Information

2023-24 Season

The 2023-24 season will start in the second week of September 12/14th.

There will be no booklets circulated again this year.

A4 laminated sheets will be circulated. Matchcards and Orme matchcards will also be circulated to team. Small credit card fixture list PDFs are available on your teams page.

League Entry fees

Here are the details for paying your league entry fees via bank transfer:

Burton & District Clubs Snooker League
Sort Code: 60-83-71
Account no: 16388441

Competition Entries

All competition entry is now done completely online: Competition entry

A list of those entries can be found here: View competition entries – Burton & District Clubs Snooker League (bdcsnooker.org)

£5 for singles, £10 for doubles. Use the account details above

Rule changes

Rule 4 Miss Rule
The “3-miss” miss rule continues in the Premier Division for another season.

Rule 17a – Orme Plate

Premier league teams playing in the Orme Plate will be based on handicaps of 28pts per frame where they play a Division 2 team and 14pts per frame where they play a Division 1 team. Final handicaps for all teams will be set at the discretion of the Competitions and Fixtures secretary with approval from Committee.

See the full Rules here…

Mobile phone use whilst refereeing

There were a number of indirect reports last season of players being on their phones whilst refereeing a match. This is in direct contravention of Rule 27. We encourage people to report such incidents and for captains to remind each of their team members not to be on their phones whilst refereeing.

Playing conditions in clubs

The league expects there to be good playing conditions for our members. Matches should be played with appropriate match balls, as per Rule 18, on cleaned and ironed tables in an environment that is suitable for playing snooker.

Trophies

If you won league or cup trophies last year we require those trophies returned back to the league clean and in the condition you received them. Damaged or badly kept trophies will likely incur a charge that we will expect the club and receiving teams to cover.

Committee members

President: Tony Coleman
Vice President: Mark Vaughan
Chairman: Paul Slater
Vice Chairman: Mark Vaughan
Treasurer: Carl Poulton
Secretary: Carl Poulton (07962 185834)
Competitions/Fixtures Secretary: Carl Poulton (07962 185834)
Standing Committee: Simon Deakin, Ant Moore, Martin Hurdman

Competition changes – NONE

Presidents and Orme Shield/Plate competitions are unchanged from last year.

The Presidents Handicap cup uses the same format and  card as the league, the only difference being the entry of the doubles names in case a doubles decider is needed.

The Orme Shield and Orme Plate competitions use the Orme Matchcard, shown below. The full draw must be done before the game starts. Including the doubles decider.

Matchcard submission

You will need to send a photo of the match card attached to an email or attached to a text message. The email and text number are given below. The email or text must be with the Fixtures Secretary by noon on the following Saturday.

Email: matchcard@bdcsnooker.org
Mobile: 07962 185834