News

Please Note as from

1stFebruary 2008

Referee Fee is £20

New Secretary For Duddon Utd
Mr Jeff Johnson
12 Back Lane
Duddon
Nr Tarporley
CW6 0EZ
Tel: 07974200104

Special Notices For April 2008

ALL CLUBS IN THE SEMI – FINAL & FINALS OF ALL C&DFL COMPETITIONS MUST FORWARD THEIR LIST OF ELLIGIBLE PLAYERS TO PAUL GRAHAM AND THEIR OPPONENTS SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO KICK OFF. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN EXPULSION FROM THE COMPETITION. SEE PAGE SIX.

Any club still in the Cayzer Shield, League Cup or Tom Gerraghty Memorial Trophy please be aware of cup rule 2:

2. Qualification of Players
(A) A player for the purposes of these competitions must have been duly registered seven days previous to playing in any competitions. All such registrations must have been on or before the 1st March in the current season.
(B) In addition to 2(A) in Semi – Final and Final ties all players must have played in not less than four Chester & District League or Chester & District League competition matches, for the participating club, by the last Saturday in February in the current season.

All clubs in possession of a cup or shield please ensure it is returned engraved to Paul Graham by March 31st 2008.

Referee Course
Please note that a course for new referees starts on Monday 14th April 2008 at 19.30 – 21.30 in the County Lounge of the County Offices Sports Club in Upton. The course then commences on Sunday 20th and 27th April between 09.30 & 16.30 in the boardroom of the County Offices Sports Club in Upton.
The new course now incorporates a Child Protection course and a CRB check and once it has been completed and the required numbers of games have been officiated you are refunded up to 33% of your course fee. Once again all clubs are requested to send along at least one representative. This is to ensure the future of YOUR league. We are currently in a situation where referees are in very short supply. We, as a league, are asking for the support of our clubs to help us address this problem. Most teams have players who are coming to the end of their playing careers and who wish to stay involved with the game. These very people could be the future of our league. If you, or anyone that you know is interested, then please put you’re your name forward for the course. For further details please contact either Dave Powell on 01244 322272 or Paul Graham on 01244 370116. Your support is urgently required.

Semi – Final and Final Rules

(A) In the Semi – Final and Final ties the Management Committee shall fix grounds and take gate receipts. No club shall be allowed to protest against a ground appointed by the committee.
(B) Teams in the Semi – Finals of the competitions shall provide a suitable football for use in the game and shall share the cost of the ground and match officials equally. In the Semi – Finals and Finals in the event of colours being alike, both teams shall change unless mutually agreed.
(C) In the Semi – Final and Final ties, clubs shall exchange and submit to the League Secretary seven days prior to the match, a list of players from which their team will be selected. The list must include a minimum of four qualifying dates as defined in cup rule 2(B), together with your opponents on those dates. Failure to comply with this rule will result in a fine not exceeding £10.
(D) All pitches must be roped off.

Result Cards

A reminder to all teams to make sure that they send their result cards in on time and that the new procedures are followed, for your information they are listed below. Also could all teams please make sure that they telephone the result of their games to Tony Summers before 5.30pm on Saturdays and by 9pm midweek. ON 07791116507
Each club shall provide a list of the names of players taking part in the game (including the names of nominated substitutes) to the Referee and a representative of their opponents in the presence of the Referee and at least Ten minutes before the scheduled time of the kick off. Players named on the list must wear the corresponding numbered shirt in the game, and also be named correctly on the Match Report Form required under paragraph (A). Each part of the triplicate form must be distributed as instructed on the sheets and in accordance with the rules. Clubs who turn up on match day with out their result book will be fined £5. Any lost or stolen books must be replaced at a cost of £20. In the event that a club attends a fixture without their result book they must use a triplicate form from the back of their opponents book and direct the copies in the prescribed manner.

Handbook Amendments

Please ensure that you phone your results in on 07791 116507.

Can anyone with access to e-mail please advise Paul Graham of your address on pgraham114@aol.com so as your fixtures can be sent electronically rather than through the post.

Continuation of Membership or Withdrawal of a Club

After 31st December in the current Season a Club intending, or having a provisional intention, to withdraw a team from the Competition on completion of its fixtures and fulfillment of all other obligations to the Competition must notify the Secretary in writing by 31st March each Season or be liable to a fine not exceeding £75.