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Section A: General

1. The name of the League shall be the Coleraine and District Indoor Bowling League.


2. The object of the League shall be to promote the game of Short Mat Bowls


3. The League shall be affiliated to the Irish Indoor Bowling Association.


4. Application for admission into the league should be sent to the league secretary who will then send a copy to all committee members to determine if the applicant club should be admitted.


5. The office bearers shall be: President, Vice-President, Immediate Past President, Secretary and Treasurer who shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting.


6. The day to day affairs of the league shall be managed by a management committee consisting of the office bearers and three other persons elected annually by the League committee.


7. The Annual general Meeting of the League Committee shall be held in the month of April each year for the following purposes:
   
   
   1. To receive reports from the Secretary and Treasurer.
   
   
   2. To elect office bearers for the year.
   
   
   3. To appoint a Management Committee.
   
   
   4. To receive and discuss any notice of motion submitted, in writing, to the Secretary before February 28th.
   
   
   5. To decide membership fees for the following year.
   
   
   6. Any member of a club can attend the A.G.M. but only two votes per club are allowed on any motions brought up at the before or at the meeting


8. Seven days notice, in writing, of a League Committee meeting shall be sent to each member of the Committee (excepting the case of an Emergency Meeting) when shorter notice shall be permissible). Four voting members shall form a quorum, each delegate shall have a vote and any member may call for a ballot. The President shall have a deliberate vote and shall have a casting vote in the event of an equality of votes.


9. Any club may call for a special General Meeting by informing the secretary of the reason for this and must take place within 14 Days


10. To decide on the fees payable by each club the present fee is £40 and should be paid by the 31st October each year, this fee pays for Entry into the League, Charity Cups and the Championships.


11. New Rule 2019: Registration of players.

Section B: Competitions

Bowling shoes or any heel-less shoes must be worn while playing on the rink mats, players' attention is drawn to this rule. Home teams will ensure that proper footwear is worn.

A player in the Coleraine and District League may represent his or her club in any League affiliated to the IIBA, however a player may only represent one club in the Coleraine and District League in any one season.

The league shall be comprised of two sections. A rota of matches shall be drawn up and adhered to by all entrants. Games shall consist of four legs of ten ends. Points shall be awarded as follows: one point for each winning rink and 1 point for the overall score in both the first and second halves plus one point for the overall score for the winning team, ie a maximum of seven points. All matches to commence at 7.30pm. A match has to be played within the week stated on the fixture sheet, any team defaulting will forfeit full match points. Any departure from this rule will only be allowed at the discretion of the League Secretary.

A Club with insufficient members may play up to two players namely the Lead or Second from the first half in the same position in the second half but not on the same mat in all league and Cup Competitions with the exception of the McCandless Cup where only 12 players are allowed.

The secretary of the home team shall forward the match score sheet to the League Secretary within three days of the match being played.

The first two burnt ends by each rink shall be disregarded and the ends replayed. For each subsequent burnt end the offending rink, will be penalised by the award of three shots to their opponents and the end counted as an end played. When the jack is driven over the fender three shots will be awarded to the opposing rink and this will be counted as an end played. Any subsequent *** need rule in here burnt ends should be regarded as ends played and shots awarded accordingly. *** also note about leads hitting the jack.

The winners of the league shall be the team with the greatest number of points at the close of the competition. In the event of two or more teams having an equal number of points, the winner shall be decided by shots up they are still level the result between the two sides will decide the winner.

Promotion and relegation between the leagues will be the bottom clubs Division 1 going down and the top club in Division 2 coming up.

When a game is stopped by a power failure or any other valid reason it shall be resumed with the scores as they were when play stopped.

Section C: League Competitions

The rules governing the IBA singles, pairs, triples and fours competitions shall apply.

This consists of Under 18 singles (Mininum number 3 players) Ladies and Mens Singles (up to 2 ladies allowed to play from any club in the Ladies Singles), All Singles shall be four bowls each player. Ladies Pairs Open Pairs and Over 55 pairs Triples and Fours all played off in the Championships Over 9 ends with the Finals being played off over 10 ends The draw for play to be made by the committee if necessary a preliminary round will be played off to get it down to 16 teams in each event.

The League secretary to send out a note to all clubs in February to find out if they are competing in all events but no names are required at this stage.

All competitors in the Finals must play in Grey/Black skirt or trousers with either a white top or a club shirt otherwise they will not be allowed to play.

Section D: Charity Cup Competitions

Lexie Kirk Cup

Cheat, Heart & Stroke

McCandless Cup

Section E: Interpretation

The Management Committee's interpretation of all rules shall be final and binding.

Club Secretaries: