The league shall be named ‘The Wakefield and District Tennis League’.

 

 

The object of the league is to promote competitive but friendly mixed tennis amongst the clubs in and around Wakefield.

 

 

the Annual General Meeting, after receiving 14 days notice, shall be subject to a fine of £10.  

 

b) The AGM of the committee shall be held during March each year to elect a Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. The Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer shall be designated League Officials and shall conduct the business of the League. The Committee may meet at such other times as the Chairman and Secretary consider necessary or upon the written request of more than half the Member Clubs.

 

c) No business shall be transacted at any Committee meeting unless a quorum of members is present. A quorum shall exist when more than half the member clubs are represented. Each club in attendance at any meeting shall have one vote only.

 

 

a) Membership of the League shall be by application to the Committee whose decision will be final.

 

b) Upon election to League Membership, a club shall provide one representative to serve on the committee.

 

 

a) Each club shall provide a team of two ladies and two gentlemen. Each couple will first play a mixed doubles set against both the opposing couples concluding with a ladies doubles set and gentlemans doubles set (Making six sets in total for the match). Tie Breaks in a set will take place at six games all.

 

b) Evening matches shall commence at 6-30pm promptly. If either team is incomplete at 7pm the defaulting team shall give one set to their opponents; if incomplete at 7-30pm, two sets and if incomplete at 8pm, three sets. No players arriving after 8pm will be allowed to play. In the event of players not arriving at all they shall forfeit the sets they should have played.

For all matches taking place in April play shall commence at 6pm and all the above times will accordingly move forward by half an hour.

 

c) If, in the event of a match having to be abandoned because of weather, no winning position having been reached, that match shall be replayed ‘de novo’. When a winning position has been reached, and weather prevents the completion of the match, any uncompleted rubbers will be halved.

 

 

a) All member clubs shall be provided with a list of fixtures for the ensuing season following the Committee meeting. In the event of a club having two teams in the same Division the first fixture of the season shall be between the two teams concerned.

 

b) All matches shall be played on the date shown on the fixture list. The only reason for postponing a match shall be weather conditions which must be agreed no later than 1 hour prior to match play. If a match is postponed or abandoned, the Home team shall offer two dates, to the Away team; such dates to be on Wednesdays (unless the Away team agrees otherwise) and by the end of August. If neither of the dates is acceptable to the Away team the Away team must concede the match. Should the Home team fail to offer two dates as outlined above the Home team would then become the defaulter. Should any match be conceded, a score of 6-0 will be awarded to the non-default team. If a rearranged date shall be affected by weather conditions, the same procedure shall apply.

 

c) Results of fixtures shall be forwarded to the League Secretary within seven days. The results shall be published regularly on the web-site. The final table will show number of matches played, won(2-points) / drew(1-point) / lost(0-points), the total number of sets won and total league points gained. In the event of teams being tied on the same number of points the highest number of match wins will determine the league placing, and if this is still tied, the total number of set wins will determine the league placing.

 

d) In the event of any dispute, the decision of the League Officials shall be final.

 

 

a) Where a club has more than one team in the League, the club is under an obligation to field their strongest team players in their A team. The Club must notify the League Secretary by the and of april with the name of their top performing lady and gentleman who may only play in the club's A team for the whole season.

 

b) Team members must be full playing members of the club.

 

c) Players contravening rules 7a or 7b shall have the sets counted 6-0 against them and the match results amended accordingly.

 

d) A player may transfer from one club to another at any time with the consent of the two clubs concerned, but cannot play for the new club in League matches until seven days have elapsed from the transfer being granted. If the clubs disagree the League Officials shall make a decision.

 

 

Should the League officials consider that a club has contravened a League Rule the Club shall have the Right of Appeals to an Appeals Panel. The panel is to comprise of an elected Representative from each of three Member Clubs. Any Member of the Panel with a vested interest in an Appeal would be required to stand down for that particular Appeal. The Appeals Panel will be elected at the Annual General Meeting each year.

 

 

a) The two teams finishing first and second in each division shall normally be promoted to the next higher division and the bottom two teams in each division shall be relegated to the next lower division.

 

b) No division shall exceed eight teams or have less than four and the number of teams shall be adjusted in the divisions accordingly.

 

 

The subscriptions payable by each member club towards League expenses shall be £10 per team for the year, subject to payments being made by the end of June of the current year. Outstanding subscriptions shall then be increased to £20 per team.

 

 

The Committee may repeal or modify existing rules and add rules as may be deemed necessary for the proper management and well being of the League dependent upon a two thirds majority of the clubs present.

 

 

Should any question arise on the construction or interpretation of the rules, the opinion of the League Officials shall be taken and their decision shall be final.