JACKSON COUNTY HORSESHOE CLUB RU

JACKSON COUNTY HORSESHOE CLUB
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JACKSON COUNTY HORSESHOE CLUB ORGANIZATION AND BY-LAWS

1. THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE JCHC CONSISTS OF THE OFFICER STAFF AND TEAM CAPTAINS.

THIS GROUP, COLLECTIVELY, IS REFERRED TO AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

2. THE OFFICER STAFF IS COMPRISED OF: PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, TREASURER,

PUBLICITY AGENT, BUILDING ADVISOR, TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS, AND MAINTENANCE.

3. THE OFFICER STAFF IS THE MANAGING BODY OF THE CLUB AND IS ELECTED ANNUALLY BY THE CLUB

MEMBERSHIP AT THE SEASON END MEETING HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AWARD BANQUET.

4. THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR ELECTED OFFICERS IS FROM OCTOBER 1 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30.

5. TEAM CAPTAINS (ONE PER TEAM) ARE DESIGNATED BY THE TEAM MEMBERS OR SPONSOR IN

WHATEVER MANNER THEY SEE FIT.

6. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SEASON END MEETING WHERE IN ELECTION OF OFFICERS TAKES PLACE,

ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE IS VESTED IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. HOWEVER, ALL MEETINGS ARE OPEN AND

COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS BY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS ARE WELCOMED.

7. CHANGES TO THE ORGANIZATION AND BY-LAWS REQUIRE AGREEMENT, BY SIGNATURE OR VOTE, OF

ATLEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

8. OFFICERS RESPONSIBILITIES:

PRESIDENT

A. SCHEDULE ALL MEETINGS AND PRESIDES AS CHAIRMAN. PROGRAMS UPCOMING SEASONS ACTIVITY.

B. ASSIGNS SPECIFIC PROJECTS AS REQUIRED.

C. SERVES AS CHAIRMAN FOR THE SEASON END BANQUET, INCLUDING PROCUREMENT OF TROPHIES.

D. MONITORS FINANCIAL MATTERS. COSIGNS WITH TREASURER ALL CHECKS IN EXCESS OF $ 25.00.

VICE-PRESIDENT

A. ASSISTS, SUBSTITUTES FOR PRESIDENT AS NEEDED.

B. SERVES AS CHAIRMAN FOR THE SEASON END TOURNAMENT.

V ICE-PRESIDENT TO NHPA & WSHPA

A. RESPONSIBLE FOR LIASON BETWEEN JCHC, AND WSHPA.

B. MAINTAINS RECORDS OF BUSINESS BETWEEN JCHC, AND WSHPA.

C. KEEPS JCHC MEMBERS ADVISED, AND INFORMED CONCERNING WSHPA EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.

D. ASSITS, ADVICES OTHER JCHC OFFICERS AND MEMBERS AS NECESSARY.

SECRETARY

A. FORMULATES, PUBLISHES AND DISTRIBUTES SCHEDULES FOR LEAGUE PITCHING.

B. PROVIDES UP-TO-DATE HANDICAP CHARTS FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PITCHING.

C. COLLECTS, EDITS SCORE SHEETS UPON COMPLETION OF REGULAR WEEKLY PLAY.

D. PUBLISHES UP-TO-DATE STANDING REPORTS.

E. PUBLISHES, DISTRIBUTES UP-TO-DATE COPIES OF THE JCHC ORGANIZATION AND BY-LAWS TO ALL

OFFICERS AND CAPTAINS AS REQUIRED.

F. ORDER LEAGUE AWARDS, NOTIFY TREASURER OF COSTS AND AWARD SUPPLIER NAME, ALSO COLLECT

AND BRING AWARDS TO SEASON END BANQUET.

TREASURER

A. MAINTAIN AN ACCORATE RECORD OF ALL CLUB INCOME AND EXPENCES.

B. HANDLE ALL JCHC CASH AND BANK ACCOUNTS.

C. ISSUES CHECKS FOR JCHC FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS WHEN THEY BECOME DUE.

D. IS BONDED IN THE AMOUNT AGREED UPON BY JCHC OFFICERS.

E. CARRIES OVER A MINIMUM OF $ 200.00 TOWARD PRIZE FUNDS WITH WHICH TO BEGIN THE FOLLOWING

SEASON.

