Author: Matt Shallcross

Winter League-Dates and format

Hi all,

The following dates are for your diaries:

Please note that if you are not paid up at the next meeting then none of your players will be eligible for ANY knockouts including team knockout.

17th September: Meeting @ Turnpike – collect books and pay any outstanding fees (you will be contacted via text with amount to pay)

24th September: Team Knockout round 1

29th September: Singles Round 1

15th December: Meeting @ Broughton – Money meeting mandatory unless you are completely paid up on your fees and Qtr finals draws

16th February: Meeting @ Broughton – Money meeting mandatory to pay final fees

29th April: Final meeting and Captains Knockout and collection of presentation night tickets.

15th May: Presentation Night @ Middlewich British Legion

 

Changes to format:

·         The league format will remain the same as previous winter league, 8 singles.

·         The Team knockout and the Plate knockout will be in the format of 7 singles and 2 scotch doubles.

·         All other knockouts will remain the same.

 

Knockouts:

All knockouts MUST be played on or before the date specified and results received by midnight on that date or both players will be knocked out.  The only exceptions to this rule are:

·         Hospitalisation

·         Immediate family death or serious illness (parents, partner, siblings, children)

·         Serious accidents

All cases contact must be made to both the opponent AND the committee and a decision will be made.  The committee’s decision is final.  Just a couple of past examples that will NOT be accepted are:

·         Work commitments

·         Captain has not informed me

·         Couldn’t get a babysitter

Any no shows (a no show is defined as not making contact with their opponent and the committee 48hrs before the deadline and within 24hrs after the deadline after a serious accident), will be tracked and that player will not be eligible to play that knockout next season, again the committee’s decision is final.  Anyone having contact problems must make these known to the committee to ensure we can assist.

 

It is the captains responsibility to ensure that ALL their players are aware of the above changes, and the constitution on the website will be amended accordingly before the season starts.

 

Regards,

Simon Nadin

Rule Refresh

Hi all,

It has been brought to our attention that some teams are not playing by all the rules, especially the time keeper rule. There seems to be a theme of teams asking “Are we bothering with timing”, it is a rule like any other so the answer will ALWAYS be “YES”.

To stop all the problems that this is causing, we have decided that the referee and timekeeper MUST make themselves known before the break. If any team finds that their opponents are not willing to provide a time keeper or are not seen to be following any rules. Then the opposing captain MUST ring through myself BEFORE the frame starts, so that we can clear it up. No complaints can be made after the fact as it would be difficult to prove either way after a frame is over.

There was a small mistake on the constitution on the website, it still stated that the timekeeper (or second referee) has responsibility over a frame callings as well as the primary referee, however this is not the case. The timekeeper is only responsible for making time calls ONLY.

If anyone has any issues or is unsure on anything then please just ask.

Regards,

Simon Nadin

Registration Meeting

Hi all,

Just a reminder that it is registration night this Monday 4th August at 8pm @ Turnpike.

Anyone needing a copy of the registration form, please check your emails, as this has been re-sent to you

Regards,

Simon Nadin

Winter League

Hi all,

With the end of the summer league only a few weeks away. We need to have a registration meeting for the winter league.

This will be on 4th August at 8pm @ The Turnpike. At this meeting we will be collecting a minimum of the following:
· List of players (or confirm if the same as the summer league)
· £50 registration
· £3 per registered player
· £1 for each KO entry
o Singles
o Doubles
o Threes
o Fives
· £10 for presentation night tickets

So this means that if you have a 10 player team, and you have KO entries as such:
10 x singles
5 x doubles
2 x threes
2 x fives
You will need to pay: £109 with £150 left to pay split over 2 meetings at £75 per meeting.
NOTE: this is a minimum you can pay all your league fees up front, removing the need to attend monetary meetings.

If you are not sure about anything please ask before the meeting. If anyone knows of ANY pubs that would be interested in joining the league then please either pass their contact information to a committee member or ask them to contact us.

We will be looking to email receipts for payments starting this year, instead of paper receipts if anyone has issues with that then please voice them at the meeting.

We will also be asking for feedback on the format of the summer league with a view to introducing this format into the Team KO events.

Regards

Simon Nadin

Summer League- amendments

Hi all,

We have hit the halfway point of what is turning into an interesting quick summer league.

Unfortunately Knights Grange have struggled to keep their summer team together and have folded, so in both divisions we have 2 byes.

I have decided that rather than having byes we should be playing pool, and have put the byes together, based on location where possible so travel is not too far, so PLEASE check the website (or see below) for the extra fixtures for those teams who originally had byes. The format will be the same as a normal match but the results don’t need to be sent in.

9th July
White Lion v Eight Farmers

Top House v Red Knights

16th July
Turnpike v Steventons

Boars Head v Saxons B

23rd July
Golden Lion v Rifleman

Red Knights v Saxons A

30th July
White Lion v Broughton

Top House v Saxons B

6th August
Eight Farmers v Golden Lion

20th August
Boars Head v Steventons

Rifleman v Saxons A

If you cannot fulfil any of the above fixtures, you MUST contact the opposing team ASAP to ensure that everyone has enough time to organise things.

Hope you are all still having fun with the Scotch doubles.

Regards

Simon Nadin

Summer League, Scotch Pairs

Hi all,

With the summer league into full swing now, it seems that the scotch doubles are going down well. I just wanted to re-iterate the ruling for the 2 frames of scotch doubles.

These are:

  • The pair consists of any player from the playing team, whether they have already played or not
  • Players must alternate between shots even from the break or after a foul
  • Players may confer during their opponents visit and up to the point where the first oncoming player touches the table, once this has happened, no more conferring can occur until it is the opponents turn
  • Any player playing out of turn will concede a standard foul (2 visits away)
  • All other rulings are to be played as per the winter league rules

I know there has been some controversy over the communication between players, during their visits, as it is played slightly differently in other leagues.  We have decided to opt for the ruling as above to hopefully alleviate any confusion between the previous year’s pairs matches and the new scotch pairs.

If you are unsure about any of the rules or the interpretation above then please feel free to ask me.

Can I also please ask that a little leeway is giving during the scotch doubles (sportsmanship) during refereeing, and those who have played the scotch doubles in other leagues help those teams who this is new to.

The summer league is basically a chance to keep playing during the holiday period and supposed to be a bit of fun, so let’s all help keep it that way.

Good luck for the rest of the season

Simon Nadin

League Secretary