Sheffield Alliance Midweek Cricket League Handbook 2016

27 7. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General meeting shall be held on the last Wednesday in January commencing at 7.30 pm and a Handbook Distribution Meeting on the last Wednesday in April commencing at 7.30 pm. Each club is allowed one voting delegate and any club not represented shall be fined. 8. FEES, FINES, NON PAYMENT OF FINES All fees and fines within these rules shall be agreed at each Annual General Meeting and published in the League Handbook. All fines shall be paid to the League Treasurer within 21 days of receipt of notice. Failure to do so will result in the fine being doubled. 9. CLUB OFFICERS/DIRECTORY FORM Each club must nominate to the League a Club Secretary who shall be responsible for all official correspondence with the League and who shall ensure that all the League rules are applied correctly by their club. The name of the Club Secretary shall be nominated on a Directory form which is sent out by the League each year and which must be returned to the League Secretary by the second Saturday in December prior to the new season. Failure to do so will result in a fine. The form will contain details of Club Secretary - including name, address and telephone numbers - ground details, names of two contacts in case of cancellation (one of whom may be the Club Secretary), and any other relevant information. Should any information that is normally supplied be changed, the League Secretary must be informed in writing immediately. The League reserves the right to publish the information in whatever way the Management Committee requires for the smooth administration of the League including the Annual Handbook and official League Website. This list is not exhaustive. 10. QUALIFICATION OF PLAYERS No player shall be allowed to play for more than one club in one season without both clubs and the League Secretary’s approval and then only if he is financially up to date with the Club he is leaving. To transfer from one club to another, then an official transfer form must be completed containing the signatures of both Club Secretary’s. The transfer will then take effect from 7 days of receipt by the League Secretary. The player shall not play for any club in the League during this period. No transfers are allowed for fixtures on or after 18th July in each season unless in accordance with rule 25 (iv). Any club or player in default of this Rule must be reported to the League Secretary. Each team shall give to the neutral umpires before the commencement of the game a list of players who will be participating for their side in accordance with ECB guidelines. 11. CLUBS WITH TWO TEAMS A club may have no more than two teams in the League, with the second team being designated the “A” team. The “A” team shall not play in the same division as the first team. Should the “A” team finish in a position that would normally gain them promotion to the same division as the first team, then the team finishing immediately below shall, in the normal course of events, gain promotion. If the first team is relegated into the same division as the “A” team shall also be relegated and the divisions adjusted accordingly with the promotion of a team from the lower division. After 1st July in the season, the “A” team shall field no more than two players who have played on four or more occasions for the first team. 12. ARRANGEMENT OF FIXTURES Fixtures shall be arranged in December prior to the start of the season, and the opening fixture shall be on the first Wednesday in May and the closing fixture on the first Wednesday in August. All matches shall be played on Wednesday evenings, except under special circumstances when another evening may be arranged subject to the League Secretary’s permission. Each clubs fixtures shall be sent out in December and any club wishing to change dates must do so with the mutual agreement of their opponents and the League Secretary, with the new dates notified before 31st January. After this time, no fixture shall be allowed to be rearranged unless exceptional circumstances prevail, and then subject to the League Secretary’s discretion. All rearranged games must be played within 28 days of the original fixture, and no game shall be played after the official last day of the season. 13. NON FULFILMENT OF FIXTURES/POSTPONEMENTS (i) Clubs failing to fulfill fixtures shall be fined for each offence and the defaulting club shall have 3 points deducted. (ii) Both teams in all cases must go to the Ground or Club House, unless mutual agreement to abandon the game has been reached, but not earlier than 3.00 pm and not later than 5.00 pm on the day of the match or 4.30 pm where neutral umpires are appointed. (iii) The home club must make contact with one of the contacts provided if a game is liable to be postponed. (iv) If neither of their contacts is going to be available for any reason to receive a phone call on the day of the match, the away club must make contact with the home club ahead of the game and provide the name of an alternative contact. (v) If the home club is unable to make personal contact with either of the contacts then the League Secretary must