Mixed 3 Fours - Club (Roy Peacock Cup)

Description

Roy Peacock Cup Rules        

Club Mixed 3 rinks of 4’s Competition

(Fours 2 woods 18 ends)

1. Clubs may have more than one team.
2. Where clubs have more than 1 team in this competition,players MUST be registered to the Competition Secretary 7 days in advance of their first games and the result cards from the early rounds are to be handed over to the Umpire on the Finals day.    
3. No player shall play in more than one team.  
4. The competition will be held on a knockout basis.  
5. Each Club shall be represented by twelve players (3 mixed rinks of 4). Each rink will consist of one of each  gender at lead/two, and each rink will consist of one of each gender at skip/3 all to play on the challenger’s  green, up to the Final.  
6. The number 3 in each rink, no matter of gender, shall be the person who instructs the skip what shot to play. They are allowed to receive advice from the rest of the rink.
7. The Final shall be played on a green and date fixed by the Executive Committee. All players in the final are  to have their own club stickers on their woods or stickers will be supplied.  
8. The dates for each round shall be strictly adhered to (see competitions rules). Roy Peacock games to play on a Friday.  
9. It is unnecessary to have the same players throughout.  
10. The game shall have 18 ends, with NO trial ends. All shots count on the first end.  
11. One extra end shall be played on one rink only. The rink playing the extra end shall be determined before  commencement of the game by the away secretary/captain and the shots scored in this end shall only count in the event of a tie at 18 ends.  
12. If a match is abandoned owing to exceptional weather conditions, bad light, or any other valid reason;  should all rinks have completed 10 ends, then the aggregate score at 10 ends shall stand as the result. If  tied at 10 ends, then the nominated rink that must play an extra end before play is suspended. If all rinks  have not completed 10 ends, then those rinks will within 5 days resume their match with the scores  standing, as they were when the game was stopped. An end started but not completed shall be declared  void. The resumed games will be on the same green although the rink may be changed, and one substitute  will be allowed in each rink, as long as transferring between rinks is not involved. The position of the  substitute will be as described in the current Laws of the Sport of Bowls as adopted by Bowls England. The  resumed games will be played to 15 or 10 ends depending on the point reached by any rinks not resuming.
13. If the game is cancelled for inclement weather, it must be played in the next 5 days and notified to the  competition recorder.  
14. The result should also be telephoned to the competition recorder that evening, but not after 10pm or on the  web page.  
15. For the Final and where both games are played on the same green, the rink on which an extra end shall be  played in the event of a tie shall be decided by the Umpire or Official in charge by drawing a number from  within the range of rink numbers as played on.