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

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

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

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