Monday Mens' Parkes League

                                                            PARKES  RULES 2011- 2012
                ALL PROTESTS, DISPUTES MUST BE BROUGHT TO THE COMMITTEE IN WRITING AND ALL
                                                          DECISIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE FINAL

ROUND ONE: ROUND ROBIN PLAY.      
ROUND TWO: PLAYOFF ROUND ROBIN: A,B  DIVISIONS  
DIVISIONS FINALS : Semi-Finals and Finals
                                 
 RULES:    
                1. Parkes competition is open to fully paid active MALE members, who have paid the league fee. If the league 
                 does not fill and there is room, Bantam Plus teams are eligible with the permission of their coach and the 
                 board. 
                2.All games will be played using the FOUR ROCK, FREE GUARD ZONE rules
                3.Games will consist of eight ends. Ties will not be broken in the first round or second robin play, but an extra end  
               will be played in all playoff games.
                4. Teams will use a coin toss to determine last rock in the first end and/or colour of rocks for 1st and 2nd rounds. 
                5. Teams must have at least three players to play a game. If a team is curling with three curlers, then the first
                two curlers will throw three rocks and the skip the last two rocks. For the 2nd round original members must play 
                 Vice/Skip.
                6. Unlimited substitution is allowed during the first round robin play. All sparing is subject to the committee’s 
                 substitution rules. In the event that there are at least two curlers absent from a team due to an OCA 
                competition commitment, the Parkes game may be re-scheduled on the approval from the Parkes committee.
                Barring unusual circumstance, no other games can be re-scheduled.
                7. Late teams will be penalized after 10 minutes. The penalty will be one point and loss of hammer and choice\
                of colour of rocks. Play will commence in the second end. After 20 minutes, the penalty is increased to two
                points. Play will commence in the third end. After 25 minutes, the game is defaulted by the late team.
                8. Team rosters, including any fifth men, must be set and submitted to the committee by November 30st, 2010
                 All five players will be considered roster members for the purpose of the Playoffs.
PLAYOFF RULES:

Second round will be in 2 divisions A,B. There will be 1 round robin playoff. Top 7 teams will make A 
Division and the remaining other 7 will be in B division. 
The top 4 teams in each division will make up the Playoff finals with a semi final game. 
The winners of those games go to the Finals. 
                1. Teams must have at least three curlers to play a game. If a team is curling with three curlers,  
                then the first two curlers will throw three rocks and the skip the last two rocks. The team must be 
                skipped by a rostered member, and he must skip and throw last rocks. Teams must have at least two 
                rostered members for all playoff games and other substitutions are as per rules above.
                2. All playoff games are to be eight ends, FOUR ROCK, FREE GUARD ZONE rules, and ties will 
                be broken by playing an extra end.
                3. Last rock or choice of colour for the playoffs will be determined first by the yearly accumulated 
                points, then by head to head record and then by coin toss.
 Points: 1st round---15 pts for Win, 10 pts for tie, 5pts for loss. 0 for Default.  
2nd round--- 30 pts for Win, 20 pts for tie, 10pts for loss, 0 for Defaut
  Record your wins or losses  for all scheduled games. Playoff positions will be 
wins/losses with ties broken by Points then Head to Head position. 2nd Round by Points ( total pts) 
then Head to Head then coin toss or cards. Final Playoff position will be broken with a tie breaker game