IMPORTANT: AGM Summary

[Brad]

Hi all,

To save everyone reading the entire minutes of the AGM, here's what you need to know:

Scotch doubles (alternate shot) have replaced normal doubles for 2011-12 season.

There will be ten frames played in league matches following the introduction of a seventh game of singles. The seventh player may be someone who has already played. Captains to complete scorecards in full before match.

Cup games to remain nine frames.

If there are 30 or less teams this year, the league will move to three divisions. If there are more than 30 we wil stay with four.

Deadline for registration fees is August 1st. We cannot accept any late fees as I'll be making fixture lists and informing captains of league format the next day. If you haven't paid by August 1st, you won't be playing next season.

£35 for existing team, £40 for new.

Start date for season:

3 division league: August 24th with a divisional cup prelim on August 17th

4 division league: 21st September

There is a new number for texting scores to: 07761 849 071
This number is only for texting scores to, anything else, ring me as usual.

Player of the Season (PotS):
Scorecards will be re-introduced to calculate PotS for each division. They must be completed properly with full player names and team names! Only league singles count and players playing twice in a match will only have their first frame counted.

Players must have played in 66% of games available to them.
Percentage of wins decides top player, if a tie it goes to player who has played most games, and if still tied there will be a playoff on finals day.

Match result must still be texted in within 24 hours.

For further information on any of the above, please refer to the full AGM minutes before asking. Thanks!

Brad

[Brad]

Here's a list of teams, including the new teams who have shown interest.
Those paid up for next year are in black, those yet to pay are in red.

1 Bonnie Earl A
2 Bonnie Earl B
3 Bonnie Earl C
4 Bonnie Earl D
5 Bowl 2000 (St Andrews Team)
6 Bowl 2000 B
7 Braemou
8 Caberfeidh
9 City Club
10 Cottar Hoose A
11 Cottar Hoose B
12 Dicey's
13 Flanagans A
14 Flanagans C
15 Granary
16 Harbour Inn
17 Ionic A
18 Ionic B
19 Kirkie
20 New Club A
21 New Club B
22 Reilly's (Dicey's B)
23 Rising Sun A
24 Rising Sun B
25 Seaforth Club
26 Station Burghead
27 Tennant Arms A
28 Tennant Arms B
29 Thunderton
30 White Horse A
31 White Horse B

As you can see, with 31 prospective teams and a couple of new teams having already paid, it's vital that teams pay as soon as possible so I can work out how many leagues were going to have!

[ian]

Can you confirm that a player selected for the seventh single does not have played already?

Also, can you advise whether doubles partners can communicate during their visit to the table. I can see no reason to prevent this as each player is on the clock.

[Brad]

Hi Ian,

If you have seven players, you are perfectly entitled to play all of them. So yes, you can play a player who hasn't already played that night.

It was agreed at the AGM that doubles partners can talk between shots. I personally don't like the idea but as you've said, they're on the clock so shouldn't really matter!

Brad

[thecentralscrutinizer]

Whoa there! I thought the seventh singles tie had to be to be played by the first singles player on the card?! Or did I dream that?!

I know the seventh singles doesn't count towards rankings though. Right?! If so, a shame for the seventh player if they have not played because they won't get credit for it!

[Brad]

No,

The seventh singles game can be played by any player, whether they have played a frame that day or not. Doesn't matter what position they played on the card. Players for all ten frames must be nominated prior to the match starting.

Seventh singles frame doesn't count towards player of the year if the player is playing their second singles frame. If it's a first frame for someone then it will count. If a player is playing first frame against another player who is playing their second, then it'll only score for the first player.

Hope that makes sense! Did you fall asleep in AGM? lol!

[thecentralscrutinizer]

Lol! Think I was in a daze following the rather complicated ranking system that was agreed! One that doesn't include Elgin singles points etc!!

[Brad]

Ha ha, I just hope it all works out! Good idea which should work well, just hope all the teams keep their cards and no-one bins them!

[tonymccallion]

Yeah its the home teams captains responsibility to put the card behind the bar but in the event of individual results not being marked I'd say its also the away captains responsibility to check after the match and sign it. So if a card is returned without the individual frames marked out then no player will be awarded points for poty rankings. So make sure and check capitanos!

[The Wizard]

When we played on the 7th I put the completed card behind the bar. Is there to be some sort of marked envelope for these so they don't get misplaced?

[Brad]

I delivered them all in a clear plastic A5 wallet with the blank score cards in and just asked that they are either put back in there once completed or left somewhere else where all the barstaff will be able to give them to Tony & Debby. Alternatively, feel free to email them in to me and I'll make sure they're passed on to Tony.