Niagara pro singles dart league.

                Rules/ formats/ playoffs


1...REGISTRATION:
-Registration of $50 must be paid by all players before the beginning of the regular season to be eligible to play.
-weekly dues of $10 must be paid each week by every player in the league and for their weekly scores to be accounted for..

2...FORMAT:
-A division will play 5 sets and each set will be 3/5 per set of 501
-B division will play 5 sets and each set will be 2/3 per set of 501
-flip a coin for choice of bull
-each player to throw at the bull will remove darts from the board after each throw so both players have a clear shot at the bullseye.
-winner of the bull/diddle will throw first in sets 1/3/5 and loser of the bull/diddle will throw first in sets 2/4.
-players will then alternate all legs in all the sets in each set played.

3...SCORECARD:
-both players must sign and date and complete the scorecard completely after every match played
-scorecards that are incomplete will not be sent in to be updated and will be posted on the bulletin board until completed.
-make sure you put the date a match is supposed to be played on the scorecard, and if it is a makeup put the date the makeup match is supposed to be played on and not the date you made it up on..

4...BREAKS
-breaks after every 2 sets of play or anytime agreed upon by both players, but no breaks are necessary if both players decide to play straight through.

5...LEAGUE MATCHES/FORFEIT RULES:
-all league matches have to be played at the host venue
*****Any matches played outside of the hosting venues at another venue will be grounds for dismissal from the singles league for both players******

-league nights will start at 7:30pm or any time agreed upon by both players.
-if a player is unable to make it to a league night the player that is unable to make it out the night of is responsible for contacting their opponent, first by phone call and text message then if still can't get a hold of player you must contact the convener of the league and only use Facebook as a last resort as not everyone has Facebook.
*****if a player is a no show no call this will be a automatic forfeit *****
-a forfeit will be 3 sets and 9 legs for A division
-a forfeit will be 3 sets and 6 legs for B division
-all players will have 5 weeks to get any make up matches done
-if a player can prove they are making a sufficient effort in making a match up and can prove via, text message screen shot, email etc...With no responses from the other player and brought to the conveners attention. The convener will make a decision on whether to give out a forfeit or not pending on proof of evidence..
-if a forfeit has been issued to a player, both players in that match will still be responsible for the weekly dues of that match to be paid.

*****the convener will have the final decisions on any conflicts, concerns and or decisions in the league *****

-all make up matches are to be played at the hosting venue, if matches are not made up at the hosting venue this will be grounds of dismissals for both players from the league..

6...DART ETIQUETTE:
-shake hands / fist bump before and after the match
-please allow the other player to finish marking before you throw your darts
-as for leaving your darts in the board there is no rule in stone on this and is up to the player but is a common courtesy to do so to avoid conflict in scores shot during chalk and walk..
-any players that are involved in a physical altercation during the league play will be removed from the league with a 1 year suspension from the league from the time of the incident.

7...TIE BREAKER:
-all the ties at the end of the season will be done as follows
-if sets are tied then we will break a tie with the legs won
-if legs are tied then we will break a tie with the regular season match between the tied players, and the winner of the regular season match will win the tiebreaker

8...SEATING / PLAYOFFS
• First plays last and second plays second last etc..unless there is an odd number then there will be byes in the first round for players

9...PLAYOFFS / PLAYOFFS FORMAT
-playoffs will be over three weeks with the payouts and awards on the night of the finals night of the third week..
-playoffs week 1- best of 5 sets (A.div. 3/5) (B.div. 2/3) legs per set
-playoffs week 2- best of 5 sets (A.div. 3/5) (B.div.2/3) legs per set
-playoffs week 3- finals best of 7 sets 3/5 per set both leagues..