1.
Dartboard
The dartboard shall be of the
standard clock with a double bull pattern and shall be a bristle/fibre
board. The centre of the
bull shall be 5 feet 8 inches or
1.73m from the floor. 1.1
Dart Area
The spacing between dartboards (bull to
bull) will be a minimum of 60 inches. Unrestricted behind the
oche line for
standing is not less than 4
feet for each board. There shall
be a minimum of 7 feet unobstructed ceiling height
for each
board. 1.2
Lighting
The lighting for each board is to be a
minimum 100-watt non-glare reflector flood. Lighting fixtures should
not obstruct the
face of the board in any manner and
should be directed towards the board's surface. 2.
Throwing Distance
The oche shall be 7 feet 9 1/4 inches or
2.368m measured horizontally from the face of the dartboard. 2.1
Oche lines
An adequate oche line marking must be
supplied for each board. 3.
Toe Line
No player shall deliver a dart with his
footwear in any other position than completely behind the toe edge of
the line.
The opposing captain
shall
first warn any player in breach of this rule in the presents of his own
captain and any dart
subsequently thrown in breach of this rule will not score. 4.
Scoring
Darts shall only score the point of which shall
remain in the board within the outer double ring wire. The score
obtained is
counted from the sides of
the segment wire in which the point entered the board. The inner bull
shall count as 50 and shall
be deemed a double.
The outer bull shall count as 25.
The player at the line may request information as to
what has been scored and remaining points (not the double to go out
on).
The scorer shall give this
information. If the information given is wrong and
the mistake not picked up by the time the next
player of the
same team throws his/her dart then the
score on the scoreboard shall be deemed correct.
During play the only people who can give
information to the player who is at the line as regards to what score
is required
and how to go about
obtaining it are team members. This information can only be given if
the player steps back from the
line and requests it. Team
members shall
not be allowed to
stand behind a player telling them what to shoot for. The
scoreboard
shall be clearly marked at the
completion of a turn showing both the score made and the score
required.
It is the responsibility of
the player to ensure that the
scorer has called the correct score before removing their darts
from
the board. The bust rule shall
apply, i.e. if a player scores more than the required score, then the
score shall
remain at what it was before
the turn. The game ends when the double is hit
regardless of other darts thrown. 4.1.
Chalk Boards
They should be of a permanent type with either a
black or green surface. They should be no smaller than 24 inches by
16 inches. Chalk and
board dusters should be available
for all boards. 5.
Scorers
The home team shall provide scorers. 6.
Score Sheets
Official score sheets shall be issued to all team
captains. Both captains shall sign both score sheets at the completion
of
the match
and this signifies that they are in agreement as to the scores
recorded. Protests shall not be allowed after
the captains have signed the score sheets.
(See rule 9.2) Players, who score180's and high finishes of 101
or greater,
shall have their names
recorded
on the score sheet and both captains shall initial the entry. Failure
to record these will
result in the loss of the score and any
requests
to register these scores at a
later date will be denied. The captains
are
responsible for
faxing of their score sheet to the Head Statistician. Missing score
sheets at the deadline dates will result in
the loss of section points,
match points, 180's and high
finishes in delinquency. I.e. Team 2 won the match 13 - 8 with
2 match
points. The score sheet was not received in the allowable time
resulting in a loss of the 2 match
points and
13 section points. If team 2, sent
in their score
sheet on time and the losing team did
not, that team would lose 8 points
and 0 match points. The
deadline date is the Wednesday following the Monday night of
play.
(i.e. September 15th play -
deadline for receipt of score
sheet is September 17.) Captains must fax their score sheet
to
the Head Statistician
within the allotted time, regardless of whether you win or lose. NOTE:
All scores are final except for teams with missing score sheets these
scores will be finalized upon receipt of score sheet confirmation only. 7
Match Venue and Play
All matches in the C.P.D.A. shall be played on
Monday evenings commencing at 7:30 P.M. at the pub designated as
the
home team in the schedule.
An allowance of 15 minutes shall be given for late comers. Any
late comers arriving
after 7:45 are ineligible to
play that evening. Any team that
cannot field 5 registered players by 7:45 P.M. shall
default the
match. The TV time on Channel 4 or Channel 10
Cable shall be deemed the official time.
