BANBURY TOWN BADMINTON LEAGUE
GENERAL SECRETARY CHAIRMAN LEAGUE SECRETARY
MRS ENID SIMONS
5 SHELLEY CLOSE
BANBURY
OXFORDSHIRE
OX16 9JY
01295-252899		 MR GARY GARDNER
18 LANSDOWN CLOSE
BANBURY
OXFORDSHIRE
OX16 9LH
01295-270064		 MR BRIAN GARDNER
18 KINGFISHER DRIVE
BANBURY
OXFORDSHIRE
OX16 9YD
01295-251604
RULES 2002-2003
  1. The competition will be called "The Banbury Town League"
  2. a) The competition will be played under BA of E rules
    b) All clubs will be affiliated to the BA of E through their County Association
  3. The League Committee comprising of Chairman, League Secretary, General Secretary /Treasurer and 2 committee members shall he elected annually at the AGM (maximum 2 votes per club)
  4. Clubs entering the League shall be within a radius of 15 miles from Banbury.
  5. The League shall consist. of Composite Mixed Doubles, Pure Mixed Doubles, Men's Doubles and Ladies Doubles Leagues and a Knockout Cup Event.
  6. a) Composite Mixed Doubles shall consist of 3 Ladies and 3 Men
    b) A match will comprise of 3 Ladies, 3 Mens and 3 Mixed doubles
    c) The order of play for the mixed doubles will be:
    1st Mens - man 1 & 2 1st Ladies - lady 1 & 2 1st Mixed - any man & any lady
    2nd Mens - man 1 & 3 2nd Ladies - lady 1 & 3 2nd Mixed - any man & any lady
    3rd Mens - man 2 & 3 3rd Ladies - lady 2 & 3 3rd Mixed - any man & any lady
    d) Complete pairings must be declared before the start of play
  7. The Mens and Ladies leagues shall consist of 6 men and 6 ladies respectively. The Pure Mixed shall be 3 pairings of 1 man and 1 lady. The order of play is:
    Home
    (Pair number)     		v Away
    (Pair number)
    1 v 1
    2 v 2
    3 v 3
    2 v 1
    3 v 2
    1 v 3
    3 v 1
    1 v 2
    2 v 3
  8. A rubber shall consist of the best. of 3 games to 15 points
  9. Match results to be forwarded to the League Secretary within 14 days of the match. Results not received within this time will be declared null and void i.e. a 0-0 result.
  10. A club unable to complete a match shall forfeit any unplayed rubbers to their opponents. In the event of insufficient time, the Home Captain may decide to play the remaining rubbers 1 game to 21 points but the League Secretary must be informed of the circumstances when returning the score card.
  11. A team shall gain 3 points for winning a match and each team shall gain 1 point for each rubber won. A conceded match will be forfeited to the offended team by 8 points to 0.
  12. If any club enters more than 1 team in a league, they shall nominate 4 players (2 men and 2 ladies in the mixed league in all but the lowest, team to the League Secretary prior to the first match. These players will be ineligible to play down.
  13. If any club has more than 1 team in a division, these teams must play their home and away matches against each other before playing any other club in the competition.
  14. No player who has played 3 or more games in any team during a season may play in a lower team.
  15. No player may represent or be nominated for more than 1 club in
    a) the Composite Mixed League
    b) the Pure Mixed League
    c) Men's League
    d) Ladies League
    e) Knockout Cup
  16. Either team is at liberty to claim the first rubber if the opposition is 20 minutes late arriving and consecutive rubbers for each 15 minutes thereafter. Claimed rubbers will be scored 15-0 15-0.
  17. Matches may only be postponed due to the unavailability of the hall, inclement weather' or by mutual agreement of both clubs, The League Secretary should be informed of the re-arrangement in writing.
  18. All first division matches shall be played with feather shuttles unless there is only 1 division, In this case the Home Team decides, Other matches may use coil-based plastic/nylon shuttles or feather shuttles as the home team decides
  19. At the completion of the season a division which comprises 6 teams or more shall have the top 2 promoted and the bottom 2 relegated. In a division with less than 6 teams, only 1 team will be promoted and relegated. Where promotion and relegation is between divisions of varying sizes, the smaller division will take precedence i.e. only 1 team will be promoted or relegated from this division.
  20. Relegation and promotion in accordance with Rule 19 may be varied if a change in team entries at the start of each season makes it necessary.
  21. Any new teams wishing to play in the competition will be placed in the bottom division if accepted.
  22. The League Committee will be responsible for trophy engraving.
  23. Subscriptions will be £4.00 per club plus £4.00 per team. Entry for the Knockout Competition will he £4.00.
  24. The AGM will be the second Thursday in July each year. All clubs should give 5 weeks notice to the Secretary of any proposed amendments or additions to the rules. All clubs will receive 4 weeks notice of the AGM and any proposals suggested.
  25. All League fixtures must be completed by the end of May.
  26. If any team concedes more than 2 matches in a division in I season, ALL. teams in the club will be placed at the bottom of their divisions.
  27. The Dave Thompson Memorial Trophy will be presented to the team with the highest aggregate points total peer season.
  28. The Knockout Handicap Competition will be played on a mixed doubles handicap basis under B.T.B.L. rules. The clubs involved will accept the handicapping arrived at by the committee. Only players currently playing in the league are eligible. The venue will be drawn for. The team will consist or 3 mixed couples playing with the same partner throughout the match. Order of play will he he same as Mens/Ladies league. Each game will consist of 2 games per rubber. All teams will nominate a squad of players from which their team will be drawn and all nominations must be received by 30 September, in the event of a draw, the visiting team will be deemed the winner, If however the fixture is played at a neutral venue, points scored in the first 3 rubbers with the appropriate handicap, shall decide the winners. Clubs may enter more than one team. The committee has the power to introduce negative starting scores to improve the quality of the game.
  29. In the event of any dispute, the Committee's decision will be final.