SNOOKER SCENE
SNOOKER SCENE
FRANK LODGE TROPHY 2009
Notice to Delegates:
There will be a A.G.Meeting at Birkdale Conservative Club
1st July 2009
Dear Delegate
The Annual General Meeting of the League will take place at Birkdale Conservative Club
on Monday 13th July 2009 at 7.30 pm for the following purposes:-
1. Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting
2. Matters arising
3. Report of the Treasurer
4. Report of the Secretary
5. Election of the Officers and Committee
6. Registrations
7. Rule Changes and Additions
A2 Change to 3 Divisions
E5 Insert to show 5 frames in Marshall Cup Final
C12 Add A cancelled match must be played as ordered by the Committee
8. Any other business of which notice has been given.
To consider handicapping players in all divisions
To resign from affiliation to the Merseyside League
By order of the Committee
Joseph A. Bond
Hon Secretary
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2008-2009 Teams & Divisions
Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4
Snooker Centre A Tarleton B.C. C Open Date Birkdale Cons. D
Ainsdale Cons. A S & B C.C. Southport Cons. C Scarisbrick B
Mere Brow C Open Date Banks C St.Teresa's C
Tarleton B.C. A Bretherton C Banks B Southport Cons. B
British Rail A Scarisbrick A Ainsdale Cons B Churchtown Cons. C
Argyle L.T.C. Birkdale Cons A Mere Brow B Open Date
Banks A Our Lady's Churchtown Cons. D Waddington Cons. B
Les Dodd A Ainsdale Cons. D Snooker Centre C Ainsdale Cons. C
Fleetwood Hesk. B Waddington Cons. A Birkdale Cons. B Snooker Centre D
Fleetwood Hesk. A Churchtown Cons. A Open Date Les Dodd B
Tarleton B.C. B Stanley Club Tarleton B.C. D Bretherton D
St.Teresa's A Churchtown Cons. B British Rail B Scarisbrick C
FIND ALL THE RESULTS, FIXTURES, CLUBS, STATISTICS ETC. HERE
LATE CARDS ETC: 2008 / 09
Week 1: Les Dodd 'A' played 2 un-registered players - J.Molloy & P.Harrison FINE £2 X 2 = £4
Week 4: Fleetwood Hesketh 'A' arrived 3 days late FINE £2
Week 7: Fleetwood Hesketh 'B' arrived 5 days late FINE £2
Week 12: Ainsdale Cons 'D' Hand delivered, late Monday afternoon FINE £2
Week 12: Mere Brow 'B' v Banks 'C' not arrived - copy by e-mail FINE £2
Week 12: Stanley Club played unregistered player - J.Styles FINE £2
Week 14: S & B C.C. V Scarisbrick 'A' arrived Tuesday - 1 day late FINE £2
Week 14: Ainsdale 'A did not fulfil fixture with Snooker Centre 'A' - Ainsdale 'A' FINE £4
Week 15: Stanley Club V Ainsdale 'D' post arrived 8.30 card not here 11.00 a.m. Arrived 27th - postmarked 26/1/09 FINED £2
Week 18: Fleetwood Hesketh 'A' v Tarleton 'A' not arrived in Monday's post. Arrived in Tuesdays post, postmarked 7.00p.m. 16 Feb. FINED £2 + 2 Points deducted for second late card.
Week 19: St.Teresa's 'A' v Fleetwood Hesketh 'A' . Match not played. St.Teresa's FINED £4 for not fulfilling fixture
Week 20: Churchtown Cons. 'B' Arrived Tuesday. Postmark shows posted in time.
Week 21: Stanley Club v Waddington 'A' not arrived in Monday's post. Arrived Thursday FINE £2 + 2 Points deducted for second late card.
Please note, rule C.15
The result card must reach the Results Secretary by first post Monday morning following the match. Hand delivering the result card later on Monday will result in a late card
If it helps, you can scan your score card and e-mail it to me.
Please note that score cards arriving late are checked for postmark and if found to be posted in time the late card is cancelled.
This site is maintained by Brian Jennians for the use of all interested people. It will be updated regularly, probably Monday when possible, but
Brian Jennians will not be held responsible for any errors.
FULL RULES OF THE GAME OF SNOOKER
RULES of the SOUTHPORT and DISTRICT AMATEUR SNOOKER LEAGUE
SECTION A Name and Constitution
1. The league shall be called "the Southport and District Amateur Snooker League"
2. The league shall consist of a maximum of 4 divisions and a maximum of 16 teams
per division
3. The membership of the League is for registered clubs only.
4. It is a condition of entry into the League that:
a) The tables shall be available for individual matches, town team matches and
semi- finals and finals of league competitions.
b) Every Club will be charged £10 per team for the presentation night.
