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NORTHAMPTON CLUBS SNOOKER LEAGUE | Click Here for the WPBSA Rules of Snooker |
1. The league shall be called the Northampton Clubs Snooker League
2. The league shall organise Snooker and Billiards in and around Northampton for team and or individual competitions as instigated by the league and/or at the request of other organisations. The rules governing any such competition shall be laid down in clause 11 of this constitution.
3. Officers of the league shall be:
PRESIDENT
LIFE VICE-PRESIDENTS
CHAIRMAN
SECRETARY
TREASURER
FIXTURE/RESULTS SECRETARY.
THESE POSITIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF life vice presidents shall be open for election at each Annual general meeting of the league. Life vice presidents shall be elected at an annual general meeting and shall remain elected indefinitely.
To be eligible for election to non-life offices, a person shall be nominated by a member and seconded by at least five other members.
4. The management of the league shall, except in those matters reserved under these rules for the leagues Annual general meeting, be vested in an executive committee consisting of the Non-Life officers together with three other team representatives as elected at the Annual General Meeting. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the league or its executive committee except that, if he is unavailable, the chair shall be taken by one of the elected officers as agreed at the beginning of the specific meeting.
5. HONORARIA
The Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Fixture/results secretary shall each be eligible to be awarded an honorarium for their services to the league in any one year and the sum awarded shall be agreed by those present at the annual general meeting, such sums to be applicable for the year following that meeting.
6. GENERAL MEETINGS
General meetings of the league shall be called at the discretion of the Executive Committee except that one Annual General Meeting shall take place in in any calendar year. Not more than 15 calendar months shall elapse between one annual General Meeting and the next.
The holding of meetings shall be notified to representatives by a resolution at a previous meeting or, in the absence of such resolution by the secretary giving notice to all teams.
7. LEAGUE FEES
League fees shall be decided by the A.G.M. to apply for the following year and shall be paid by dates fixed by the executive committee.
8. FINANCES
Any monies belonging to the league or held by the league shall be placed in a bank account set up for this purpose in the name of the league .A statement of accounts for the immediate foregoing period shall be presented for approval at each A.G.M.
9. A proposal to change or add any rule shall be submitted to the secretary in writing not less than 4 weeks prior to the A.G.M. proposals shall be accompanied by the name of the prosper and seconder. Anything unprovoked for in this constitution and rules shall be referred to the executive committee whose decision shall be final.
10. LEAGUE PROPERTY
An inventory shall be kept of all league property. Trophies shall be recorded by photograph with a description of their size, weight and any hallmarks.
11. COMPETITION RULES
SNOOKER LEAGUE (TEAM COMPETITION)
I. This competition shall be held once in every calendar year and trophies shall be awarded to the Winners and Runners-up of divisions nos. thus.
Premiere League Winners N.B.C. Cup
Premiere League R.U. Harry Luck Bowl
First Division Winners St Giles Cup
First Division R.U. Blind Association cup
ii. The competition shall be open to teams whose “home” table is located within 25km. of NORTHAMPTON MARKET SQUARE.
iii. Each team shall consist of three players, each of whom shall play two frames against one of the players from the opposing side.
iv. Matches shall be played on Tuesday evening as scheduled by the fixture list. The executive committee at their discretion shall draw up this list.
v. Matches shall commence no later than 7:15pm.
vi. Points shall be awarded reflecting the number of frames won.
vii. A player may only play for ONE club in any given season.
viii. Where a club has teams in both upper and lower divisions, a player having played FOUR matches in the higher division shall be disqualified from playing in the lower division in the same season.
ix. All games shall be governed by the rules issued from time to time by the INTERNATIONAL BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER FEDERATION with the following modification:
Section 3 Snooker Rule No.14 No miss shall be called.
x. No more than 10 minutes shall elapse between frames or legs and the player responsible for delay exceeding this shall forfeit the leg.
xi. Any team fielding one player or no players to a match shall be deemed to have forfeited that match and the points to the scheduled opposing team. Notwithstanding rule xiii below, any team that cancels a match giving less than 24 hours’ notice and/or cannot agree an alternative date with the scheduled opposing team shall be deemed to have forfeited that match and the points to the scheduled opposing team. A team defaulting in this manner on any three occasions during the season shall be disqualified from the league.
xii. The player who scores the highest break during a season in his respective division shall be awarded a prize (since most highest breaks are achieved by the same players this award is only given if the player or players shall request such an award)
xiii. A team wishing to postpone or rearrange a match shall inform the league secretary at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled fixture date, stating clearly the reasons. The team making the request shall offer the scheduled opponents two alternative dates which lie within 1 calendar month of the original fixture date (Saturday and Sunday are not acceptable days). Should agreement not be possible between the two teams involved the executive committee shall adjudicate and their decision shall be final.
xiv. PROMOTION AND RELEGATION – On competition of all scheduled matches included any declared void by the Executive Committee, the team with the highest number of points will be league champions and the team with the next highest points will be runners up.
