Rules

Again we have tried to keep this simple, the rules are fluid and have been introduced over the months to help the play flow and to try and account for most situations that arise in the League


In order to play in the League you need to be affiliated through it or a member Club, in other words you need to have paid your admin fee
  1. Each league will consist of 4/5 players the majority of the time
  2. The leagues will run for one month (except in Summer where we will extend to 6 weeks)
  3. Players will contact each other to arrange their games
  4. Each player will play every other player in their league
  5. Matches will be best of 3 games to 21 - RPS and setting as required, normal Badminton rules
  6. It is recommended that feather shuttles are used, the costs or shuttles used to be split between the pair, plastic shuttles can be used but need to be agreed beforehand
  7. The player who wins the most will move up to the next division
  8. The player who wins the least will move down to the next division
  9. In the event of a two way tie the game between those two individuals will decide the position(s)
  10. In the event of a three way tie it will come down to the games won and lost and if there is still a tie then it will come down to the points difference
  11. If you are going on holiday please pass this information onto the other members of your pool at the start of the month, the league must also be notified to freeze your position and exempt you from rule 14, this will freeze you for one month only. If you don't let us know then you are as far as we know just not bothering to play and fall subject to rule 13
  12. If you are injured, we will likewise freeze you for a maximum of one month. If you are injured longer than this you really shouldn't be playing, but, as with holidays please inform the other players in your league as soon as you can and also let us know too. If you don't let us know then you are as far as we know just not bothering to play and fall subject to rule 13
  13. The aim is to play, if you don't play your matches you will be removed from the league
  14. If you want to register again if rule 13 has been used you will be placed in the bottom pool the following month or when you wish rejoin
  15. We think asking someone twice to play is enough so if you ask someone to play three times and they do not play and make excuses we think the match should be claimed. If you have to keep chasing people to play it's not really worth it - is it?

Preference will always be given to those who play the higher number of games; if two people have each won two but one has only played two and the other three, the person who has played three will get the place over the person playing two! This was requested in the second month by one of our memebers who thought that the spirit of the League was to play badminton not to try and gain promotion by winning 100% but not playing all their games or playing a numbers game - we agree!


If you have any questions or something isn't explained please feel free to e-mail Admin