League Rules and Regulations
- That the combination of Clubs is called the Leamington and District Billiards and Snooker Association.
- That the Association be governed by a President, Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer and General Secretary assisted by such Assistant Secrataries as deemed necessary.
- That the Association be managed by a Management Committee comprising of up to fifteen members, five of which form a quorum. All clubs to have at least 1, but not more than 2 representatives on the Management Committee. The Management Committee shall have power to:
- Deal with all Association business
- Investigate all complaints and report on irregularities.
- Give decisions which shall be final and binding.
- That the Annual General Meeting shall be held in August/September each year when the Officials for the ensuing year will be elected. Each club to send a representative from each team, teams not represented to be fined £5. Each team representative to have the power to vote.
- That clubs may submit entries for as many teams as they wish, in either section, at an annual subscription of £10 per team payable by the 15th July - such entries being subject to the approval of the Management Committee.
Failure to register teams, with payment,by the due date may result in teams being excluded from the league. Non registered and paid for places will be offered after 31st July, on a first come first served basis. - That only bona-fide financial members of a registered club and their children are eligible to represent a club in any competition run by the Association, and shall only play for one club at either snooker or billiards during that season, unless the Committee decide otherwise, or a club resigns from the league in the first half of the season. A servant of any registered club may play at the Committee's discretion.
All players to be registered at a fee of £1 per player - this fee to be forwarded to the Match Secretary, together with registration forms, 7 days before the start of the season. Any player owing monies to be refused registration.
A list of registered players to be retained by the Match Secretary with a signed copy returned to the club - this list to be posted on the club's notice board for the whole of the season. Additional registrations can be made by contacting the Match Secretary giving a minimum of 48 hours notice - the £1 fee will be added to the team's next match levy payment - an amended list of registered players will be issued.
No new registrations will be accepted after the first half of the season unless submitted to and approved by the Committee.
Any player not registered who plays in a league match will forfeit the frame, additionally the team will have one point deducted from the league irrespective of that player winning or losing. - A match levy fee of 30p is made against all team players playing weekly in the Association's league matches. This fee to be collected by team captains after each match is played and forwarded to the Match Secretary or Treasurer:-
- 1st half fees by 31st January
- 2nd half fees by 31st May
If match levy payments are not received by the "due date" then the club in default will be notified by letter by the Match Secretary and will incur a fine of £10 per team in default, which must be paid in addition to the match levy fees.
Failure to pay match levy fees, together with any fines and/or registration fees within 7 days of the "due date" for the first half will result in immediate expulsion from the league with all results being expunged. All players for such teams will also be excluded from any competitions. Failure to pay match levy fees, together with any fines and/or registration fees within 7 days of the "due date" for the second half will result in that team and/or players being excluded for the following season.
Any appeal from teams or players must be made in writing to the General Secretary. - 1st half fees by 31st January
- Matches may be postponed only in very exceptional circumstances and with the approval of the Management Committee. Initially the Match Secretary to be consulted.
All postponed matches to be rearranged within 7 days and played within 14 days - the Match Secretary must be advised of the rearranged date. Should a postponement occur in the last three matches of either half of the season then the rearranged date for the match will be decided by the Committee or alternatively the Committee will decide the result. In any event the Committee will decide the score in all cases where teams do not abide by the rules.
With the exception of Handicap Cup competitions, all players partaking in semi-finals and finals must comply with the dress code
DRESS CODE: smart dress is essential - jeans, shors, trainers, T-shirts/vests etc will not be allowed. Any player not complying with the dress code will not be allowed to play. In the event of a dispute arising as to whether an item of clothing/footwear is considered to be smart or not, or falls within the foregoing definitions, then the matter shall be referred to the Competitions Secretary, whose decision will be final. - All billiards and snooker matches to conform to the International Snooker and English Billiards Rules as approved by the International Snooker and Billiards Federation - a copy of which must be available at each club. All scoreboards must be illuminated.
- All protests to reach the General Secretary within 3 days of the match and confirmed by both club secretary and team captain within 7 days.
The General Secretary to give notice to the offending club, the particulars of the protest. - No player to play for more than one of his club teams in the same week. Where a club has two or more teams in the same division, no player shall play in more than one of those teams in the same season.
Any player who, having played two games for a senior team, may not play in a second team the following week.
SNOOKER SECTION - Snooker matches to be played on Thursday evenings. Clubs with only one table to play Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Clubs with three or four teams in the league will play their 3rd/4th team matches on Wednesday evenings if necessary.
Matches to be seven players per team. The result on number of frames won. All matches to commence as 7.45pm with continuous play. Any player who keeps his opponent waiting more than 15 minutes will render himself liable to forfeit his game if claimed by his opponent's captain.
Teams to be exchanged before play commences. Each player's opponent being decided as follows:- Away Captain to write his seven players onto the match card and the card folded in half to conceal the names. The Home Captain to then write his list of players onto the card without looking at the away team's list. The card to then be unfolded to reveal the seven games.
Home team to be marked on spot.
Home captains to have sole charge of match i.e, order of play.
Any agreement reached between captains will be binding for the whole match.
Any frame claimed as a result of an absent player to be recorded as 1-0 on the match score card. A maximum of five frames per match to be awarded in this manner. For every player short, a team will be deducted one point in the league, up to a maximum of five points per match.
