Tueday Morning Senior Men's

Tuesday Morning Senior Men’s | 9:00 AM & 11:15 AM Draws

A social league open to all curlers 50 years and older (as of June 30). This league is split into two full sessions to accommodate snowbirds. The fall session runs from October to mid-December, and winter session runs from January to March. Registered curlers submit their desired positions and the executive draws up teams for each session.

Senior Men’s League Curling League

1. The Senior Men’s League is a social league which consists of individual curlers who are assigned to teams twice a year; once in the fall and once in the winter, by the League Executive.

2. The League Members shall elect the League Executive (League Representative & Draw master) at the year-end Annual General Meeting (AGM) in March of each year. The Executive will have the authority to run the league.

a. The League Representative represents the league at the Okotoks Curling Club Board of Directors meetings. He is the league contact and chairs the AGM.

Rules – 2019

1. The Okotoks Senior Men's Curling League will follow the curling rules as set out in the current version (2018 -- 2022) of the Canadian Curling Association “Curling Canada Rules of Curling” and any modifications to them by the Okotoks Curling Club Board of Directors.

2. The rules for Senior Men’s League curling should reflect the consensus of the membership; approved at the League’s AGM; and subsequently made available in written form to all curling members at the commencement of league play.

3. Following Canadian Curling Association’s Rule Book Change: Rule 23(1)(g) (effective May 1, 2018) Seniors are defined as “Fifty (50) years of age or older on June 30th in the year…”

4. Your league fees entitle the league to two and a half hours of ice time. Please limit practice to no more than four rocks and fifteen minutes prior to starting time, not on your asigned sheet number. The Club has adopted the following as part of its new policies:

“All Adult league games are eight ends. The duration of a game is expected to be no more than 2 hours and 15 minutes. All draws will be subject to a “warning” buzzer at 1 hour and 40 minutes after the starting time. Teams complete the end they are in plus one more end. An end is considered completed when the last rock of an end crosses the near tee line in the player’s delivery.”

5. If league (lack of) participation requires, the League Executive may form three (3) player teams.

6. With respect to substitution (spares):

a. Members requiring a substitute (spare) will be responsible for finding their own spares.

b. Substitutes must be paid up members of the Okotoks curling Club.

c. Substitution will follow the Canadian Curling Association Rule Book Section 5 (below) except for rule 4above:

This rule implies for our league:

i. that substitutes (spares) may play at any position if the rotation is stated to the other team prior to starting a game, otherwise the substitute (spare) will play lead or in the case of two substitutions (spares); lead and second.

ii. What substitues (spares) must be a paid up club member and a senior as defined.hen selecting substitutes (spares), teams should give preference to those players from teams who have a bye. Then contact those listed on the current published Senior Men’s League Spare List.

iii. A regular (4 player) team that has more than two substitution (spare) players for any game shall forfeit the game.

d. Exceptions:

1. Executive designated three (3) player teams are allowed up to two (2) substitutions (spares) to the listed 3 man roster of the team

When selecting substitutes, teams should give preference to those players from any teams that have a bye, then to those listed on the current published Spare List.

7. Any concerns or grievances of interpretation of rules should be directed to Club President.

8. The League Executive respectfully asks all players that would like to throw a few rocks before games, do so on a sheet of ice other than the one they will play on game day,

9. These rules will be modified from time to time by the Senior Men’s League Executive when the Canadian Curling Association issues a new Rule Book or the Okotoks Curling Club issues new Policies and Guidelines, so the Okotoks Senior’s Men Curling League is complying.

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Doug Short- League Representative	Mike Geraldi	Ian McNeill -Draw Master

Date: _____________________	Date: _____________________	Date: _____________________

2019 Senior Men's League Rules with Signatures