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MOLD & DISTRICT POOL LEAGUE

MOLD & DISTRICT POOL LEAGUE

 

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting on Monday 15th September 2008 at the Drovers

 

1.                   Teams Present at AGM Meeting

 

Bridge Inn, Cross Keys, Cross Foxes, Dolphin, Drovers, Farmers, Griffin, Leeswood Centre, New Inn, Queens Head, Railway, Raven, White Lion (Hope), White Lion (Nercwys)

 

Apologies

 

The Oak Hendre

 

Teams Present in the League:

 

Cross Foxes, Drovers, Dolphin, Griffin, New Inn A, New Inn B, Queen’s Head, Railway A, Raven, The Oak Hendre, White Lion (Nercwys) and Farmers A.

 

New Teams elected into the League:-

 

Bridge Inn

Cross Keys

Farmers B

Leeswood Centre

White Lion (Hope)

 

Teams resigned from the league since last nights AGM:-

 

Glan yr Afon

Ruthin Castle

Railway B

 

2.         Elected Officers:

 

Nick Jones                   Leeswood Centre                     Chairman & Treasurer.

Kearon Jones               New Inn A                               Vice Chairman.

Gwyn   Jones                Queens Head                           Secretary

Kearon Jones               New Inn A                               Vice Secretary

Eirian Ingman                Railway A                                Committee Assistant

Mark Hammersley        Griffin                                       Committee Assistant

Steve Foulkes               Cross Foxes                             Committee Assistant

 

3.         Registration Fees:

 

            Entrance Fee agreed at £30 per Team.

            Divisional Cup Fee agreed at £10 per Team.

            Super Cup Fee agreed at £10 per Team.

Singles & Doubles fees are to remain at £2 per person.

Subscriptions will remain at 50p per frame (£5 from each match for each team).  Each Team is to collect their own Subscriptions and bring them to the Meetings along with Match Result Cards.

 

 

4.         Flintshire County Team

 

The Mold and District Pool League shall be entering 2 County Teams into the North Wales and District Pool League

 

5.         League Structure:

 

17 Teams entered.  Option: 2 divisions, 9 Teams in Division 1 & 8 Teams in Division 2. Raven to be relegated from Division 1. 3 Teams to be promoted from Division 2, Dolphin (Mold), Farmers (Treuddyn) and White Lion (Nercwys) the remaining Teams to make up Division 2.  Registration closed.

 

Leeswood Centre will be in Division 1 as the have 4 existing Division 1 Players from last Season

 

6.         New League Format:

 

It was agreed that the New League Format would involve 10 Frames of Pool, two sessions of 5 frames 10 Singles and with a minimum of 3 Players.  The home captain will put his player down first then the away captain is to put his player down, and carry on one by one. Once this is done, both Captains confer and fill in their names on their own card if needed.  In the event of a Team having only 3 Players on the night then the captain must tell opponent’s captain that he has   5 or less players. If 3 players turn up then that team looses 4 frames before match commences. Teams can play 5 players in first session and can also play same 5 players in second Session if needed.

 

The points shall go as follows:-

 

Home Win 2 Points

Away Win 3 Points

Draw 1 Point

 

 A committee member shall Phone Captains up on a Saturday Afternoon if he does not have match scores and players Results

 

. (Please can all Captains Post the score Cards or Post them on our Website)

 

7.         Cup Structure & Singles & Doubles:

 

Super Cup will be played in the format as the league (10 singles), over 2 legs, Home and Away.  Divisional Cup is to be played as two sessions of 3 singles and 1 double.  If at the end of the 2nd leg of any Cup Match, there is a Draw then there will be a 1 Frame Singles Playoff which will be Captain’s choice. 

 

Phone Numbers MUST be provided for Singles and Doubles Entrants.  Failure to supply Phone Numbers will result in non-entry. All Draws will be drawn by Kearon Jones and will be assisted by witnesses.

 

8.         Rules:

 

            Mold & District Pool League Rules

 

a)         To adopt World Pool Association Blackball Rules in conjunction with the E. & U.K.P.F. rules.  Copies of these rules have been made available to all Teams.