F. OBTAINS CO-SIGNATURES OF ANOTHER JCHC OFFICER ON ALL CHECKS IN EXCESS OF $ 100.00.

G. COLLECTS WEEKLY COURT FEES, YEARLY MEMBERSHIP DUES, AND SPONSOR FEES, ALL OF WHICH WILL

BE FORWARDED FROM THE TEAM CAPTAINS.

H. PREPARES AND PUBLISHES REPORT OF YEARLY MONEY TRANSACTIONS FOR INCLUSION IN SEASON

AWARDS BANQUET PROGRAM.

I. PROCURES CLUB'S LIABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE.

J. MAINTAINS UP-TO-DATE RECORD OF LIFETIME MEMBERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.

PUBLICITY AGENT

A. NOTIFIES LOCAL MEDIA, NEWS PAPER, TV, RADIO, OF ANY UPCOMING EVENTS AND RESULTS OF THOSE

EVENTS.

B. ESTABLISHES ACCOMADATIONS (SCRAPBOOKS ETC.) FOR PRESURVING CLUB PICTURES ETC. FOR

HISTORICAL PURPOSES AND FUTURE ENJOYMENT.

C. PREPARES AND SUBMITS MATERIAL FOR PUBLICATION IN THE NEWSPAPER.

BUILDING ADVISOR / MAINTENANCE

A. DIRECTS ALL BUILDING AND SITE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO BEST SERVE THE CLUB'S BEST INTEREST

FINANCIALLY, FUCTIONALLY, AND AESTHETICALLY. ACTIONS TAKEN WITH EXPENDITURES OVER THE AMOUNT

OF $ 150.00 REQUIRE AGREEMENT BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BY VOTE, OR SIGNATURE, AND MUST HAVE

NO LESS THAN TWO-THIRDS MEMBERS AGREEMENT.

TEAM CAPTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

A. ATTENT MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

B. ARRANGE FOR TEAM MEMBERS TO REPRESENT HIS TEAM ON ALL PROJECTS WHERE COMPLETION IS

DEPENDENT UPON CLUB MEMBER LABOR.

C. PROMOTE TEAM IDENTIFICATION THROUGH SHIRTS, HATS, ETC. WITH TEAM SPONSORS NAME.

D. RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCT AND SPORTSMANSHIP OF TEAM MEMBERS.

E. RESPONSIBLE FOR "FIELDING" HIS TEAM AT THE SCHEDULED TIME AND PLACE.

F. SUBMIT $ 16.00 TO THE TREASURER FOR EACH NIGHT OF PLAY. ( $ 1.00 PER MAN PER GAME ) OFFICERS PAY

WHEN PITCHING. PAYMENT TO BE REIMBURSED AT THE END OF THE SEASON.

G. COLLECT INDIVIDUAL CLUB MEMBERSHIP DUES ( $ 10.00 PER MAN ) AND TURN THIS OVER TO THE

TREASURER PRIOR TO THE THIRD NIGHT OF PLAY. IF YOUR TEAM GAINS NEW MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE

YEAR, THESE NEW MEMBERS MUST ALSO PAY THE $ 10.00 CLUB MEMBERSHIP DUE.

H. COLLECT SPONSOR FEE ( $ 35.00 ) PER TEAM AND FORWARD TO THE TREASURER PRIOR TO THE THIRD

NIGHT OF PITCHING.

I. PROVIDE SECRETARY WITH TEAM ROSTER INCLUDING NAMES, AND ALSO THE TEAM CAPTAINS ADDRESS

AND PHONE NUMBER.

J. WORK WITH OPPOSING TEAM CAPTAINS TO RESCHEDULE RAINOUTS, ETC. PRIOR TO THE NEXT REGULAR

LEAGUE PLAY.

K. UPKEEP OF COURTS AND AREA PRIOR TO AND DURING PLAY. WATERING, TURNING, AND CLOSING OF

COURTS AFTER PLAY IS COMPLETED. ( ALL LEAGUE MEMBERS SHOULD TAKE PART IN THESE ITEMS )

CLUB RULES

A. MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY: ALL RESIDINTS OF JACKSON COUNTY AND ADJOINING COUNTIES OR ANY

INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYED BY A JACKSON COUNTY FIRM SPONSORING A LEAGUE TEAM.

