RIDDINGS & DISTRICT POOL LEAGUE

GENERAL RULES

CHAIRMAN S HEENAN

SECRETARY M STRAW 

TREASURER K WOOD

COMMITTEE G MOUNTAIN

RESULTS SECRETARY R McMASTER

LEAGUE FEES £30.00 PER TEAM TO BE PAID AT THE AGM TEAMS FAILING TO PAY WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE LEAGUE.

REGISTRATION FEES £2.00 PER PERSON AND £2.00 PER PERSON ALL  COMPETITION, EXCEPT MILLENIUM TROPHY WHICH IS £5-00 PER TEAM.

ALL MONIES OTHER THAN THE £30.00 LEAGUE FEES TO BE PAID AT THE NOVEMBER  MEETING AND SIGNING ON SHEETS TO BE HANDED IN.

TEAMS TO CONSIST OF SEVEN PLAYERS AND TWO RESERVES.

FOUR PLAYERS TO BE PRESENT AND SIGNED ON THE MATCH SHEET BEFORE THE GAME CAN START. 

GAMES TO START AT 8-30pm WORLD RULES BREAK IF A PLAYER GOES IN OFF FROM THE BREAK IT IS ONLY ONE SHOT . IF A PLAYER COMMMITS A FOWL FROM THE BREAK I.E. A BALL OFF THE TABLE THAT IS TWO SHOTS.   

TEAMS TO BREAK ALTERNATIVELY AWAY SIDE FIRST HOME SIDE TO REF FIRST GAME.

AT 8-45 IF A TEAM IS NOT READY TO START THE FIST LEG CAN BECLAIMED, IF A TEAM IS STILL NOT READY TO START SUBSEQUENT LEGS CAN BE CLAIMED AT FIFTEEN MINUTE INTERVALS.

TEAMS WANTING TO CANCEL A MATCH MUST GIVE A MINIMUM OF TWENTY FOUR HOURS NOTICE.  THE MATCH MUST BE PLAYED WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS OF THE CANCELLATION, FAILURE TO DO THIS WILL RESULT IN THE CANCELLING SIDE FORFEITING THE MATCH 9-0. 

COMPETITIONS

 PRELIMARY AND FIRST ROUND CUP MATCHS TO BE PLAYED ON A THURSDAY NIGHT THEN BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING AFTER THE DRAW. SINGLES AND PAIRS FIRST ROUNDS TO BE PLAYED ON A THURSDAY 8-30 pm START SECOND ROUNDS TO BE PLAYED ON A THURSDAY 8-30pm START. FINALS TO BE PLAYED ON A SUNDAY 12-30pm START AT SOMERCOTES SNOOKER CLUB

MIILENIUN TROPHY TO BE ARRANGED BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING AFTER THE DRAW

PLAYING RULES

ON THE BREAK TWO BALLS TO HIT A CUSHION.  IN THE EVENT OF A BALL BEING POTTED FROM THE BREAK THE PLAYER MAY NOMINATE TO CHANGE GROUPS. IF THEY DO AND FAIL TO POT IT IS STILL AN OPEN TABLE.  IF A BALL OF EACH GROUP IS POTTED THE PLAYER MUST NOMINATE TO THE REFEREE WHICH GROUP THEY ARE PLAYING FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN A FOUL BEING AWARDED.  IN THE INTERSTS OF FAIR PLAY THE REFEREE SHOULD ASK THE PLAYER BEFORE THEY  SHOOTS WHICH GROUP THEY ARE PLAYING. ALL PLAYERS POTTING FROM THE BREAK WHETHER CHANGING GROUPS OR NOT MUST NOMINATE TO THE REFEREE OR A FOUL WILL BE AWARDED.

DECIDING THE LEAGUE

THE TEAM WITH THE MOST POINTS TO WIN THE LEAGUE.

IN THE EVENT OF A TIE THE TEAM THAT HAS WON THE MOST MATCHS WINS.  IF IT IS STILL TIED THE TEAM WITH MOST LEGS WINS, IF IT IS STILL TIED A PLAY OFF WILL BE HELD ON A NEUTRAL TABLE.

PROMOTION/DEMOTION

AT THE END OF THE SEASON THE BOTTOM THREE TEAMS IN DIVISION ONE WILL BE DEMOTED AND THE TOP THREE TEAMS IN DIVISION TWO WILL BE PROMOTED.

ANY NEW TEAMS  JOINING THE LEAGUE WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO DIVISION TWO.  UNLESS TEAMS DROP OUT AND THE LEAGUE HAS TO BE RESTRUCTURED.

ALL NEW TEAMS TO ENTER THE LEAGUE IN THE LOWEST DIVISION.

EXPENSES.

AN ANNUAL FEE OF £100.00 TO BE PAID TO THE CHAIRMAN FOR EXPENSES

AND £50.00 TO THE RESULTS SECRETARY

PRIZES T.B.A