SOUTH EAST LANCASHIRE SUMMER CHESS LEAGUE

GENERAL RULES (amended following the 20__ A.G.M) 1. 2. 3. NAME - The name of the League shall be the South Easy Lancashire Summer Chess League OBJECTS - The objects of the League shall be the encouragement and promotion of chess in the district by inter-club play during the summer months and promotion of chess generally MANAGEMENT - The business of the League shall be conducted by a Committee consisting of a President, General Secretary, League Secretary, Registration Secretary and Treasurer and not more than four other members elected by the Annual General Meeting. A quorum shall be three. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 4.1. The Annual General Meeting shall be held before the end of April and every club which has applied for membership shall be entitled to send one representative per team. Only representatives of those clubs in membership the previous year shall be entitled to vote. The General Secretary shall give 14 days notice of the actual date to those concerned. 4.2. Any motion or amendment to these rules shall be notified in writing to the General Secretary by st 1 march preceding the AGM and no alteration or addition to these rules shall be made except at a General Meeting and with the approval of a majority of those entitled to vote. 4.3. A quorum shall consist of seven or 50% of those entitled to vote whichever is the lesser number SPECIAL MEETING The General Secretary shall call a Special General Meeting at the direction of the Committee or at the joint request of at least three league clubs stating the reason for such. The General Secretary shall give at least 14 days notice to all clubs with a quorum as in Rule 4.3 above. ENTRIES 6.1. The entry fee per team shall be as decided at the AGM. The closing date for entries shall be the date of the AGM and any entries after this date shall not be accepted except at the discretion of the Committee. Fees shall accompany entries. An additional penalty of 50p per team shall become payable on the withdrawal of any team from the League after the date of the AGM. 6.2. All matches shall be played between 1 May and 30 September or within one week of those dates. Fixtures shall be arranged by the Committee or any of its Officers as may be delegated by the AGM. 6.3. The Annual General Meeting shall decide the number and composition of the Divisions TEAM LISTS 7.1. Each Club shall forward to the General Secretary at the time of application to the League a list of intending players in order of strength. Players of equal strength may be bracketed together. 7.2. No players shall be registered for more than one club. Unregistered players shall be defaulted. Additions to the list during the season shall be bracketed with a player(s) of approximately equal strength, but the order may not be altered. 7.3. Where clubs have more than one team in the League (whether or not they are in the same division) players number 1-4 shall be eligible for the first team only. Players number 5-10 shall be eligible for the first and second teams only and so on for each successive group of six throughout the list. More than four players shall be numbered 1-4 etc 7.4. The records of teams who obtain an unfair advantage by the registration of non-players shall be st reviewed by the Committee not later than the following 31 October. A non-player is a player who has not participated in a League match for that club during the summer season and an unfair advantage means that but for such registration Rule 7.2 or 7.3 would have been contravened MATCH ARRANGEMENTS 8.1. Each match shall be arranged for teams of six players. The normal starting time shall be 7.30pm (unless mutually agreed otherwise) when clocks may be started. A player shall be defaulted at 8.00pm. Reserves may be substituted up to 8.00pm but clocks shall not be restarted. 8.2. There shall be no adjournments. The games shall count for grading and the rate of play shall be 30 th moves in the first hour. After Blacks 30 move both clocks shall be set back 15 minutes. The winner shall be the player with time in hand providing that he has mating strength. Visiting teams should bring their own clocks where they may be needed. 8.3. The away team shall take white on odd boards

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8.4. The immediate playing area of the match shall be a no smoking area. Providing a venue permits smoking, players may smoke away from the immediate playing area. Where the room is too small to provide a suitable smoking area then the whole room shall be a no smoking area. COMPOSITION OF DIVISIONS 9.1. Each division shall normally comprise 8 teams but this number may be increased to 9 or reduced to 7 in order to accommodate the total number of entrants. 9.2. The two teams finishing at the bottom of a division shall normally be relegated to the next lower division. The two teams finishing at the top of that lower division shall have the right of promotion. 9.3. Final composition of divisions as decided by the AGM may also take into account the playing strength of teams which shall be determined by the latest gradings supplied on lists of registered players.

10. POSTPONEMENTS 11. A match may be postponed either: 11.1. If the captains of the teams concerned agree on a new date within rule 6.2 above and notify the League Secretary, or 11.2. At the request of one club to the League Secretary provided that at lease 10 days notice is given and there is sufficient reason for the postponement 12. NOTIFICATION The result of each match shall within 3 days of the match be forwarded to the League Secretary by the winning team with the signatures of both captains. Both teams should notify drawn results 13. TROPHIES The League shall provide five trophies to be played for each year: A. Yates (A Division), G. Weller (B Division), Small & Parkes (C Division), Fred Haines (D Division), J. Nicholson (E Division). Trophies shall be presented at the Annual General Meeting and shall be returned to the President by 1 March of the following year for engraving. 14. INTERPRETATION All disputes shall be referred to the Committee whose decision is final. 15. Rules for the SELSCL Knock-out competition 15.1. The name of the cup shall be the Alan Yarker Cup 15.2. Any club which is a member of the league is entitled to participate in the Cup 15.3. All Clubs wishing to participate in the Competition shall let the Cup Organiser know of their intentions within two weeks after the AGM at the latest. 15.4. The Competition is open to only one team per Club. 15.5. A team shall consist of 6 players 15.6. All matches shall be played under the time frame of 30 moves in 60 minutes and an allegro finish of 15 minutes. 15.7. The Cup Organiser will allocate an open draw for each round. 15.8. The Cup Organiser will attempt to allocate alternative home & away draws for each Club as they progress (wherever this is possible) 15.9. No player may play in the semi-final nor the final of the competition if they have not played in at least one League match or have played in a previous round of the Cup in the same season 15.10. Matches must be played on the day allocated, a postponement may only be allowed if the Cup Organiser has been informed. 15.11. For each round, winners are determined in the following way:15.11.1. Those who win under normal rules 15.11.2. Board count (including elimination) is used when the result is a draw. 15.11.3. A toss of a coin 15.12. The final will be played once. If the result is draw, board count will decide the winner. 15.13. All results are to be sent to the Cup Organiser within one week of the match being played. 15.14. Colours shall be decided on the toss of a coin.

RESULTS OF THE SOUTH-EAST LANCASHIRE SUMMER CHESS LEAGUE xxxx Division A: Champions Relegated Champions: Relegated Champions Relegated Champions Relegated : : : : : : : : x x x x x x x x

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