B. LEAGUE WINNERS ARE DETERMINED BY THE FOUR TEAM PLAYOFF SYSTEM, WHICH IS AS FOLLOWS :

THE FIRST HALF WINNER VS. THE TEAM THAT HAS NOT WON A HALF AND HAS THE MOST OVERALL POINTS.

THE SECOND HALF WINNER VS. THE TEAM THAT HAS NOT WON A HALF AND HAS THE SECOND MOST

OVERALL POINTS. THE WINNERS OF THESE TWO MATCHES PLAY TO DETERMINE THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS.

C. IF ANY ONE TEAM WINS BOTH HALFS THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINED THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS,

AND THE FOUR TEAM PLAYOFF SYSTEM WOULD NOT BE NEEDED.

D. HALF WINNERS ARE DETERMINED BY THE TEAM WITH THE MOST POINTS AT THE END OF EACH HALF.

IN THE EVENT OF A TIE AT THE END OF EITHER HALF A ONE GAME PLAYOFF IS REQUIRED. THESE SCORES

DO NOT COUNT ON INDIVIDUAL HANDICAPS, NOR DO NOT EFFECT OVERALL TEAM POINTS.

E. IN THE EVENT OF A TWO WAY TIE BETWEEN THE TEAMS WITH THE MOST OVERALL POINTS AND NOT HALF

WINNERS, THE TEAM WITH THE HIGHEST TEAM AVERAGE WILL PLAY THE FIRST HALF WINNER. MEANING THE

OTHER TEAM WILL PLAY AGAINST THE SECOND HALF WINNER.

F. IN THE EVENT OF A TIE FOR THE SECOND MOST OVERALL POINTS AND NOT A HALF WINNER POSITION, A

ONE GAME PLAYOFF IS REQUIRED. THE WINNER EARNS THE FINAL PLAYOFF POSITION. THIS TIE BREAKER

WILL NOT EFFECT HANDICAPS, NOR WILL IT EFFECT OVERALL TEAM POINTS IN THE FINAL STANDINGS.

G. ANY LEAGUE MEMBER OVER 70 MAY MOVE UP AND PITCH 30 FEET. ANY LEAGUE MEMBER WITH A PHYSICAL

DISABILITY MAY ALSO PITCH FROM 30 FEET. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL HANDLE DISABILITY QUESTIONS.

YOU MUST TURN 70 BY MAY 1ST TO MOVE UP TO 30 FEET. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY MET THIS AGE REQUIREMENT

AND WISH TO MOVE UP TO 30 FEET, YOU MUST DO SO FROM GAME #1 OF YOUR SEASON. IN EITHER CASE YOU WILL

FOLLOW ALL RULES AS A NEW PLAYER WOULD, INCLUDING HANDICAP ESTABLISHMENT AND AWARD ELIGIBILITY.

PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR TEAM, THE OPPOSING TEAM, AND THE SECRETARY WHEN MOVING UP TO 30 FEET. ONCE

AGAIN, YOU MUST DO THIS FROM GAME #1 OF THE SEASON. NOT PART WAY THROUGH THE SEASON.

H. REGULAR TEAM PLAY HANDICAP FOR EACH PLAYER IS CALCULATRD AS FOLLOWS:

SUBTRACT A PLAYERS AVERAGE FROM 88, THEN MULTIPLY THE DIFFERENCE BY 90%. A PLAYERS HANDICAP IS

ALWAYS ROUNDED DOWN TO THE LOWER WHOLE NUMBER. NO PLAYERS HANDICAP IS TO BE GREATER THAN 72.

