League Rules
Amended September 2011

  1. The name shall be The Ipswich and District Badminton League.
  1. All member clubs must be affiliated to the Suffolk Badminton Association or their appropriate County Association and competitive play must be conducted in accordance with the Laws of Badminton.
  1. The Annual General Meeting will be called during the first two weeks of September. Any affiliated club member may attend with only two representatives of each club allowed to vote. It will be followed by a meeting to enable clubs to arrange their fixtures for the coming season.
  1. The league shall be administered by a committee consisting of Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and seven committee members, all to be elected annually. The county secretary or county nominee to be ex officio
  1. The annual subscription shall be determined at the Annual General Meeting. It will be doubled if not paid by the 30th November. The club may be expelled if still not paid by the 31st January.
  1. Entries to and withdrawals from the league must be received by the Secretary before the 1st August prior to the Annual General Meeting. The committee will then recommend, for approval at the Annual General Meeting, the formation of divisions. Late entries up to the time of the Annual General Meeting will only be accepted to fill vacancies.
  1. A match shall consist of two teams of six persons playing a total of eighteen games. Each team shall be divided into three pairs playing two consecutive games against each of the pairs in the other team. No person may play in more than one league and/or cup match in any one evening. The term "league" shall apply to any league affiliated to BADMINTON England
    1. Each team shall play one home and one away match with each other team in the division. Club secretaries must arrange these matches at or before the Annual General Meeting and must forward a list of their club's matches to the league results secretary before the first match is played. All matches are to be played on Monday - Friday evenings unless both clubs mutually agree on some other time. It is the responsibility of the home club to confirm the match date, time and place to the away club before 1st October.
    2. The date of a match may be altered if both clubs concerned and the results secretary agree. If both clubs do not agree, the match may only be altered due to the unavailability of the hall or bad weather conditions. In the event of a match being cancelled the offending team shall concede the match 0-9 and in addition have two points deducted. If a team accumulates more than four penalty points it shall automatically be expelled.
    3. If a club is unable to raise a full team, as many games as possible are to be played and the unplayed games shall be awarded to the opposing side. The offending team will have one point deducted from the result. If a team accumulates more than five penalty points it shall automatically be expelled.
    4. If a team by a combination of rules 8b and 8c accumulates more than six penalty points it shall automatically be expelled.
    5. All matches are to be played to a conclusion on the agreed night.
    6. All matches are to be played by the end of March. Any requests to play in April must be agreed by the league secretary.
    7. No club shall be permitted to have more than two teams in any one division. Where a club has two teams in the same division, all matches between these teams must be completed by the end of November.
    8. No club shall play in Divisions (i) and (ii) of the league unless their playing conditions are passed as satisfactory by the league committee.
    9. All matches are to be played with cork based shuttles. All division (i) matches are to be played with feather shuttlecocks.
    1. Prior to a match opposing captains or their representatives shall exchange details of the constitution of teams.
    2. It is the responsibility of the home club, to forward the result card to the league results secretary within seven days. Where a card with an incorrect and/or incomplete information is submitted a fine of £3 - £10 will be made on each club at the discretion of the committee.
  1. Each team is to be given two points for a win and one point for a draw. In the event of two or more teams tying with an equal number of points, the final placings will be decided by the number of matches, games or aces won.
  1. All matches should be controlled by umpires appointed by the mutual agreement of opposing captains. However, matches may be played without umpires providing both captains agree to this measure.
    1. Players can represent only one club in the mixed league and only one club in the mens/ladies league in any one season.
    2. Players commencing the season with a club whose rules restrict membership to employees and families of employees are allowed to play for another club in the same season if they or their families leave the employ of their original club and are no longer eligible to continue playing. Requests to change should be made in writing to the league secretary with a letter from the original club endorsing their request.
  1. When a club enters more than one teams in a league, the seniority of each team will be designated by the suffix of consecutive letters starting at "A" for the most senior or first team.
    1. The Mixed, Men’s and Ladies leagues will be treated separately for the purpose of nomination of players. A club must nominate six members of each team other than its lowest or only team in writing to the League Secretary before any team plays its first match. Failure to do this will result in each team being deducted two points.
    2. Nominated players will be ineligible to play for lower teams.
    3. All players nominated for a team have to play at least four matches during the season in that team or a higher team.
    4. A replacement must be nominated if a club becomes aware during the season that an original nominated player will be unable to complete his/her required number of matches.
    5. A player may not play in a team if he/she has in the same season appeared in three or more matches for any more senior team.
  1. The league agrees to adopt BADMINTON England Child Protection Policy and Implementation Procedures. All individual members are deemed to have read, understood and assented to the BADMINTON England Code of Ethics and Conduct (“Code”) and as such recognise and adhere to the principles and responsibilities embodied in these documents.
  1. These rules shall be submitted to the Suffolk Badminton Association.
  1. No alteration will be made to these rules except at an Annual General Meeting or a meeting specially convened for that purpose. Notice in writing of any resolution or any proposed alteration of these rules must be forwarded to the league secretary six weeks before any such meeting.
  1. The Committee shall have power to decide on any matters not covered by these rules and its decisions shall be final.

 

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