The ASA Executive Committee shall be entrusted with the daily administration and general management of the Association’s affairs, and shall furthermore be entrusted with the organisation of all competitions and events, including but not limited to the management of the national teams. The Executive Committee shall be empowered to delegate any or all of its functions, appoint a Financial Controller (amended AGM 2018), as well as to engage staff or third parties in any manner whatsoever in order to assist it in carrying out its functions and, in addition to the aforesaid, the Executive Committee shall:-

• 1. use every means in its power to attend to and foster the objectives of the Association as defined under Rule 2 of this Statute;
  2. be responsible for the publication of the ASA Laws and to see that all amendments are properly incorporated therein;
  3. appoint a coach or coaches for all National teams;
  4. appoint all officials for all organised events conducted under ASA Rules. No protest against such appointments shall be entertained;
  5. reduce as much as possible the costs for participating Clubs in local competitions and of the National Squads’ participation in international competitions by seeking sponsorships;
  6. appoint independent members to act as Disciplinary Commissioners, members of Appeals and Protest Boards from the list confirmed by the Council. In case of emergency the Executive may appoint members other than those nominated by the Council;
  7. to impose fines as regulated by the ASA Disciplinary Code, and to enforce decisions by any of the Disciplinary or Adjudicating Boards;
  8. collect money and raise funds to finance the Association’s affairs, projects, competitions and events; (added – AGM 2017)
  9. when required, seek to obtain financing facilities (loans) from a recognised financial institution, provided that:-
     1. Every facility must be supported by an ad-hoc resolution that shall be put on the agenda of a Council Meeting before the facility is obtained, and that must be approved by a two-thirds majority vote in the said Council Meeting. The resolution must contain full details of the facility being sought, including a detailed budget of the project, a business case, the financial institution involved, the cost of the facility, etc. The ad-hoc resolution may be approved by means of an electronic vote; (amended AGM 2018)
     2. These facilities shall be of a bridging nature, that is, to cover the interval between the planned expenditure and eventual reimbursement by a sponsor or backer. The planned expenditure must not be in connection with the day to day running of the ASA but must relate to a specific project;
     3. Any approved credit facility shall be repaid in full by not more than 3 months from the date when the ASA receives the funds;
     4. No ASA assets shall be used as security for the facility; (added – AGM 2017)

In carrying out its duties the ASA Executive Committee shall be in duty bound to implement all policies and decisions taken by the Council, and shall further report on its workings during every Council Meeting.