 

b)         Each Frame Break will be determined by “Lag for Break.”  2 balls being placed on the Baulk Line, usually a Red and a Yellow Ball achieve this.  Both Balls are then hit simultaneously by the 2 players down the length of the table and whoever’s Ball comes to rest nearest the Baulk Line Cushion will have earned that Player the right to break.  Breaks will no longer rotate every other.

 

c)         Failure to attend Meetings with Subscriptions will result in a 2 Point Deduction for EACH occurrence.

 

d)         All Matches are to begin at 8.00 pm.  If at 8.10 pm no one has arrived or called to explain that they have been delayed then the 1st game may be claimed.  For every 10 minutes after this time another game may be claimed until the arrival of the opposition or a call has been received.  If at 9.00pm at least three players have not arrived then the Match can be claimed as a 10-0 win. All decisions as to claim or play the games if the opposition does arrive late are left to the discretion of each individual team.  Once the match has commenced no time gaps will be permitted between games to allow for other Players to arrive.  If you do not have enough Players to fulfill the entire fixture, then you must play all available Players.

 

e)         Singles & Doubles Matches will be played over 5 legs except the Semi Final will be played over 7 and the Final which will be played over 9 legs.

 

f)          Players may not play for different Teams within the Mold & District Pool League.

            All transfers between Teams must be approved by the Committee (even within pubs i.e. ‘A’ & ‘B’ teams).

 

g)                   Combination shots on the black to win are allowed.  You may pot your last colour and the black in the same shot. 

 

h)          If the game becomes a stalemate then it is a 9 ball re-rack. You take the front ball and the back five out of the rack.

 

i)          It is the responsibility of the Player to call “Total Snooker” and not the responsibility of the Referee.

 

j)          In the event of a team not turning up then best result in that division will be awarded. Any team failing to turn up for fixture 3 times during season will be expelled from league.

 

k)                  Teams may sign players anytime during the season and may play on the night of signing.

 

l)                    Any complaint should try and be resolved between both captains on the night; if this can’t be done then a complaint should be sent to the secretary in writing.

 

m)                Games should be played in a sportsman like manner at all times.

 

n)          Any team or player caught fighting; intimidation or giving verbal or threatening behaviour will be expelled from the league, and only reinstated after a decision from the committee.

 

   o)         Disciplinary committee members are Nick Jones, Gwyn Jones, Kearon Jones, Steve Foulkes, Mark Hammersley and Eirian Ingman in dispute and in the event of hung decision.

 

p)         If four or more players move from a team then they will remain in that division.

 

q)         If a team drops out of the league in the league then all the points are removed.

 

 

 

9.         Charity:

           

 

 

 

 

 

10.       Venue of meetings:

 

            The Venue for the Meetings is predetermined for the whole season.  Please see list given out with these minutes or visit www.moldpool.co.uk.

 

 

 

 

11.       Any other business:

 

            Four Player’s have been banned from playing or having any involvement with any Team in the Mold & District Pool League for 12 months commencing o the 15th of October 2007.  This decision will be reviewed at the 2009/2010 Mold & District Pool League AGM which will be announced at a later date.  Any Teams to be found to have these named Players affiliated with their Team will be removed from the League.  The four-banned Player’s are as follows: -

 

            Brent Claque

Michael Irwin

Adrian Naggington

Michael Smout

 

It is also been Voted that the Crown Inn in Caergwle is banned from the league and will be reviewed at the next AGM

 

It has been decided that Fines will be given to Teams who are unable to fulfill Fixtures The Fine will be £40.  £20 will go to a Charity that will be nominated by the Team who actually turned up to play the match and were let down.  The other £20 will be given to the Landlord of the Team that turned up to play their match.  Failure to fulfill 3 Fixtures will result in removal from the League.         

 

 

The website the league is using is WWW.MOLDPOOL.CO.UK If possible can you use the website as much as can as it will help us all the rules etc.