Club Rules

We held our fourth AGM at Stone Cricket Club (SCC) on 26 November 2003. Sixteen members came — just under a third of the 51-strong membership. We agreed the following changes to the club rules.

Charge membership fees of £7 per adult and £3:50 for 13 — 17 year olds Hold five extra Wednesday night mêlées from May to September
Miss out mêlées from November to February (except the Turkey Trot)
Slash the trophy costs
Cut out the sexual discrimination in prizes
Change the ‘one metre rule’

The One Metre Rule

The BPA rules state that, at the start of an ‘end’, the cochonnet must be thrown between 6m and l0m from the edge of the throwing circle and ‘at least 1m minimum from all obstacles and from the boundary of the playing area.’ We adapted the ‘lm minimum’ rule because our pistes are only 2.5m wide. So, we agreed that if a coche was thrown to within 1m of the side boundaries, it could be ‘centred’. This has been interpreted to mean that the coche is always centred. So we’ve changed the rule. If the coche is thrown to half a metre or more from a side boundary, you do not centre it. If it’s less than half a metre from a side boundary, you may centre it, but only if one or more of the players involved wants it centring. If all the players want to risk it, they can

At our third AGM on 6th November, 2002, we agreed the following changes to the club rules.

	Sponsors’ Day and JF Sanchiz Memorial competitions are ‘closed’ and only ‘paid-up’ members can play in them.
	A ‘paid-up’ member is someone who has given the secretary a completed new member form and membership fee or a renewal membership fee at least one week before the competition concerned. Membership fees will not be accepted on the day of the competition.
	The Stone Festival competition is an open competition as it is the club’s main recruitment event.
	Monthly mêlées and the Turkey Trot mêlée are open to non-members, who must pay a £1 visitor’s fee at those mêlées.
	When attendance at monthly mêlées is low, the organiser must decide whether to run the mêlée and must ensure that the cost of prizes is covered by entry fees.

At our second AGM on 28th November, 2001, we agreed the following changes to the club rules.

	Entry fees for competitions and mêlées are: £2 for players who are 18+ years of age £1 for those 13-17 years of age Free for those 12 years of age and under.
	Alcoholic prizes will be not given to players under 18 years of age.
	Sign-up for major competitions is from 12:15 to 12:45, with play starting at 13:00 prompt. These times will be rigidly enforced.
	Sign-up for mêlées is from 12:15 to 12:45, with play starting at 13:00, but flexibility will be shown to latecomers who arrive after play has started. Latecomers at mêlées will be given the lowest score for the round(s) they miss.
	A laminated competition schedule and a set of the club rules will be displayed on the noticeboard at every competition/mêlée for information.
	The organiser’s name will be displayed on the notice board at each competition/mêlée and enquiries must be made to the organiser only. The organiser may consult other Competition Panel members during any enquiry, but the organiser’s decision will be final.

At our first AGM on 1st November, 2000, we adopted the BPA rules as our club rules with the following exceptions.

	Leisure boules are allowed in all competitions.
	When rope boundaries are in place on the piste, we play ‘closed piste’. This enables us to fit more games on the piste and means lane discipline must be observed. Where a boule or cochonnet rests on or against a rope boundary, it is judged to be still in play. Where a boule or cochonnet has completely crossed a rope boundary, it is judged to be out of play. where a boule or cochonnet touches the wooden perimeter boundary, it is immediately out of play. When the rope boundaries are used, the six ‘inner’ pistes measure 10m by 2.5m and the two ‘outer’ pistes measure 15m by 2.5m. When only the inner pistes are in use, it is permissible to stand outside the rope boundary and use the full 10m to play into.
	When they are available, players must use the 50 cm diameter plastic hoops as a throwing circle rather than drawing a circle on the ground. This is to protect the piste from unnecessary wear in the same places, and to encourage playing stance discipline.
	When draws are taking place for mêlées and eliminating rounds, players shall not be drawn to play together in more than one round, and pairs shall not be drawn to play against each other in more than one round. During the draw, numbers shall be returned to the bag as soon as this happens. In the case of this happening in the last drawn match of a doubles round, the whole round shall be redrawn.
	When deciding the final positions of players or pairs in a melee or in eliminating rounds, the position shall be decided on wins, then points. Players or pairs with the same wins and points shall play off against each other for position. Any variation to the scoring or playing rules of a particular competition must be posted on the noticeboard by the organisers on the day and explained before play starts. The organisers should be members of the Competition Panel, and for the duration of the competition the organisers’ decisions shall be final.

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