Next Committee Meeting

TBA, 8:00pm

OWFC Committee Members 2008 - 09

Club Officials

The Ricky Parsonage Trophy

In memory of Ricky's large contribution to OWFC both on and off the field of play, the Club is going to introduce a new trophy for which all playing members are eligible.

The trophy will be called the Ricky Parsonage Player's Player of the Year. It will be awarded annually to one of the eight winners of the individual team's Player of the Year (POTY awards). The Club committee will select the winner prior to the Club Dinner at which the trophy will be presented.

At the 2004 Club Dinner, a collection raised the sum of £250 to purchase the trophy which will be a claret jug to reflect Ricky's passion for golf.

Old Wokingians – Season 2007/8

Team Selection  

The following guidelines are to be abided by all Captains and players. They have been developed and agreed by the current Captains and the club committee. 

1.      Maximum number of Players to be selected on the Team Sheet 

1^st Team – max of 14 

2^nd Team – max of 13 

3s to 8s – max of 11 

2.      Team selection 

Full player selection meetings to be held once per month, following the monthly committee meeting, with the following agenda:

1.      Review of individual players ability and current performance

2.      Selection of players to individual teams

3.      Review of drop outs

4.      Review of non payers

Each week, captains to provide by midday Monday (e-mail or phone to Team Secretary) any minor changes to selection (not available, injuries, minor player movements up/down).

Monthly meeting to be chaired by the Chairman (or Vice Chairman or their nominated representative) and attended by all captains (or their nominated representative). The Chairman (or Vice Chairman or their nominated representative) shall have the final say in the event of dispute over player selection. 

3.      Dropping of players to a lower side 

If regular team players are dropped – the maximum number of teams that they can be dropped shall be one.

When dropped, a regular team player should be picked above other players within the starting eleven of the lower side.

Players who are not regular may be dropped more than one side. 

4.      Selection Procedure 

Team sheets to be issued by midday Tuesday with the captain’s best players selected, 14/13 (1’s and 2’s) and 11 (3’s to 8’s).

Once all team places are full, all remaining available players form an “extra pool”.

During the course of the week, captains may replace any dropouts arising by either;

i)                    calling a player up from the side below, or

ii)                   taking a player from the extra pool

In the event of (i) above the captain below (who looses a player) may apply either of the above two options. This process continues until 14/13/11-player status is re-established in each team.

The Team Secretary (Warren) will record and manage the movement of players and captains shall call in requests for players in this regard. The Team Secretary will also record the identity of any dropouts.

In the event that the extra pool runs dry and further players are required to field full teams then the Chairman (or Vice) will consider the calling off of the lowest fixture to make available players to satisfy the remaining fixtures (in accordance with AFC league rule, 10(f) - decision must be made by 7 p.m. Friday night!).

Any player selected to the team sheet 11 (3^rd to 8^th team) will start the game. 

5.      Thursday night rule 

After 9 p.m. on Thursday the remaining extra players (if any) will be allocated to the 3^rd to 8^th sides as substitutes and as such will not start the game.

Allocation of extra players will be based upon ability, best extra to 3’s and so on down to 8’s. In the event of more than 6 extra players, second (and possibly third) substitutes will be allocated with best two (or three) to 3’s and so on down to 8’s.

In the event of a post 9 p.m. Thursday dropout, the captain will notify the Team Secretary who will record the identity of the dropout.

Any player dropping out after 9 p.m. Thursday will automatically be placed to the extra pool the following week.

Where a drop out occurs after 9 p.m. Thursday and where a substitute(s) has been allocated, the substitute will move to fill the vacancy and start the game. The substitute may be replaced if excess players remain in the extra pool.

Where a drop out occurs after 9 p.m. Thursday and where no substitute has been allocated, the captain will be responsible for replacing the player lost. The Team Secretary will advise which teams have substitutes and the captains will be encouraged to share surplus players. However, captains are not obliged to give up their substitute after the deadline 

6.      Minimum number of players 

Under the rules of the league – a team must play if it has atleast 7 players to start and complete a game. 

7.      Calling Games Off 

Games must be called off from the lowest side upwards and by 9 p.m. on a Friday evening.

If a team other than the 8s is struggling for players after the Thursday night deadline and captains cannot mutually resolve any team shortfalls then the Chairman will make a decision as to what whole sale changes to make. 

8.      Unreliable player 

If players are unreliable it is the Club’s policy not to pick them and instead to include them on the extras list.

A list of unreliable players will be kept and discussed at Selection / Committee meetings. 

9.      Non payment of subs 

Any player refusing to pay his subs is not to be picked the following week. All players must pay the agreed subs.

A list of non-paying players will be kept and discussed at Selection / Committee meetings. 

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