J.W. LEES THURSDAY NIGHT POOL LEAGUE SUMMARY OF LEAGUE RULES
1.
NO PLAYER CAN PLAY FOR MORE THAN ONE TEAM IN THE SAME LEAGUE / CUP
SEASON.
2.
ALL TEAMS MUST DISPLAY A COPY OF THE LEAGUE & MATCH RULES & THE OFFICIAL
RULES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED ON A WALL NEAR THE POOL TABLE.
3. ALL TABLES MUST HAVE A BAULK LINE MARKED ON THE CLOTH.
4.
HOME TEAMS TO PUT THEIR PLAYERS FORWARD FIRST FOR EACH FRAME.
5.
MATCH FORMAT IS FIVE FRAMES OF SINGLES FOLLOWED BY TWO GAMES OF SCOTCH DOUBLES,
AND ONE GALLON (SCOTCH DOUBLES) IN THIS ORDER.
6.
DURING DOUBLES FRAMES, ADVICE FROM PARTNERS IS ONLY ALLOWED PREVIOUS TO
FIRST SHOTS ONLY.
7.
REFEREE CAN CALL A FOUL SHOT IF KEY ADVICE IS GIVEN BY PARTNERS, ON ANY
SUBSEQUENT SHOT.
8.
TEAMS NOT ABLE TO BREAK OFF BY 9 PM RISK BEING PENALISED BY A MAXIMUM OF
ONE FRAME ONLY, BY THEIR OPPONENTS.
9.
TEAMS PLAYING WITH LESS THAN FIVE PLAYERS FORFEIT THE FRAMES FOR WHICH
THEY HAVE NO PLAYER.
10.
THE RECORDS FOR TEAMS NOT COMPLETING A FULL SEASON WILL BE EXPUNGED,
UNLESS THEY HAVE COMPLETED A FULL HALF SEASON, (I.E. EVERY TEAM ONCE),
IN THIS CASE, ONLY THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASONS RECORDS WILL BE USED.
11.
A PLAYER CAN ONLY PLAY ONE SINGLES GAME, PLUS ONLY ONE OF THE TWO
DOUBLES GAMES, AND CAN PLAY THE GALLON.
12.
ALL FIXTURES MUST BE COMPLETED, IN THE EVENT IN WHICH A TEAM CANNOT PLAY
A FIXTURE, ONE WEEKS MINIMUM NOTICE FOR POSTPONEMENT TO BE GIVEN TO THE
POOL LEAGUE (07792753019)
13.
A TEAM FAILING TO PLAY A FIXTURE WITHOUT THE REQUIRED NOTICE, A FEE OF £20 TO BE PAID TO THE
HOME TEAM TO COMPENSATE FOR THE FOOD.
14.
WINNING TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR POSTING THE SCORECARD VIA WHATSAPP, SCORECARDS THAT
HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED WITHIN
1 WEEK WILL BE PENALISED BY ONE POINT PER SCORECARD
15.
NO TWO SHOTS CARRY.
16.
SINGLES & THREE MAN COMPETITION
WILL BE ARRANGED LATER IN THE SEASON, PHONE NUMBERS OF EACH
PLAYER WILL BE REQUIRED FOR
SINGLES SO MATCHES CAN BE CONFIRMED OR RE-ARRANGED
EASILY.
17.
THIS IS A WEB BASED LEAGUE, THEREFORE WEBSITE MUST BE CHECKED WEEKLY FOR
ANY UPDATES OR FIXTURE CHANGES. WEBSITE ADDRESS IS
WWW.POOLPAGES.CO.UK
1.
FREE TABLE ON FIRST SHOT ONLY, FOLLOWING A FOUL.
2.
FREE TABLE ALLOWS YOU TO PLAY ANY BALL IN ORDER, AND POT ANY BALL IN ANY
ORDER. BLACK BALL CAN ONLY BE POTTED IF YOU ARE ON IT, AND NO PLAYING
INTO SPACE.
3.
FOLLOWING A FOUL, YOU CAN ASK THE REFEREE TO PLACE THE CUE BALL IN THE
BAULK AREA, THIS DOES NOT COUNT AS A SHOT.
4.
COMBINATION SHOTS ARE ALLOWED i.e. IF IN THE SAME SHOT, YOU PLAY YOUR
OWN BALL FIRST, THEN A COMBINATION OF REDS AND YELLOWS ARE POTTED, IN
ANY ORDER, IT IS A LEGAL SHOT.
5.
IF YOU ARE ON THE BLACK AND YOU HIT IT FIRST, AND POT IT, THEN YOU HAVE
WON THE GAME. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF IN THE SAME SHOT, AN OPPONENTS BALL
IS POTTED.
6.
IF YOU ARE ON YOUR LAST COLOUR AND YOU LEGALLY POT IT, BUT KNOCK THE
BLACK IN DURINGTHE SAME SHOT, YOU HAVE LOST THE GAME.
7.
NOMINATION IS REQUIRED AFTER THE BREAK.
IF TWO COLOURS ARE POTTED, LEGALLY, THEN HE MUST NOMINATE, BEFORE
CONTINUING, IF NO BALLS ARE POTTED, THE NEXT PLAYER MUST NOMINATE, ONCE
NOMINATING; HE IS ON THAT COLOUR. FOLLOWING A FOUL OFF THE BREAK, OR
BEFORE NOMINATION, THE NEXT PLAYER MUST NOMINATE ON HIS SECOND SHOT;
FAILING TO NOMINATE WHEN REQUIRED IS A FOUL.
8.
PLAYERS ARE ALLOWED TO ASK THE REFEREE ANY QUERY REGARDING RULES.
9. THE CUE - BALL IS CONSIDERED TO BE INSIDE THE BAULK AREA WHEN THE CENTRE OF THE CUE - BALL IS (ON OR WITHIN) THE BAULK LINE. RETRIEVING THE BALL FROM A POCKET IS A FOUL, NOT LOSS OF GAME.
10. If A BALL DROPS IN UNAIDED, SEE OFFICIAL RULE 8c FOR PLAYER IN CONTROL.
11.
A PLAYER WHO HITS THEIR OWN BALL FIRST, CANNOT BE DEEMED TO HAVE
COMMITTED A DELIBERATE FOUL
12. THE REFEREE’S DECISION IS FINAL!
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