Birstall and District

Birstall and District Pool League

Established 26th January 1987

Committee Members

Chairman John Laycock 07929 789995

Vice Chairman Ian Lee 07761 833697

Raffles, Draws & Secretary Nathan Wilby 07791 534820

Knockouts Ian Lee 07761 833697

Results & IT Emma Wilby 07854 043103

Averages Craig Smith 07710 718243

Averages Leona Clayton 07812 071781

Welcome to the Birstall and District Pool League. On behalf of the committee, I would like to wish you a successful season. Since we began in 1987, we have expanded to six divisions. We organize a total of 8 knockout competitions every season and we encourage as many players to enter as possible. The standard of trophies supplied is maintained by the hard work put in by all committee members who ensure that raffles and knockout competitions are well run thus encouraging members to enter. All fees are spread out during the season to enable teams to raise their capital throughout the season.

Two of the knockout competition are free entry, namely the Landlord's and the Children’s knockout. The Landlord's Knockout is organized in memory of Bill Priestly who was the landlord of the Old Brown Cow in Hightown who joined the league in 1989. The Children’s knockout competition is organized to encourage youngsters to take up the game and hopefully become players of the future.

The Singles Knockout is known as the Marc Hepworth Remembrance Trophy. This is in memory of Marc, whom most of you knew through playing in the Birstall and District Pool League. Marc won the competition in 1993, and was an excellent ambassador for the game of Pool.

The Team Knockout is known as the Alan Taylor Remembrance Trophy. This is in memory of Alan who was the League chairman and one of the founder members of the Birstall and District Pool League. The reputation of the league is now second to none in this area and one of the main reasons for this is down to the hard work and dedication of Alan.

I hope that you all enjoy the season and if you have any problems or complaints then please do not hesitate to contact any of the committee members shown above.

Meetings are held every fortnight at the Central Club in Batley at 8.00 pm. One representative from each team should be in attendance to pay any league fees due and to collect the league tables, knockout draws and to keep up to date with any developments.

Please telephone the committee should you be unable to attend. To encourage attendance, all teams who are represented at the meeting when the roll call is done will receive 1 bonus point towards their league total.

League results should be phoned in no later than 11.00pm on the Wednesday following the fixture. This is to enable accurate league tables to be produced for the fortnightly meetings.

Failure by the winning team to phone the result in will result in the winning team being deducted their bonus points.

These measures are not intended to penalize teams unnecessarily but to try and ensure an accurate representation of your league position and to keep you informed of all league activities such as knockouts.

It is in your own interest to attend the meetings.

New players can be signed on until halfway through the season and players can be transferred up to and including the first eight matches. Please try and ensure that you are covered for players prior to these dates as this rule will be strictly enforced this season. Only very extreme circumstances will see a relaxation of this rule.

Please ensure that all signings on are presented on the correct form and not on the back of a beer mat. Registration for any competition will not be accepted unless on the correct form. If yours has been misplaced the forms will be available at each meeting. It is your responsibility to obtain these and present them on or before the required date.

A fortnightly draw is run at each meeting. This costs £2.00 per number, which is included in the Team Subscriptions, and on average produces a first prize of £50.00 and two prizes of £25.00.

The funds generated help to maintain the high quality of trophies which are now associated with the Birstall and District Pool League.

The league runs a raffle every season to help generate funds to pay for the trophies. We ask you to sell tickets for this raffle and only expect each team to sell £50.00, which is on average about £5.00 per player. We have had some poor response to this in the past but the quality of the trophies can only be maintained with your help and support.

Please support your league, it is in your own interest. The committee dedicates a lot of time to ensure that the league is successful. Please help us to help you.

The league now has a web site, which is updated on a weekly basis. All BDPL information can be found here and because it is updated weekly, results, knockouts etc can be viewed prior to being issued at a meeting. Any comments you have about the site would be appreciated. The web site address is as follows.

www.bdpl.co.uk

League Fees

New Team Registration £20.00 per team

Player Registration £2.00 per player

Team Subscriptions £65.00 per season

Singles Knockout £1.00 per player

Three Man Team Knockout £5.00 per team

Ladies Knockout £1.00 per player

Doubles Knockout £2.00 per pair

Mixed Doubles £5.00 per team

Landlord's Knockout Free Entry

Children’s Knockout Free Entry

* This includes a free Draw every fortnight at the League meeting

RESULTS NUMBER 01924 479918

EMAIL TO: birstallpool@hotmail.com