Bassetlaw and District Cricket League Official Handbook 2017

36  2 League Competition 2.1 Constitution of Divisions  (i)  The constitution of the Championship and the other Divisions of the League  shall be determined by the LMC.  (ii)  The teams in membership shall be organised into an appropriate number of  Divisions, with the top Division named the ‘Championship’.  (iii) There will normally be a maximum of 12 teams in each division.  (iv) No club shall have more than one team in any Division, except the lowest.  (v)  Two teams from the same club shall not exchange Division.  2.2 Trophies  The following trophies shall be awarded to the Champions of the respective  Divisions at the end of each season, where applicable:  The Worksop Guardian Cup  Championship  The Cliff Willmott Cup  Division 1  The Wigmore Excelsior Cup  Division 2  The John Hall Cup  Division 3  The Bassetlaw Umpires’ Cup  Division 4  The Harry A. Spencer Shield  Division 5  The General Refractories Shield  Division 6  The Steetley Works Cup  Division 7  2.3 Promotion and Relegation  (i)  At the end of each season the top two teams in all Divisions below the  Championship shall be promoted.  The winner of the Championship shall be  promoted to the NPL  Promotion from the Championship to the NPL will be dependent on the criteria  laid out by the NPL (please refer to the NPL Rules and Regulations found at  www.nottspremierleague.co.uk) .  Should the winner of the Championship not  meet this criteria, then promotion may pass to the runners up.  Promotion from Division 1 to the Championship is dependent on the criteria  laid out in Rule 3.14.  Should the criteria not be met by either the winner or  runners up, the number of teams relegated from the Championship shall be  reduced.  (ii)  In order to keep the number of teams in each Division as per Rule 2.1(iii),  relegations will be made of the teams finishing at the bottom of each Division,  up to a maximum of three.  (iii) In the event of two or more teams finishing the season on the same number of  points, the matter shall be resolved by the following criteria, taken in order:  a)  The number of matches won.