Pembroke & Pembroke
Dock Pool League
General Rules
1. Home team to pay for all games (including Cups), with Blackball rules to be played (a copy of which must be on display).
2. Fees payable by all teams will be-
a) Team registration to League .. .£35 old teams, £70 new teams including a £20 refundable bond
b) Player registration .. .. . . ..£2 each
c) Captains Cup .. .£2 each
Failure to pay these fees by the December meeting will eliminate the team from the League, and the new team bond will only be refunded if the team stays in the League for a second season.
3. Captains of the WINNING teams are responsible for texting/e-mailing the result to the Secretary before 10pm on the Sunday night following the match, AND sending the match card to reach the Secretary by post of the following Wednesday (see Rule 3). If the winning teams misses BOTH deadlines for the same match, they WILL NOT be awarded any points for that win. Any points won by the losing team WILL be awarded (copies of cards by e-mail will be accepted as the card being posted).
4. Each team in the League MUST enter a team in the 3 team Cup competitions run by the League. Town Singles and Town Doubles competitions are voluntary, and cost £2 per player. Competition draws will be held on a date specified by the Secretary, and will be overseen/carried out by the committee members able to attend (see Rule 20).
5. A penalty fee of £5 will be applied for any of the following-
Team wishing to play in the League but not attending the AGM; Team not represented at the monthly meeting; Failing to text/email result to the Secretary by the deadline; Failing to send the match card to the Secretary by the deadline.
6. Players MUST play in 1 League match before Cup competitions commence, to be eligible to play in the Cup competitions.
7. Every team playing in the League MUST be represented at the monthly meeting. Only Captains OR Vice-Captains may take part in any vote taken at a monthly meeting, but any player in attendance may take part in any debates.
8. All teams should be at the venue ready to start the match at 8.30pm. Failure to comply with this request could result in games being claimed at 15-minute intervals, starting at 8.45pm.
9. League match format will be two sessions of 5 Singles games (players may play one game in each session), and then a Captains Cup game. Points will be awarded to teams for each game won in the match as follows-
1 point for each Singles game, 2 bonus points for winning 6 or more games or 1 bonus point each for a 5-5 draw.
10. Where a team claims a match or a team does not turn up for the fixture without it being re-arranged, then a 10-0 win will be awarded to the opponents and the appropriate points given (see Rule 9), and the team that did not turn up will have 5 points deducted (also, see Rule 18).
11. Captains will decide his/her teams order of play, with each Captain writing their order without seeing their opponents order. After all games have been played, the Captains of both teams must then sign the card before it is sent to the Secretary (see Rule 4), unless there is a disputed game result. This dispute must then be taken to the next monthly meeting. Players FULL Christian and Surname must be entered onto the match card, not initials or nicknames.
12. Anyone that plays a game for a team can NOT stop playing for that team and play for another team in the same season, even if the other team is from the same establishment.
13. Home teams to supply a referee for the first game, away team the second, and so on. The break-off will be decided by a lag for each game, with the lag winner having a choice of breaking or asking their opponent to break. Only the first Singles game played in the match will count toward Player League Stats. The Referee has the authority to warn players for slow play, and pass play to the opponents for persistent slow play. The Referees decision is FINAL.
14. If a team drops out of the League once it has started, any points won against them will be deducted, and all future fixtures against them will be a BYE.
15. Teams may have up to 15 players registered. Should they need to register more, the Captain of the team must telephone the Secretary to de-register a player/s and give the new players name(s) before the match commences. All registered players must be 14 years of age or over, and Landlords must be informed if any players are under 18 years of age.
16. Each team must have at least 3 players present before a match may begin. If a team is short, the card is filled in order and the first registered player to turn up will then fill unfilled positions, or, new players may be registered (see Rule 6 & 15).
17. If a League match is postponed, it MUST be played before the following Thursday, i.e. one week later than when the match should have been played. If any difficulties are encountered in arranging this, the Secretary must be informed who will then give a date for the match to be played by. No match may be postponed with less than 48 hours notice unless in exceptional circumstances, and no League match may be played after the scheduled end of the season.
18. Teams not fulfilling a fixture, with no warning of cancellation, will be given a warning by the Chairman or Secretary (see also Rule 10), and on a second occasion in the same season the offending team will be eliminated from the League and Rule 14 will apply. Application to re-join the League the following year will then be as a new team.
19. If a team is forced to change their home venue because the pub/club has closed, they will keep their place in their respective Division when they start playing from a new venue for the following season, providing the old pub/club is still closed at the time of the AGM.
20. The Committee to oversee cup draws/decide disputes will consist of the Chairman, Secretary and 3 elected players.