A new poll on proposed League fines
- Veterans League
- Sep 20, 2022
- 2 min read
Veterans League
On the agenda for the Veterans League Half-Year Meeting next month are a number of proposed rule changes. Fourteen of them have been proposed by the Management Committee of which five involve introducing £10 fines for non-compliance with the rules.
We hope that all the club representatives are consulting their club members before casting their votes at the Half-Year Meeting but here is an opportunity for you to pass on the thinking of the club bowler about what you really think about these proposals.
We are holding a quick poll on how many of those 5 fines you think are totally justified. Vote for as many or as few as you like using the form below but first here is a quick summary of those 5 proposed rule changes. Which can you support?
Bye-Laws
(Bye-law 6): This proposes an increase from £5 to £10 to the fine to be levied against clubs not represented at any General Meeting.
Match Play Rules
(Match Play Rule 2b): This proposes that any club not providing the BCGBA number and Date of Birth of bowlers to be registered shall be fined £10.
(Match Play Rule 3): Any postponed match not played within 28 days of the date of the original fixture will result in both teams being fined £10.
(Match Play Rule 8): Any club failing to submit their result to Bowlsnet by the day after a match or failing to verify that result within 2 days of the match shall be fined £10 for each such occurrence.
Knock-Out Competitions
(General Rule e): Clubs of neutral greens that fail to provide access to toilet facilities shall be fined £10.
Now vote by using the form below to share your views on which of these fines you support and which you don't think should go any further. Select all 5 or as many as you are comfortable with.
All voting is totally anonymous. The system will only allow you to VOTE once but you can VIEW the results as many times as you like.
SUBMIT your answers and then click the GOT IT button and scroll down to VIEW the results to date and then scroll down again to ADD any comments you may have on any aspect of these five proposals.
The closing date for this poll is Thursday 22 September at 9.00pm.
there are a great number of bowlers registered without a D.O.B. obviously the majority of these are from years back, the total to date is 890. so are the present club reps going to update all those before next season, ? hell of a job. and if they are not updated will they be classed as ineligible bowlers as philip suggests.
Philip's proposal is fine under normal conditions but becomes difficult to apply when a team pulls in an unregistered player at short notice to make up the numbers. When I was League Secretary I always allowed a team 7-days grace to provide the relevant information with the threat of a 0-21 scoreline being entered if they failed to provide the extra details. That threat was never turned into reality but teams seemed to appreciate the flexibility it allowed them in fielding full teams which both teams in any match want to see.
£5 for a fine is hardly worth it particularly as , I assume , the Treasurer has to pay postage sending out the fine and worse still if he then sends a receipt. for payment. £5 for a fine in this day and age is hardly worth imposing.
However, the fine I disagree with is the one relating to registering new bowlers. Perhaps a fine isn’t needed.. All the League has to do is to not accept a new bowler registration until all the relevant information is provided to the League and if a team plays a bowler who is not fully registered then I think there’s a rule covering this.( playing ineligible bowlers?)
Philip of Lindley