Wednesday Evening Open

2023-2024 Season

Last updated: September 20, 2023

Updates in this version:

SPARING

Spares cannot be used by a team until the team has four paid-in-full members.
Spares can be anyone that has paid club fees, regardless of league.
Social members are deemed to be non-members for sparing.
Spares cannot fill positions higher than the person being replaced.
No more than two spares per game unless agreement reached between both teams to use three spares.

5^th/6^th NAMED TEAM MEMBER

Team may identify a 5^th and 6^th team member once the team has four paid-in-full members.
The named 5^th and 6^th team member can be anyone that has paid club fees – this includes someone that has paid spare fees only, excludes a social membership.
The named 5^th and 6^th team member can play any position.
The named 5^th and 6^th team member CANNOT be a member of another team in the Wednesday Evening Open League.

LEAGUE SETUP

Wednesday Evening Open will have 20 teams. There will be 5 draws (periods of 5 weeks each with reshuffling of teams using total points to date).
Unique to Wednesday Evening Open: Draw #1 will be a seeding draw. Teams will be into 4 pools of 5 teams, split based on last year's standings.
In Draws 2 through 4, teams will be split into A and B divisions.The top 10 teams will be in the A Division. The bottom 10 teams will be in the B Division.
The placement of teams in Draw #2, Draw #3 and Draw #4 will be by overall ranking of points (not points in only the most recent draw).
Teams will then be split into two pools within their division (i.e. A1 and A2, B1 and B2). Teams will play within their pool. Draws will consist of 4 games and 1 bye week.
In Draw # 5, the four divisions will be ranked in order of the standings (i.e. teams ranked 1-5 will play in A Division, 6-10 in B Division, 11-15 in C Division, and 16-20 in D Division).

Ties in the standings will be broken by head to head in the standings so far with a team in a higher division getting the advantage.

Points for the leagues will be as follows:

Division A1 Win=9, Loss=3, Tie=6

Division A2 Win=9, Loss=3, Tie=6

Division B1 Win=7, Loss=1, Tie=4

Division B2 Win=7, Loss=1, Tie=4

All Forfeits = 0

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BELL RULE

The bell signals to finish the end you are in! No extra ends or tie breakers.

An end is deemed to have started once the first rock of the end has crossed the near tee line during a slide.

2022-23 season: The bell in the early draw will go off at 8:50pm. The bell in the late draw will go off at 11:05pm.