A reminder that this event is on Saturday 4th June, so please put this date in your diaries.

The aim of this Doubles event is to help to promote our club locally in Larkhall and also to support our friends in LSC.  Larkhall FC are desperately in need of a new tractor to help maintain the grounds and the profits from this event will be donated to their tractor fund.

This replaces the scheduled June Melee and is intended to be a fun afternoon for everyone, including beginners. Please make every effort to support this event and bring your friends – we have plenty of spare boules for beginners to borrow.

• Registration commences at 1.30pm and the competition will complete by 6.00pm.
• The entry fee is £5.00 per team, payable on the day.
• Light refreshments will be served during the afternoon.

To enter the competition please email Diana Lockwood diana@bathboules.co.uk with the following details:

• Team name
• Captain and contact phone number

A reminder that the closing date for entries for this year’s Club Triples competition is 31st May 2016.

Entry is free and the first round is scheduled to commence on 7th June.

Each match will be one game (not best of three) and losers in the first round will go into a Plate competition.

To provide greater flexibility during the holiday season, two weeks have been allocated for each round, and substitutes are permitted, so there is no excuse for not entering a team!

The rules for all Internal Club Competitions are at  CoBPC Competition Rules

Time is now short, so don’t delay in sending your team details to Mark Gilbert.

• Team Name
• Team Captain
• Contact Tel no.

Email Mark on mgbath_uk@yahoo.co.uk.
(note underscore between h and u ).

EPA licences are delivered to a single point of contact for the Club and, where practical, the 2016 licences have been distributed to members at club events.
If you have not yet received your 2016 licence it can be collected from LSC where all remaining licences are now stored. They are kept in the Club Shed and will need to be signed for, so please speak to a Committee member or the event’s Responsible Person when you are next at LSC.

Introduction

The Doubles, Triples & Mixed Doubles competitions will produce Club Champions and Plate winners.   Each event will be allocated time to play according to the number of entries received.

Anticipated durations are:

Doubles – May/June

Triples – June/July

Mixed Doubles – July/August

Entry Fees

There are no entry fees for these competitions.

Trophies

There will be perpetual trophies for the Club Champions and Plate winners. These will be engraved and kept at the clubhouse.

Teams

Teams will be made up of club members only.

Players may only play for one team in each competition. Substitutes are allowed providing they have not already played for another team in that competition.

Entries for each competition will close on the last day of the previous month.

Exceptionally, the closing date for the Doubles competition has been extended until 7^th May.

Games and Scoring

Games will be played to EPA rules.

Each match will be the best of three games.

All matches and finals will be played to 13 points.

Matches

Matches will normally be played on club days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Saturday to suit the 2 teams playing.

Each match must be played by the stated closing date for that round, ie by no later than 7 pm the following Tuesday.

The home team will offer two dates to the opposition.

If the match has not be played by the closing date for that round, it will be awarded to the home team, unless conceded by the home team.

Round 1  – Closing day 2^nd Tuesday

Round 2  – Closing day 3^rd Tuesday

Round 3  – Closing day 4^th Tuesday etc

Actual dates for each competition/round will be publicised when the entries are closed.

Numbers

The rules may have to be adapted to the numbers of teams playing in each competition.

All teams will play a minimum of 2 rounds.

All losing teams in Round 1 will play in the Plate competition in Round 2.

Presentation

Presentation of Cups will be at the Annual dinner.

Entries

Please email all competition entries to Mark Gilbert @ mgbath_uk@yahoo.co.uk (underscore h_u):

Team Name:

Captain:

Tel no:

A quick reminder that we are holding a second melee this Saturday afternoon, in Queen Square. This is part of the programme of events for our Dutch friends from Alkmaar who are here for the Spring Open competition and is an opportunity for club members to meet and compete with our visitors before Sunday’s main event.

Please make every effort to attend to swell numbers as Saturday is also the next round of the GWR ‘Race to Hayling’, in which a number of club members are participating this year.

The melee is of course open to everyone, not just club members, and the usual rules apply. Full details are available in the event calendar.

The Singles ladder runs from April to September and is now available in the club hut. Put your name and phone number on a card on the bottom of the ladder and start by challenging the person one or two entries above you.

The rules for the Singles Ladder and all other Club competitions are available at Competition Rules.