Richmond Table Tennis SummerLeague 2016
(Week beginning)May 16th 2016
2* Sanctioned & Sponsored by BCTTA
Registration Form
Please read all this form and rules thoroughly!
Name of team …………………………………………..
Team Captain...... Address ......
Phone...... E-mail ......
Players (Minimum of 3 players inc Captain must be written down, please fill in all details)
(For more than 6 players in squad, Please write details on back or inform Official)
(BCTTA Member-MUST TICK*)
Do not send BCTTA membership fee to the league
1. Name ...... Born...... BCTTA Member......
Phone...... e-mail......
2. Name ...... Born...... BCTTA Member......
Phone...... e-mail......
3. Name ...... Born...... BCTTA Member......
Phone...... e-mail......
4. Name ...... Born...... BCTTA Member......
Phone...... e-mail......
5. Name ...... Born...... BCTTA Member......
Phone...... e-mail......
6. Name ...... Born...... BCTTA Member......
Phone...... e-mail......
*unless International association member or other Canadian association member
Rating fee must be paid for these players also
Note: Rating fee for juniors (born 1996 and later) - $3, all others - $5
Team entry fee -$90
Make cheques payable to…VADTTL
Entry Deadline: ThursMay 12th: 2016
Registration forms without payment will not be accepted
We hereby agree to abide by all league rules and all decisions of the league committee. We accept full responsibility for our participation in the league and relieve the BCTTA and the League Committee from any liability for injury to ourselves, or damage to our property. (please sign below)
Captain...... …………….Player 2...... Player 3......
Player 4...... Player 5...... Player 6………………………
Note: if player is under 18 a guardian must sign
Operating Rules of the Richmond Table Tennis League
Summer 2016
Sanctioned & Sponsored by BCTTA
New Ball
In accordance to TTC’s request that all Canadian ranking tournaments do so,we are using the New 40+ Plastic ball.
Rule on Speed glues.
In keeping with the ITTF directive all Speed glueswill notbe allowed to be used in the league. A racket discovered using these substances will be banned from use within the league. A repeat offending player will be banned from the league.
Start Date:(Week beginning)May16th 2016
League committee:Dave Gatiss – President/Treasurer
Mehran Shariati – Co-Vice President
Sasan Shariati–Co-Vice President
John Ross – Results Secretary
Panu Sugkraroek – Ratings Secretary
Dr Chandra Madhosingh– Chief Referee
Kam Tang - Officials
Kevin Tsang – Committee Member
Pun Chu – Committee Member
Mike Broderick - Committee Member
Eddie To, Michael Wong, Inoh Kim – Honorary Members
A supervisor/umpire will be assigned by RTTL for each league night.
**Supervisor/Umpire List: D. Gatiss, M.Shariati, K. Tang, J. Ross, S. Shariati, M. Broderick, P.Chu,
D.Topiwala, P. Sugkraroek, D. Cheung, P. Yau, A.Ho.
Filled in Entry forms with payment, and all other correspondence will be sent to:
RTTL
c/o Bridgeport TTC
11660 Bridgeport Road
Richmond BC
V6X 1T2
Phone 604-278-5100 Fax 604-278-5115
Host Venue:Bridgeport Sports Club, Richmond (Monday & Wednesday nights)
Match Time:All matches will start at 7pm prompt
Warm-Up:Warm-up begins at 6pm Prompt(please do not arrive earlier unless wishing to pay an extra drop-in fee)
Note: Venue, tables and nets will be inspected and approved by RTTL officials before the start of the league
Schedule:Will be prepared and distributed at least 2 days prior to the start of the league.
Important:There will be no postponement of matches except in the case of severe weather and/or sicknessonly.
Written or phoned application for postponements along with the new match date must be approved by the league committeeat least 48 hours before the scheduled match date. A default win will be awarded to the opposition otherwise. All Matches must be completed by season end date.
Entry deadline:May 12th2016
System:3 member teams playing in the following order; A-X, B-Y, C-Z,B-X, A-Z, C-Y, B-Z, C-X, A-Y.
