Tournament Regulations 2015

[<<] [>>] by Samir Patel
01 Mar 2015 (CqE Official News)

The Croquet Association's Tournament Regulations have been published for 2015:
www.croquet.org.uk/?p=tournament/regulations.html

The changes for the 2015 season, which became effective on 1 March, are:

• H2(b) - Tournament Handicapper has an additional duty to check players' handicap cards at the start of each event. This is in advance of further changes planned for 2016 to add further rigour and consistency to the role of the Tournament Handicapper and use, and enforcement, of handicap cards for all players in all types of event
• L4 - The Handicap Doubles Variation, which was previously an annual trial, has become permanent
• P1(a) - Eligibility to compete in CA fixtures now includes an explicit reference to the WCF regulation on reciprocity
• R - This has been updated to bring the terminology and references in this regulation into line with the latest GC Rules
• T2(a) - This has been modified to cover the situation where a player plays a wrong ball as time expires. An omitted reference to a full bisque has been restored in T2(b)
• Appendix 4 - Super-Advanced is now a standard condition for all Class 1 Singles Championships