| HILLS TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION BY-LAWS | ||||
| A GAME: Player or pair first to 11 or by 2 points after 10 all. | ||||
| A RUBBER: Individual group of games by 2 players or pairs. | ||||
| A MATCH: Team v Team. | ||||
| 2025 changes to By-laws in blue below | ||||
| 1. | a. | Registrations: Nomination Forms of Clubs applying for membership of the Association shall be signed by the Office Bearer of the Club and | ||
| be in the hands of the Association Secretary or Recording Secretary on or before the date specified on the forms. | ||||
| b. | Clubs shall nominate teams and the desired Division of play in the same as above. | |||
| 2. | Registration fees to be determined by the Management Committee. | |||
| 3. | Permit Committee powers shall be: | |||
| a. | To grant, refuse or defer any application for a permit to play. | |||
| b. | To grant or refuse a player a permit to play in a lower Division. | |||
| c. | To grant or refuse a newly nominated player a permit to play if such a player substantially alters the general standard of that team as | |||
| originally graded. | ||||
| d. | To decide any other matters regarding players eligibility which may be referred to it by the Management Committee. | |||
| e. | To decide the nature and quantum of any penalties for all Rules in 4 and 5. | |||
| ANY DECISION OF THE PERMIT COMMITTEE SHALL BE FINAL. | ||||
| 4. | PLAYING REGULATIONS: | |||
| a. | Any Club playing a person, registered or not, under a false name shall be liable to a penalty determined by the Permit Committee. | |||
| Any team playing an unregistered player shall forfeit two (2) premiership points in the first instance. | ||||
| Any further infringement shall result in the loss of four (4) premiership points. | ||||
| b. | ORDER OF MERIT- Players must play in order of merit, meaning players are ranked in order of ability in relation | |||
| to the other players in their own Club playing on the same night. Order of merit shall be determined primarily, but not solely, by | ||||
| the current match results of the players. Alteration to order of merit: After the first three matches of the minor round a player | ||||
| cannot be raised nor dropped more than one relative position without permission of the Permit Committee. | ||||
| Playing out of order: Penalty determined by the Permit Committee. | ||||
| c. | No player shall play in more than one team in any one week except Division 3&4 players who shall be allowed to play in | |||
| higher Divisions as reserves. | ||||
| d. | Where a Club has two or more teams playing in any one Division those teams must be as near to equal standard as practical | |||
| and there must be no interchange of regular nominated players after the sixth minor round. | ||||
| e. | Matches must be played on the nights set out in the Programme. | |||
| f. | Play must start at 7.30pm. Any player not available to play by 8pm shall forfeit all rubbers for that match, unless captains agree otherwise. | |||
| g. | TEAMS: To consist of FOUR players in Division 1,2,3,4. | |||
| An additional player may play such that this player must play two rubbers, doubles or singles, unless original player is injured, then they can | ||||
| play remaining rubbers. Singles in order of merit and Doubles as per official scoresheet. | ||||
| h. | The Committee reserves the right to re-grade teams in the situation whereby such teams are considered stronger or weaker | |||
| than originally nominated. | ||||
| i. | NO SMOKING or consumption of alcohol in the playing venues by players or spectators. | |||
| j. | Clothing should be of a uniform dark colour. | |||
| k. | Equipment used and match rules must comply with such playing rules and Bylaws as shall be determined by the Management Committee. | |||
| l. | UMPIRING: All matches shall be umpired,with umpiring shared by the competing teams. | |||
| Umpires to use their discretion without interference from players or spectators. | ||||
| m | BALLS: DHS 3 Star D40+ white or orange plastic balls to be used in Divisions 1,2. Lower Divisions can use old stock. | |||
| n. | Any player giving a forfeit, who has not participated in a rubber or part thereof on the night, shall not be credited with | |||
| having played in the match. | ||||
| o. | Any player receiving a forfeit shall be credited with the rubber, and shall be deemed to have played that match. | |||
| p. | In the event of a team forfeiting, the team receiving the forfeit shall receive two (2) premiership points and 12 rubbers in all Divisions, | |||
| and those players listed on the scoresheet shall be deemed to have played that Match. | ||||
| q. | MATCH RESULT: If Rubbers and Games are equal, the Match shall be deemed a DRAW and premiership points shared. | |||
