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Committee
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1.1
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The League is
run by a committee elected at the AGM. The Chairman only votes in the
event of a
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hung decision.
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2
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Fees
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2.1
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At the
beginning of each season all teams pay a registration fee to cover League
expenses.
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2.2
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The size of
the fee is agreed at the AGM and is typically around £35.
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3
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Teams
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3.1
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For any match
a team shall consist of no more than six players. If a team has more than
six players
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available, ONE
substitution may be made at half-time. A team intending to make such a
substitution
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must make
their opponents aware of the nominated substitute before the start of the
quiz.
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3.2
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Players
should play for only one team during the season. The committee must
approve any individual
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changing team
during the season and will do so only under exceptional circumstances.
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3.3
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Teams wishing
to change venue and/or team name during the season should inform the committee
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and webmaster
before doing so. Please give as much notice as possible.
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4
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League placings
and points
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4.1
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Two league
points are awarded for a win, one for a draw.
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4.2
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Placings are
determined by league points scored; teams level on points are ranked by average
score
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(also see
rule 4.4).
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4.3
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A team and
individual trophies are awarded to the winners and runners up in the
League, Cup and
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Plate competitions.
Teams may choose to make a donation to charity or receive gift tokens
instead
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of individual
trophies.
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4.4
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If two or
more teams finish level on points and this affects first, second or
relegation places or
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qualification
for ‘Europe’ (see rules 4.5 and 4.6), average scores will not be
used to decide these
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placings; a
mini-league table will be constructed from the results of all head-to-head
matches between
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the teams involved. If this fails to produce a winner
teams will be ranked using points difference in the
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mini-league table. The example below (from the 2016–17 A Division)
shows that the Alexandra
had the
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best record of
the three tied teams, winning three of their four matches against Smart
Italics and Tiviot.
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4.5
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Teams
finishing in the top four places of the A Division will qualify to play in
the following season’s
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WIST Champions’
Cup.
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4.6
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Teams
finishing in positions 5 to 8 of the A Division will play in the following
season’s second-tier
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inter-league competition,
the Lowly Grail.
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5
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League matches
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5.1
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The season
runs from September to May; dates of fixtures are agreed at the AGM.
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5.2
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Matches are
played on Thursdays, commencing at 8.45 pm. If both teams agree, it is
permissible to
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start at 9
pm.
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5.3
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Each team
will play all the other teams in the League home and away.
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5.4
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The home team
must provide a question master (QM); the away team should try to provide a
scorer.
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5.5
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If the home
team has six or fewer players (including QM) and the away team has seven or
more it is
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customary
(although not compulsory) for the away team to offer to provide a QM.
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5.6
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Teams should
toss a coin for the choice of going first or second.
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5.7
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The first
thirty questions in each half are to be answered verbally by either team
alternately. If a team
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fails to
answer correctly the question is put to their opponents as a ‘bonus’.
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5.8
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Two points
are awarded for a correct answer to a team’s own question and one point for
a bonus.
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5.9
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Teams are
allowed thirty seconds to answer a question (this time starts when the QM
has finished
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reading the
question). When a question is asked as a bonus, an additional ten seconds
are allowed
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for an
answer.
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5.10
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Both teams must provide
written answers for the final ten questions in each half. If both teams
answer
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correctly they each score
one point; if only one team answers correctly, they score two points.
Teams
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have thirty seconds to
answer each question. Once all ten questions have been asked teams may ask
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the QM to repeat any they
wish to hear again.
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5.11
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The onus is
on the winning team to submit the match score, although both teams are encouraged
to do
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so. If a
result is not received within 14 days the winners may be subject to
sanction. Scores should be
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sent to stockportquiz@hotmail.com
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5.12
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If a team
fails to fulfil a fixture their opponents will be awarded a ‘walkover’
victory.
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5.13
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A fixture may
only be postponed with the approval of the committee and under exceptional
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circumstances
(which do not include being
unable to field a full team due to holidays, work or other
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‘conflicting engagements’).
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5.14
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If a team is
unable to fulfil a fixture every effort should be made to inform the
opposing team before the
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date of the
quiz. Contact details for all teams and venues can be found on the homepage.
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5.15
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In the event
of a disputed result teams should follow the appeal process, which is here.
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6
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Knockout competitions
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6.1
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Each season
there are two knockout competitions: the Cup and the Plate. Unless stated otherwise,
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matches are
played under the same rules as league matches.
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6.2
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Matches in
these competitions are played on selected Thursdays throughout the season. These
dates
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will be
determined at the start of the season and published with the league fixtures.
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6.3
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Each team is given a
handicap score based on average league score. The handicap for an A
Division
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team is calculated as the
difference between the team’s average league score and that of the A
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Division team with the
highest average league score. For teams in the B Division it is calculated
as the
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difference between the
team’s average league score and that of the team with the highest average
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league score in the A
Division, plus an ‘extra’ five points.
The handicap score is added to a team’s
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total points
scored. Submitted scores should include the handicap for both teams.
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6.4
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The format is
essentially the same as for league matches: two rounds of thirty verbally-answered
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questions and
two written rounds.
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6.5
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The
verbally-answered questions are not paired as in league matches. Teams
choose questions
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randomly by
picking a number (from 1-30 in the first half and from 41-70 in the second
half). The home
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team has
‘first pick’ in the first half, the away team in the second half.
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6.6
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In the event
of a tie a third written round should be used as ‘extra time’. If this
fails to produce a winner,
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both teams
should provide a written answer to a ‘nearest-the-bull’ tie-breaker
question.
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7
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Questions
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7.1
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A
question-setting rota is published on the website at the start of the
season. It is the responsibility of
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teams to
check when they are due to set questions.
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7.2
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Questions are
set by a team with a bye on the date of the quiz.
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7.3
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Wherever
possible teams will not be asked to set knockout questions more than once
during the
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season. Cup
final questions will be set jointly by the two Plate finalists and vice
versa.
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7.4
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After they
have been used, teams should submit their questions for publication on the
website (this
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helps to avoid
duplication of questions later in the season).
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7.5
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Guidelines on
how to set questions can be found here.
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