Handbook 2015-16
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Handbook 2015-16 53 Contents Page 3 Senior County Championships Divisions & Sections Page 5 Senior County Championships Regulations Page 15 Appendix A – County Competition Eligibility Criteria Page 18 Appendix B – Badminton England Clothing Regulations Page 21 Senior County Championships Match Secretaries Page 28 Past Senior County Championships Winners Page 29 Masters’ Policy Group Members & Key event dates Page 30 Masters’ County Championships Divisions & Sections Page 32 Masters’ County Championships Regulations Page 38 Masters’ County Challenge Regulations Page 42 Masters’ County Competition Coordinators Page 50 Past Masters’ County Challenge Winners Page 51 Past Masters’ County Championship Winners 2 The Badminton England Senior County Championships 2015/16 Divisions & Sections Premiership Avon Buckinghamshire Cheshire Glasgow & North Strathclyde Lancashire Middlesex Nottinghamshire Surrey Warwickshire Yorkshire Division 1 North South Derbyshire Essex Lanarkshire Hampshire Leicestershire Hampshire 2 Leinster Hertfordshire Mid Glamorgan Hertfordshire 2 Worcestershire Middlesex 2 Yorkshire 2 Surrey 2 Yorkshire 3 Sussex 3 Division 2 North Central South East South West Cheshire 2 Buckinghamshire 2 Berkshire Avon 2 Glasgow & NS 2 Cambridgeshire Essex 2 Devon Lancashire 2 Derbyshire 2 Hertfordshire 3 Devon 2 Lancashire 3 Leicestershire 2 Kent Dorset Lothian Oxfordshire Middlesex 3 Gloucestershire Northumberland Shropshire Norfolk Somerset Ulster Staffordshire Suffolk Wiltshire Yorkshire 4 Warwickshire 2 Sussex 2 West Glamorgan Division 3 North Central South East South West Cumbria Bedfordshire Berkshire 2 Cornwall Durham Cambridgeshire 2 Buckinghamshire 3 Jersey Isle of Man Essex 3 Hampshire 3 Dorset 2 Lothian 2 Norfolk 2 Kent 2 Gloucestershire 2 Northumberland 2 Northamptonshire Kent 3 Guernsey Nottinghamshire 2 Staffordshire 2 Middlesex 4 Oxfordshire 2 Nottinghamshire 3 Warwickshire 3 Surrey 3 Oxfordshire 3 Yorkshire 5 Worcestershire 2 Sussex 3 Wiltshire 2 Division 4 North Central South East South West Cumbria 2 Avon 3 Bedfordshire Cornwall 2 Durham 2 Avon 4 Cambridgeshire 3 Devon 3 Lanarkshire 2 Cheshire 3 Lincolnshire Dorset 3 Northumberland 2 Derbyshire 3 Lincolnshire 2 Isle of Wight Leicestershire 3 Norfolk 3 Isle of Wight 2 Shropshire 2 Northamptonshire 2 Somerset 2 Worcestershire 3 Northamptonshire 3 Somerset 3 Worcestershire 4 Suffolk 2 Wiltshire 3 Competition Dates Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Premiership Premiership Premiership 7th & 8 th November 12 h & 13 th December 19 th & 20 th March Regional Divisions Regional Divisions Regional Divisions Regional Play-Offs 7th November 12 th December* 30 th & 31 st January 19 th & 20 th March *Division 3 North will be played on Sunday 13 th December due to hall availability. 4 Regulations for the Badminton England Senior County Championships 2015/16 SENIOR COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS 1. They will be competed for annually in accordance with the following regulations, or such other regulations as Badminton England, may from time to time approve, and the Laws of Badminton as adopted by the Badminton World Federation [BWF]. The County Championships shall be managed by Badminton England. Subject thereto each competing county shall be responsible for all matters affecting its county’s teams. The Senior County Championships shall be governed by the following Regulations. COMPETITION STRUCTURE 2. The Championships shall comprise: The Premiership and Regional Divisions. (a) The Premiership shall comprise the top ten county first teams, 2 nd teams are not permitted in the premiership. (b) Division 1 shall comprise the next sixteen county teams, split geographically into two sections of 8 (North and South). (c) The remaining Regional Divisions shall consist of all other county teams, split geographically into four sections of 8. If there are less than 32 teams in the lowest division, Badminton England shall designate the sections. (d) A maximum of two teams from the same county are allowed in a regional division and shall be in the same section. DEFINITIONS 3. For the purposes of these regulations the following definitions shall apply; Events - men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles are different ‘events’. Match - the best of three games is a ‘match’. Section - the combination of county teams which shall be scheduled to play each other in the Regional Divisions shall be known as sections. Tie - the competition between one county team and another is known as a ‘tie’. Weekend – the designated dates (Saturday and Sunday) on which the Premiership and Regional divisions are contested. ELIGIBILITY 4. The Championships shall be open to: (a) Every English county association affiliated to Badminton England. (b) The different Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, if