| One (1) premiership point each. | ||||
| MATCH ABANDONED: If more than 30 minutes playing time is lost due to unforseen circumstances (eg power outage), the Match | ||||
| shall be abandoned. If a Match result has been reached, it shall stand. If no Match result has been reached, the Match shall be deemed | ||||
| a draw and points shared. Players listed on scoresheet shall be deemed to have played the Match. | ||||
| r. | Premiership Points shall be awarded as follows, in all Divisions. | |||
| 1. | Two (2) premiership points for a match win. | |||
| 2. | In the event of a DRAWN match, each team receives one(1) premiership point. | |||
| 3. | Premiership table position to be decided by premiership points. | |||
| a) Where premiership points are equal, the percentage of rubbers won will determine the team position. | ||||
| b) Where teams are tied on premiership pointa and percentage of rubbers won at the end of the minor round, then positions will be | ||||
| determined by match results (limited to rubbers and games) between those tied teams. | ||||
| c) If teams are still tied, the best performing team in away matches during the minor round will be the higher ranked | ||||
| team on premiership table. | ||||
| s. | The winning team is responsible for submission of a signed Scoresheet to Recording Secretary within 24 hours of match completion. | |||
| t. | Division 1&2. All rubbers will consist of the best of 5 games to 11 points. | |||
| Division 3&4. All rubbers will consist of the best of 3 games to 11 points. | ||||
| 5. | FINALS: | |||
| a. | Finals shall be as follows: | |||
| Div. 1,2,3 & 4: Semi-Finals:1v2 and 3v4. | ||||
| Preliminary Final: Loser of Semi-Final 1v2 plays winner of Semi-Final 3v4. | ||||
| Grand Final: Winner of Semi-Final 1v2 plays winner of Preliminary Final. | ||||
| MATCH RESULT: If Rubbers and Games are equal, the Match shall be deemed a DRAW. | ||||
| In the event of a DRAWN Finals match, the opposing 1&2 shall play a Doubles rubber as per the Division match format | ||||
| to determine the winner. | ||||
| MATCH ABANDONED: If more than 30 minutes playing time is lost due to unforseen circumstances (eg power outage), the Match | ||||
| shall be abandoned. If a Match result has been reached, it shall stand. If no Match result has been reached, the Match shall be cancelled | ||||
| and replayed on a date and time to be decided by Management Committee. Qualified players can change for replayed Match. | ||||
| b. | Finals playing venues will be decided by the Management Committee who will appoint an Independent Referee for the night. | |||
| c. | TEAMS: To consist of FOUR players in Division 1, 2,3,4. | |||
| An additional player may play such that this player must play two rubbers,doubles or singles, unless original player is injured, then they can | ||||
| play remaining rubbers.Singles in order of merit and Doubles as per official scoresheet. | ||||
| d | Eligibility: A player shall qualify to play in the Finals match if that player has played at least one third of minor round matches for the Club | |||
| consisting of a minimum of two in each half of the season. Any Club who plays an ineligible player not approved by the Permit | ||||
| Committee shall forfeit the Match and all that Club's lower grade Matches for that round. | ||||
| e. | A player must not play in a Division unless that player has played the majority of their matches in that Division or a lower Division. | |||
| f. | No player who has played in a Semi-Final in a higher Division shall play in a lower Division in the Preliminary or Grand Final | |||
| without the permission of the Permit Committee. | ||||
| g. | All rubbers to be played out to a conclusion unless both captains agree to abandon remaining rubbers. | |||
| h. | A Club may make application in writing to the Permit Committee to vary the above rules in exceptional circumstances. | |||
| i. | Each Club must supply the Recording Secretary with a written list of players (including reserves) for each team in playing | |||
| order for ALL FINALS matches by 7pm two full days after the second to last minor round of matches. | ||||
| PENALTY: forfeiture of all major round matches. | ||||
| j. | The Association will supply balls for Finals matches in all Divisions. | |||
| Supper requirements to be shared, subject to health conditions. | ||||
| 6. | TOURNAMENT: | |||
| a. | Entrance to the Association Closed Tournament is restricted to financial members of affiliated clubs of the Association, | |||
| and at the discretion of the Tournament Secretary and Management Committee. | ||||
| All Rules and Bylaws must be read in conjunction with the Constitution of the Hills Table Tennis Association which gives | ||||
| the Management Committee the powers to vary the rules as required. |