The
purpose of this league is to provide a format and atmosphere that will satisfy
the experienced darter while also encouraging and supporting people who have
never played before. The over-riding principle is to have fun and enjoy a
friendly, but competitive, game of darts. The league is divided into two
divisions: Winston and
I. GENERAL LEAGUE
SET-UP
o Setting up the league’s match schedule of play for the season.
o Making any necessary financial and schedule arrangements with the participating host establishments.
o Keeping team captains informed of all protests, resolutions and arrangements they make.
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The league president will settle all league disputes. If
the president is involved, the vice-president from his/hers division will
arbitrate. The president is allowed to call an emergency captains meeting at any
time whereas all captains must attend or be represented by someone on their
team.
o Attending all meetings. If a captain cannot be present at a meeting, he/she must send a person from his/her team as a proxy.
o Providing the secretary/treasurer with a team roster. (Names, addresses, phone numbers)
o Ensuring their team members understand and play according to the league rules.
o Ensuring their team members exhibit good sportsmanship and conduct.
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Collecting each player’s dues and turning them in to the
secretary/treasurer by the 3rd week of match
play.
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Picking up the stats from WEOH prior to the start of match
play if you are the ‘home’ team (first team listed on the official
schedule).
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Signing and turning in the match score sheet each week.
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Selecting a Sportsperson of the week from the opposing
team.
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Ensuring that each team member plays at least 1 game when
present.
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Recruiting at least one new member each season, if
possible.
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Ensuring that their team has at least one member of the
opposite sex.
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Ensuring that their players are in the appropriate
division.
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Collecting members’ dues.
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Collecting monies, if any, from the host establishments.
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Taking the minutes of each meeting.
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Any correspondence deemed necessary by the executive board.
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Appointing a statistician, who shall be allowed a salary
(amount dependent on # of teams).
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Scheduling, ordering and financial arrangements for the
season’s trophies and banquet.
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Providing each captain with a score sheet and the updated
league and team statistics each week.
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Providing the team captains with the season’s schedule and
league roster.
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Updating any errors in a timely manner.
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The statistician may be compensated for their duties (up to
$100/season) if the majority of the captains agree to said compensation when a
vote is taken at either the last captains meeting before the tournament or
during the seasons’ banquet.
unless all the team captains agree to the
change. The season officially begins on the date of the first captains
meeting. A pre-season and post-season
captains meeting will be held for each league season. All teams wishing
to participate in the league season MUST BE
represented at each of these meetings by the captain or his/her
proxy.
division vice-president no later than 1 hour
before the next scheduled match. Good sportsmanship will be the
prevailing attitude of our league. Bad
sportsmanship ** WILL NOT ** be tolerated.
II.
A. Teams shall consist of at least four (4) players with at
least one member of the opposite sex. No team in the
Winston
division may have more than two (2) previous (within the previous 24 months) or
current season
B. A player may
not change teams once the season has begun unless the president and the division
vice-
president approve the
change.
C. New players to the team roster will not be accepted after
the final cutoff date. The final cutoff date is determined by the length of the
season and is not to be longer than the halfway point of the current season
(approx between the 6th and 8th week). The team may exercise the “Replacement” or
“Substitution” rule.
D. Replacements after the 3rd week may be made as follows:
E.
Adding a Player:
a. A team
may add a male player up through the date determined in Section II, paragraph
C. A team may
add female player at any time during the regular season. The new player must
not violate clause II A and II
B.
b. The new player must
submit his/her dues to a league officer on the night
he/she plays for the first time. If dues are not paid the first night
played, the new players’ stats will not be recorded and their games will be
forfeited.
c.
The team captain must indicate necessary information on the
back of the score sheet (the players name, address, phone number and note if
they are a current or former (within the past 24 months)
d. All newly added players must play the minimum required
number of games during the remaining regular season matches in order to qualify
and participate in the tournament and/or to receive an award.
e.
All player dues will not be prorated nor refunded.
Only Sunday
Night League players are allowed to play in any match, with one exception: If a
team knows they will have ** less ** than four official team members present for
a match, they may recruit a substitute. This substitute may participate in only
* two * matches on any one team during the season. This substitute may be a
member of a
III. MATCH RULES
A.