The opposing team shall
be awarded 2 match points and 13
section points 7.1
Format of Play Divisions 1
Doubles
There will be 13 matches best of 3 games - 501 Singles
There will be 8 matches best of 5 games - 501 Total
points possible = 21 Divisions 2 Doubles
There will be 9 matches best of 5 games - 501
No Draw for ninth Match - follow
play schedule Singles
There will be 8 matches best of 5 games - 501 Total points possible = 17 Divisions 3 Doubles
There will be 9 matches best of 3 games - 501 No
Draw for ninth Match - follow play schedule Singles
There will be 8 matches best of 5 games - 501 Total points
possible = 17 Divisions
4 Doubles
There will be 13 matches best of 3 games - 501 Singles
There will be 8 matches best of 3 games - 501 Total
points possible = 21 Divisions 5 Doubles
There will be 9 matches best of 3 games - 501 No
Draw for ninth Match - follow play schedule Singles
There will be 8 matches best of 3 games - 501 Total
points possible = 17
FORMAT FOR PLAYING WITH 5
PLAYERS
When playing with 5 players only you will automatically forfeit 2
single matches and there will only be 1 draw for the sixth
singles match. For Doubles Play -
follow play schedule. DOUBLES
The Line-Up Chart provided by the C.P.D.A will
determine doubles play. The Visiting team will number their
players
from 1 to the number of players who
have arrived in time to
play and mark them down accordingly on the doubles
area of the score
sheet. At that time the Home team will number
their players and mark them down on the doubles
area of the score
sheet. The balance of the
doubles area of the score sheet will be filled out accordingly as
determined by the Line-Up
Chart.
The players for the 13th doubles match will be
determine by a random draw where the names of all eligible players will
be
written on a piece of paper from which the opposing
captains will draw two names. The drawn names will play the 13th
doubles match even if the random
draw places two pairings that have already played (i.e. Visiting
players Joe & Jane
have already played Home
players Mike
& Mark as set out in the Line-Up Chart; if both Joe & Jane and
Mike & Mark
are all randomly drawn to
play the
13th they will play again for the second
time
that night). In the case of a division only
playing 9 doubles you do not have to draw
the 9th
doubles just follow the draw sheet.
The Home Captain will determine which dart boards
will be used for the matches in both doubles play and singles play
but matches must be played
in the order as marked down
on the score sheet. The Home team will place the names of
the match-ups on
the chalkboards and play will begin.
For each match toss of a coin shall determine the
order of play. Winner of the toss starts the odd legs, loser of
the toss starts
the even legs and
the winner of the toss shall have the choice of Bull in the final leg.
Once a round of matches is completed the Home team
must place the next round of names on the chalkboards and the
next round of
matches can begin you do not have to wait until the first round is
completed before you put up the
next round of doubles.
SINGLES
In
the event that a team has less than 8 players on
a night names will be randomly drawn from the players who were not
drawn for the 13th
double
match. The drawn player(s) will be used to fill up the 8 matches
on the score sheet.
These
players CANNOT be
the same players who were randomly drawn
for the Doubles play. (i.e. a team only has 6 players and
players
"Joe" and "Jane" were randomly drawn for the 13th
doubles match. The remaining 4 players' names are placed
on a piece
of paper and then 2 names are
randomly drawn. Those drawn players will then be playing an additional
singles match).
The visiting team will mark their
Singles players on
the score sheet, including randomly drawn players if necessary,
in any order
that they wish. The only exception is
that the drawn player(s) will be placed at the end of the Draw.
eg(mike gets drawn for the extra
singles match - he will be place in the 8th match position, if 2
players are drawn they
will be placed in 7th
& 8th position)
The Home team captain will then match up
the Home
players to the Visiting Team's players but CANNOT match up
players more than once (i.e. "John"
is drawn for the
visiting team and therefore his name is on the singles score
sheet
twice; "Jack" is drawn from the
home team; the home captain can have them play one match against each
other but NOT
two). 8.
Postponements.
