| BOWLS GOLD COAST-TWEED | |||||||||
| GENERAL RULES & CONDITIONS FOR PLAY | |||||||||
| SECTION 1 | |||||||||
| OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS AND SPECIAL EVENTS Ð 2009 | |||||||||
| 1 | AUTHORITY AND CONTROL | ||||||||
| (a) | All BGCT Championships and Controlled Fixtures shall be in the charge of and | ||||||||
| under the control of the BGCT Games Committee - GCTDBA By-Law 3 (b). | |||||||||
| The BGCT Games Committee has the power to enquire into and adjudicate decisions, | |||||||||
| in the event of a dispute or problems, to make, alter or add to the conditions it deems necessary, | |||||||||
| under all circumstances and its decisions shall be final. | |||||||||
| Laws of the Sport of Bowls, Domestic Regulations and GCTDBA By-Laws apply to BGCT events. | |||||||||
| (b) | Breach during Play | ||||||||
| Should a breach occur during play, including knock out rounds, rendering the offending Team or Player | |||||||||
| liable to disqualification, and at the time of the breach the BGCT Committee was unaware of the irregularity, | |||||||||
| the Games Committee, when so notified, may replace in the NEXT succeeding Round, the Team or Player | |||||||||
| last defeated by the offending team or player. | |||||||||
| (c) | Challenge to Bowls Ð Laws of the Sport of Bowls 8.3, 8.4 and DR 2.3 to apply. | ||||||||
| Club Games Controllers are requested to have appropriate forms available at all times. Should a challenge | |||||||||
| to bowls take place, the BGCT Controlling Body shall be notified immediately. | |||||||||
| 2 | BGCT controlled fixtures are open to full subscribing financial male Members of a BGCT Club , including financial | ||||||||
| Junior male Members of an Affiliated BGCT Club. Subject to Eligibility Condition 7. | |||||||||
| 3 | (a) | Entries | |||||||
| All entries, accompanied with the prescribed Entry Fee must be forwarded through the Club Secretaries, | |||||||||
| and reach Bowls Gold Coast-Tweed Office no later than the closing day. Entries in Team events must | |||||||||
| show the names of all intending Members and their Declared Clubs. | |||||||||
| (b) | Fees | ||||||||
| Entry/Nomination - Singles $12 per player which includes 1st game Green Fees of $5. | |||||||||
| Thereafter Green Fees $5 per player/round payable at the venue Club. | |||||||||
| Entry/Nomination - Other Events - $7 per player/team member each event. | |||||||||
| Green Fees $5 per player/team member each event. All Green fees are payable at the venue Club | |||||||||
| each Round, up to and including Quarter Final. There are no fees payable for Semi-Final and Finals, | |||||||||
| BGCT responsibility. | |||||||||
| (c) | Starting Times - ALL TIMES ARE E.S.T. | ||||||||
| 4 | Programme Rescheduling | ||||||||
| If in the opinion of the BGCT Games Committee the occasion demands an alteration to the scheduled | |||||||||
| programme because of unforeseen circumstances including delayed or likely to be delayed, interrupted | |||||||||
| or unfinished matches, the BGCT Games Committee has the right to ÒCall PlayÓ on mid-week days. | |||||||||
| 5 | Replacement Players | ||||||||
| To be in accordance with laws of the Sport of Bowls 51,DR 4.1.3. | |||||||||
| 6 | Substitute Players | ||||||||
| To be in accordance with Laws of the Sport of Bowls 51.9, DR 4.1.5. | |||||||||
| 7 | Availability for Play | ||||||||
| Competitors shall be required to play when called upon refer clause (10 ). | |||||||||
| A player, team or side not available for play within 30 minutes of the appointed time for | |||||||||
| Commencement of any game will automatically forfeit the game Ð Law 46 to apply. | |||||||||
| 8 | Failure to keep appointment | ||||||||
| (a) | If in the opinion of the BGCT Games Committee, a Member of a team or a Singles player fails to fulfil any | ||||||||
| engagement without justifiable cause or fails to give proper notice of his intentions to do so, it or he, with the | |||||||||
| approval of the BGCT Executive, may have his nomination for any BGCT Championship or fixture, declined | |||||||||
| for a period of up to 1 year. | |||||||||
| (b) | i) Failure by any Team or Singles Player to notify their intentions to withdraw or forfeit within a reasonable time | ||||||||
| (minimum 24 hours notice), may render the offender(s) liable for the costs of the mat fees. It is the responsibility | |||||||||
| of the Player(s) to notify their Opponent, the Venue Club (where drawn to play) and BGCT of their intention to | |||||||||
| withdraw or forfeit. | |||||||||
| ii)The Venue Club concerned shall supply the names and necessary details to BGCT to allow the case to be put | |||||||||
| to the BGCT Executive for a decision re the mat fees. | |||||||||
| iii)Teams Ð Players receiving a forfeit and credited with a win in these circumstances | |||||||||
| shall not be liable for mat fees for that round. | |||||||||
| 9 | Protection | ||||||||
| If any games in a Club, Association, Zone, State or Bowls Australia championship, herein expressed in ascending order | |||||||||
| of grading, are scheduled to be played on the same date, no player or official engaged in such events will be penalised | |||||||||
