This page summarises the main dates for the 2010 season, for the Evening League and Veterans’ League, and for the meetings, which are for all clubs.
The Evening League runs for 18 weeks on Tuesday nights from 20th April to 17th August.
The knock-out cup (the Bob Newlan Memorial Trophy) will be played after the league season, with the first three rounds on Tuesday evenings and the semi-finals and final on Sunday mornings:
| Round 1 | Tuesday 24 August |
| Round 2 | Tuesday 31 August |
| Round 3 | Tuesday 7 September |
| Semi-finals | Sunday 12 September |
| Final | Sunday 19 September |
For the Merit the qualifying round and final are on the Tuesday evenings following the league season and Bob Newlan Trophy (at venues with floodlights).
| Merit | |
|---|---|
| Closing date for entries | 21 August |
| Qualifying rounds | Tuesday 14 September |
| Final day | Tuesday 21 September |
Great Moor Sports & Social ‘C’ team (in Division 4) will play their home matches at 10.30a.m. on Tuesday mornings. Also, Great Moor A and B teams will each play two home games on Wednesdays and Marple Park A play four home games on Wednesdays.
The veterans’ knock-out cup (the P.C.S. Cup) is played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays starting during the league season and finishing after it. The first round will be split over two days to simplify green allocation. The preliminary round and some first round ties will be played on a Wednesday and the remaining eight first round ties on the following Tuesday.
| Preliminary round | Wednesday 14 July |
| Round 1 | Wednesday 14 July Tuesday 20 July |
| Round 2 | Tuesday 17 August |
| Round 3 | Tuesday 7 September |
| Round 4 | Tuesday 21 September |
| Semi-finals | Tuesday 28 September |
| Final | Wednesday 29 September |
For the individual merit, qualifying rounds are held on a Tuesday afternoon. These produce eight qualifiers for the final day (with a maximum three games required to qualify). On the final day the winner and runner-up have to play three games.
| Closing date for entries | 3 July |
| Qualifying rounds | Tuesday 13 July |
| Final day | Tuesday 3 August |
There are two Delegates’ meetings, at the start and end of the season, and two General meetings in the close season.
| Meeting | Date | Venue | Business |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGM (2010) | Monday 25 January | Cheadle Conservative Club | Election of officers; confirmation of rule changes; confirmation of league composition and fixtures |
| Pre-season | Monday 29 March | Cheadle Conservative Club | Distribution of handbooks and competition entry forms |
| Post-season | Monday 11 October Provisional |
Cheadle Conservative Club | Review of season; resolution of disputes |
| Half-yearly meeting | Monday 8 November Provisional |
Cheadle Conservative Club | Proposals for rule changes: as no proposals to change the rules have been submitted, this meeting will not take place. |
| AGM (2011) | Monday 24 January Provisional |
Cheadle Conservative Club | Election of officers; confirmation of rule changes; confirmation of league composition and fixtures |