Rules

	Issue 5.2 October 2008
1	The League
1.1	The League shall be governed by a Chairperson, Secretary, and a committee comprising the Captains of all registered teams, elected at the Annual General Meeting.
1.2	League matches comprise three pairs tables playing 5 legs.
1.3	Ken Long Trophy matches comprise 5 singles tables playing best of 3 legs.
1.4	Crockett Memorial Trophy matches comprise 3 doubles tables playing best of 1 leg.
1.5	The Crockett Memorial Trophy shall be decided by individual points: one point shall be awarded for each table.
1.6	The League shall be decided by points and leg totals: two points shall be awarded for a win.
1.7	The Ken Long Trophy shall be decided by individual points: one point shall be awarded for each table.
1.8	The Millennium Cup shall be awarded to the player with the highest average score in pairs matches.
1.9	All trophies shall be held by their winners for 12 months.
1.10	Each registered player must play five or more league matches to qualify for an individual trophy. Players must play at least two thirds of matches in order to qualify for the Millennium Cup.
2	Teams
2.1	Teams shall consist of not more than twelve players.
2.2	Players must be registered with the secretary before the start of each season. Emergency players may be signed on night of match except where twelve players are already signed on for that team.
2.3	Transfers of players will be allowed providing that the member has played four games or less for the team being left. Transfer fee to be £1.00 payable to the League by the player concerned.
3	Fees
3.1	Team registration fee shall be £3.00.
3.2	Match fees shall be £4 per team.
4.	Matches
4.1	Normal playing time will be Sunday evenings at 8.00 pm.
4.2	The last table must commence before 8.30pm, any side with players not present at 8.30pm shall forfeit games concerned and be fined £1.00 per table concerned.
4.3	If a match, or part of a match, cannot be played on a Sunday night, it may be played before that day or the above rules of forfeit will apply.
4.4	In exceptional circumstances the management committee shall decide the outcome.
5	Results
5.1	All results shall be reported to the Secretary from the venue by 11pm.
5.2	All cards shall arrive at the collection point by Wednesday morning at the latest.
5.3	A £1.00 fine shall be imposed for late results.
5.4	Any protest must be lodged with the secretary within four days of the match concerned with full details in writing.
6	Play
6.1	The two peggers shall cut for deal on the first leg.
6.2	Deal for the subsequent legs shall pass to the player on the dealer's left.
6.3	Cutting shall be decided by the lowest card, all pictures ranking equal to 10.
6.4	All pegging shall start and finish at the cards end of the board.

Any matter not covered by these rules shall be decided by the Management Committee.

For details on cribbage play itself, please check the Cribbage entries in Wikipedia

Last modified: March 24, 2010