D&J MONDAY NIGHT DARTS LEAGUE 2025/2026
RULES
1. THE COMMITTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO EXPEL OR REJECT ANY PLAYER IN REGARDS TO THE WELLBEING OF THE LEAGUE.THEIR DECICION IS FINAL.
2. LEAGUE FEES WILL BE £125.00 PER TEAM WHICH WILL INCLUDE ALL CUPS, SINGLES, DOUBLE AND TREBLES.THE FEES ARE TO BE PAID BY THE 3RD LEAGUE MEETING OF THE SEASON.THERE WILL BE A 2 POINT DEDUCTION FOR LATE PAYMENT.
PLAYER REGISTRATION FEES OF £2.00 PER PLAYER WILL BECOME PAYABLE AT THE 1ST MEETING FOLLOWING THE MIDPOINT OF THE SEASON.
3. ALL LEAGUE AND CUP MATCHES ARE TO BE PLAYED ON A MONDAY NIGHT AND TO COMMENCE AT 9.00 p.m. UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED BY THE COMMITTEE. NO CANCELLATIONS ARE PERMITTED.
4. MINIMUM OF THREE PLAYERS FROM EACH SIDE TO BE AT THE VENUE BY 8.50p.m. ANY SHIFT WORKERS MUST BE ON SITE BY 9.15 p.m.
5. ALL PLAYERS MUST BE REGISTERED ON THE SUPPLIED TEAM SHEET ISSUED AT THE AGM AND PICTURES OF SHEET SENT TO THE WHATSAPP PAGE BEFORE THE FIRST MATCHES. TEAM MEMBERS WILL BE LOGGED ON WEBSITE.NO PLAYERS ARE ALLOWED TO SWAP TEAMS, NO ONE ALLOWED TO REGISTER TO PLAY FOR ANY TEAM AFTER THE HALF WAY POINT OF THE SEASON.
ANY NEW PLAYERS MUST BE REGISTERED AND THE COMMITTEE NOTIFIED ON WHATSAPP 48 HOURS BEFORE REPRESENTING THE TEAM. (SEE RULE 9)
ONLY 1 COUNTY/PDC/UKDA PLAYER TO PLAY IN THE 5 LEGS (PER TEAM) AND ONE COUNTY/PDC/UKDA PLAYER TO BE INCLUDED IN THE 701 (PER TEAM)
6. TEAMS TO CONSIST OF A MINIMUM OF 5 PLAYERS.
FIRST MATCH OF THE EVENING TO BE 1 GAME OF TREBLES 701 DOUBLE START/FINISH FOLLOWED BY 5 SINGLE MATCHES OF 301 DOUBLE START/FINISH BEST OF THREE LEGS.HOME TEAM TO THROW FOR THE BULL FIRST.
7. MATCH CARDS ARE TO BE FULLY COMPLETED AND SIGNED ON THE NIGHT OF THE MATCH. WINNING TEAM TO ENSURE MATCH SHEET IS COMPLETED CORRECTLY AND PICTURES OF THE COMPLETED SHEETS TO BE POSTED ON THE WHATSAPP GROUP ON THE NIGHT OF THE MATCH. ANY ALTERATIONS MADE ON THE NIGHT SHOULD BE COUNTERSIGNED BY BOTH CAPTAINS. NO AMENDMENTS ALLOWED AFTER THE NIGHT.
8. IN THE EVENT OF ANY TEAM NOT HAVING 5 PLAYERS AVAILABLE THOSE PRESENT MUST PLAY. ANY GAMES NOT PLAYED DUE TO ABSENT PLAYERS WILL BE AWARDED TO THE OPPOSING TEAM. IN THE EVENT OF BOTH TEAMS BEING SHORT AND THE MATCH RESULTING IN A DRAW THEN THE CAPTAINS WILL PLAY A FINAL GAME TO DETERMINE A WINNING SIDE. THE EXTRA MATCH WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE PLAYERS AVERAGES.
9. ANY TEAM FOUND TO BE PLAYING AN ILLEGAL PLAYER WILL FINED £25.00 AND 2 POINTS DEDUCTED. ANY TEAM FAILING TO TURN UP FOR A MATCH WILL LOSE ALL LEGS AND POINTS AND BE SUBJECT TO A £10.00 FINE AND A 4 POINT DEDUCTION FOR EVERY OCCURRENCE.