| in a lower graded championship by reason of absence through participation in a higher graded event. Clubs are requested | |||||||||
| to observe this rule. | i.e. Reschedule where possible. | ||||||||
| 10 | Eligibility and Declaration | ||||||||
| (a) | Declaration by a Player for a full year in DBA Controlled Fixtures. | ||||||||
| For the purpose of all competitions under the control of Bowls Gold Coast-Tweed, a ÒDeclaredÓ player or a player | |||||||||
| eligible to represent an affiliated club in association controlled events, shall be a financial member of that affiliated | |||||||||
| club, with this association prior to the event. The player shall not have played Pennant for any other club within this | |||||||||
| association during the current calendar year, and the Clubs Form two (2) listing the player, must be in the possession | |||||||||
| of the office of the association prior to play in any representative event. (DBA By Law 14.3) | |||||||||
| (b) | No Member of a Club who has played in a Competition arranged by any State Bowls Association or District Bowls | ||||||||
| Association outside of Bowls Gold Coast-Tweed or any country outside Australia, shall in the same year play in any | |||||||||
| Association competition without firstly obtaining written permission from BGCT Games Committee. If he plays without | |||||||||
| permission he and his team of which he is a member may be disqualified from such competition. Law 46 .1.1 | |||||||||
| 11 | State Champion of Club Champions | ||||||||
| (a) | Eligibility | ||||||||
| (i) Members of Clubs affiliated with the District within its Group shall be eligible to play. | |||||||||
| (ii)The Competitors are restricted to the player/s who have won the current yearÕs Champion of Club ChampionÕs Events. | |||||||||
| If a Club fails to complete its current yearÕs Champion of Club ChampionÕs Events in any particular category in the current | |||||||||
| calendar year by the date set down for the commencement of its Champion of Club ChampionÕs Group play-offs, then, | |||||||||
| that Club is ineligible to compete in that particular category in that yearÕs Champion of Club ChampionÕs Event. | |||||||||
| (iii) No Member can play for more than one Club in any one year. In the event of a Member so playing, they and the Club | |||||||||
| for which they play will be disqualified. | |||||||||
| (iv) Prior to commencement of the Event at Club level, dual members are to declare to their District for the Club they | |||||||||
| are representing by completing the appropriate form. | |||||||||
| (v) Players under suspension or expulsion are ineligible to play. | |||||||||
| (b) | Transfers | ||||||||
| (i)Where a member transfers to another Club/District they are only eligible to represent that Club/District if they have not | |||||||||
| participated in competition leading to Champion of Club ChampionÕs qualifications in their previous Club. | |||||||||
| (ii) If a member has won a Championship in the current season in a Club and decides to transfer to another Club in the same | |||||||||
| District, then, provided they retain membership of the first Club, they are eligible to play in the Champion of Club ChampionÕs Event/s | |||||||||
| if applicable. However, if they resign from their Championship Club, then they forfeit their right to participate. | |||||||||
| (iii) If a member has won a Championship in the current season in a District and decides to transfer to another District, then, | |||||||||
| provided they retain membership of the first District, they are eligible to play in the Champion of Club ChampionÕs Event/s | |||||||||
| if applicable. However, if they resign from their Championship District, then they forfeit their right to participate. | |||||||||
| 12 | (a) | (i) Trial Ends - Before | |||||||
| Not more than one Trial End each way (with the number of bowls applicable to the event) shall be allowed prior to the set | |||||||||
| down starting time at the commencement of the dayÕs play (as set out in the Draw). If a Player or Team fails to arrive in time to | |||||||||
| participate in the Trial Ends, he or they can be denied them by the Games Director. The start of play shall not be delayed. | |||||||||
| (ii) The BGCT Games Committee as Controlling Body only may vary the above. | |||||||||
| (b) | Practising - in accordance with Laws of Sport of Bowls 13. | ||||||||
| 13 | Team Structure | ||||||||
| Intended Teams, as submitted to the BGCT on the Nomination Form at the closing date, are subject to change and therefore, | |||||||||
| allowed to be changed in personnel, prior to the TeamÕs opening round. However the scorecard shall be correctly filled in with | |||||||||
| Player names. The change in personnel shall show both names on the card and be signed authorising the card by the Games | |||||||||
| Controller of the day. | |||||||||
| 14 | Best Available Greens | ||||||||
| (a) | Clubs shall make their best greens available after inspection by Bowls Gold Coast-Tweed Games Committee for BGCT | ||||||||
| Championships and fixtures. A rink of space is required between the outside rinks of the BGCT games and any Club | |||||||||
