Women's Competitive League Charter

Annandale Women's Competitive League Charter

This charter is a bylaw to the constitution of the Annandale Curling Club. The constitution is the final governing document, and all provisions in it apply to the women's league, overriding anything in this charter.

General:

Women's Competitive League is a team entry to a maximum of 32 teams. When there are less than 32 teams entered, they will be distributed as follows.

Team Entries	Teams per division
Team Entries	A	B	C	D
32	8	8	8	8	* When there are 7 teams in a division, each team will receive one bye per draw and will be awarded points for that bye as if they achieved a tie. * When there are 6 teams in a division, each team will play 2 teams twice and 3 teams once in the 7 game draw.
31	8	8	8	7
30	8	8	8	6
29	8	8	7	6
28	8	8	6	6
27	8	7	6	6
26	8	6	6	6
25	7	6	6	6
24	8	8	8

The league president may assist in filling open positions where there are vacancies if there are individuals looking to join a team; however it is the responsibility of the skip to ensure that they have a complete team of 4 paid members prior to the start of the season.
Returning skips are held a position in the league until August 25th. Remaining spots are opened to new skips after that time on a first come, first served basis. New teams will start off at the bottom of the league (D division), however the league executive may use its discretion in starting experienced teams in a higher division (max of B division) to ensure competitive games.
A team fee of prize money for each draw will be collected from each skip at the start of the season.

League Play:

League play consists of 3 draws with 7 games in each draw governed by the OCA rules. All games will be 8 ends with ties allowed in all 3 draws.
Spare rule has been set by the executive for all leagues where spares can play in any position up to the vacant position, and two members of the original team must be present. Annandale curling members have unlimited spare privileges, while non members can spare a maximum of 3 times during the season.
*Note: When a team has only 3 paid members, the 4^th spot cannot be filled by a spare and the team must play with 3 people.
All divisions will play on Monday night rotating between 7pm & 9pm draws.
Teams accumulate points for each game played based on their division and record as detailed below:

Division	W	L	T
A	12	6	9
B	11	5	8
C	10	4	7
D	9	3	6

Draw winners/standings will be determined by points obtained within the draw. In the case of a tie, the following rules will be used to break the tie:

1^st Draw:

i. Head to head result(s) of tied teams

ii. If still tied, total number of wins

iii. If still tied the prize money for 1st and 2nd will be split evenly among tied teams

2^nd & 3^rd Draws:

i. Head to head result(s) of tied teams

ii. If still tied, total number of wins in this draw only

iii. If still tied, total points accumulated for the year will determine the winner

iv. if still tied, a skips draw to the button with sweeping will determine the winner

After completion of each draw, prize money will be paid to the top 2 teams in each division, with the exact amounts predetermined by the women's league president. Prize money will be equal in each division and must be equal to amount collected from teams.
Teams will be reshuffled based on full year accumulated points after each draw with teams limited to moving up or down 1 division for each draw.
Final full year accumulated points after the third draw will be used to determine division placement in the following year. Teams will be moved up to fill vacancies as needed.

If there are extra nights in the curling calendar, the women's executive can use the nights as they see fit.

Any Amendments to this charter can be proposed by the women's league president and requires approval from a majority of the ruling Annandale Curling Executive.