A NEW PLAYERS HANDICAP WILL BE ESTABLISHED AFTER PITCHING 2 GAMES (80 SHOES) BOTH PITCHED

ON INITIAL NIGHT. THIS HANDICAP WILL THEN BE USED TO DETERMINE THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST TWO

GAMES PITCHED. THE HANDICAP FOR A NEW PLAYER WOULD THEN CHANGE WEEKLY, REGUARDLESS HOW

MANY GAMES ARE PITCHED. THE RULES ABOVE FOR A NEW PLAYERS HANDICAP ALSO APPLY TO PREVIOUS YEAR

CLUB MEMBERS WHO PITCHED LESS THAN 12 GAMES. PLAYERS RETURNING FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S PLAY

WITH 12 OR MORE GAMES PITCHED, WILL USE LAST YEARS HANDICAP UNTIL 6 GAMES HAVE BEEN PITCHED. AFTER

YOU PITCH YOUR 6TH GAME YOUR HANDICAP WILL BE ADJUSTED THE FOLLOWING WEEK. IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE 12

GAMES OR MORE LAST SUMMER, BUT PLAYED 12 ROSTER GAMES IN THE MOST RECENT WINTER SEASON, YOU

WILL BE ALLOWED TO USE THIS HANDICAP WITH FULL ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARDS. IF YOU HAD 12 OR MORE GAMES

IN MULTIPLE WINTER LEAGUES, THE LOWEST HANDICAP WILL BE USED IN THIS SITUATION.

MININUM # OF GAMES PITCHED FOR PARTISIPATION ELIGIBILITY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1ST HALF POSITION ROUND (6 GAMES) 2ND HALF POSITION ROUND (12 GAMES) PLAYOFFS (12 GAMES)

PITCHING AS A SUB FOR ANOTHER TEAM DOES NOT COUNT TOWARD YOUR GAMES PITCHED.

I. IN REGULAR TEAM PLAY, A GAME CONSIST OF FOUR PLAYERS ON EACH OF TWO OPPOSING TEAMS WITH EACH

PLAYER PITCHING 40 SHOES. TEAMS ALTERNATE FIRST PITCH EACH FRAME TO 20 FRAMES (2 SHOES PER FRAME)

WITH THE TEAM SCHEDULED ON THE ODD NUMBERED COURT PITCHING FIRST IN ALL OF THE WHITE COLORED

FRAMES THE ENTIRE NIGHT. THIS RULE ALSO APPLIES TO THE INDOOR COURTS. THE COUNT ALL METHOD OF

SCORING IS USED. RINGER COUNTS 3 POINTS, SHOE 6 INCHES OR CLOSER TO THE STAKE COUNT 1 POINT.

J. A TEAM MAY PARTICIPATE IN A LEAGUE GAME WITH A MINIMUM OF TWO ROSTER PLAYERS, A SUBSTITUTE, AND

A BLIND SCORE OF 72 FOR AN ABSENT PLAYER. A TEAM MAY USE TWO SUBS ALONG WITH THEIR TWO ROSTER

PLAYERS, BUT CANNOT USE TWO BLIND SCORES ALONG WITH THEIR TWO ROSTER PLAYERS. SEE SECTION

Q FOR SUBSTITUTION RULES.

K. IN REGULAR TEAM PLAY, FOUR GAMES ARE PITCHED EACH LEAGUE NIGHT BY EACH TEAM.

L. A THIRTY POINT SCORING SYSTEM WILL BE USED FOR TEAM PLAY.

1 POINT AWARDED FOR INDIVIDUAL GAMES WON

3 POINTS AWARDED FOR HIGH TOTAL EACH GAME

2 POINTS AWARDED FOR HIGH 4 GAME TEAM TOTAL

TOTAL

WHEN TWO PLAYERS TIE EACH IS AWARDED 1/2 POINT. IF YOU TIE FOR TEAM GAME TOTAL THE 3 POINTS ARE

SPLIT, EACH TEAM GETTING 1.5 POINTS. A TIE FOR OVERALL GRAND TOTAL IS ALSO SPLIT, 1 POINT EACH.

M. TIES FOR HALF WINNERS AND TIES OCCURING IN THE PLAYOFFS WILL BE BROKEN BY A ONE GAME PLAYOFF.

TIES NOT INVOLVING PLAYOFF POSITIONS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE HIGHEST TEAM AVERAGE.

