Hawkins Cup Rules

BILL HAWKINS CUP RULES

1.	COMPOSITION

Every Club playing in the League will automatically have the same number of Teams entered for the Bill Hawkins cup competition as it has playing in the League, whatever Division they may be in.

Each TEAM shall be represented by

a] eight [8] players who may be substituted in different rounds. [Subject to Rule 2 [B] below].

b] Except in the Final, one FOUR shall play at HOME and one FOUR on their opponents green. Each game shall consist of 21 ends, but an Extra end must be played on the Challengers green. In the event of a tie the shots scored on the extra end shall be taken into account.

2. ELIGIBILITY

a] Only registered players may be played

[subject to registration Rule 10 [A] ].

b] Having once played in a TEAM a player is not eligible to play for any other TEAM that season.

3. CONDITIONS

All games shall be played under EBA LAWS and Brighton, Hove and District League Rules and shall be under the management of the Executive Council of the Brighton, Hove and District Bowling League.

4. DRAW

a] The first drawn Team shall be termed “THE CHALLENGER” and the second Team drawn will be termed “THE OPPONENTS”.

b] The Challenger shall offer three [3] dates, one of which must be a weekend. NO EXTENSION OF DATES will be allowed unless the game cannot be completed due to climatic conditions whereupon they must re-arrange the game within three [3] days of the date fixed.

c] The Hon. Competitions Secretary will notify all winners of their opponents for the next round.

5. FINAL

The Final shall be played on a neutral green [to be decided by the Management Committee] on the second Sunday in September each year.

6. NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS

The winners of each round shall TELEPHONE THE RESULT WITHIN 24 HOURS of the match being played. Both Captains shall send all signed scorecards to the Hon. Competitions Secretary within 48 hours.

7. TROPHY

The winners to receive the “Bill Hawkins Cup” and the runners-up to receive the “Mary Craddock Cup”, to be held until 30 August of the following year.

Amendment Rule 4b One date to be a weekend

12th December 1995

Amendment Rule 6 Insert ‘Captains shall send’ add ‘48 hours’

10th December 1996

Amendment Rule 3 Addition of Brighton, Hove and District Rules

10th December 2003

Amendment Rule 1 clarification of eligibility of number of Teams entered
                                  6th December 2006
Amendment Rule 2 clarification of eligibility of players per Team
                                  6th December 2006
Amendment Rule 4 clarification of “Challenger” and “Opponents”
                                   6th December 2006

BILL HAWKINS CUP - PAST WINNERS

The first winner recorded on the cup is Kingsway ‘A’ in 1963
The full list of past winners is:

Year   Winner                            Runner Up
2008    St Ann’s Well Gardens    Preston ‘A’
2007    Preston ‘A’                     Newhaven
2006    Hove & Kingsway ‘B’    Southwick Park ‘A’
2005    Dyke Road                     Mackie ‘A’
2004    Hollingbury Park ‘B’       Mackie ‘A’
2003    Hollingbury Park ‘B’       Mackie ‘B’
2002    Hove & Kingsway ‘B’    Hangleton ‘A’
2001    Mackie ‘A’                     Southwick Park ‘A’
2000    Hove & Kingsway ‘B’    Hove & Kingsway ‘A’
1999    St Ann’s Well                 Hollingbury Park ‘A’
1998    Mackie ‘A’                     Woodingdean ‘A’
1997    Hollingbury ‘A’               Brighton
1996    Hollingbury ‘A’               Woodingdean ‘A’
1995    Preston ‘A’                     Hove & Kingsway ‘A’
1994    Mackie ‘A’                     Preston ‘A’
1993    Portslade                        Hove Park
1992    Mackie                           Hollingbury Park ‘A’
1991    Hove Park                      Civil Service
1990    Hollingbury Park ‘A’       Shoreham ‘A’
1989    Preston ‘A’                     SEGAS
1988    Shoreham ‘A’                 Woodingdean ‘A’
1987    Preston Manor ‘A’          Lewes
1986    Hove & Kingsway ‘A’    Civil Service
1985    Rottingdean                     Woodingdean ‘A’
1984    Hove & Kingsway ‘A’     Hollingbury Park ‘A’
1983    Civil Service                    Hove & Kingsway ‘A’
1982    Preston ‘A’                     British Rail
1981    Hollingbury Park ‘A’       Civil Service
1980    British Rail                       Shoreham
1979    Mackie                           Preston Manor ‘B’
1978    Brighton                          Preston
1977    SEGAS                           Hove Park
1976    Civil Service                    Preston
1975    Southwick                       Hollingbury Park
1974    Hove Park                       Preston Manor ‘A’
1973    Hollingbury Park              SEGAS
1972    SEGAS                           Civil Service
1971    Civil Service                    SEGAS
1970    Preston Manor                Hollingbury Park
1969    Southwick                       Preston Manor
1968    Preston Manor                Hove
1967    Avondale
1966    Hove Park
1965    Preston Manor
1964    Preston Manor
1963    Kingsway ‘A’

CUP DRAW 2008 [Preliminary and First Round Matches]
[second round matches to be completed by 13 July,
quarter finals by 3 August, semi finals by 24 August
Final will be played on Sunday 14 September

Preliminary Round [by 24 May]                            First Round [by 14 June]

[1] Brighton ‘A’ v Preston ‘C’                                  [1]. . . . . . . . . . . . v Southwick ‘B’

[2] Woodingdean ‘A’ v Hollingbury Park ‘B’             [2] . . . . . . . . . . . . v Hove & Kingsway ‘C’

[3] Lewes ‘B’ v Peacehaven ‘A’                              [3] . . . . . . . . . . . . v The Drive

                                                                              Mackie ‘B’ v Preston ‘A’

                                                                              Hove & Kingsway ‘A’ v Hove Park

                                                                              Portslade v Woodingdean ‘B’

                                                                              Southwick Park ‘B’ v Peacehaven ‘B’

                                                                              Shoreham ‘A’ v Dyke Road

                                                                              Hollingbury Park ‘A’ v Preston ‘B’

                                                                              Saltdean v Hove & Kingsway ‘B’

                                                                              British Rail v Vicarage

                                                                              Newhaven v St Ann’s Well Gardens

                                                                              Rottingdean ‘B’ v Mackie ‘A’

[4] Southwick Park ‘A’ v Brighton ‘B’                      [4] . . . . . . . . . . . . v Hangleton ‘B’

[5] Lewes ‘A’ v Southwick ‘A’                                [5] . . . . . . . . . . . . v Rottingdean ‘A’

[6] Shoreham ‘B’ v Carlton                                      [6] . . . . . . . . . . . . v Hangleton ‘A’