SECTION B
Tie Breakers
Should two teams be tied at the end of the regular season, the tie will
be broken by;
1 The team
winning the majority of games against one another during
the regular season.
2 The winner
of the most games in the last two rounds.
3 The winner
of the most games in the last round.
4 The team
with the most points in the final round.
5 A one game
play off.
SECTION C
Should three teams tie, use the following procedure. Find one winner
as follows and then revert to above.
1 Team winning
majority of games against both teams during the
regular season.
2 Team winning
the majority of games in the last two rounds.
3 Team winning
the majority of games in the final round.
4 High total
score in the final round against both teams.
5 Coin toss.
Note: This will give you one winner. The other two teams revert to above
tiebreaker. Should four or five teams tie, follow a similar procedure as in above.
SECTION D
Individual Trophy Play
1 Four trophies at present are available for competition by individual
players.
2 Player handicaps are taken as of the December break.
3 Players who are on the ten point system are not eligible.
4 A player may enter a maximum of two trophy competitions.
5 Team captains are to recommend players for the trophy
competition before a set date.
6 Teams are requested to not enter the names of players who are
unable or unwilling
to follow the rules of the competition.
7 Players may not enter any trophy play if they are barred entry to
any member club.
8 To qualify for trophy play, a player must have played three regular
league games
before the December break, and undertake to play
three more before the end of the regular season.
9 Trophy play Chairman/convener shall not be a participant in the
Division of Trophy
Play he is the Chairman of
10 Trophy play
Chairman/convener are to settle communication
problems/disputes between players in Trophy Play
11 Trophy play
Chairman/convener have the authority to disqualify
player(s) if games in Trophy
Play are not played within reasonable
time, as per the schedule
set by the Chairman/convener
12 Players
should not start their next round of play in Trophy Play
prior to notifying the chairman/convener of the results of previous
match
SECTION E
Lockwood Trophy
The trophy chairman will select, from the lists submitted by team captains,
sixteen players with the highest handicaps. These players will be seeded into a straight knockout draw. Each match is 250
home and 250 away for a total of 500 points from scratch. The top named player is to contact his opponent and arrange
a time to play that is convenient to both. First named player has choice of home or away. The responsibility of arranging
the game is placed on the player at home. Should he have any difficulty in arranging the game within the date provided, he
is to contact the trophy chairman. If the game is not completed within the date set, without a good reason, the trophy chairman
can disqualify one or both players, and go on to the next round. The winner is to notify the trophy chairman as soon as possible.
SECTION F
McLean , Bardal And Novice Trophies
These are handicap tournaments. Match is a home and away series of 200
points each for a total of 400 points. The number of points a player loses by in the first round is added to his handicap
for the second game. All of the other rules as applied the Lockwood trophy are in effect.
The place, date, and time of the finals in each event will be arranged
by the trophy chairman, in consultation with the players concerned. Finals to
be played on one night 400 points plus or minus your handicap.
ARTICLE #12
League Meetings
1 The league
president shall call the meetings. The secretary/
treasurer shall prepare an agenda,
approved by the president, and
inform the members of the time and place
of the meeting.
2 The league
president is the chairman of the meeting.
SECTION A
The Chairman
1 To open the meeting at the appointed time
2 Ensuring there is a proper quorum in attendance to open the
meeting
3 To announce in proper sequence the business that comes before
the meeting or becomes
in order in accordance with the prescribed
order of business, agenda
orc program
4 To recognize members who are permitted to the floor to speak
5 To state and to put to vote all questions that legitimately come
before the meeting as motions,
or that otherwise arise in the
course of proceedings, and
to announce the results of votes
6 To rule out of order motions not properly made.
7 To protect the meeting from obviously frivolous or dilatory motions
by refusing to recognize them
8 To enforce the rules relating to debate and those relating to order
and decorum within the meeting, by ensuring that both sides of the
issue have had an equal opportunity
to address there concerns on
the subject/motion under
discussion
9 To expedite business in every way compatible with the rights of the
members
10 To decide
all questions of order, subject to appeal, unless when in
doubt, the presiding
officer prefers initially to submit such a
question to the meeting for
a decision
11 To respond
to members relating to Parliamentary Procedure, or
factual information having
a bearing on the business before the
members in the meeting
12 To declare
the meeting adjourned when the meeting body so votes.
SECTION B
Members
1 arrive on
time.
2 be courteous
and not speak while others have the floor.
3 address the
chair at all times.
4 word motions/amendments
carefully (prepare motions in writing
beforehand if possible).
5 To be respectful
and mindful of others opinions and comments and
to act in a professional business
like manner at all times during
league meetings and social gatherings
put on by the league or
member teams.
SECTION C
Agenda
1 Call to order and roll call of officers and Team Captains/Co
Captains
2 Read out all bills, communications and notices
3 Read and accept minutes of last meeting.
4 Secretary treasurers report.
5 Presidents report
6 Honorary Life Member proposals.
7 Discussion arising from reports.
8 Old business.
9 List any new business.
10 New business
from the floor.
11 Set date
of next meeting.
12 Adjourn.
SECTION D
Motions
1 Presented
by a member in good standing.
2 Must be seconded
.
3 Must be presented
through the chair.
4 Presenter
is first to speak on their motion
5 Members must
speak to the motion when recognized by the chair,
and may speak only once until
all others have had their turn.
6 No personalities.
7 Chairman
may speak on the motion by delegating chair to another
SECTION E
Amendments
1 Same rules
as motions.
2 Can not withdraw
a motion without the seconders approval.
3 Amendments
should be an attempt to improve the motion.
4 The last
amendment is voted on first, and if carried, thereby defeats
the previous amendment and changes
the main motion to include the
amendment
5 Only one
amendment on the floor at a time.
