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The
League shall be known as "The Formby and District Snooker League" |
| 2. |
The Committee shall consist of President, Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer elected at the Annual General Meeting, plus team delegates. The Committee may co-opt members. Voting at the A.G.M. shall be one vote per team. No other votes shall be allowed except the Chairman's casting vote. |
| 3. |
Clubs failing to have a representative at the A.G.M. shall disqualify such clubs from participating in the League the following season. All clubs must inform the League at the A.G.M. how many teams that they will be entering into the League for the following season. In the event of unusual or extenuating circumstances arising, the decision of the incoming committee shall be final. |
| 4. |
Eight voting members at the Annual General Meetings or Extraordinary Meetings and five at Committee Meetings shall form a quorum. To call an E.G.M. the reason(s) in writing and eight voting members signatures must be submitted to the Secretary. The Committee may also call an E.G.M. |
| 5. |
All team and individual fees must be received by the October Committee Meeting each year. Failure shall mean automatic suspension from all league competitions until arrears have been paid. Fees levels shall be set by the Committee. |
| 6. |
Teams withdrawing after the fixtures have been prepared and printed shall be requested to provide a written explanation to the Committee who shall take appropriate action, which may include suspension from the league of team or players. |
| 7. |
Teams shall consist of six players, and home captains shall be responsible for providing referees and markers. The home captain shall nominate tables and the away captain shall pair players. |
| 8. |
Teams must register a minimum of seven players, to be submitted at the August meeting. After this meeting additional registrations must be made by contacting the secretary 24 hours before the new player is required to play up to 31st December. No new players may be signed by any team or transferred between teams after Christmas without the express approval of the Committee. The player registration fee must be sent with the application. The registration fee will be returned if the application fails to be approved. The secretary can use his discretion in exceptional circumstances. Teams fielding a player who is not registered will incur a one point fine and shall concede that frame. |
| 9. |
Players are allowed to register for one team only and the Committee must agree transfers. |
| 10. |
Matches shall be played on Wednesdays commencing at 7.30p.m. where clubs have one table or 8.00p.m. where clubs have two or more tables. When a match does not start within 15 minutes of the allotted start time, the defaulting team shall forfeit one frame for each table not in use. Clubs are requested to make sure their facilities are open 30 minutes prior to the start of a match. |
| 11. |
Team captains shall be responsible for the continuity of the match. Continuity shall be broken if the interval between frames on both tables exceeds 15 minutes. Defaulting teams shall forfeit one point for each breach of the rule. |
| 12. |
If a team fails to provide 6 players for a match, the word 'Absent' must be put on the scorecard in the appropriate place. The team shall be deducted 1 point per player short and shall concede that/those frame/s. If this is known to have been abused with a false name inserted on the scorecard BOTH teams involved in the match shall be fined 1 point. Where a team suspects or knows for certain they are to be short they should advise the opposing Captain before the first names are placed on the card. |
| 13. |
Scoring in league matches shall be one point per frame. Cup matches shall be decided on (i) Aggregate score including any handicap for the ‘Mac & Jack’ Pairs & ‘Tower Heating Pairs’. (ii) By Frame scores including any handicap for the ‘Allan Parker’ and ‘Harold Mills’ KO Cups. (In the event of a 3-3 draw the match will be decided by a seventh frame. Captains will nominate the player to play the last frame and individual handicaps will apply to this frame) (iii) By Frame scores including any handicap for the Crystal Fires Handicap. (iv) By Frame scores for the Clare Cup Championship. If in any Competitions the scores are still level the final two players or pairs shall fight out a re-spotted Black.
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| 14. |
Any
team wishing to lodge a protest must do so in writing within seven
days of the incident to the Secretary, accompanied by a fee of £5
which shall be forfeited if the protest is considered frivolous, but
refunded otherwise. A copy must be sent to the team cited and except
for giving evidence no member of the Committee may sit at an enquiry
in which his club is involved. |
| 15. |
Both captains shall sign result cards and the home captain is responsible for ensuring that cards are received by the Secretary no later than the Saturday following the match. E-Mailed copies of results are accepted by the deadline but the original result card must follow within 7 days. Late cards will result in 1 point being deducted from the home side and a further 1 point for each week the card is not delivered. |
| 16. |
In the event of a tie on points for the Division Championship the teams concerned shall play off on neutral tables as arranged by the Committee. In the event of a tie on points for the ‘Joe Rigby’ Handicap League the team with the highest handicap shall be declared the winner.
