The E.C. shall determine the constitution of sections and the handicapping of teams.

Matches shall be played between six (6) registered players from each club and played on a home and away basis.

Each game shall be twenty one (21) up.

Three (3) points shall be awarded for an away win, Two (2) for a home win, Two (2) points shall be awarded for an away draw, one (1) for home draw.

Matches shall commence at 1.45pm.

Visiting team players will be entitled to practise 15 minutes prior to match start time. Visiting team captains will be entitled to 15 minutes practise with the home team i.e. 30 minutes prior to match start time — this practise time must not be extended.

Promotion and relegation shall operate on a two up and two down principle.

The Captains of each team shall act as referees.

'A' team registered players shall not be allowed to play for a ‘B’ team. 'B' team registered players will be allowed to play three times only for an 'A' team before being classed as an 'A' team player thereafter.

Should a club have two teams in the same section there shall be no such transfer of player.

Any registered player is only allowed to play for one team on any one day in fixtures arranged by the Association for that day.

The normal day of play shall be Monday, excepting for Bank Holiday Mondays, when matches will be moved to the following Wednesday of that week or to a date that is mutually agreed by the representatives of the clubs whose home greens are unavailable /teams play in other leagues on Wednesday and their opposition representatives -

A minimum of 1 week due notice of a date change requisition must be given by the home team representative.

All other matches shall be played on the date specified by the fixtures, unless mutually agreed to be played before the fixture date. Postponements due to inclement weather or funerals shall be played within fourteen (14) days of the fixture date, seven (7) days if the match postponed is the Final League Fixture. Failure to play postponed games within the allocated time can incur penalties of (-6) points. These will be applied to one or both teams at the discretion of the E.C.

If a team fails to fulfil a fixture, the offending team will be scored 6 x (-21). The non-offending team will receive the respective winning points and at the end of the season will receive an average score + / -, home/away depending upon the fixture when the offence was committed.

Handicapping - Re Section 1 - When a team wins the league, their handicap for the following season will be decreased by 6 chalks. When a team wins the league on consecutive occasions their existing handicap (home and away) will be decreased by a further 6 chalks. Handicaps shall be retrieved by +6 for current winning handicapped teams who do not win in the section competition during the foilowing consecutive years.

Result cards shall be signed by the opposing Captains and forwarded by post or email to the Records Secretary immediately after the match. Telephoned results for Section Competition games are not acceptable and will not stand.

Match cards sent without a stamp will incur a fine of £3.00 on the club responsible.