| Championships games being played where competitors shall be dressed in correct bowls attire. BGCT Games Committee | |||||||||
| approval is required. A full green during Semi-Final and Finals is required. One (l) full rink of space is required between | |||||||||
| semi finalists games. | |||||||||
| (b) | There shall be no practice (commonly termed Roll Ups) by any Player, whether dressed in correct Bowls attire or not, | ||||||||
| allowed on a green in use for BGCT events. | |||||||||
| Practice as defined in Law 13 is not included in this category. | |||||||||
| 15 | Club Games Director/Controller | ||||||||
| (a) | The ClubÕs Games Controller conducting the BGCT event shall supply the cards, with Skips names only. At the | ||||||||
| completion of each Round, the card shall be checked to see that they are completed correctly, with all the PlayersÕ | |||||||||
| names and initials on both sides provided for the Teams or Singles PlayersÕ names. At the completion of the dayÕs | |||||||||
| play, the cards and Draw Sheet shall be returned to the BGCT Games Controller. The results of each dayÕs play | |||||||||
| shall be faxed to BGCT .(Fax 55342422) | |||||||||
| (b) | The Host Club shall appoint a non playing National Umpire for BGCT events up to quarter finals. For | ||||||||
| Semi Finals and Final, host Club to contact the BGCT Umpires Chairman re umpire appointment. | |||||||||
| (c) | Players may use ClubÕs coloured rings (discs) on bowls in all BGCT Championship events provided all rings | ||||||||
| are the same and correctly attached. As per Law 8.1.8 | |||||||||
| (d) | BGCT may provide discs for Semi Finals and Finals. | ||||||||
| (e) | Play in other ends Ð Refer Law 18.4 | ||||||||
| 16 | Inclement Weather | ||||||||
| In the event of the ClubÕs responsible Officer deciding a green is unfit for play, he shall immediately notify the BGCT | |||||||||
| Games Committee of his decision. The Competitors so affected shall not leave the Club until approval has been given | |||||||||
| by the Controlling Body. In the event of a transfer of the match or matches to another venue, the Competitors concerned | |||||||||
| shall, without delay, proceed there to fulfil their engagement. | |||||||||
| On doubtful days at each Club where a BGCT fixture is to be played, the ClubÕs responsible Official shall be in attendance | |||||||||
| at the green at 7.3O a.m. for the morning matches when a decision on the fitness of the green will be made and recorded | |||||||||
| for the morning match. | |||||||||
| A decision for the afternoon match shall not be made prior to11.00 a.m. If at 11.00 a.m. it would appear play may be possible | |||||||||
| for the afternoon matches, the decision shall be delayed till 12.00 Noon. | |||||||||
| 17 | Markers in Singles Matches Ð Law 55 | ||||||||
| (a) | When there is more than one match played on the same day, the loser shall be the marker in the following match. | ||||||||
| If there is a surplus of losers, then the required number of markers shall be drawn for before the match commences, | |||||||||
| and the losers advised who is or is not required. Should any of these Players decline to act as the marker when called | |||||||||
| upon, he may be liable to disqualification from playing in all BGCT Championships for the following year. | |||||||||
| (b) | The Clubs hosting the BGCT Singles are responsible for providing the markers for the first round of play on each day. | ||||||||
| 18 | Dead Ends Ð For events so specified Ð there will be no dead ends. | ||||||||
| A dead end is not counted as a completed end and must be replayed Ð Law 31. | |||||||||
| Note: For time limited games, should the bell ring at the time limit the end in play is NOT to be | |||||||||
| replayed if the jack becomes dead. | |||||||||
| 19 | Refreshments | ||||||||
| Clubs are required to make available (at the PlayersÕ cost), tea and sandwiches at the Luncheon Break. No Afternoon Tea is required. | |||||||||
| 20 | Attire Ð Including approved coloured shirts | ||||||||
| (a) | Attire will be as per Bowls Queensland By Laws. | ||||||||
| (b) | Coloured Club or White shirts, registered and approved and bearing the Bowls Australia Logo to be worn. | ||||||||
| (c) | Attire (including headgear) that conflicts with a sponsorÕs promotion is unacceptable. | ||||||||
| 21 | Duration of Matches | ||||||||
| (a) | DBA Open Championships | ||||||||
| Singles Ð 25 shots up knockout all rounds. | |||||||||
| Pairs Ð 18 ends knockout all rounds Ð time limit 3H 15M. | |||||||||
| 2 Bowl Triples Ð 25 ends knockout all rounds Ð time limit 3H 15M | |||||||||
| Fours Ð 21 ends knockout all rounds. | |||||||||
| Veterans Pairs Ð 3 bowls each Ð sectional play Ð 3 games 18 ends, time limit 2H 20M | |||||||||
| Post sectional Ð 21 ends knockout. | |||||||||
| (b) | Champion of Club Champions | ||||||||
| Singles Ð 25 shots up knockout | |||||||||
| Pairs Ð 21 ends knockout (2 x 2) | |||||||||
| Fours Ð 21 ends knockout | |||||||||
| 22 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||
| For all enquiries please contact Bowls Gold Coast-Tweed Office on 55341273 or Mobile 0418713377. | |||||||||