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UPDATE!!
LancoBCA Bylaws are available
(they still need to be updated,
which will take place at August meeting)

Greetings Captains,

Before this Session ends, I intend to have a copy of the By-Laws issued to all teams. Since I will have to retype these By-Laws, bear with me that my pick & peck method is not the quickest.

I am assuming everyone has received their care packages.

This has been one of the wackiest  Seasons ever for this League.  New teams, schedule problems, collection of dues & memberships, scoresheets, blah,  blah, blah.

Since, most everyone does not have a copy of the By-Laws, I will address a couple issues that everyone needs to know.

In the chapter for Guidelines &  Procedures Section 1, Sportsmanship will prevail at all times. Gambling or wagering on League matches or games will not be tolerated. This League is plenty competitive to begin with so outward sharking or heckling is not good sportsmanship.  A bit of friendly banter back and forth between teams and players is part of the interaction that is encouraged in this League. When that banter becomes offensive or embarrassing, then it must stop. As stated in the chapter for Tavern Policies & Rules  Section 4, All visiting team members must remember they are representatives of their home establishment and should conduct themselves accordingly. We are in the process of completing our 14th Season with this League. There have been zero altercations and very, very few arguments at matches. The entire fellowship of the LancoBCA 8-Ball  League is made up of  good pool players and great people. Personal resentments or problems need to be confronted away from or outside of any particular match. If there are any problems of this  nature, please refer to Guidelines & Procedures, Section 1, before anything else. Captains are responsible for their players and the  Captains may file a protest if any given players behavior is disrupting to a match. That players actions would then be scrutinized by a League Panel as to any possible consequences.

Then there is Section 2 in the chapter Guidelines & Procedures, Starting time for matches will be 7:30 PM. Visiting team will have rights to the match table from 7: PM  to 7:30 PM for practice only, (No gambling.) Line-ups must be exchanged between Captains no later than 7:30 PM. League will allow a fifteen (15) minute grace period for matches to begin, but should be started as promptly as possible. Each team is required to have three (3) players present to play a match.

Again, in respect to this rule,  please refer to Guidelines & Procedures, Section 1 when problems arise If your team is running late or you know ahead of time that your players will be late, a courtesy call to the home teams Captain to inform them of your tardiness is encouraged. In  many cases, someone from the opposing team is on site for a match to begin. But, if no one from the opposing team is present by 7:45 PM, the home team will have the right to put that team on the clock. Meaning the team would have to be represented by at least three (3) players in the next ten (10) minutes or by 7:55 PM, at which time they will forfeit the first game of the first round. Then at 8:05 PM, the second game of the first round would be forfeited. Then at  8:15 PM, the entire match is forfeited.

So, when any problem may arise,  please refer to Guidelines & Procedures, Section 1 before anything else.

Please, remember that the Quality Inn Ballbusters have moved their team to the Mountville Inn. I do not have an address or phone number for them yet. As soon as John relays the  info, I will post the changes on the website.

Watch the weather. It looks like more white stuff for next week.

GOOD LUCK & GOOD SHOOTING !!!!

Cobra

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