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| 17. |
A handicapping committee will be appointed at the August Committee meeting and will meet to decide the handicaps in time for them to be presented to the October League meeting for final amendment and approval. Handicaps for team and individual competitions shall be set by this Committee, also for league matches when required and may be subject to review at any stage up to the quarter finals. Adding the 6 lowest individual handicaps in each team together shall arrive at team handicaps. This figure shall then be halved for the 'Mac & Jack' Team pairs. The handicaps for the Joe Rigby Memorial Trophy will be twice the difference between the points total for any particular team and the team which is bottom at the half way point of the season with all fines added back in. Players winning the Crystal Fires Handicap or Tower Heating Pairs shall have a 7 point penalty on their handicap for the following 5 years. If the Pairs winners stay together a 14 point penalty ( 7 each ) shall be raised. If the pairs winners are split, they will each carry the 7 point penalty with their new partner. Penalties shall only be raised on the competition they have been earned and shall not affect Team Handicaps. A player shall have the right of appeal to the Committee before his first match is played after which he loses that right. The decision of the Committee shall be final. |
| 18. |
In the event of a match being abandoned through light failure or other cause, frames completed shall count and completion of the fixture shall take place within 28 days. |
| 19. |
A FOUL and a MISS must be called if the striker fails to hit the ball on when there is a clear path in a straight line from the cue ball to the ball on, unless, in the opinion of the referee, the stroke required to be played is of a similar degree of difficulty to a full ball snooker, and the striker makes a reasonable attempt to hit the object ball. If full ball contact is available then after a third miss the game will be awarded to the opponent. If the ball on is snookered full ball, then a FOUL and a MISS will only be called if, in the opinion of the referee, the striker has not made a reasonable attempt to hit the ball on. If snookers are required, either before, or, as a result of the stroke played, then a foul and a miss will not be called unless, in the opinion of the referee, the striker has not made an attempt to hit the ball on. If, in the case where full ball contact is available, a FOUL and a MISS has been called and, as a result of a second FOUL and a MISS being called, snookers would be required, the FOUL and a MISS must still be called and the striker must be warned that any further miss would result in the game being awarded to the opponent. In League matches three misses leads to loss of frame. In Cup Competitions where the matches are decided by frames that frame shall be lost. In Cup Competitions where the matches are decided by frames and then by aggregate in case of a 3-3 draw or just on aggregate, the frame shall be lost and 100 points added to the frame winners score. |
| 20. |
The Committee shall have the power to suspend or expel any player or team for wilful conduct detrimental or injurious to the league. |
| 21. |
In the event of a match being postponed no players who played in a match on the scheduled night of the match can play in the rearranged match. All replays must be completed within 28 days of the original date, the 'innocent' party to supply three different days in separate weeks, one of which must be accepted. |
| 22. |
All
correspondence shall be addressed to the League Secretary at his private
address. |
| 23. |
Proposals
for new/alteration to existing rules and notice must be received in
writing by the Secretary not less than 14 days prior to the A.G.M. |
| 24. |
All
trophies are the property of the League and can not be won outright.
They must be returned in good condition at the monthly meeting prior
to the appropriate finals. |
| 25. |
All
players who register with the League agree to abide by all the rules
of member clubs of the League. |
| 26. |
Any
team or individual competitions should be arranged mutually between
the captains/players unless scheduled dates are set. In the event of difficulty it is necessary for
the home captain/player to offer the away captain/player three dates,
one of which must be accepted. The three dates must be three different
weekdays spread over at least two weeks. League matches are only able to be moved where
BOTH teams are in agreement. |
| 27. |
All teams must be represented at monthly meetings by a registered player from that team. The penalty for non-attendance shall be a deduction of 1 point from the team concerned. Points deducted from meetings after the final League game shall be carried forward to the following season. This deduction shall also be raised if the delegate arrives after 8:15 pm or leaves before the meeting is closed. |
| 28. |
Teams collecting trophies for team events must be represented at the presentation by at least 3 registered players. If the team concerned does not provide 3 players the whole teams trophies shall be retained by the League for use in the future or returned if possible to the supplier for reimbursement. |
| 29. |
No person may play in the Clare Cup Competition unless they are registered with a team in the League, all subscriptions have been paid and they have played a minimum of ten games in the League and team cup competitions the previous season. |
| 30. |
A trophy selection committee will be appointed at the March meeting and will decide by the April meeting which trophies will be purchased. |
| 31. |
No League competition game shall be played on a table in a club which is not a member of the Formby League without the express consent of the away player. |
| 32. |
All players entering individual or pairs competitions must give their telephone contact number to the League Secretary with their competition entry. A form for this purpose will be given to each club. |
| 33. |
The
Committee shall have the power to deal with any matter not covered
in the rules, and all decisions shall be final. |
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