League Rules
Theakston Lower Dales Quoits League Rules
1. The League
shall be known as the Theakston Lower Dales Quoits League.
2.
A Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer
and Vice Chairman shall be appointed at the AGM and these four shall
form the committee.
3.
Each club may send any number of
representatives to a meeting but that club may have only one vote per
motion.
4.
A quorum shall be two-thirds of
total representation.
5.
All minutes and proposals shall
be passed by a two-thirds majority.
6.
No individual may stand for two
consecutive terms of office unless it is shown that no one is willing to
stand for election.
7.
The committee shall be
responsible for the administration of the League.
8.
An amount decided on at the AGM
shall be paid as a subscription by each club, and should be paid to the
Treasurer before the 1st of April.
9.
Clubs are to register all
players with the Secretary seven days before the season starts or before
playing in a League or Cup match.
10.
The AGM is to be held on a date decided on by the Committee.
11.
The League and Playing rules may only be changed at an AGM, and only then
if the Secretary has been notified in writing of a change at least three
weeks prior to the AGM.
12.
New players may be registered at any time during the season in accordance
to rule nine.
13.
All matches are to be played in accordance with League Rules.
14.
All matches are to be played on the specified date whenever possible, if
not the match must be played within fourteen days of that date or the
team in default shall forfeit all points for that game.
15. Scorecards are to be returned to the Secretary within seven days of a game being played, if not points may be deducted from the team not complying with this rule. Stamps will be provided by the League though electronic copies will be acceptable in the first instance.
16.
Scorecards are to both show the aggregate score as well as the individual
score.
17.
All clubs should take out a suitable insurance to cover the risk of injury
to players or spectators when a game is in progress on their grounds.
18.
Each club representative shall be given a card to show when voting at a
League meeting.
19.
All teams must be registered as a separate club, and no interchange of
players can be allowed except in accordance with rule twelve.
20.
That the First and Second Divisions of the League shall consist of an
equal number of teams, with eight being the minimum and ten being the
maximum. This format to be maintained by the winners and runners up from
each division being promoted, and that the bottom two teams will only be
relegated if there is an equal number of teams in each of the two
Divisions.
21. Only Lower Dales Quoits League Club registered players would be able to play in the Alan Bowen Handicap Shield and that to qualify to play in the Quarter Final, Semi Final and Final rounds of the Trophy then players must have previously played in either three Lower Dales League games or three Captains Cup games during that that season for their Registered Club. Contravention of this Rule would mean defaulting clubs would forfeit that match to their opponents in that round.