Any falsification of a match card will result in both teams being deducted three points in the league. Any team failing to turn up and play a match will be fined £10.
Home captains to be responsible for the scorecard reaching the Match Secretary by the Monday after the match. Failure to do so will incur a fine of £5 which must be paid by the following Monday - non payment of this will result in a one point deduction for each late week (Tuesday to Tuesday). - Promotion and relegation will be on a two up and two down basis or at the Committee's discretion. Any teams finishing the season level on points and Matches won will enter into a play-off to be played within 7 days of the end of the season at a neutral venue. This is subject to the Committee's approval.
- The Association does not recognise the "miss" rule, nor the "foul and miss" rule in any league competition or Handicap Cup match unless the match is presided over by a qualified referee acting in an official capacity.
SNOOKER COMPETITIONS - Only registered players may enter these competitions. The appropriate fee must be paid at the time of applying for all competitions. It is a condition of every competition that dates decided by the Committee are strictly adhered to.
With the exception of League Handicap Cup Competitions, all rounds will have a "play by" date which must be strictly adhered to. There will be no contact date and both home and away players/teams are jointly responsible for arranging the match. Failure to play the match by the "play by" date may result in both players/teams being expelled from the competition.
League Handicap competitions to be played on the dates shown in the fixture book.
LEAGUE HANDICAP COMPETITIONS - A player must have played in a minimum of two league games in the first half of the season to qualify to play. When a player had played for one or more of his club's teams he can only play for the team for which he only or last played for in the first half of the season.
Should a team play an unregistered or non-qualified player then the match will be awarded to the opponents.
Teams to be exchanged before match starts and not be altered without consent of opposing captain.
Alternate choice of play. The result of all matches shall be decided by number of frames won.
Any team failing to attend and play a match will be fined £10 and expelled from the competition and if in the first round of the Stan Ward Cup will also be excluded from the Courier Cup.
The semi-finals and finals shall be played on a home and away two-leg basis. In the event of a tie after 14 frames the match will be decided by one extra frame being played. The captains to place that night's team players into the hat and a name drawn out to represent and play the deciding frame.
THREE MAN COMPETITION - Up to four players to be registered for each team - all four players to be named at time of registration. Three of the players will constitute a team. At the start of the match the captains will draw the name of the players to compete against each other in frames 1, 2, and 3. This will immediately be followed by another draw to decide the players to play each other in frames 4, 5, and 6. It is not necessary for the players to compete against the same player in both frames.
EJ RILEY SINGLES COMPETITION - The final to be best of 7 frames.
PAIRS COMPETITION - A penalty of 28 points may be awarded at the start of the first frame (if claimed) to the players who have been kept waiting for more than 15 minutes to start the match.
ERIC BRIGGS TROPHY - All players must be under the age of 35 on the 1st October in the current year.
PETE HILEY CUP - All players must be over the age of 50 years before 1st October in the current year.
BILLIARDS SECTION - Matches to be played on Tuesday evenings. Clubs with only one table on Monday and Tuesday evenings or Tuesdays only by notification to visiting club. Matches to be four players per team. Result on number of games won. One point for each game of 100 up.
All matches to commence at 7.45pm with continuous play. Any player who keeps his opponent waiting for more than 15 minutes will render himself liable to forfeit his game if claimed by the opposing captain.
Teams to be exchanged before play commences. The home captains to have sole charge of match i.e. order of play.
Billiards balls must be yellow (spot ball), white and red.
Spot ball player to be marked on spot on scoreboard i.e. on top
When a team only has three players available then the first player to finish his game will play in place of the absent player i.e. the fourth game. The result of this fourth game to count towards the match result.
Each player will play off an individual handicap which will be adjusted after each game.
Home team captain to be responsible for score-card reaching the Match Secretary by the Friday after the match. Failure to do so will incur a fine of £5 which must be paid by the following Friday. Non payment of this will result in a one point deduction for each late week (Friday to Friday).
The Billiards Section will have its own sub-committee to make decisions affecting policies appertaining to the Billiards League in respect of organising handicaps and cup competitions and any other matter that may arise.
Match levy fees will be 50 pence per game.
BILLIARDS COMPETITIONS - Only registered players may enter the competitions and must have played in at least two league matches in the first half of the season to qualify.
The appropriate fee must be paid at the time of applying for all Competitions. All rounds will have a "play-by" date which must be strictly adhered to. There will be no contact date and both home and away players are jointly responsible for arranging the match. Failure to play the match by the "play-by" date may result in both players being expelled from the competition.
BIRMINGHAM MAIL CUP - Preliminary rounds are 200 up, semi-finals are 90 minutes play and the final 2 hours play.
KENILWORTH TROPHY - Open to anyone not having achieved a 100 break, preliminary rounds are 150 up, semi-final 1 hour play and the final 90 minutes play.
CAMKIN CUP - Handicap as end of league matches.
Any proposed changes to these rules to be sent in writing to the General Secretary at least 14 days prior to the Annual General Meeting.
Where interpretation of these rules are necessary, or questions arise not covered by these rules, the decision of the Management Committee in all matters will be final
These rules supersed all previous rules and must be stricty adhered to.
AUGUST 2007