There shall be no postponement of matches. The
purpose of carrying eight players on a roster is to ensure that 5
players are
available on any
given C.P.D.A dart night. 9.0
Protests 9.1
All protests or disputes, regarding playing conditions, (position of
board or oche, type of board, height, length of throw,
condition of dart board, toe
line, lighting, etc) must be made before play commences. If no protest
is made prior to the
commencement of the game, this will signify that the
playing conditions were satisfactory and agreed to by the competitors
taking part in
the match. Failing settlement on the spot, the match shall be
played under protest, and the score sheet shall be
marked as being "UNDER PROTEST." 9.2
All protest must be made in writing, full reasons being stated and must
be posted together with the score sheet to the
Secretary within 24 hours of the
match in question. Postage machine imprints will not be accepted
as proof of mailing date.
A protest fee of $5.00 shall accompany the
protest. If the protest
is upheld the fee will be returned. 9.3
Any protest on the night must be written on the score sheet prior to
the captains signing. 9.4
Any other protests re: conduct, time, scores, or any other
reason, with the exception of ineligible players shall
remain as in 9.2 9.5
In the case of ineligible players any captain has the right to contact
the C.P.D.A. Head Statistician to establish player status.
Should protest
be needed refer to 9.2 10.
Teams
A team shall consist of a maximum of eight players
and a minimum of Five players. Each team shall appoint a captain
and
a co-captain. These
individuals shall be made
known to the executive at the time of team registration. Five
players of the
team shall constitute a
legal line-up on any evening of
C.P.D.A. play.
Team registration shall be on a date set by the
executive at the Annual general Meeting and shall be at least one
week before scheduled
commencement of play. To register a team must have a
minimum of six players.
If the captain wishes to add players then he must
register those additional players with the head statistician prior to
commencement of play. No unregistered player
may play for any team in the C.P.D.A. If a team fields an
unregistered
player, it will
result in the forfeiture of all matches in which the unregistered
player participated (see 9.4). No player
may transfer from one team
to
another team after the registration date, without there being
sufficient extenuating
circumstances to warrant such a
move.
The move will be subject to the
approval of the executive. If a player quits
the C.P.D.A., he
will be de-registered and he may not play for any team for the
rest of the
season. The team may
acquire a non-registered
player to
replace
the one who has quit.
If the Disciplinary Committee suspends a team
member, the team may not pick up another player to replace the
suspended
player for the duration of that member's suspension. Teams
registered in the Calgary Pub Darts Association,
located in a venue for the
purposes of C.P.D.A. play, must play
the entire season from that venue. If after registration
a team
registered through a sponsoring venue wishes to leave without
the consent of the venue management, they
will be de-registered for
the balance of the season. If
on the request of the venue management a team is asked to leave,
there
will be no penalty applied to the
team. If a team fires a player, then the captain must inform the
executive of what
has transpired. With the approval of
the executive, the
team may replace the fired player with any non-registered player.
An approved replacement form must be delivered to the Head Stat or
Stats Coordinator no
later than the Friday preceding
the match in which the replacement will
compete, accompanied with a fee for each
replacement. This fee will be $5.00 per
newly registered
player. A replacement form will be deemed to have been
received if it is post marked or hand delivered
to the head
statistician on that Friday. Postage machine imprints will not be
accepted as
proof of mailing date. Failing
approval of the executive, this
team shall play without the
services of a replacement. Subject
to the approval of the executive, the fired player may seek an
alternate team with which to play. If a team withdraws from the
C.P.D.A., all points that other teams have scored against that team
become null and void. 11.
Divisions
C.P.D.A. play shall be on a divisional basis.
The number of divisions and the number of teams shall be decided by the
executive,
based on the number of teams entered on the registration date.
The number of match points that they have
obtained determines teams'
standings in a division. In the event that two or more teams are
tied, then the number of
section points won shall
determine their respective
positions. At the end of match play for a season, if two or more
teams have the
same number of match and section points then they shall play amongst
each other until a clear winner
can be determined.
At the end of C.P.D.A. play for a
season, the bottom three teams in a division will start the next season
in the lower division,
if there is one; the top three teams
in a division will start the next season in the next higher division,
if there is one. To be
eligible to resume play the following season
in the position
that the previous season dictated the team must retain a majority
of
its players from the previous season's roster. If
this is not the case, it is solely an executive decision as to which
division
that team plays in. 12.
Format of Play
The order of play for team competition shall be
doubles and then singles.
See 7.1 for alternate play.
