Extend our last day of play due to extreme weather

Extend our last day of play due to extreme weather

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Extensions of up to a maximum of 3 days can be granted by the committee in the event of continued extreme weather, with evidence of best efforts to play the match when applying you will have to answer ‘yes’ to all the following with clear evidence… (Rule 5.c)

Extensions to the last day of play will not be granted on the grounds of player and team captain availability; Rule 2.b.i includes the allowance for reserve players and Rule 2.c allows any member meeting Rule 2 eligibility criteria to play for the team. 

Application & Guidance Form #

Applications are to be made to the competition secretary using this link

Request Extension to Last Day of Play

Evaluation Criteria #

If you cannot answer ‘yes’ to all these questions take the ‘no’ answers and use them as guidance to seek a date or location for the match.

  • Is the application made no less than 3 days before the last day of play?
  • Have the team captains arranged to play the match more than 3 times, having invoked rule 5.a  (agreed and accepted dates, not proposed dates)?
  • Have the team captains arranged the match to be played at the away course?
  • Have both (home and away) courses been closed for over 5 consecutive days, during the period of allowed play, because of extreme weather conditions?
  • Are the extreme weather conditions forecast to impact course, home and away, availability up to the ‘last day of play’?

Teams not able to demonstrate and evidence a ‘yes’ answer to all the criteria will not be considered eligible for an extension under the extreme weather conditions rule.

Why are the criteria so strict? #

The criteria are there to ensure fairness to all teams competing and to ensure the smooth running of the knockout format.

The rules allow for play to take place at the oppositions course if a home course cannot offer reasonable facilities.

Team Captains should also consider the possibly of rescheduling when proposing and accepting dates of play by considering the risk of accepting a date on or close to the last day of play and the inability to rearrange a match due to weather conditions, they should not be planning or reliant upon a 3 day extension, only in the event of extreme weather that causes a long closure to both courses is this rule able to be considered. There is also guidance on how to conduct play if not all 18 holes are open on a course.

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