governed by an association recognised as a county association by and affiliated to Badminton England. (c) Any Irish, Scottish or Welsh regional association, if similarly governed and subject to the sanction of its own national 5 organisation, which shall conform geographically to a branch of the Badminton Union of Ireland, a group of Badminton Scotland or branch of the Welsh Badminton Union, as laid down in the constitutions of those Unions, and which shall be acceptable to Badminton England. (d) Each of those entering under (a), (b), and (c) above shall hereinafter be referred to as a ‘county’. (e) All teams entering under (b) and (c) above shall play all their ties in England unless mutually agreed otherwise with their opponents. (f) A county shall be entitled to enter a maximum of five teams. (g) Badminton England shall have the right to determine from time to time the classification of each competing team subject to the provisions of Regulation 9 and to determine the constitution of Divisions and Sections. Such decisions shall be notified to all competing Counties not later than 31st May in any year. (h) Badminton England shall have the power to refuse the entry of any team from outside the area under its jurisdiction, which is considered to be too strong or otherwise unsuitable. Definitions under (c) above: • The Lanarkshire Group comprises clubs in the areas of Scotland served by North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire Councils, but excluding Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. • The Lothian group comprises clubs in the areas of Scotland served by East Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, Midlothian and West Lothian Councils. • The Glasgow and North Strathclyde group comprises clubs in the areas of Scotland served by West Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire, Glasgow City and Argyle and Bute Councils excluding the former electoral division of Dunoon, East Cowal and Bute, but including Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. • The Mid Glamorgan Group comprises Caerphilly district, Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Cynon Calley, Merthyr, Ogmore, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Merthyr Vale, Vale of Glamorgan and Bridgend. • The West Glamorgan Group comprises Swansea, Lliw Valley, Neath, Port Talbot and Dyfed Powys. FILING OF ENTRIES AND ENTRY FEES 5. New teams entering the Championships, as well as teams wishing to withdraw from the Championships should notify the Championships Secretary not later than 31st March, immediately preceding the next season of competition. Unless notified to the contrary by the same date it will be assumed that each team which carried out its commitments in the preceding season is desirous of competing in the following season. 6. Entry fees on the following basis shall be payable 30 days net from the invoice date: (a) Premiership For each team affiliated to Badminton England £700 For each other team £800 6 (b) Regional Division For each team affiliated to Badminton England £650 For each other team £700 PROGRAMME OF COMPETITION 7. (a) Premiership Teams shall play each other once as determined by Badminton England (Regulation 10(a) refers). (b) The Regional Divisions (i) This shall consist of Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. Division 1 shall be divided into two sections of 8 teams. Each remaining Division shall be divided into four sections of eight teams. Should the lowest division comprise less than 32 teams, sections will be determined by Badminton England. (ii) In each section of 8 teams, teams shall play each other once as determined by Badminton England (Regulation 10(b) refers). Should a county have two teams in the same section, their tie shall be the first tie played in that section. (iii) In any section of 4 or 5 teams, teams shall play each other twice as determined by Badminton England (Regulation 10(b) refers). Should a county have two teams in the same section, their ties shall be the first ties played in that section. TROPHIES 8. (a) The county winning the Premiership shall be regarded as the champion county and shall have the right to hold until the following 1st March the trophy presented by the Chester, Claughton, Grosvenor and Wallasey Badminton clubs. (b) The top 2 teams in Division 1, North & South shall play-off to decide the winners of Division 1. The winners shall have the right to hold until the following 1 st March the trophy presented by Brigadier R. Bruce Hay DSO. (c) The trophies shall remain the property of Badminton England, which shall be responsible for insurance and engraving. The holders shall be responsible for their care and maintenance. PROMOTION AND RELEGATION 9. (a) Following the Division 1 Play-Offs, promotion from Division 1, North & South to the Premiership shall be determined as follows: (i) The best two play-off teams eligible