St Helens and District Men’s Bowling League

CUP COMPETITION RULES

The Competition will be known as the 5 Home and 5 Away cup

There will be 3 Competitions, one for each Division

To be eligible to play, players must have played at least 5 League games

The Competitions will start the week following the end of the League Season

To enable clubs without lights to take part, games should start at 6.15pm or at a time agreed by the clubs

Division 2 and Division3 ties will be played off scratch.

Handicaps for Division 1 ties will vary dependent upon the ties. Handicaps will be decided upon by the Executive Committee

The Competitions will start with a Preliminary Round to reduce the competition to 8 Teams

There should be no practise by either side prior to the tie

The team with the most chalks in the tie will be deemed the winner .Points for Individual winners will not be used. In the event of a tie there should be a replay next evening

Each home side will enter its’ 5 results into the results form on the website and the software will merge the home and away results together

Draws will be made for each round and will appear on the website within two days of the ties. The executive committee will confer between each round to decide upon the relevant handicaps for the Division 1 ties

Finals will be played on neutral grounds and will be decided upon after the semi finals