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CREDITON POOL LEAGUE RULES

1. EACH TEAM SHOULD CONSIST OF AT LEAST SIX PLAYERS. HOWEVER A MINIMUM OF THREE PLAYERS CAN PLAY A MATCH.

2. A PLAYER MAY PLAY FOR ONE TEAM ONLY DURING ANY ONE SEASON EXCEPT AS STATED IN RULE 4.

3. ALL PLAYERS IN LEAGUE MATCHES AND COMPETITIONS MUST BE REGISTERED LEAGUE PLAYERS.

4. NO TRANSFERS ARE ALLOWED ONCE A PLAYER HAS PLAYED FOR A TEAM EXCEPT IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICH WILL BE DECIDED BY THE COMMITTEE.

5. THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF NEW PLAYERS SIGNING ON TO A TEAM AS LONG AS RULES 2, 3 AND 4 ARE OBEYED UP UNTIL THE HALF WAY STAGE OF THE SEASON. AFTER THIS TIME, EVERY TEAM CAN SIGN ON AN EXTRA 2 PLAYERS PROVIDING THE PLAYER OR PLAYERS MEET WITH THE APPROVAL  OF AT LEAST 3 COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN APPROACHED AT LEAST 24 HOURS BEFORE THE MATCH IN QUESTION.

6. SUBJECT TO RULE 5, PLAYERS MAY BE SIGNED ON “ON THE NIGHT” PROVIDED NAME, ADDRESS AND SIGNATURE ACCOMPANY THE RESULT CARD.

7. EACH MATCH WILL CONSIST OF ELEVEN SINGLES GAMES. EACH OF THE ELEVEN GAMES WILL CONSIST OF ONE FRAME ONLY.

8. ANY ONE PLAYER CAN PLAY A MAXIMUM OF TWO FRAMES BUT NOT TWO IN A ROW.

9. TWO POINTS WILL BE AWARDED FOR A WIN. AGGREGATE FRAME SCORES WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE LEAGUE POSITIONS ONLY WHERE TEAMS ARE LEVEL ON POINTS.

10. A. WINTER
    MATCHES ARE TO BE STARTED AT 7.30PM. THE HOME CAPTAIN TO NOMINATE HIS PLAYER TO SIGN THE CARD AND PLAY FIRST. THE AWAY CAPTAIN TO NOMINATE HIS FIRST PLAYER. IF A PLAYER IS NOT PRESENT TO START OR CARRY ON A MATCH, THAT TEAM SHALL FORFEIT THE FRAME AND EVERY FIVE MINUTES THEREAFTER SHALL FORFEIT A FURTHER FRAME. ANY PLAYERS NOT PRESENT BY 9.00PM ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO PLAY.
    
    B. SUMMER
    MATCHES ARE TO BE STARTED AT 8.00PM. THE HOME CAPTAIN TO NOMINATE HIS PLAYER TO SIGN THE CARD AND PLAY FIRST. THE AWAY CAPTAIN TO NOMINATE HIS FIRST PLAYER. IF A PLAYER IS NOT PRESENT TO START OR CARRY ON A MATCH, THAT TEAM SHALL FORFEIT THE FRAME AND EVERY FIVE MINUTES THEREAFTER SHALL FORFEIT A FURTHER FRAME. ANY PLAYERS NOT PRESENT BY 10.00PM ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO PLAY.

11. TABLES SHOULD BE LEVEL AND FIT TO PLAY ON. THEY SHOULD ALSO BE CORRECTLY MARKED. THE CAPTAINS ARE TO AGREE ON THE PLAYING SURFACE BEFORE THE MATCH IS STARTED. ANY COMPLAINTS OR DISAGREEMENTS ARE THEREAFTER INVALID.

12. THE HOME TEAM ARE TO PAY FOR TABLE CHARGES FOR ALL GAMES.

13. GAMES TO BE REFEREED ALTERNATIVELY STARTING WITH THE HOME TEAM.

14. WINTER AND SUMMER – WINNING TEAM TO SEND THE RESULT CARD TO THE RESULTS SECRETARY, SIGNED, WITHIN 6 DAYS OF THE MATCH. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN THE MATCH BECOMING VOID.

