This page summarises the main dates for the 2018 season, for the Evening League and Veterans’ League, and for the meetings, which are for all clubs.
The Evening League runs for 19 weeks on Tuesday nights from 3 April to 21 August (division C has 20 matches and finishes on 11 September). There are no league matches on 12 June or 10 July.
The first two rounds of the knock-out cup (the Bob Newlan Memorial Trophy) will be played during the league season. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final follow the main league programme on Tuesday evenings:
Round 1 | Tuesday 12 June |
Round 2 | Tuesday 10 July |
Round 3 | Tuesday 28 August |
Semi-finals | Tuesday 18 September |
Final | Tuesday 25 September |
For the Merit the qualifying round and final are on the Tuesday evenings following the league season (at venues with floodlights).
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Closing date for entries | 27 August |
Qualifying rounds | Tuesday 4 September |
Final day | Tuesday 11 September |
Round 1 | Wednesday 25 July |
Round 2 | Wednesday 8 August |
Round 3 | Tuesday 5 September |
Round 4 | Wednesday 12 September |
Semi-finals | Wednesday 19 September |
Final | Wednesday 26 September |
For the individual merit, qualifying rounds are held on a Wednesday afternoon. These produce eight qualifiers for the final day (with a maximum three games required to qualify). On the final day the winner and runner-up have to play three games.
Closing date for entries | 20 August |
Qualifying rounds | Wednesday 29 August |
Final day | Tuesday 11 September |