5. All games are to be played according to the up to date rules of "E.A.S.B" as
supplied by the League and are to be displayed in the Clubs.
6. Clubs may enter more than four teams at the discretion of the committee. The extra
team will be allowed if there are sufficient vacancies in the leagues and no fixture
difficulties are presented. This concession the understanding these teams (5) must be withdrawn in the future if there are more applications to join than vacancies available or future difficulties are encountered.
SECTION B Committee and Management
1. The executive Committee shall consist of President Chairman, Vice Chairman,
Treasurer Secretaries (General ,Competition and Results).There will be Eight other
members. The Executive Committee shall run the affairs of the League .Seven
members shall form a quorum.
2. The Committee shall have the power to:
a) Decide in which division a team must play.
b) Suspend or expel any player for wilful breach of rules or conduct which in their
judgement is detrimental or injurious to the League.
c) Impose all fines for violation of the rules.
d) Choose neutral tables for matches or competitions mentioned in A4 and in the
event of a tie in the championship (see B6).
e) Deal with any matter not provided for in the rules.
3. The Secretaries and Treasurer shall be Honorary whose services will be recognised
at the Annual general Meeting.
Meeting called for the delegates.
5. Delegates and clubs must be on the telephone. All correspondence shall be sent to
the home address of the First Named delegate.
SECTION C Teams and Payers
1. The Subscription or Entrance Fee to the League shall be £30 per team per season which includes the Rickerby Cup payable along with the registration fees as notified to each Club. Merseyside affiliation and Frank Lodge fee are additional.
2. Teams shall consist of six players whose Captain shall be in charge of the games and arrange markers who shall enforce the rules of the game.
3. The Home Captain nominates his player on the result card. The Away Captain then matches his player. The Home Captain nominates the tables.
4. Each player must be a bona -fide member of the Club. A list must be sent to the League secretary seven days prior to the start of the season. The Club Secretary to sign the certificate on the Registration Form certifying all are members.
5. Subsequent Registrations must be in the hands of either the General or Results secretary 24 hours prior to competing in the match together with the fee. Closing date for registrations is at the discretion of the committee or January 31st
6. A player shall only be allowed to sign for one club and shall pay a signing on fee of £3.
7. A person who plays five games in any division is not eligible to play in a lower division without permission of the committee.
8. Any Club with two teams in the same division shall not be allowed to interchange players from one team to the other except for a player who has not played more than two matches.
9. No player shall play for more than one team in one week. The penalty for this offence is the loss of the second frame played and a £10 fine.
10. League matches are to be played as follows or a fine of £2 will be imposed unless altered by mutual agreement and the Results secretary notified:
a) Wednesday Evenings—Divisions Three and Four.
b) Thursday Evenings—Divisions One and Two.
c) Play to start at 8.00 p.m. at clubs with two or more tables but 7.15 p.m. where
one table is in use.
d) Clubs with two teams at home on the same night shall commence play at 7.15
p.m. prompt unless altered by mutual agreement.
frame for every 15 minutes per table available.
f) Clubs with two teams in the same division must arrange the return fixture to be played by 31st January.
11 a) In the event of a rearranged match it must be played within two weeks of the cancellation otherwise the Committee may determine the result.
b) New registrations will not be eligible for rearranged matches.
c) All matches to be played by the end of the season.
12 a) All players to be present and their names to be on the score card by 9.15p.m Absent players forfeit one frame.
b) In the event of an away team player being absent then the pairing shall pass to the home team. The absentee match 6 ,if two players are absent then also match 5.
13. Each team will receive one point per frame won.
14. The Captain of each team is to sign the results card which is to be received by the Results Secretary by first post Monday morning following the match. Failure to see to the cards reaching the secretary on time a fine of £2 will be imposed.
15. In the event of a match being abandoned through light failure or similar cause the games completed are to stand on completion of the fixture.
16. Any team failing to keep a fixture will be fined £4.
17. Promotions and relegations between the divisions will take place at the discretion of the Committee
18. Two points will be deducted from the home team score if the match is not in on time. This to take place after one late result.
19. Transfers of players(s) between clubs will not be allowed once the season has started.
20. If a team drops out of the league during the season all results will be deleted and a fine will be levied on the CLUB at the discretion of the Committee.
21. A tie is to be construed when teams are level on points and wins losses and draws
Section D
General1. All correspondence is to be addressed to the relevant Secretaries as shown on page 1.
