YORKSHIRE UNION OF GOLF CLUBS Year Book 2018 ERIC WAINWRIGHT Fulford Golf Club President of the Yorkshire Union of Golf Clubs 2018 Yorkshire Union of Golf Clubs FOUNDED APRIL 1894 Affiliated to England Golf YEAR BOOK 2018 Officers and Executive Principal Officers President: ERIC WAINWRIGHT (Fulford) Immediate Past President: ALASTAIR J. DAVIDSON (Harrogate) President-Elect: KEVIN E. TUCKER (Saltburn-by-the-Sea) Vice Presidents: A. WILSON (Selby) G. R. EDMOND (Hull) Honorary Secretary: KEITH H. DOWSWELL (Ganton) 33 George Street, Wakefield WF1 1LX Tel. Office: 01924 383869 Mobile: 07860 391380 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.yugc.co.uk Honorary Treasurer: NEIL G. DOUGLAS (Pannal) 8 Robinson Drive, Harrogate, HG2 9DJ Tel: 01423 520768 E-Mail: [email protected] Honorary Secretary (County Membership): MARTIN R. GREAVES (Pike Hills) 10 Farriers Croft, Copmanthorpe, YORK. YO23 3XE Tel: [01904] 867550 Mobile: 07500 663350 E-Mail: [email protected] County Captain: Darryl Berry (Bradford) Boys Captain: Callum MacFie (Lindrick) 1 COUNTY RULES AND REGULATIONS COUNTY HONOURS BOARDS PAST OFFICERS; PAST CHAMPIONS COUNTY PLAYERS' RECORDS CURRENT RESULTS & ARCHIVED RESULTS LIST OF COUNTY MEMBERS All the above items that were previously published in the Year Book are now recorded in detail on the Yorkshire Website: www.yugc.co.uk ----------------------- YORKSHIRE GOLF DINNER will be held at the YORK RACECOURSE VOLTIGEUR SUITE on FRIDAY, 2nd NOVEMBER, 2018 at 7.00 pm for 7.45 p.m. Please continue to give your full support. 2 RULES 24 - 40 OF THE UNION RELATING TO GOLF MEETINGS, COMPETITIONS, AND COUNTY MEMBERSHIP GOLF MEETINGS AND COMPETITIONS 24. Golf meetings shall be held each year to decide such championships, competitions or matches as may have been sanctioned by the Council. The Executive Committee is empowered to make arrangements for the holding of such meetings, to fix the amount of the entrance fees for such meetings, to vary the amount of the entrance fees and temporarily amend the content and application of Regulations 27 to 40 inclusive, as and when this is deemed to be necessary, but only until the next following Council Meeting. The Secretary of the Union shall be empowered to make all the necessary arrangements for the golf meetings with the host clubs. All trophies shall be kept in the cabinet for this purpose at Huddersfield G.C. 25. All championships, competitions and matches shall be played in accordance with the Rules of Golf as approved by R&A Rules Limited and the Bye-Laws and Local rules of the host Club on whose green any event is played, so far as the Local Rules are approved by the Executive Committee acting by its delegated Championship Committee. 26. Except where otherwise provided, to be eligible to compete in Union championships, competitions or matches a player: (a) Must be of amateur status as defined by R&A Rules Limited. (b) Must be a member of a Club affiliated to the Union. (c) Must not have taken part in the Golf Championship of another County Union (this being the Championship in which the winner qualifies to play in the English County Champions' Tournament), or have represented another County Union at golf during the current calendar year. (d) Must conform to the age and handicap limits and any other conditions which are included in the regulations for an event. 27. (a) All entries for team competitions shall be made on the approved form through the Secretary of the Club in question. The Secretary of the Club must forward the entry to the Secretary of the Union (unless otherwise stated) who shall make arrangements for the draw. (b) Entries for all individual championships must be made by the entrants themselves on the official entry forms obtainable from the Secretary of their Club, from the Secretary of the Union, or from the Union's official website (www.yugc.co.uk) in accordance with the conditions notified thereon. Any breach of the conditions of entry by an entrant without justifiable reason being given in writing will enable the Executive Committee to take such disciplinary action as it thinks fit. In particular, in respect of the events specified in Rules 35 to 40 inclusive, the entrant shall complete both rounds of golf unless justifiable reason is given in writing for his not doing so, and the Executive Committee's decision as to whether such reason is justifiable or not shall be final. (c) The amount of the entry fee for each event shall appear on all entry forms and in the Team Championship all entry fees due from teams eligible to play as a result of their position in the previous year's Championship must be paid on or before play in the current year's Championship under penalty of disqualification. (d) The Executive