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.
Electronic versions of scorecards are to be sent to
secretary@lowerdalesquoits.co.uk
within twenty four
hours of
a game being played. Teams not complying with this rule will be
deducted 1 point for each instance after the first
indiscretion.
16.
Scorecards
are to
show both
the aggregate
score and
the individual score.
17.
The
league will
take out
a suitable
insurance to
cover the risk of injury to players or spectators when a game is in
progress on team 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.