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All Games to
be played on a Friday.
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The League
shall be governed by the committee and its officers.
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All Games to
be played on a Friday.
Team
Registration & Fees
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Teams must
send at least one representative to the AGM, who will attend the
whole meeting.
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The
Registration Fee shall be £15.00 per team, payable at the start
of the season, plus a match fee of £5.00 per match. The match
fee is to be returned each week with the result sheet to the 'Prince
of Wales', South Bersted, by the Monday following the match.
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Each team must
consist of a minimum of 5 players.
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Team Names /
Venues, Captains and Secretaries contact details, together with all
team members' names, to be submitted with the results of the first
match on the form provided. Only the named Captains and Secretaries
are allowed to take part in the Captains and Secretaries Cup Knockouts.
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Players may be
signed on for any team on the night (using the space on the result
sheets), provided they have not played for any other team during the
current season, otherwise Rule 9 applies. Any player signed on after
the first game will be subject to a £1.00 registration fee (to
be paid with the match fee).
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Transfer
requests to be signed by the player and secretaries of each team and
submitted to the League Secretary (7 days prior to the player playing
their first game), enclosing a £5 fee.
League Matches
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No match can
take place without at least four team members of each team being
present. This applies to all games.
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League match
format shall be 5 Singles matches, 1 Pairs match & 1 Trebles
match. All games to be 501, Best of 3 Legs, Straight In - Double Out.
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The throw to
be 7 ft 9¼ and the board height 5 ft 8 ins. (Bull to Oche
diagonal = 9 ft 7½)
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Draw to be
made for the Singles only. (Both Captains may agree on the night
not to do a draw for the singles. If they cannot agree, a draw must
be done). Pairs and Trebles players are at the Captains
discretion. Players' names must be written down in full (NO initials)
on the result sheet, before the Singles matches start. Ditto for the
Pairs and Trebles matches. No player may play more than once in the
Pairs and Trebles.
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Matches to be
in progress by 8.30pm. If any player in singles game is not in
attendance after second calling, then a substitute may be played.
Captains to record all game walkovers.
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Each Leg Won
is 1 point to the Winning Team.
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All games are
Nearest the Bull (Home team goes first), the winner throwing first in
the first and third legs. Any dart hitting the board and bouncing /
falling out, can be re-thrown.
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Tons to be
counted in singles games only, 180's to be counted in all games.
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Captains to
record all game walkovers.
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If a team
needs to rearrange a match, reasonable notice must be given and the
committee informed. There is a Catch-up week provided for postponed
matches, or the match can be played as soon as possible (i.e. a
double header on the re-match).
If this cannot
be agreed, then the committee must be informed. They will then decide
when the match will be played. No match will be played after the last
game of the season.
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If the
committee decides to award a match for whatever reason, this will be
awarded to the winner as a 9-5 result.
(Winning
Legs = 7 Singles, 1 Pair and 1 Treble / Losing Legs = 3 Singles, 1
Pair and 1 Treble)
Result Sheets
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Result sheets
to be fully completed with scores and darts thrown, for averages to
be awarded.
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Each teams
Captains and Secretaries to be responsible for their own match fees
and result sheets. They must be signed by both Captains, or
Secretaries, and returned to the 'Prince of Wales', South Bersted, no
later than the Monday following the match, with the match fee.
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For late
results sheets, the offending team may be fined £5 and / or have
their averages and points deducted. Every team is responsible for
their own sheets, therefore Home and Away teams must send their
sheets separately.
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Match
Walkovers must be recorded and the Result sheet sent in as usual with
match fee.
Competitions
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Each Division
shall have its own knockouts. Start time shall not be before 8.15pm
and will be at the discretion of the committee or appointed steward.
Their decision is final.
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Anyone who has
not registered in person by 8.15pm sharp will be disqualified from
entry into any knockout.
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Competition
losers must chalk the next game on the board they lost on (or get
someone else to do it for them), or risk being ruled out of further competitions.
Misc.
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Protests must
be submitted to the committee in writing with a £5 fee. Team
Captains, Secretaries or representatives to attend the meeting when notified.
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Players
causing a disturbance will be suspended for a minimum of 4 weeks, and
the Committee reserve the right to extend the suspension accordingly.
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Minimum age of
players is 14 years (Subject to Committees discretion). They must be
accompanied by an adult and the Landlords permission must be sought.
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Promotion and
Relegation will be decided on the overall match points (Subject to
Committees discretion).
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Any team not
following these Rules may be fined or have points deducted for the
offence. The Committees decision is final.