All matches must be played regardless of result. Every match win counts as 1 point towards the team’s total league points. A team can win up to a maximum of 9 points per match.
All teams can register unlimited amount of squad members, not registered with any other team.
No player addition to the team squad shall be allowed after the halfway point of the season without exception. Any additional players must also be BCTTA or any other Canadian or Internationally recognised associationmembers in good standing or they will not be allowed to play.
Divisional Format:
There should be a maximum of 8 teams per Division.
2 rounds will be played.
Divisional line-ups will be decided by the league committee.The league committee’s decision is final on this.
If applicable, the winners of Division 2 will be promoted to Division 1 for the following Winter season.
Also the bottom team in Division 1 would go down to Division 2 for the following Winter season if the division is at full capacity. This one up one down rule would apply to any other additional divisions. This arrangement may vary due to the number of entries.
Newly formed teams should expect to start in lower Divisions. Exceptions to this rule may occur at the RTTL committee’s discretion.
Eligibility:Must be members of the BCTTA or any other Canadian or internationally recognised association in good standing.
Fees:Each team pays $90 Entry feeand a drop-in fee per night/per player. The drop in fee will be $4.50 per player per night payable to the venue on match night. $5 rating fee ($3 juniors)per player must also be pre-paid per season.
Penalties:3rd time no show means expulsion from the league.
1. All matches must be played on time and in correct score-sheet order (unless by agreement from the opposition). There will be a five minute time limit allowed in between each match. If a player is not ready (or present) to play, then that game will be forfeit after the time limit has passed and the next match on the score sheet order shall be played.
The non-offending team may allow the matches to be played out of order at their discretion if opposition players are late etc. They do not have to do this however if they do not wish to and can claim points due to lateness.
If a team does not arrive with at least two players ready to play before 7:45pm this will be considered a no-show and the match may be claimed as a default win at this point by the ready to play team. A late 3rd player should also be there before 9pm otherwise defaults may once again be claimed for his/her matches if so wished by the non-offending team.
2. Each team will need a minimum of two players in order to complete the match, otherwise this team will be defaulted for that evening .
3. In the event of any no show a default score of 7-0 will be awarded in favour of the ready to play team.
4. In the event of a team expulsion from the league, all matches involving that team will be considered void.
Rules and regulations:ITTF Laws shall govern all play, except for counting match team points i.e. Team points = 1 point per individual match won added up to a final points total.
Individual matches to consist of best of five games of 11 points
TheRTTL appointed supervisor shall rule on the interpretation of all rules and regulations.The list of Supervisors can be found here ** above.
Any dispute of a Supervisors ruling can be appealed to the Chief Referee in writing. The Chief Referee’s decision is final. The Supervisor will be responsible for distribution of the balls and match slips, proper filling in of the match slips, have both captains sign them and submit them to the league statistician.
Players of both teams will take turns for umpiring making sure to fill in score sheet correctly and in its entirety. Failure to do this correctly may result in penalty points against.
League Statistician(s) will make up a league standing after each round and will submit results to BCTTA Rating Officer.
Umpiring:Players of both teams will take turns for umpiring making sure to fill in score sheet correctly and in its entirety. Failure to do this correctly may result in penalty points against.
League Statistician(s) will make up a league standing after each round and will submit results to the BCTTA Ratings Officer.
Umpiring guidelines:
All umpires, regardless of team affiliation, while umpiring must always act in a fair and neutral fashionwhile scoring(No applauding own teams play etc).
Equipment:Tables and nets approved by league committee.
Balls: Orange or White 3* ITTF approved balls
Trophies and prizes:Prize Money: Div 11st2nd3rd
$450$225$155
Div 2$150$100$75
Div 3TBCTrophies/Medals
Div 4+Tropies/Medals“
Best Individual Player Award: MVP (playing minimum of 66% of the matches)
Div 1$100
Div 2$50
Most Reliable Team Div 1$100
Prize money may be pro-rated
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