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MERIDIAN LEAGUE 2023

The Crouch Bowling Club Seaford retained the Meridian League Trophy this year at Rottingdean last week. Congratulations to all who played during the season.

CROUCH BOWLERS HAVE SUCCEEDED IN REACHING THE TOP OF THE LEAGUE AGAIN THIS YEAR. IT HAS BEEN A HARD FOUGHT COMPETITION THIS YEAR SO FAR. WITH FOUR MORE MATCHES TO GO FOR THE CROUCH IT WILL BE A CLOSE FINISH.

Updated 2nd October 2023

MERIDIAN LEAGUE TABLE 2023

The Meridian League is a local competition between 9 clubs.
BRIGHTON CROUCH LEWES MACKIE NEWHAVEN PEACEHAVEN ROTTINGDEAN SEAFORD WOODINGDEAN

The competition consists of three mixed rinks played home and away over the season.

CROUCH v. LEWES 6 June, 2022.

A very icompetitive afternoon saw The Crouch take the match 9 points to 1 but it did not reflect the closeness of the afternoon.

MERIDIAN LEAGUE RULES – 2021

THE LEAGUE SHALL COMPRISE THOSE CLUBS THAT HAVE UNDERTAKEN TO PLAY AT THE START OF THE OUTDOOR SEASON
CLUBS MAY PROVIDE TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND MEETINGS BUT EACH CLUB WILL HAVE ONLY ONE VOTE ON DEBATED ISSUES.
THE CLUB REPRESENTATIVES WILL ELECT A CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY OF THE LEAGUE
EACH CLUB WILL PLAY EVERY OTHER CLUB TWICE (HOME AND AWAY)
BEFORE EACH MATCH THE OPPOSING TEAMS AND RINKS WILL BE DRAWN BY THE TWO CAPTAINS.
MATCHES WILL COMPRISE 3 MIXED RINKS PLAYING 21 ENDS. EACH RINK MUST CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE PERSON OF THE OPPOSITE SEX.
LEAGUE POINTS WILL BE EARNED AS FOLLOW
IF A MATCH STARTS WITH A PLAYER SHORT ON ANY RINK, THAT RINK WILL PLAY AS 4 PLAYERS v 3 PLAYERS ALL WITH 2 WOODS EACH (ie. 8 WOODS v 6 WOODS AND THE MISSING PLAYER DEEMED TO BE THE No 2). THE FULL SCORES WILL COUNT WITHOUT DEDUCTION AND THE OPPOSITE SEX RULE WILL STILL APPLY. A LATE ARRIVAL MAY JOIN IN AT ANY TIME BUT THE PREVIOUS END SCORES WILL STAND.
FAILURE TO PRODUCE AT LEAST 3 PLAYERS FOR A RINK, OR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX RULE WILL RESULT IN FORFEITURE OF THAT RINK (2 POINTS) WITH A SCORE OF 10 SHOTS TO NIL AGAINST THE OFFENDING RINK.
NO PLAYER MAY REPRESENT MORE THAN ONE CLUB IN ANY ONE SEASON.
POSTPONED MATCHES DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE TO BE RE-ARRANGED BY THE 15th OF SEPTEMBER. THE CLUBS SHOULD ATTEMPT, MUTUALLY, TO AGREE A NEW DATE BUT IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE THE HOME TEAM MUST OFFER THREE DATES ENDING NOT LATER THAN 15th SEPTEMBER AND THE AWAY TEAM MUST ACCEPT ONE OF THEM. FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE FIXTURE WILL RESULT IN THE DEFAULTING TEAM RECEIVING NO POINTS AND THE OTHER TEAM RECEIVING 5 POINTS.
DECISIONS ON DISPUTES WILL BE MADE BY THE CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY AND NOTIFIED TO ALL THE CLUB REPRESENTATIVES. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CLUB DISAGREEING WITH THE DECISION WITHIN 7 DAYS OF NOTIFICATION THEY MAY CALL FOR A MEETING OF ALL CLUB REPRESENTATIVES AT WHICH A VOTE MAY BE TAKEN. IN THE EVENT OF A TIE THE CHAIRMAN WILL HAVE A CASTING VOTE.
RESULT SHEETS SHOULD BE SIGNED BY BOTH CAPTAINS AND KEPT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. RESULTS MUST BE EMAILED OR TELEPHONED TO THE SECRETARY WITHIN 72 HOURS OF THE MATCH