General Rules

1) ALL LEAGUE MATCHES TO BE PLAYED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS. EXCEPTLEAGUE KNOCKOUTS, INDIVIDUAL & PARIS TO BE PLAYED ON MONDAY NIGHTS, THESE GAMES MUST BE PLAYED ON THE
NIGHT & AT THE VENUE STATED ON THE KNOCKOUT DRAW SHEET, UNLESS A VALID REASON IS ACCEPTED BY THE SECRETARY OR THE CHAIRMAN.

2) ALL MATCHES MUST COMMENCE AT 8.45pm AND BE FINISHED BY 12.OO pm. ANY GAME NOT COMPLETED BY THIS TIME WILL BE VOID ODD PLAYER FOR THE INDIVIDUALS MAY ARRIVE LATE BUT NOT LATER THAN 9.30pm.
THE DRAW MUST BE MADE BY 8.30pm READY TO COMMENCE AT 8.45pm.
THE PAIRS DRAW WILL BE MADE AFTER THE INDIVIDUALS HAVE PLAYED, BUT ALL PAIRS MUST BE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE DRAW OF THE PAIRS. THE NAMES FOR THE
DRAW TO BE WRITTEN ON A PIECE OF PAPER OR CARD ONE NAME PER PIECE OF PAPER, AND ALL PIECES LAID FACE DOWN AND THE VISITING TEAM PICKS ONE OF THE HOME TEAMS FIRST AND THE
VISITING TEAM PICKS ONE OF THE HOME TEAM AND THOSE TWO PLAY EACH OTHER, OR YOU CAN HAVE YOUR TEAM WRITTEN ON YOUR SCORE CARD THEN JUST EXCHANGE THE CARDS FOR THE
OPPOSING TEAM TO PUT THEIR NAMES DOWN.

3) MATCHES TO CONSIST OF 6 GAMES OF INDIVIDUALS AND 3 GAMES OF PAIRS. ONE POINT TO BE SCORED BY THE WINNER(S) OF EACH GAME. TWO POINTS WILL BE AWARDED TO THE TEAM THAT WINS THE MATCH.

4) IF ANYBODY 7 BALLS A PERSON IN THE INDIVIDUALS PLEASE MARK ON THE SCORE CARD IN THE COLUM PROVIDED. A 7 BALL RESULT CONSISTS OF A PLAYER POTTING ALL HIS/HERS OBJECT BALLS & THE BLACK LEAVING THE OPPONENTS 7 OBJECT

5) IF ANY TEAM DOSE NOT ARRIVE AT THE VENUE BY 9.00pm THE OPPOSING TEAM WILL BE AWARDED THEIR AVERAGE POINTS FOR THAT GAME (MINIMUM OF 5 POINTS).

6) AT THE END OF EACH MATCH BOTH TEAMS MUST CORRECTLY COMPLETE SCORE-RESULT CARDS, AND INDICATE WHICH IS YOUR CARD i.e. BY PUTTING A RING AROUND YOUR TEAM OR A STAR ADJACENT. (THIS WILL DETRACT FROM ANY CONFUSION AS TO WHO HAS SENT THEIR SCORE CARDS IN, SIGNED BY BOTH TEAM CAPTAINS. IF NOT YOUR CARD WILL BE VOID AND NO POINTS WILL BE AWARDED FOR THAT MATCH, AND POST THEM TO THE ADDRESS ON THE CARD. UNLESS YOU HAVE SUBMITTED YOU CARD VIA THE WEB SITE www.niddpool.com OR YOU CAN POST THEM IN THE SCORE COLLECTION BOX WHICH WILL BE LOCATED AT THE SUN INN, AND THIS BOX WILL BE
COLLECTED ON A MONDAY NIGHT FOR THAT WEEKS SCORE CARDS. OR YOU CAN FAX YOUR SCORE CARD TO 01132 843588. IF YOUR SCORE CARDS ARE NOT RECEIVED WITHIN ONE WEEK, NO POINTS WILL BE AWARDED FOR THAT MATCH.

7) PAIRS GAME
PLAYERS ON THE SAME TEAM MAY CONFER WITH EACH OTHER WHILST THEIR OPPONENTS ARE PLAYING AND UP TO WHEN THEY HAVE STRUCK THE CUE BALL ON THEIR VISIT. ANY CONFERRING AFTER THIS TIME WILL RESULT IN A FOUL. NO WARNING WILL BE GIVEN.
AFTER THE OPPONENTS HAVE FINISHED THEIR VISIT YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO PLAY YOU SHOT. THE REF WILL GIVE A WARNING WITH 30 SECONDS TO GO FAILURE TO MAKE YOU SHOT WITHIN THE TIME LIMET WILL RESULT IN A FOUL.

8) MEETINGS
IF NO PLAYER FROM YOUR TEAM DOSE NOT TURN UP FOR A MEETING. THE TEAM WILL NOT RECEIVE
2 POINTS BONUS.

9) D RULE
THE D RULE HAS BEEN ABOLISHED. THEREFORE ALL THE RULES STAY THE SAME BUT THE CUE BALL CAN BE PLACED ANWHERE BEHINE THE BAULK LINE ON THE BREAK OR AFTER THE WHITE HAS BEEN POTTED.

10) FINALS NIGHT
All GAMES AT FINALS NIGHT TO HAVE 1 MINUTE RULE IN EVERY GAME, A WARNING WILL BE GIVEN 15 SECOND BEFORE THE MINUTE IS UP. AFTER THE TIME HAS ELAPSED A FOUL WILL BE GIVEN TO THE OPPOSING PLAYER (2 VISITS) EACH PLAYER IS ALLOWED A 30 SECOND TIME OUT PERIOD PER FRAM (AN EXTRA 30 SECONDS TO THE 1 MINUTE)

N.B.
ANY MATTER NOT COVERED ABOVE CAN BE DEALT WITH AT THE NEXT LEAGUE MEETING. THE ACTUAL PLAYING RULES ARE THOSE AS ISSUED BY THE NIDDERDALE POOL LEAGUE