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04/07/02

 

Rule Changes Proposed at AGM 2002

 

 

Rule Changes Proposed by Stuart Johnson:

 

A12  Before the final sentence add:
"Any team which wins the same division two seasons in succession may not decline promotion for the start of the season following".  PASSED

A14  At the end, replace "at the start of the season" with:
"before Christmas".  PASSED

A15  Add the following:
"In a postponed match, either team may use only players who on the original fixture date were members of the C.M. to which that team belongs."  REJECTED

A24  Add the following:
"In the event of a team defaulting a match, the opposing team must submit a team-sheet to claim won match.  One game point will be given for each bona fide club member listed on that sheet who would have been eligible and available to play on that date.  No such players will be admissible in the last two fixtures if they have not played for any team previously that season".  PASSED (subject to final rewording of A24 by Executive Committee)

A24  Add as a separate proposal:
"Any team which fails to submit detailed results to the Competitions Controller (including walk-overs) for more than two matches will have one league point deducted for each unreported match thereafter".  PASSED (subject to final rewording of A24 by Executive Committee)

 

Rule Changes Proposed by Jeremy Hamm

 

Rule A11 Amend to read:
"There shall be eight players in each team in all the competitions."  PASSED

 

Rule A16  Delete the sentence:
"In addition, any player who has played twice or more on boards five or six in Division One may not thereafter play in any lower division in the same season."
  PASSED

 

Jeremy's comments: 
The objectives of the proposed rule changes are twofold:

1) to bring the rules of the Woodhouse Cup into line with the other competitions in the Yorkshire League, in particular concerning the number of players in each team: in addition to the general desirability of this rationalisation, the particular benefit would be to ease transition for teams promoted to and relegated from the Woodhouse Cup;

2) to enable two cars rather than three to be used for away matches in the Woodhouse Cup: the consequent saving in organisation and cost would be considerable.

 

Rule A24  Replace the existing worded "posted" with
"posted or sent by e-mail".
  PASSED (subject to final rewording of A24 by Executive Committee)

 

 

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