15. QUERIES OR COMPLAINTS SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE LEAGUE SECRETARY IN WRITING.

16. EACH TEAM IS ALLOWED TWO PLAYERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF FOURTEEN AND SIXTEEN.

17. IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH UNDERAGE DRINKING LAWS, ANY UNDER EIGHTEEN PLAYERS ARE TO BE NOTIFIED TO THE PUB STAFF UPON ARRIVAL BY THAT TEAM’S CAPTAIN. ANY UNDER EIGHTEEN PLAYERS CAUGHT DRINKING ALCOHOL DURING A LEAGUE OR CUP MATCH WILL BE EJECTED FROM THE LEAGUE AND THE TEAM WILL LOSE THE MATCH 11-0.

18. ANY BREACH OF THE RULES WILL RESULT IN THE OFFENDING TEAM FORFEITING THE MATCH 11-0.

19. ALL MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED BY THE RULES OF THE WORLD 8 BALL POOL ASSOCIATION.

20. IF A TEAM FAILS TO TURN UP WITHOUT THE MINIMUM OF THREE PLAYERS, THE OFFENDING TEAM LOSES TWO FURTHER POINTS UNLESS THE MATCH HAS BEEN REARRANGED (SEE 23).

21. IF A TEAM FAILS TO NOTIFY EITHER THE PUB OR THE CAPTAIN OF THE OPPOSING TEAM AND DOES NOT TURN UP AT ALL FOR TWO MATCHES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, THE OFFENDING TEAM WILL BE THROWN OUT OF THE LEAGUE AND ALL PREVIOUS RESULTS WILL BE VOID.

22. ANY TEAM THAT PULLS OUT OF THE LEAGUE WILL HAVE ALL PREVIOUS RESULTS VOID AS IN RULE 21.

23. GAMES CAN BE REARRANGED BUT MUST BE PLAYED BEFORE OR DURING THE WEEK OF THE FIXTURE. ANY TEAMS NOT ABLE TO AGREE ON A DAY FOR REARRANGED GAMES MUST ADVISE THE CHAIRMAN 7 DAYS BEFORE THE FIXTURE. HE WILL SET A DATE WITHIN THE TWO WEEKS AFTER THE FIXTURE. ALL REARRANGED GAMES MUST BE PLAYED BEFORE THE LAST LEAGUE FIXTURE.

24. ANYONE ENTERING THE DOUBLES COMPETITIONS SHOULD NOTE THAT TALKING IN BETWEEN SHOTS IS ALLOWED UNTIL THEY BECOME IN CONTROL OF THE TABLE I.E. WHEN ALL BALLS COME TO REST AFTER YOUR OPPONENT’S VISIT. THIS IS IN LINE WITH WORLD 8 BALL RULES AND WILL MAKE THE GAMES SHORTER AND MORE ENJOYABLE TO WATCH ON FINALS DAY.

25. ANY TEAM NOT REPRESENTED AT THE AGM I.E. BY THE TEAM CAPTAIN OR A TEAM MEMBER WILL BE DEDUCTED 4 POINTS AT THE START OF THE FORTHCOMING SEASON.

26. ANY PROPOSED RULE CHANGES MUST BE LODGED WITH THE CURRENT SECRETARY IN WRITING 14 DAYS PRIOR TO THE AGM.

27. ALL FRAMES MUST BE PLAYED IN A ‘SPORTSMANLIKE’ MANNER I.E. NO CUE OR TABLE ABUSE; NO CONCEDING OF FRAMES IN HASTE; NO UNSCREWING CUES (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DOING SO TO ASSIST IN PLAYING A SHOT); NO VERBAL ABUSE AIMED AT OPPOENETS/BYSTANDERS OR SUPPORTERS ETC. (NO VERBAL ABUSE COMING FROM BYSTANDERS OR SUPPORTERS ETC.) IF ‘UNSPORTSMANLIKE’ BEHAVIOUR IS OBSERVED FRAMES COULD BE AWARDED IMMEDIATELY. THE OFFENDING PLAYER(S) COULD ALSO BE REMOVED FROM THE LEAGUE.

28. THE REFEREE’S DECISION IS FINAL! THE REFEREE WILL TAKE WHATEVER ACTION IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THE SPIRIT AND RULES OF THE GAME ARE OBSERVED (IF NECESSARY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LANDLORD/LICENSEE).