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The updated League Rules for the 2024/25 season have been approved by the Committee, and are available via the Rules link under 'General' on the homepage.
Please familiarise yourselves with the rule updates, especially 4,2, 4.7, 5.2 and 7.4 below:
| 2.3 |
The Ladies’ League will consist of a single division of up to ten teams in the first half, followed by two divisions of five and up to five teams respectively in the second half. |
| 3.1 |
Each team in the Ladies’ League will play each other once, either at home or away, in the first half and twice – once at home and once away – in the second half. |
| 3.7 |
Men’s League Premier Division fixtures will normally be played on Thursdays, but fixture re-arrangements under rule 3.3 are permitted. |
| 4.2 |
All players must be registered members of the club they represent and also be valid current members of England Squash at a higher membership category than ‘Support’ before playing in any match. |
| 4.7 |
The five highest-nominated players at any time in each team in the Men’s League Premier Division and Division 1 must play at least three League matches in each period, unless there are mitigating circumstances (eg. injury) notified to the LS and accepted by the Northumbria Squash committee. Failure to meet this requirement will lead to a 5-point deduction per defaulting player per default being applied to the relevant team at the end of each period. |
| 4.10 |
A club with three teams in the top division of its Winter League may optionally nominate players for those teams in such a way that two or all three of the teams are of broadly equal strength, based on the club ranking order (“parallel” teams). Such teams will be designated either 1A, 1B and 1C, or 1A, 1B and 3, or 1, 2A and 2B accordingly. Once nominated to a parallel team in this way, a player may not play for any other parallel team during that period of the season. |
| 5.2 |
In all League and Cup matches, a player nominated for a lower team may play for any higher team as often as desired without becoming tied to any higher team. |
| 6.6 |
...where two Division 1 teams are drawn against each other in League Cup A, they may optionally play to 11 points (with “2-clear” from 10-all) with prior mutual agreement of the opposing team captains. |
| 7.4 |
It is the responsibility of the home team captain to ensure the correct result (ie match scores including game scores) has been posted on the League website within 48 hours of the match being played. Teams consistently failing to comply with this rule may be penalised by a 5-point deduction per occasion. Any mitigating circumstances or anomalies, i.e. players not registered or not nominated, disputed score etc. should be notified to the LS for consideration and appropriate action. |
Joe Witherspoon (League Secretary)
northumbriasquashleagues@gmail.com
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