5s & 3s League 2024 Summer – Rules

Rules:

  • Each team will preferably consist of 10 players, playing in 3 pairs. However, as few as 6 players can play with 4 playing two games but with different partners.
  • If, on the night, a team has 5 players then one match is forfeit. If fewer than 5 players, then the match must be rearranged within two weeks. Failure to play within two weeks gives a 5-0 victory to the other team unless they refuse three alternative dates offered within that two weeks.
  • To avoid delay on the evening, matches must start on 3 tables as few teams have 10 players.
  • Each pair plays for one point, best of 3 legs.
  • Each leg starts by drawing for the drop, then each hand within that leg the drop rotates clockwise.
  • Each hand finishes with the first player to chip. If play stops before anyone chips, there is NO point for the lowest domino.
  • If a player plays a wrong domino (that is the shown domino will not fit at either end), or a player drops or plays out of turn, or knocks when able to go, then the team takes a compulsory 8 points deduction (deduction delayed if less than 8 points on the board until 8 points are earned). The option to continue the hand or re-shuffle and re-start that hand rests with the team offended against.
  • All results to be submitted by photo within 24 hours on the WhatsApp Group.
  • There will be no prizes, hence no need of subscriptions. This also means we cannot have score cards printed so make your own.