N. LEAGUE PLAY STARTS AT 6:00. IF A TEAM CANNOT PLACE THE PLAYER MINIMUM ON THE COURTS BY 6:15, THAT

TEAM FORFEITS THE FIRST GAME. IF BY 6:30 THAT TEAM IS STILL UNABLE TO BEGIN, THE ENTIRE FOUR GAMES

ARE FORFEITED. ( 0 PTS. ) THE TEAM OPPOSING THE FORFEIT MUST PITCH ALL FOUR GAMES, COMPETING AGAINST

EACH INDIVIDUALS OWN AVERAGE.(ROUNDED DOWN) PITCH GAMES ON ONE COURT, FOLLOW SAME RULES WHEN

OPPOSING A DUMMY TEAM. BOTH TEAMS ARE STILL REQUIRED TO PAY THE $16.00 WEEKLY PITCHING FEES.

TEAMS FORFEITING MORE THAN 8 GAMES SHALL BE INELIGIBLE FOR PLACING IN THE TOP 4 WINNING POSITIONS.

O. PLAYERS MAY TRANSFER FROM ONE TEAM TO ANOTHER DURING THE LEAGUE SCHEDULE ONLY WITH THE

WRITTEN CONSENT OF ALL TEAM CAPTAINS, OUT OF SEASON ANY PLAYER MAY TRANSFER TO A NEW TEAM HE

CHOOSES.

P. A NEW PLAYERS ELIGIBILITY FOR HIGH HANDICAP GAME OR SERIES, OR 112 GAME TROPHIES BEGINS AFTER

8 GAMES (320) SHOES. PLAYERS WITH AN ESTABLISHED HANDICAP FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR (12 GAMES) ARE

ELIGIBLE THEIR FIRST LEAGUE PLAY GAME.

Q. A TEAM MAY USE ANY MEMBER OF LEAGUE AS A SUBSTITUTE IF THEY HAVE LESS THAN FOUR MEN PRESENT

AS LONG AS THAT SUBSTITUTE IS NOT PLAYING AGAINST HIS OWN TEAM. A SUBSTITUTE WOULD NOT BE

RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR GAMES PITCHED, NOR WOULD HE APPLY GAMES PITCHED TO HIS AVERAGE.

SUBSTITUTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR 112 GAME TROPHIES. TEAMS REQUIRING SUBSTITUTES MUST PAY THE PLAYING

FEES FOR THE SUBSTITUTE. A TEAM MAY USE A MAXIMUM OF TWO SUBSTITUTES.* THIS RULE DOESNT APPLY IN

PLAYOFFS & POSITION NIGHTS. DURING PLAYOFFS AND POSITION NIGHTS YOU MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF 3 ROSTER

PLAYERS, AND NO SUBSTITUTES ARE ALLOWED. YOU MAY USE ONE BLIND SCORE OF 72 FOR AN ABSENT PLAYER.

THE TEAM OPPOSING THE ABSENT PLAYER MAY ALLOW A PERSON TO THROW THE SHOES BACK. WITH THE

KNOWLEDGE THAT THESE SCORES DON'T COUNT, BUT THE DAMAGE THE SHOES MAY HAVE CAUSED, DOES COUNT.

*THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY APPROVED BY THE LEAGUE OFFICERS. IF 50% OR

MORE OF THE LEAGUE OFFICERS APPROVE, A LEAGUE QUALIFIED SUB MAY PLAY IN POSITION ROUNDS & PLAYOFFS.

R. A MINIMUM AGE FOR LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP WILL BE 16. THOSE UNDER 18 OR STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL WILL

HAVE WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THEIR PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIAN.

S. IF FOR ANY REASON A PLAYER CANNOT FINISH A GAME, THEY WILL USE THE LOWER OF THE THESE OPTIONS:

A FLAT SCORE OF 80, OR CALCULATE THE PLAYERS AVERAGE SCORE PER FRAME WHEN THEY STOPPED, OUT

INTO A 40 SHOE GAME.

TROPHY AWARDS STRUCTURE

A. SPONSOR TROPHIES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE FIRST AND SECOND PLACE TEAMS.

B. ALL MEMBERS ON THE FIRST AND SECOND PLACE TEAMS WILL RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES OR PLAQUES.

C. INDIVIDUALS PLACING FIRST IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES SHALL RECEIVE A PLAQUE.

1) HIGH LEAGUE AVERAGE

2) HIGH THREE GAMES SERIES-ACTUAL

3) HIGH ONE GAME SCORE-ACTUAL

4) HIGH THREE GAME SERIES SERIES-HANDICAP

5) HIGH ONE GAME SCORE-HANDICAP