FRIENDSHIP LEAGUE 2021
The Friendship League is managed by Val Cameron and Pat Constance
RULES
Here are the rules for the Friendship League 2021:
This year there are 6 teams. Each member of the winning team will receive a small trophy engraved ‘League Winner’. In the event of a tie for first place, shot difference will decide the winners.
The ‘Tony Rapson Memorial Trophy’, which has been kindly donated by Jean Rapson, (a previous member), will be awarded to the highest scoring individual player. Each player will be awarded a plus or minus score after each game according to the number of shots their team wins or loses by. A minimum of five games must be played to qualify for this trophy.
The league games will commence on a Monday afternoon in mid May and continue for 15 weeks, each team playing the other five teams minimum four times.
All games will start promptly at 2.15pm and finish after 16 ends.
Winning team receives 2 points
Losing team receives 0 points
Tied games – each team receives 1 point
Abandoned games – each team receives 1 point
An abandoned game is any match that has not completed 6 ends. If a match is stopped after 6 ends, the score at that time will be the result of the match. There will be no ‘trial ends’ but only one shot to count on the first end. Matches will be triples. In the event that a full team is not available: the side with 2 members play 4 woods each and 33% will be deducted from their score. The opposing team numbers 1 & 2 bowl 3 woods each and the skip bowls 2 woods . In the event of both teams having only 2 players, each player has 2 woods.
If a player causes a ‘no end’ , the opposing team scores 1 shot for that end. Different coloured team stickers to be affixed to bowls.
Players arriving late may join the game at any time and play in any position. However a team playing short must clearly mark the scorecard as follows:- the number of ends for which there were only 2 players. These ends will incur a penalty as above,. The adjustment will be made by the league secretary at the end of the match and the total score will be rounded to the nearest whole number.
Team co-ordinators will be appointed with consent by the league secretry. Individuals unable to play on a given date should change dates with another team member and inform the co-ordinator immediately.
No player may play more than 10 games out of the 14 scheduled. A breach of this rule will incur a deduction of one point per game over 10 from the team score at the end of the season.
Teams will stay together on subsequent seasons subject to the maintenance of a balance between men and women, the object being to produce mixed teams of a near equal strength as possible. Any proposed movement between teams to achieve this balance will be kept to a minimum and discussed with the individuals concerned. In the last resort, the league secretary’s decision will be final.
Members wishing to join the league once the season has started will be put on a waiting list to fill any vacancies that may occur.
TEAMS and matches for 2021
TONY RAPSON FRIENDSHIP LEAGUE FIXTURES 2021
| 10th May | 17th May | 24th May |
| Jupiter v Mars | Jupiter v Neptune | Jupiter v Saturn |
| Neptune v Saturn | Saturn v Earth | Mars v Earth |
| Mercury v Earth | Mars v Mercury | Mercury v Neptune |
| 7th June | 14th June | 21st June |
| Mars v Neptune | Mercury v Jupiter | Earth v Mercury |
| Saturn v Mercury | Earth v Neptune | Mars v Jupiter |
| Earth v Jupiter | Mars v Saturn | Saturn v Neptune |
| 5th July | 12th July | 19th July |
| Saturn v Jupiter | Mars v Saturn | Mercury v Saturn |
| Mercury v Mars | Earth v Jupiter | Neptune v Jupiter |
| Neptune v Earth | Neptune v Mercury | Mars v Earth |
| 26th July | 2nd August | 9th August |
| Jupiter v Mercury | Earth v Mercury | Mars v Mercury |
| Saturn v Earth | Jupiter v Neptune | Neptune v Saturn |
| Neptune v Mars | Mars v Saturn | Earth v Jupiter |
| 16th August | 23rd August | 6th September |
| Mercury v Neptune | Saturn v Mercury | Mercury v Jupiter |
| Earth v Saturn | Neptune v Mars | Mars v Saturn |
| Jupiter v Mars | Jupiter v Earth | Earth v Neptune |
Matches will take place on Monday afternoons, starting at 2.15pm promptly
FRIENDSHIP LEAGUE TEAMS 2021
| Jupiter | Earth | Neptune |
| Val Cameron | Rosemary Edwards | Jackie Connelly |
| Barbara Carlson | John Hughes | Richard Constance |
| Paul Crook | Angie Leniston | Susan Fullilove |
| Jane Firmin | Ann Phillips | Sonia Hume |
| Steve Hutchinson | Roger Todd | Ron Mitchell |
| Mars | Mercury | Saturn |
| Pat Constance | Trevor Carey | Barbara Moore |
| Rosemary Hughes | Josie Kerslake | Margaret O’Brien |
| Gerard Moore | Jenny Smith | Sue Ridley |
| Brian Pooley | Chris Viner | Geoff Sharpe |
| Val Tuson | Rob Viner | Ian Simm |
Norman Pharoah is reserve for Mars