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Rules relating to Nines Leagues
The following to be read in conjunction with the above General Rules
- Normally Nine players will form a team · two playing in a Pairs (four bowls each), three playing a Triples (three bowls each) and a Fours (two bowls each).
Exceptionally a team / teams will be allowed to play with eight players if a single player is absent from one or both side, in which case the "Fours rink(s)will play with three players playing 3 woods, 3 woods and two woods against the four players playing two bowls each. One fourth of the total shots scored by the team(s) comprising three players will be deducted from the scores of the Fours segment at the end of the game.
In the event of a player having to withdraw from a match after it has begun he will be replaced by a substitute (if available) who must be a bona fide member of the club and who may not skip. If no substitute is available the following will apply:
If the withdrawal is from the Fours segment the three remaining players will play three bowls, three bowls and two bowls for the remaining ends and one fourth of the shots which they score at those ends will be deducted from their total. If a player withdraws from the Pairs or Triples segment he will be replaced by a member of his team's Fours squad (to be chosen by the team, but who may not skip) and the three remaining members of the Fours squad will play three bowls, three bowls and two bowls for the remaining ends and will have one fourth of the shots which they score at those ends deducted from their total.
- When a team is in default it will lose eight (8) points and twenty (20) shots and the opponents will receive eight (S) points and twenty (20) shots.
- Unless mutually agreed otherwise, Pairs, Triples and Fours will play 18 ends. No trial ends will be played but only one shot will be scored at each of the first two completed ends.
- Eight points will be available for each match - 2 points for each winning pair, triple and fours (one point for a draw) and 2 points for the overall winning team (1 point in case of a draw).
- The top three teams in Divisions 2 and 3 will be promoted to Divisions l and 2 respectively. The bottom three in Divisions l and 2 will be relegated to Divisions 2 and 3 respectively, but see General Conditions Rules 8 and ll above.
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