Shropshire County Ladies Crown Green Bowling
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SHROPSHIRE
LADIES CROWN GREEN BOWLING ASSOCIATION
RULES
AND BYE-LAWS 1.
The association shall be known as Shropshire Ladies Crown Green Bowling
Association. 2.
The object shall be to promote the game of Bowls and organize County
Matches and Competitions for Ladies and juniors. 3. The Officers Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary. President, Vice President shall be elected annually at the A.G.M. 4. A management
committee shall transact the business of the association. The
current management Committee consists of the Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Ass
Secretary, Registrar, Mrs. E Hinton and Mrs. H Clee. 5. The A.G.M. shall be
held in January. 6.
A notice calling this meeting together with any notices of motion shall
be issued to each affiliated club at least two weeks prior to the date of the
meeting. Notice
of any proposed alteration or addition to the rules must be in the hands of the
association Secretary not later than 1st December the previous year. 7.
Clubs wishing to affiliate to the association shall submit in writing an
application to the Secretary for consideration by the A.G.M. If approved the
club shall immediately pay the current affiliation fee. 7a As
in rule 5 of B.C.G.B.A. Bye Laws: All
Leagues, Associations and Clubs playing competitive Crown Green Bowls under the
Rules, Bye Laws and Laws of the Game of the B.C.G.B.A. shall be directly
affiliated to their respective County Association. Any club playing in a league
which is affiliated to a County other than its own must also affiliate to that
County. Any
League, Association or Club, which refuses to affiliate to its County
Association, shall be suspended along with all its registered members, from
playing any form of competitive Crown Green Bowls, until the affiliation fee is
paid. 8. The annual subscription for each affiliated club shall be £7.50 subject to revision. 9. An annual fee of £1.00,
subject to revision, per bowler is payable to the
S.L.C.G.B.A. A
nominated member of every affiliated club shall forward this to the association
Treasurer by no later than 15th June each year. Failure to do this
will result in a £10.00 fine. 10.
Anyone wishing to play in any League affiliated to the S.L.C.G.B.A,
County Matches, County Competitions, either team or individual events must be
affiliated as above and have paid their annual pound fee. 11.
All monies belonging to the association shall be deposited in
either
a bank or building society account. HONORARIUMS Secretary
£200.00 Ass
Secretary £75.00 Treasurer
£75.00 RULES
COVERING COUNTY MATCH PROCEDURE AND COMPETITIONS 1.
All County matches shall be played under British Crown Green Bowling
Association rules. 2. County Selection
Committee should consist of Six Selectors plus the
Secretary. 3. Bus fare for County
Matches shall be Three Pounds per person travelling. 4.
Price of Programs for County matches is 50pence. 5.
Smoking is not allowed on the Green. 6.
The County Merit shall be played mid week with the Qualifying rounds on a
Tuesday for Telford and a Thursday for Shrewsbury with Finals on a Saturday
evening. 7.
The start and scratch time for County Competitions shall be 10.00am. It
will be strictly adhered to and stated on the entry form. 8.
Entry Fee for County Competitions shall be £3.00 for a singles and £6.00
per pair for doubles. 9.
When entering competitions run by the association any clubs that the
person is a playing member of should be stated on the entry form. Failure to do
this could lead to disqualification. Anyone drawn to play on a green of which
they are a playing member shall owe two chalks. 10.
Where competitions are played on different greens for qualification for
the Finals, the draw for the Finals shall be as follows. If one qualifier per
green is going forward to finals then a straight draw is made. If two or more
qualifiers per green are going forward to finals then the greens are placed in
alphabetical order and the draw carries through as from the qualifying rounds. 11.
Any player failing to compete in the final stages of a competition run by
the County Association, except for a valid reason, ie Medical Certificate, shall
automatically be suspended from entering any competition run by the County
Association for a period of not less than twelve months, and forfeit their prize
money. Subsequent offences to carry a penalty of three years subject to
Management decision.
12.
If a lady bowler does not make herself available for Shropshire Ladies
County Bowling, then she is not
allowed to enter either the BCGLBA Merit or BCGLBA pairs competitions where she
would be representing Shropshire. 13.
Teams can only enter the County Cup, Consolation Cup or the D & M
Morrey cup with players that are generally associated with that team. If the
club has more than one Ladies Team they are not allowed to integrate them for
the above mentioned Competitions. 14.
Dress code for County matches and B.C.G.L.B.A. finals are: No denims,
shell bottoms or jogging bottoms. Tops must have sleeves and collar. Shorts are
allowed if they are tailored to the knee. If you are representing your county in
any B.C.G.L.B.A event you must wear your County Colours if possible or if not
then either Black or Navy bottoms with White tops. Anyone who does not comply
will not be allowed to participate. Shropshire’s County Colours are Black
& White. County
& Consolation Cups 1. Entry Fee for the
County/Consolation Cup is £8.00 per team. 2. A team for the County/Consolation Cup shall consist of ten players. 3.
All teams shall go into the first round of the County Cup. The winners
shall then continue in the County Cup with the losers going into the Consolation
cup. 4.
Any team not fielding a side in the first round of the County Cup shall
not be permitted to play in the Consolation Cup. 5.
All County & Consolation Cup matches shall be played on a set date on
a neutral Green on a Wednesday. This Date can only
be rearranged due to inclement weather on the date of the match. 6. Any team failing to
turn up shall forfeit the match. 7.
In the event of a draw the match shall be replayed on a date set by the
Management Committee, which shall be as soon as can be arranged after the
original match and will be on the same green. If after the replay (except in the
final) the match is still a draw then a count back system comes into operation.
Most wins if they are equal, then best card of the match, if both teams have a
card the same then it moves on to next best card and so on until a result is
reached. The final is still to be replayed as many times as it takes to reach a
result. 8.
A match fee of 25 pence per player shall be collected by each team on the
night and then paid to the Groundsman of the Host Club. 9.
No player is allowed to play on a green of which they are a League
playing member of ANY League. They must be substituted before the match begins
or, if they have played, their score is to be 21-0 to the opponent. Match result
adjusted accordingly. 10.
The Finals of both the County and Consolation Cups be played at
a
weekend if a free date can be found that is acceptable to both teams involved in
the final. This to be sorted out by the Secretary and each team involved after
the Semi Final stages. 12.
There shall not be any fixtures arranged as to coincide with County or
Consolation cup final nights. Fixtures may be arranged on nights of the prior
rounds provided they do not cause any conflict of interest with either the
County or Consolation cups. D & M
Morrey Cup
1.
Entry fee for the D & M Morrey shall be £5.00 per team. Each player
shall then pay 10 pence per Match (£1.00 per team) which is to go towards the
prize money. 2.
Teams for the D & M Morrey competition shall consist of ten players 5
playing at home and 5 playing away in all rounds up to the final which shall be
played on a neutral Green on a Saturday evening. A play by date will be preset
for each round which will be strictly adhered to and teams must then arrange
their own matches. 3.
In the event of a draw the whole match is to be replayed. The two teams
concerned to arrange the replay as soon as possible to avoid delaying any
further rounds. 4.
Any team failing to turn up for the match or failing to arrange a match
shall forfeit their place. 5.
The D & M Morrey competition carries a handicapping system as follows
Shrewsbury and District Ladies League Division One Teams shall be off scratch,
Division Two Teams shall receive Five Chalks, Division Three Teams shall receive
Ten Chalks and Division Four Teams shall receive Fifteen Chalks. The
management committee whose decision shall be final shall deal with any matter
not provided for in the foregoing rules.
updated
Jan 2007
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