6 Tabling;
postpone a vote to another specific date.
7 Should clarification
of these rules be necessary, Roberts Rules of
Order shall be the
final arbiter.
ARTICLE #13
CHARGES AND TRIALS OF A MEMBER BY A MEMBER
1 All charges against any league member or Executive
member,
which may be preferred
by any member in good standing must be
made in writing and forwarded to the President within 5 days of the
incident, If the incident
involves the President complaint to be
forwarded to the Vice President.
2 Failure to submit a charge within 5 days of the incident unless of an
emergency such charge
if received will be deemed inadmissible
and will not be handled by
the executive.
3 Such charge shall also make specific reference to any relevant
article(s) of these bylaws
that are or may be violated.
4 Upon receipt of a letter within the prescribed time limits the
executive
committee along with the life members who are still
active in the league will
turn itself into a DISPUTE
RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE and
deal with the charge(s) which
have been submitted to them by
the President or Vice President.
5 In the event that the charge is against an executive member or
Active Life Member, or
if an executive member or active Life
member is laying the charge
against another member he will
recuse himself from the Dispute
Resolutions Committee and the
remainder of the Committee
members will handle the charge(s)
6 The dispute resolutions committee will will arrange a meeting
within Ten (10) days from
the date the charges were received by
the President or Vice President,
wherein the charging party and
the charged party must attend
to present there cases. The
committee
will hear the complaint and ask questions they deem
necessary to obtain all
the facts. Each party will have a fair and
reasonable time to present
their position on the event that led to a
charge(s).
7 After the charges have been heard the Dispute Resolutions
Committee will advise within seven (7) days the charged party, the
charging parties and the
League Captains of what there finding
and ruling(s) are.
8 The Dispute Resolutions Committee may at its discretion assess
discipline, which in it's
mind is valid, fair and appropriate based on
the incident under review.
9 Discipline may range from a letter of reprimand to a temporary
suspension from League
and Trophy Play to and outright
suspension from the League
10 The committee
after review, may award a win or a loss of the
Match if such charge
originated from the Match being played.
11 In all instances
the person being charged who is assessed
disciplinary action may appeal
the decision of the Dispute
Resolutions Committee to
the league executive board. The
Dispute Resolutions Committee's
decision remains in effect until
the appeal
decision is determined. Such appeal must be submitted
in writing with 5 days
of the dispute resolutions committee's
decision. The league executive board will meet within 10 days to
review the appeal and decision
of the disbute resolutions
committee. The league executive board will render it's decision on
the appeal within
5 days. All decisions of the league executive
board will be final. The league executive board will advise the
team captain of the person
appealing as soon as a decision has
been rendered.
ARTICLE #14
1 The rules entered herein may be revoked or amended by a
majority vote of the members present at a general meeting.
2 Failure to comply with any terms of this constitution could result in
suspension for the remainder of the season.
ARTICLE #15
Banquet Sites
Each team in the league will accept or decline a chance at hosting League's
end of year Banquet. The Secretary/Treasurer in consultation with the League executive will select a location from the teams
submitting an acknowledgement that they would like to host the event. In all cases decision will be based on working within
our budget.
ARTICLE #16
Other Billiard Venues
1 In order to help promote the league, the league executive will have
the authority to have
teams play there league games at another
venue other than at their
home club, provided such venue is equal
to or better than the home
team that has been asked to play
elsewhere to help promote
the league,
2 No team will be asked to move venues more than once in a year
unless they voluntarily
request it
ARTICLE #17
League Property
SECTION A
League Property the Web Site and Trophies
1 The league will take care of all trophies, regarding the engraving,
repairs, etc. With the
exception of the Bardal, which will be the
responsibility of Neil Bardal incorporated.
2 All trophies are the property of the Winnipeg Veterans English
Billiard League
3 Upon the League's written request, all property must be returned
within two weeks of
such written notice.
4 Trophies being returned must be in reasonable condition and
cleaned, or the trophy holder will be responsible for the cost for
repairs and/or cleaning.
5 Once a player accepts a trophy, they are responsible for it's care
and keep. Trophies left for display at the home club
in a proper
place will exclude the player's
responsibility for care and keep of
the trophy. When returning a trophy, a cleaning of the trophy
would be recommended to avoid
possible charges.
6 Failure to return league property will result in immediate
suspension until the league property is returned
7 The league may use whatever legal means is necessary to obtain
property owned by the league
SECTION B
LEAGUE PROPERTY
1. Jack Sparrow Memorial Shield
2. Harry Lockwood Trophy
3. Ward Tullock Trophy
4. Jack McLean Trophy
5. Novice Trophy
6. Tom Hargreave's Trophy
7.
Ken Vincent Trophy
8.
Jim Simm Trophy
9.
John (Jock) Milton Trophy
10. St Georges
Trophy
11. Syd
Spence Trophy
12. Thomas Spearman Trophy
13. Neil Bardal Trophy ( Owned & Maintained By Neil Bardal
Incorporated )
14. Constitution and Bylaws as amended August 14th, 2003
15. Filing Cabinet and Brief Case containing the league's records
and minutes from current and previous years meetings
16.
Web site located at http://vetsbilliardleague.tripod.com
SECTION C
1 The Winnipeg
Veteran's English Billiard League hereby adopts the
league's web site located
at http://wvebl.com as
their official web site for the Winnipeg
Veteran's English Billiard
League.
2 The web site
is to show the league's and players records,
notifications and items of general
interest to the league and it's
players.
Advertising on the site may be used to help defer any costs
associated with maintenance and/or up-keep
and/or supplies
required
to maintain the web site, or for league approved
honorariums paid for maintaining the
site.
This Constitution and By-Laws as amended July, 2008 will remain in effect
until amended at a properly held meeting of the league.