The match format is:
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1st) 4 games of singles
501 (FIDO)
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2nd) 4 games of singles
cricket
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3rd) 2 games of
doubles 601 (FIDO)
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4th) 2 games of
doubles cricket
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If necessary, one game of 1001 will be played to break an
8-8 tie. 1001 games consist of four or more players per team. All team members
present must play in 1001. A coin toss will determine the option of the diddle.
B.
Match Start: The start time for the Winston division will
be determined at the beginning of each season. A vote will be taken (by only the
captains of the upcoming Winston division) as to if the Winston division will
play single game matches or best 2 out of 3 game matches. If the Winston
division plays best 2 out of 3 games per match,
the first match begins PROMPTLY at
C. Listing: A "home" team will be designated for each
match on the regular season schedule. The home team will have the option of
listing their line-up first or second in singles 501. The team that lists first
in singles 501 will list second in singles cricket and will list first in
doubles 601 and second in doubles cricket. The home team will have the option of
throwing the diddle first or
second on all odd numbered boards. (Boards will be numbered from left to right.)
In the event that four (4) boards are available for play in a match (i.e. there
is a bye on the other 2 boards), the match is to be played on four (4) boards.
D. Playing Area: Only
players and scorers are to be in the playing area. Opposing players and their
advisors must stand at least two feet behind the players at the line. Please be
considerate of a player’s "space" and concentration. Any dart bouncing off or
falling out of the board may NOT be re-thrown, except for the diddle.
E. Diddle: A single bull ties a single bull. A
double bull ties a double bull. If the players tie (or cannot decide without the
use of a microscope!), they must re-throw the diddle in reverse order. If the first player
throws any bull, the second player may request that the bull be "pulled". If the
second player should dislodge the dart of the first player, re-throw, reversing
the order.
F.
G. Practice Time:
There will be no games played on the boards 15 minutes prior to
match play. At that point, the boards are for practice only. Any current
games will be suspended. NO EXCEPTIONS.
H.
Mercy Rule: If a game is running very long, a winner may
be determined by a coin toss ONLY if the game
players and their respective captains agree to
it. A neutral
party shall flip the coin.
I. SCORING:
Match
scoring: Total points
per match = 16. Each singles game is worth 1 point. Each doubles game is worth 2
points. If a tie occurs (8-8), one game of 1001 will be used to break the tie.
No additional match points or QPs are awarded in 1001.
Quality
points should be scored as follows and checked/compared by the opposing captain
at the end of the match.
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In 501: |
In Cricket: |
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95 - T15 = 1QP (Ton=100 points) |
5 hitter = 1QP |
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T16 - T31 = 2QPs |
6 hitter = 2QPs |
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T32 - T47 = 3QPs |
7 hitter = 3QPs |
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T48 - T63 = 4 Qps |
8 hitter = 4 QPs |
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T64 - T80 = 5 Qps |
9 hitter = 5 QPs |
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61 - 84 out = 1QP |
3H+1B = 1QP |
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85 - T06 out = 2QPs |
3 bulls / 3H+2B / 4H+1B = 2QPs |
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T07 - T28 out = 3QPs |
4 bulls / 4H+2B / 5H+1B = 3QPs |
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T28 - T50 out = 4 QPs |
5 bulls / 5H+2B / 6H+1B = 4QPs |
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T51 - T70 out = 5 Qps |
6 bulls / 6H+2B / 7H+1B = 5QPs |
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Double Bull out (last dart) = 1 QP |
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Board
Scoring: Your throw
must be scored before you pull your darts. If darts are pulled before scoring,
you will lose your entire score if there is a dispute/mistake. If you make a
mistake in scoring, you must correct the mistake before you/your team throws
again. After you/your team throws the next time, the score from the previous
turn stands.
IV. PLAY-OFF TOURNAMENT
A. Qualifications to Play: In order for a team
to play in tournament matches, the team must be legal. A legal team shall
consist of four (4) qualified players, with one player being the minority
sex. A
qualified player is defined as follows: all players (male or female) must have played an average of one and
one half (1.5) games per scheduled match with the exception of a team with 2 or
more females.