10. THE DARTBOARD IS TO BE 5 FEET 8 INCHES FROM THE FLOOR TO THE CENTRE OF THE BULLSEYE.
THE OCHE IS TO BE 7 FEET 9 AND A QUARTER INCHES FROM THE FACE OF THE BOARD.
(DIAGONALLY 9 FEET 7 AND 3/8 INCHES FROM THE CENTRE OF THE BULLSEYE TO THE OCHE)
RAISED OCHE REQUIRED FOR MATCH PLAY.
RANDOM CHECKS WILL BE MADE.
11. ONCE THE MATCH HAS COMMENCED THE BOARD IS CLASSED AS ACCEPTABLE BY BOTH TEAMS AND COMPLAINTS CANNOT BE LODGED AFTERWARDS. AWAY TEAMS MUST BE ALLOWED TO USE THE BOARD FOR MATCH PRACTICE BEFORE THE GAME STARTS.
12. 2 POINTS WILL BE AWARDED FOR A LEAGUE MATCH WIN. THE TEAM WITH THE MOST POINTS AT THE END OF THE SEASON WILL WIN THE LEAGUE.IN THE EVENT OF A POINTS TIE THE LEGS WON WILL BE THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.SHOULD THE LEGS ALSO BE EQUAL THEN THE TEAMS CONCERNED WILL PLAY IN A 5 A SIDE FORMAT TO DETERMINE THE WINNER.
13 A MARKER AND CHECKER SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR EACH LEG OF THE MATCHES. ONLY THE CHECKER SHOULD CALL THE GAME.
14. IN THE EVENT OF A TEAM BEING UNABLE TO PLAY USING THEIR OWN BOARD FOR A FIXTURE THEN THE MATCH SHOULD BE PLAYED AT THE OPPOSING TEAMS VENUE.THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE NOTIFIED OF ANY SUCH OCCURANCE BEFORE THE MATCH PROCEEDS.
SEE RULE 9.
NO CANCELLATIONS OR RE ARRANGING THE MATCH FOR ANOTHER DATE.
15. ANY TEAMS THAT DROP OUT OF THE LEAGUE AT ANY POINT WILL FORFEIT ANY MONIES PAID IN.
16. THE COMPLETING OF THE MATCH SHEET MUST BE A BLIND DRAW FOR THE 5 SINGLES MATCHES.
SHIFT WORKERS EXEMPT AND PLAY 5TH.
17. ELECTRONIC SCORE BOARDS CAN BE USED AT THE AGREEMENT OF BOTH TEAM CAPTAINS.
SCOLIA AND SIMILAR SYSTEMS NOT PERMITTED.
18. ONLY THE DESIGNATED TEAM CAPTAINS CAN REPRESENT THEIR TEAM IN THE CAPTAINS NIGHT KNOCKOUT. NO SUBSTITUTES FOR ANY REASON WILL BE PERMITTED TO REPRESENT THEM.
19. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH LEAGUE TEAM MUST BE PRESENT AT EVERY MONTHLY MEETING.ANY TEAM FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THIS RULE WILL FACE A £10.00 FINE AND A DEDUCTION OF 2 POINTS FROM THEIR LEAGUE SCORE FOR EVERY MEETING NOT ATTENDED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.PHONE CALLS, MESSAGES ETC WILL NO LONGER BE ACCEPTED FOR NON-ATTENDANCE. ANY TEAM MEMBER CAN ATTEND THE MONTHLY MEETING.
20. THROUGHOUT THE SEASON ANY 180’S, HIGHEST BREAK, HIGHEST FINISH, LEAST DARTS (by an individual) NEEDS TO BE LOGGED ON THE MATCH SHEET. THIS INCLUDES ANY MATCH, CUP, SINGLES, DOUBLES OR TREBLES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
21. ALL RULES AND AMENDMENTS ARE MADE BY LEAGUE FOUNDER MEMBER DAVID ALEXANDER.
IF ANY TEAMS/PUBS ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE LIGHT REFRESHMENTS AFTER THEIR MATCHES PLEASE MAKE THE COMMITTEE AWARE SO OTHER LEAGUE TEAMS CAN BE NOTIFIED AND THEY CAN DECIDE IF THEY THEN WISH TO CATER WHEN HOSTING AT THEIR VENUE.
CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE; Dave and Joyce Alexander, Tony and Shelly Price.
Admin and website Les Wilkinson
Volunteers to assist welcome.
http://www.spanglefish.com/dandjmondaydarts