Committee reserves the right to fix and alter starting times in individual championships or competitions and to accept or refuse an entry without giving reason for that decision which shall be final. (e) All competitors are required to play with golf balls which are on R&A Rules Limited List of Conforming Golf Balls current at the date of the event. (f) In County Championships and County Members' Meetings, subject to the agreement of the Host Club and following prior production of a medical certificate of disability, a 3 motorised Golf Cart for the exclusive use only of the person named on the certificate will be permitted. The penalty for breach of Rules 27 (e) and (f) is disqualification. (g) A competitor may not make use of any drug to enhance his performance. Attention is drawn to the list of prescribed drugs issued by the Sports Council. Any competitor infringing this Rule or, if asked to do so, refusing to take a test, shall be disqualified. 28. If it becomes impossible to complete an event in accordance with the rules thereof because of adverse weather conditions or other circumstances which in the opinion of the Executive Committee make it impossible or impracticable to do so, the Executive Committee, acting by its delegated Championship Committee, shall be empowered to vary such rules to the extent necessary to achieve a result within the time available. The Executive Committee's decision hereunder shall be final. 29. Determination of ties – unless otherwise stated, ties will be decided as follows: In a four round Championship, ties shall be decided on the 4th round, then the 3rd round, then the 2nd round and then the 1st round. In a three round Championship, ties shall be decided on the 3rd round, then the 2nd round and then the 1st round. In a two round Championship, ties shall be decided on the 2nd round and then the 1st round. Should that fail to produce a result, ties shall be decided on the last 9, 6, 3 or 1 holes of the last completed round. If a tie still arises it shall be decided on the last 9, 6, 3 or 1 holes of the first nine holes of the last completed round. If a tie still arises, each of the preceding rounds played shall be treated in the same way (taking each round in the reverse order to that in which they were played) until a decision is reached. In the case of a one round event, ties shall be decided on the last 9, 6, 3 or 1 holes of the round. If a tie still arises it shall be decided on the last 9, 6, 3 or 1 holes of the first nine holes of the round. Should there still be a tie the winner shall be decided by lot. In team competitions the aggregate scores of the teams will be the criteria. 30. All disputes arising at any Union golf event relating to the running or the administration thereof, or to the application of the Rules of Golf, which need to be dealt with immediately, shall be referred to the Executive Committee acting by its delegated Championship Committee. 31. The time for starting shall be that shown on the official draw or when the player's name is called by the starter to play, whichever is the later. 32. No player shall be entitled to represent more than one Club in one calendar year in all stages of the Team Championship, including the Preliminary Rounds, and in the Inter-Club Foursome Tournament. 4 33. THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP shall be played in such number of Divisions as the Executive Committee shall approve culminating in the 1st Division Team Championship. One Preliminary Round shall be played prior to the opening of the Divisional Team Championship. The competitions, subject as hereinafter provided for the Preliminary Round shall be for teams of three players, representing a Club affiliated to the Union and shall be decided by stroke play from scratch over 18 holes in the Preliminary Round and over 36 holes in each Divisional Team Championship. The lowest aggregate scores of the three players in each team shall decide the Championship. Any Club may enter one team only which must be composed of members of the Club in question. The composition of the team may be changed between competitions during the championship. The Clubs eligible to play in the Preliminary Round and various Divisions shall be: (a) PRELIMINARY ROUND: Any Club affiliated to the Union but not qualified to entera team in any of the Divisions (b) SEVENTH DIVISION: Those Clubs whose teams occupied the last six places in the Sixth Division Team Championship of the previous year. Those Clubs whose teams gained the first twelve places in the Preliminary Round of the current year. (c) SIXTH DIVISION to SECOND DIVISION: Those Clubs whose teams occupied the last six places in the Higher Division Team Championship of the previous year.