2. Any club wishing to protest on any matter must do so in writing within 7 days to the General secretary with a fee of £5 which will be refunded if the protest is upheld. A copy of this must be sent to the club against whom the protest is made. Except for evidence reasons no member of the Committee shall sit at any enquiry where his club is involved.
3. Any club whose conduct is prejudicial to the League and its members will have to appear at the Annual General Meeting when the matters will be considered and the penalty of suspension or expulsion be decided.
4. All trophies to be returned to the General Secretary by the end of March or the Club will be fined £4.
5. All entrance fees to the Individual competitions must be paid by 31st December otherwise a fine of £20 will be imposed.
6. Trophy winners who do not attend the Presentation Night will
a) Incur a fine of the cost of the Trophy (s)
b) Not be allowed to enter any individual competition in the following season. Unless there is a valid reason to be put in writing to the League.
c) Trophies will only be presented to the winners and losing finalists
unless there are in excess of 32 entries.
7. No player will be allowed to change the balls supplied by the Club.
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Section E
1. An Annual General Meeting must be held at the end of each season after the conclusion of the individual competitions. Each member team shall be entitled to one vote. The Committee may also vote. Any decision will be based on a simple majority and in the event of a tie the chairman shall have a casting vote.
2. Notice of the AGM is to be sent to all delegates four weeks before the meeting with the Agenda, Resolutions, Elections of Executive committee and Accountant together with any other of which proper notice has been given.
3. Any resolutions must be notified to the secretary in writing in the month before the end of the season. A proposer and seconder must be stated on any resolution and signed by both parties.
4. A Quorum shall be 10 club representatives.
5. An EGM can be called by executive Committee or requested by 30 members. A vote on any motion must have a two-thirds majority of those attending.
6. These shall be strictly enforced and shall only be altered at the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
Rules of Individual Championships
1 The names of the Championships are
James Yates Trophy -1st Division
J.J.Birch Cup -2nd Division
Atherton Cup -3rd Division
Ruane Cup - 4th Division
Lucas Cup Open Individual
Blyden Cup Under 21 Championship
Birch Pairs Doubles
Rickerby Cup Team Championship
Marshall Cup Open Handicap
Blyden Trophy Veterans
Frank Lodge 5-a-side Summer Handicap
2
SCORE CARDS CAN BE HAND DELIVERED, E-MAILED, FAXED
OR TEXTED ON 07876490102.THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT - BRIAN
If you register your e-mail address with me, I will inform you of the results update as soon as they are completed.
It will also be helpful to all players if they can let me have their telephone numbers. They will the be added to the
individual players details and so make contact with any other player in the league less difficult. Because of this
Contact Sheets will no longer be sent out.
If you e-mail me with a 'user name' and 'password' I will enable you to use the
Southport Snooker Forum
The results, league tables & form will be updated every Monday afternoon, when possible
LEAGUE OFFICIALS
PRESIDENT: TONY HORNBY
CHAIRMAN: J.A.WAREING
VICE CHAIRMAN: DANNY ADAMS
TREASURER: JOHN GORNALL
GENERAL SECRETARY: JOE BOND
COMPETITION SECRETARY: BRIAN JENNIANS
RESULTS SECRETARY: BRIAN JENNIANS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
BILLY EVANS 545638; BERNARD POPE 01772 600386;
JOHN GEARIE 213569; JOHN MULLARD 566811; PAUL ROBERTS 01772 816343;
LES DODD 536396; CHRIS GILL 01772 812631; FRANK BRADLEY 229494//07779545241
ACCOUNTANT: SIMON BOND
DELEGATES
S.COBB 576435 (AU); B.JARRETT 214175 (ARG);
J.GEARIE 213569 & J.A.WAREING 227936 (BKS);
J.STRINGFELLOW 220208//07725021482 (BC); B.POPE 01772 600386 (BTN);
L.DODD 536396 (LDS); W.EVANS 545638 (BR); M.COXON 228785//07837695825(CHC);
G.HIBBOTT 07708764846 (FH); P.ROBERTS 01772 816343 (MB);
P.HEERY 874187 & A.PARKER 875682//07802253595 (OL); D.ADAMS 541677 (STT);
M.RADFORD 07704040355//S.TAYLOR 07885444486 (STC); D.MARSHALL 880128 (SCA);
D.PALMER 576959 (SB); C.PAUL 212117 & J.WAINWRIGHT 543807 (SC);
P.ORRITT 546104; C.GILL 01772 812631//07800555161 (TBC); P.LORD 07768 633360 (WAD).
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