In that case, only one female needs to qualify with 1.5 games on average, then all
remaining females on the team will only need to average one (1) game per match
to qualify. At
the end of the season, if a team does not have at least 4 qualified players, the
team will forfeit all tournament matches.
B.
Start of Play:
All play-off matches will begin **PROMPTLY** at
All
play-off games will be two out of three, except in the case of a match tie, when
one game of 1001 will determine the match winner.
A coin toss
will decide the "home team". Home team has the option of listing their line-up
first or second in singles 501. Thereafter, listing first will alternate between
teams. A coin toss will decide option of first diddle. Loser of the first game
has option of diddle on second game. If a third game is necessary, the loser of
the original coin toss has option.
All regular
season match rules will apply to tournament play, unless specifically addressed
in this section.
No quality
points are awarded during play-off matches (except 9-Hitters and Ton 80’s). The
league officers will decide play-off scheduling and format.
Once a team
has won 9 or more points during the match, the winner has been determined and
the remaining games do not have to be played.
V. END OF SEASON
Post-season
meeting/awards banquet and Luck of The Draw to be held after each season’s
play-off
tournament.
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Post-season
meeting agenda:
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Review of season by league officers
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Awards and trophy presentation
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Division and team composition of next season’s league
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Amount of member and host dues
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Beginning date of next season
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New business
VI. AWARDS
Eligibility:
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All players (male and female) must have played an average
of one and one-half (1.5) games per scheduled match.
Team awards
are:
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League play - Team winning the most matches during the
regular season in each division.
Each team member on
the roster will receive a trophy.
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Play-offs - Team winning the play-off tournament in each
division. Each
team member on the roster will receive a trophy
Individual awards are:
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Quality Points - male and female players in each division
with the highest percentage of QP’s to total games played at the end of regular
season.
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Singles Events - male and female players in each division
with the highest percentage of wins in singles games at the end of the regular
season.
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All Events - male and female players in each division with
the highest percentage of wins (singles and doubles) at the end of the regular
season.
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Best Sports Person – one person from each division. Teams
vote for one person from the opposing team each week. The players who get
the most votes during the season receive this award.
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Rookie of the Year – male and female players in each
division who are first or second season rookies are eligible. Players with the
highest rating at the end of the regular season receive this award.
VII. Summary of Rules:
This is a
quick view summary of the rules. In the event of a discrepancy between this
summary and the official rules list above, the official rules take
precedent.
· A
team may use a person as a substitute only two (2) times per season.
· The ‘Home’ team is responsible for
picking up the stats and returning them to WEOH by Sunday night.
· Team captains are responsible for
attending
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Team captains are responsible for turning in their initial
roster and all player dues by the third week of the season.
·
All protests must be made on the night in question, and
described in writing to the president or their divisions’ vice-president.
·
Bad sportsmanship will NOT be tolerated.
·
All teams must have at least one member of the opposite
majority sex.
·
Winston division is allowed up to two (2) previous (within
the past 24 months) or current
·
·
A
male player can not be added to the roster after the halfway point of the
regular season. The team may exercise the “Replacement” or “Substitute” option
instead.
·
If the Winston division plays best 2 out of 3 games per
match, the Winston division will start their matches promptly at
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Game boards shall remain open for practice to all players
15 minutes prior to match play.
·
The Mercy rule may be invoked only if the game players and
their captains agree to it.
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All teams must qualify for tournament play by having at
least four (4) qualified players (see section IV, paragraph A for details).
·
All players must average one and one-half (1.5) games per
scheduled match in order to receive a trophy.
Proposed Rule Change
Please discuss the rule change with your team members, then vote.
_____ I agree to the rule change stated in Section II, paragraph E.
_____ I do NOT agree to the rule change stated in Section II, paragraph E.
Team Name: __________________________________________________
Captain’s Name: ______________________________________________
Captain’s signature: ___________________________________________
_______ Please initial if you have read the rules and agree to abide by them.