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Games will be 21 ends or maximum 4 hours; whichever is the shorter not including trial ends
or extra ends. An end where the jack has been cast before 4 hours must be played to a finish.
All dead ends will be replayed. The Challenger shall nominate one designated rink number to
play an extra end before the draw is made for rinks. The extra end should be played by the
nominated rink after play has been completed on all rinks at all venues,unless the start time at
each venue is staggered, in this case, the venue with the later start time will nominate one rink
number before the draw is made. The extra end will then be completed once all rinks have
finished at that venue. At the National Finals the draw for the extra end will be made on the
green by the two Team Captains in the presence of the Umpire.
When playing home and away each County is responsible for appointing an Umpire at their
venue.
The Captain/ Secretary of the winning team will inform the Association’s HQ within 24 hours
by phone or email the result of the match followed by the scorecards or email showing team
names and rink scores. The Draw for the next round will be shown on the EIBA Ltd website at
www.eiba.co.uk.
The Final will be played at the National Championship Finals.
MEN’S OVER 60 INTER-COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Member Counties will be allowed one entry into the above Championships. Players must be
from Member Clubs affiliated to that county and play their National Championships from those
Clubs.
2. Entries will be 6 rinks of four players from each County. Ties will be on a 3 rinks home and 3
rinks away basis, to be played on the same day simultaneously unless otherwise mutually
agreed.
3. Games will be 21 ends or maximum 4 hours; whichever is the shorter not including trial ends
or extra ends. An end where the jack has been cast before 4 hours must be played to a finish.
All dead ends will be replayed. The Challenger shall nominate one designated rink number to
play an extra end, before the draw is made for rinks. The extra end should be played by the
nominated rink after play has been completed on all rinks at all venues, unless the start time
at each venue is staggered, in this case, the venue with the later start time will nominate one
rink number before the draw is made. The extra end will then be completed once all rinks have
finished at that venue.
4. Games will be played at 10.00am on dates as published on the www.eiba.co.uk website or
earlier by mutual agreement, a later start time is permissible if both counties agree.
5. If the chosen venue to opponents County town is more than 100 miles by road (calculated by
the shortest route), the game should be played on a green as near halfway as possible between
the counties determined on a mileage basis.
6. When playing home and away each County is responsible for appointing an Umpire at their
venue.
7. The Captain/ Secretary of the winning team will inform the Association’s HQ within 24 hours
by phone or email of the result of the match followed by the scorecards or email showing team
names and rink scores. The Draw for the next round will be shown on the EIBA Ltd website
www.eiba.co.uk
8. The Final will be played at the National Championship Finals.
The Competitions Sub-committee reserve the right to amend or modify any National
Championship rule and programme of events, from time to time, as required or considered
necessary for the smooth running of the Championships.
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