LINCOLNSHIRE DARTS - RULES AND REGULATIONS

The Name of the Organisation shall be the Lincolnshire County Darts Organisation. The Lincolnshire County Darts Organisation being a full member of the UKDA, shall be subject to all the Rules and Regulations of the UKDA and Super Leagues.
It shall be the declared purpose of the Organisation to provide means whereby the best players in Lincolnshire may compete with and against each other in venues inside the Lincolnshire County boundary as defined by a current Ordinance Survey map. Player’s eligibility for County teams selection to be preceded by playing in the Lincolnshire Super League. No other team shall be permitted to enter a superleague team within the Lincolnshire’s Border to play in another counties superleague.
Membership of the Organisation shall be by election only, under the direction of the elected Executive Committee, and that applications for membership shall only be accepted, provided that conditions for playing Super League shall be of the highest standard, this to be at the discretion of the Executive Committee should there be doubt. A bond of £30 for the Men’s Super League Teams and £20 for the Ladies Super League Teams shall be deposited with the Organisation for the current season, and is a Team Bond only, upon application for membership, returnable only if the application be refused, or at the end of the season.
Furthermore the whole of the Bond shall be forfeited should the said applicant fail at any time to observe the required rules, governing the Organisation following acceptance. Failure during the playing season to adhere to any rules of play, payment of fees, non compliance with fixtures, except in exceptional circumstances, shall automatically result in the deduction of points and/ or suspension, and the loss of Bond or fine, at the discretion of the Executive Committee, the offending teams to be allowed to submit their reason for the offence at an Executive meeting.
In the instances of no playing fixtures, then the teams shall be suspended from the Super League, its Knockouts, County games and any competitions organised by the Lincolnshire County Darts Organisation for that season.
The Organisation shall act through its officer and Executive Committee. The Committee shall comprise the listed officers, the Chairman only having the right to vote in case of equal numbers of votes being cast. The Executive Committee shall be a deliberate body as regards policy matters and an executive body as regards the carrying out of any policy of matter at the AGM or any arrangements arising out of such matters as have been agreed.
The Quorum shall be a minimum of seven (7) voting members. The normal rules of conduct of meetings shall apply, and the decision of the Chair as regards what shall constitute the rules of conduct or the interpretation of any of the Leagues rules shall be at the discretion of the Chairman.
Non-committee members may attend meetings and may address them with the leave of the Chair but may not vote.
The Secretary shall keep minutes of each Committee meeting.
Rules changes, additions to rules or nominations for election or offices, must be seconded by another person from a different team and received by the secretary by May 30th that season, for consideration for the AGM. No rule proposals for the AGM will be accepted after this date. If no nominations are received, then the current officers will continue to stand for the forthcoming season.
A fine of £30 will be imposed if teams are not represented at the AGM by a voting member of their team.

A.G.M. - VOTING

At the AGM, the voting is one vote per registered Super League player signing for the forthcoming season, who must also attend the AGM.


FINANCES

Each team shall pay in respect of its entry to the League the sum of £40 and £30 (bond) for Men’s Super League, £30 and £20 (Bond) for the Ladies Superleague. Each team shall at or before each meeting pay to the Treasurer monies it owes. Each player shall pay the sum of £20 Men’s and £18 Ladies registration fees. This is to be paid before the first Super League match is played. The signing on fee is set for the whole season.

The Treasurer shall report monthly to the Committee on the financial situation. Any team in arrears shall be notified in writing by the Treasurer and if arrears are not paid by the next meeting that team shall be SUSPENDED and fined £25, and if payment is not made within a further 7 days from that meeting; the offending team will automatically be expelled and their BOND forfeited.

The League’s accounts shall be kept and held by the Treasurer and shall be certified at the end of the year by an accountant, these will be unaudited accounts.

The Leagues banker shall be Lloyds Bank. The League liquid assets not for the time being required for the discharge of debt or working capital shall be invested as the Committee shall decide.

All elected members of the Executive Committee shall be required to devote their efforts towards the furtherance of the sport for the County and not for any personal gain.

The financial arrangements hereto before described are in no event to be arranged as a legal contract and are intended to be regarded as a binding honour only.