The First Division champions and runners up will be promoted, replacing the two teams who achieved the fewest points in the Premier League, who will be relegated. The Second Division champions and runners up will be promoted, replacing the two teams who achieved the fewest points in the First Division, who will be relegated. In the event of teams having an equal number of points, the outcome will rest upon a play-off, to be played on the Tuesday immediately following the last scheduled league match of the season. It shall be played at a table at a neutral club.
The play-off match shall consist of 6 frames (2 frames by each of the three players). If the points are equal at the end of the 6 frames, 1 player nominated by each team shall play one final frame to decide the winner.
The structure of the league for the following season may adjust rule xiv to accommodate new teams or teams dropping out.
xv. SCORE SHEETS – The winning team must send the score sheet to the fixture secretary within 1 week of the match being played. Failure to do so will mean forfeit of all points won in the match by the winning team. Both captains must sign Scoresheets and only bonafide league score sheets will be accepted (fax email sms etc. will be accepted). In the result of the match resulting in a draw, the onus will lie with the home team to submit the scorecard.
KNOCKOUT COMPETITIONS
A) GENERAL
i. The competitions shall be held once in every calendar year and trophies shall be awarded to the winners and runners up as detailed in the particular rules. The trophies shall be held for the ensuing period of twelve months or until the trophy is next awarded whichever is the lesser period.
ii. All games shall be governed by the rules issued from time to time by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation with the following modifications:
Rules of snooker, Section 3, Rule No.14, no miss shall be called.
iii. Entries shall be received as directed by the Executive Committee. Entrants shall provide a contact address and/or telephone number together with the location of a table on which they will be playing their home matches. An entry fee shall be payable as determined by the leagues A.G.M. Entry fees to individual competitions shall be donated in total to the Northampton Town and County Ass.for the Blind Working Men’s Committee.
iv. A draw shall be made by the Executive committee to decide which players play in the first round. In succeeding rounds, the order shall be decided by using a table or diagram in the form of a pyramid, the winning competitor in each round progressing to the next position indicated in the diagram. The diagram shall indicated dates between which the respective rounds shall be played.
v. The winner in each round shall be responsible for informing the secretary of the result of their match no less than 4 days after the date ending the particular round.
vi. The home drawn player or players shall be responsible for making contact with the drawn opponents within 9 days following the date beginning the particular round and shall offer the opponents 3 alternative dates on which the match may be played. If the away drawn player or players have not been contacted within 9 days following the date beginning the particular round, then the away drawn player or players shall gain home advantage and shall provide the 3 alternative dates on which the match may be played, and shall inform the fixture secretary accordingly. Failure to comply with either clause v. or clause vi. shall result in forfeiture of the later round.
B) THE NORTHAMPTON TOWN KNOCKOUT CHAMPIONSHIPS
i. The trophy awarded to the winner of this competition shall be the Goodger Snooker Cup.
ii. The competition shall be open to all players whose “home” table is located within 25km. of NORTHAMPTON MARKET SQUARE.
iii. Matches in all frames other than the final to be decided on the best of 5 frames. The final shall be decided on the basis of the winner of the best of 7 frames.
iv. The matches in the semi finals shall be plated on tables neutral to the players involved and as directed by the Executive Committee. The final match shall be played on a table as directed by the Executive Committee, convenient to the arrangements for the annual (presentations evening) neutral referees shall be provided for these matches by the Executive Committee.
i. The trophy awarded to the winner of this competition shall be the Northampton Town and County Working Men’s Blind Committee Cup. The runners up shall receive the league trophy.
ii. The competition shall be open to all players whose “home” table is located within 25km. of NORTHAMPTON MARKET SQUARE. Any two players may enter as a pair who shall participate as that pair in all rounds subject to their qualifying.
iii. Matches in all rounds shall be decided on the basis of the best of three frames.
iv. Players in a pair shall make alternative visits to the table except that, after making a foul and if the opposing team ask the defaulting team to play again,then the same player shall play.
v. The matches in the semi-finals and final shall be played on a table as directed by the executive Committee
D) NON-WINNERS KNOCKOUT COMPETITION
i. The trophy awarded to the winner of this competition shall be the BILL WRIGHT SHIELD
ii. The competition shall be open to all players whose home table is located within 25 km of Northampton square. and who at the closing date for entries in any year, have not won an individual knock out competition officiated by the this league.( the pairs competition is deemed not to be an individual competition for the purpose of this clause)
iii. Matches shall be played on tables normally used for league matches.
iv. The matches in the earlier rounds shall be decided on the basis of the winner of the best of 5 frames.(N.O.M Passed AGM. August 2012 changed from 3 frames to 5) Matches in the quarter finals and semi finals shall be decided on the basis of the winner of the best of 5 frames. The final shall be decided on the winner of the best of 7 frames.
v. The match for the final round shall be played on a neutral table to the players involved and as directed by the executive Committee .a neutral referee shall be provided by the executive Committee