of its courts.
By signing a Rules Pack referring to these terms, the Subscriber confirms it has read and accepts these terms, and that the signatory has authority to bind it.