brigarmy wrote:
bamber bridge 14 - hindpool 14 a good game with both teams mayb nicking it but id say a draw was probaly a fair result,does anybody now if a team misses 3 games they are out of the league?? seems like we are the only div that has teams not playing every week
From what I understand these are the rules:
8.5 If a club fails to fulfil a fixture, the Club Secretary must inform the Competition Administrator that they are conceding the points.
8.6 Any club failing to play a fixture on a scheduled date will be made to play the reverse fixture, if it has not already been played or forfeited, on their opponents’ ground. Clubs failing to fulfil fixtures will be fined as per the following scale.
Premier, Division 1 and 2 - £30
Division 3 and 4 - £20
Other divisions - £15
8.7
Any clubs failing to fulfil a fixture in the premier division, more than one fixture in divisions one and two, or more than two in any other division, will be automatically relegated
irrespective of League placing, unless that club was due for promotion, in which case it will remain in the same division the following season. The next highest placed club will be promoted.8.8 Any club failing to fulfil a fixture must pay reasonable expenses to the non-offending club, including the referee’s full fee and expenses, which must be paid on the day by the non-offending club and reclaimed by them from the offending club.
8.9 Any club which fails to notify it’s opponents of its inability to raise a team 60 minutes before the scheduled kick-off, shall also be liable to pay any expenses, up to a maximum of £40, which their opponents may incur, including kit washing, or medical costs (ie strapping etc).
8.10 In the case of a home club failing to fulfil a fixture, a visiting club that has travelled, may claim up to a maximum of £50 towards transport costs
8.11 If a club running two or more teams is unable to raise a team on any particular day, then the first team fixture must be played.
Based on these both Halton Simms Cross and Widnes St Maries have now been relegated from the premier division into next years division 1 for conceding games this weekend (WSM vs Barrow Island) and last (HSC vs Bank Quay Bulls). Strange times indeed.
