Bassetlaw and District Cricket League Handbook 2022

Section A P a g e | 22 Constitution 1 Name This combination shall be known as the Bassetlaw & District Cricket League. 2 Purpose To foster and promote participation in the sport of Cricket within the Bassetlaw Community. To organise cricket clubs who wish to participate into an appropriate number of Divisions plus Cup Competitions and to manage these competitions and arrangements. 3 Affiliation 3.1 The League requires that all clubs playing in the Bassetlaw & District Cricket League are affiliated to the England and Wales Cricket Board through a primary affiliation to the County Cricket Board in which they reside. Clubs which reside outside of Nottinghamshire can secure a secondary affiliation to the Recreational Cricket Advisory Group on a purely voluntary basis. 3.2 The League requires that its member clubs shall ensure that members abide by the Laws of Cricket and playing, and non-playing members abide by the League’s Code of Conduct which incorporates the Spirit of Cricket. 3.3 The League requires that all its member clubs shall adopt and implement the ECB ‘Safe Hands – Cricket’s Policy for Safeguarding Children’ and any future versions of the policy. 3.4 The League requires that all its member clubs shall adopt and implement the ECB Cricket Equality Policy and any future versions of this policy. 4 Membership 4.1 Applications from clubs desiring admission to the League must be in writing and received by the League Secretary by the last day of September in the year preceding that in which they wish to take part. Applications from existing clubs desiring admission of additional teams to the League must be in writing and received by the League Secretary by the last day of November in the year preceding that in which they wish to take part. 4.2 Before a club is accepted into the League the League Management Committee will need to be satisfied with its status, facilities, and ability to provide active Umpires as per Rule 12.15, Section B. A member of the League Management Committee will inspect the facilities before acceptance. The League Management Committee will decide to which Division of the League an applicant club will be admitted having considered the above criteria.