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Sheridan Mixed Horseshoe League
1998 RULES AND REGULATIONS
GENERAL RULES
1. AHPA rules to govern the rules of the American Horseshoe Pitchers Association shall govern in all cases except those specifically stated as otherwise in these by-laws.
2. No alcoholic beverages are permitted during the tournaments or league play.
3. You must be able to pitch full court to be a regular pitcher.
4. In order for a Youth to pitch in the league they must be 12 years old and able to pitch 30 feet safely. The officers must determine safety of youth pitcher.
5. Courtesy rule: When your opponent is pitching, you must stand 16" behind the stake or outside and behind the pitchers box and remain quiet as not to bother in anyway your opponents efforts to deliver their shoes.
6. Removal of Executive Board Member-(A) To remove executive board members charges must be made in writing to the executive board by 1/2 of the executive board or by 1/2 of the regular membership. (B) Removal of executive board members shall be done at a regular meeting. (C) All members must be notified at least 5 days in advance. A officer may be remove by 2/3 affirmative vote of all members present at this meeting.
7. All warm-up will cease 6:45 pm for a league meeting. First game to start promptly at 7:00 pm.
8. Three members are to be appointed at the organizational meeting to be a committee to settle any disputes between teams and/or pitchers and enforce rules. This committee will not consist of officers or captains.
TEAMS
1. Each team must have at least one thirty foot and forty pitcher. It is preferred to have a gender mixture.
2. When a team member can't pitch, they well contact their team captain or team sub.
3. Each team will have a roving sub.
4. If you or your sub shows up before the fourth frame starts, the first three frames can be made up.
5. If a member shows up after the sub has started to pitch, the sub will finish the game. It will then be up to the member and sub who pitches the remaining games.
6. If a team has a pitcher missing the missing player will take a blind score. Which: the players average plus his handicap minus 10 points.
7. Each team is responsible for their own pits before and after finishing. Pick up trash, put up board, work pits and etc.
CAPTAINS
1. A team captain may not be a officer in the club.
2. The captains will keep their team scores on the recap and/or designate a team member to keep score. The team scorers will be listed with the president or secretary. The scores will be verified by the scorers of both teams before the boards are erased.
TEAM FEES
1. There will be a league entry fee for all teams. The league fee will be $30.00 for a SPONSORED four player team. If the team is unable to obtain a sponsor the members of the team will pay a $20.00 entry fee. Team shirts will not be purchased out of the entry fee. Entry fees must be in by the third week of pitching.
2. The annual club dues will be $2.00 per member. AHPA membership must be paid by the third week of pitching. Hardship cases must pay at least $2.00 a week above their pitching fee for the first four weeks to get their AHPA and club membership. After the fourth week all AHPA memberships must be paid at once. See rule 1 for sub fees.
3. Pitching fees are to be paid weekly. If a pitcher fails to pay their fees the second week They will forfeit their scores for that week.
4. Each team captain will collect pitching fees from members and deliver it to the treasurer before the start of the of the first game and not later than the fourth frame.
5. Last week pitching fees will be paid one full week in advance including all owed fees to qualify for the banquet and awards.
SUB
1. Sub fee (if not student)
1st week sub pitches fee is $3.00
2nd week sub pitches fee is $3.00
At this time they will get their AHPA membership card and rule book.
3rd week sub pitches fee is $3.00 At this time they get their club membership and are eligible for the banquet and have voting rights.
4th week and there after the sub pays no pitching fees.
Student subs pay only their $2.00 club fee the first night of pitching.
2. Only subs who have already established a handicap during the current season with our league will be allowed to pitch the last two weeks
3. Subs may be of any gender.
RAIN OUTS
1. If it's raining or starts raining before the finish of the second game there will be an one hour delay. There must be 2/3 of the captains present at the pits. The majority of the captains will vote to decide if the pitching will be canceled until the regular time the following week. If two games have been completed before cancellation the third game will be projected out as an average of the first two games and scores will count accordingly.
2. In the event of rain out, the postponed games will be pitched as follows, on the next scheduled pitching night 4 games will be pitched. The first 2 games will be pitched for the previous rain out week. The 3rd and 4th games for the current week schedule. The third game for these two nights will be averaged out. The current handicap at the start of the night.
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