2018 PENNANT BOOKLET - Bay of Plenty Golf Inc
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2018 PENNANT BOOKLET 2017 Senior Champions Lakeview
BOP GOLF MATCHPLAY PENNANTS 2018
INTER-CLUB MATCHPLAY PENNANT RULES
All Pennant Grades (Men’s Championship, Senior, Intermediate, Junior & Silver
Ladies.)
1.1The BOP Executive committee will organise and set down the dates, venues
and draws for all grades of Pennant Matches.
Entries for Pennants will close on 31st October of the year preceding the
competitions.
1.1.1 Each competition shall be played on such course and date as set out in
the draw. The Club staging each venue shall be designated as the host Club.
1.1.2 By entering the Pennant competition all clubs and players agree to
accept the decisions of the Men’s Executive as final.
1.2The Host Club shall:
(a) Allocate the starting times for all games in each match and advise the same
to the competing Clubs and the Zone Representative no later than 7 days
before the date of the fixture. Clubs are to use multiple starting tees at each
venue i.e. two or more starting tees.
(b) Notify the competing Clubs of the referees or disputes official for the day
and appoint a convenor for the day.
(c) Collect and check entry forms at the prescribed time.
(d) Collate and print results on the official results sheets, for all competing
Clubs and scan or email results sheet to the Association office.
(e) Appoint a Disputes Committee as per 1.3
Make sure that the BOP fixture has priority on the day of the event.
1.3The Host Club shall appoint a disputes Committee which will include two host
club members, any BOP Management Committee member present on the day
and any BOP Golf Rules Officials appointed on the day. The said Committee shall
have the power to decide and rule on any dispute arising on the day. Rule 34.2
of the Rules of golf apply if referees are appointed for the fixture.
The Disputes Committee is responsible for policing the slow play as set out in
Rule 1.6 In the event of inclement weather the Disputes Committee has the
power to postpone or abandon all matches for the round. In the event ofpostponement or abandonment after some teams have completed all their
games, then those results will stand.
Where a team has not completed all their games all their results for that round
will be cancelled and the round replayed at a time set by the BOP Match
Committee. For any re-scheduled round, a new team sheet will be submitted.
1.4 Rules of Play shall be the Rules of Golf and any Local Rules as displayed by
the host Club.
1.4.1 Slow Play:
A group which falls behind the pace of play guidelines as set by the Host Club will
be warned to catch up. Such group must make up the delay within the next two
holes after the warning or face penalties unless there are mitigating
circumstances. The Disputes Committee concerned will establish the person or
persons causing the delay after warning and apply penalties as laid down in Rule
6.7.
Where the Host Club has not published a pace of play guideline an aggregate of 15
minutes per hole, for a group of 4 playing singles Matchplay and 11 minutes per
hole for a foursomes group, shall apply.
1.5 Motorised Transport: The use of golf carts is permitted for those over 50
years of age or in possession of a valid medical certificate not more than 6 months
old and provided such use complies with the host club’s policy on motorised
transport.
1.6 At each venue and in each grade, competing Clubs must present their team
on the official BOP Entry Form to the Host Club no later than 15 minutes before
the commencement of each match. In all grades handicap indices, will be as at the
last published Handicap review before the date of the event, and the official entry
form must be signed by the Team Manager or Team Captain attesting to the
correctness of the entry. In the event of the late presentation of the team sheet,
or the late arrival of a team member or a team, the Disputes Committee may at
their discretion, under Rule 6 waive or modify the penalty of disqualification as
provided in Rule 6 (3) note. Any discretion exercised in favour of a late arrival
must be clearly stated by the Committee before the late arrival is allowed to play.
1.7 Either a non-playing Team Captain or a Team Manager may give advice to
the players in their team as set down in the Rules of Golf, Rule 8 (2) note.1.8 After the commencement of play, emergencies may not be substituted for players withdrawing during the match. If before play commences, including between the foursomes and singles rounds, a player is unable to continue due to injury, an emergency must be played in the position of the withdrawn player. 1.9 Points shall be awarded based on one point for each individual win and half a point for each individual draw. A team will receive a further two points for a team win. In the event of teams having the same number of individual wins each team will receive one point. The winner of the competition shall be the team with the greatest number of points at the completion of all matches. Winning margins need to be recorded on the official results sheet in case of countback. In the event of a tie at the completion of the round the following will apply in all Grades. 1. If times/daylight permits, a sudden death play-off between any nominated player on the day of the final round of pool play. 2. Who beat who in pool play and if necessary taking margins into consideration (if that match was drawn). 3. By the toss of a coin. Team Managers or Captains are to nominate the player involved in the play-off. 1.10 Disputes & claims: Rule 2-5 applies. A result will be regarded as “officially posted” when the match result is recorded on the scoreboard or when a score sheet, signed by both team captains and managers has been handed in to the day’s organiser. 1.11 Where any team defaults or the entire team is disqualified then the opposing team will receive the number of team points that is achieved by the team with the best points aggregate on the day of play including bonus points. 1.12 Playing order. In singles, all players must play in the order as set down on the team sheet (Pennant Entry Form) submitted by the Team Captain or Manager. Foursome’s pairings may choose who will take the honour on their first tee regardless of the order on the team sheet. If a player plays when his partner should have played, his side loses the hole. 1.13 In Foursomes players listed as 6 & 5 in the singles must be in the first two Foursome pairings. Penalty for not doing so is loss of Foursomes match.
1.14 Distance Measuring devices that comply with R & A guidelines are permitted.
1.15 Matchplay cards are no longer required to be submitted for handicapping.
1.16 Social media is regarded as public information.
Any player who brings the game of golf into disrepute will face being suspended
from the competition. Derogatory comments via all forms of social media directed
at Bay of Plenty Golf or its member clubs would be deemed as bringing the game
into disrepute.
Player Eligibility
2.1 To be eligible to compete a player must be a full financial member of the
Club as set out in the Rules of Constitution of the Club concerned and have
a BOP Club as their Home Club.
2.2 Any player who is a financial member of more than one Club and has played
one or more games for either Club in any grade of Pennants may not play
for any other Club or Team in the same season. In the event of any unusual
circumstance arising, application can be made to vary this Rule to the
appropriate BOP Management Committee whose decision shall be final.
2.3
Exemptions to the BOP Home Club requirement may be applied for to the
appropriate BOP Management Committee as follows: Application for
dispensation must be submitted in writing to the CEO by 5pm on the
Wednesday prior to play.
(a) Where a player, whose Home Club is in another District, is temporarily
resident in the BOP District for educational or vocational purposes and is a
member of the BOP Club
(b) Where a player, who is usually resident in the BOP District, is temporarily
resident in another District for educational or vocational purposes, and retains
membership of a BOP Club as a secondary Club.
(c) The player concerned has not competed in Matchplay Pennant competition
in another District.
2.5 Where a club is fielding more than one team, a player who has played two
times for the senior or higher-ranking team becomes ineligible to play for a
lower ranked team unless dispensation is granted. It is acknowledged that with
the conflict with other events (e.g. Charles Tour) dispensation will be grantedto senior players coming up to cover the absence of a Championship player involved in New Zealand events. Dispensation to this clause can be made on behalf of junior players (under 19yrs) under exceptional circumstances and applications must be submitted in writing to the CEO by 5pm on the Wednesday prior to play. PENALTY: In the event of an ineligible player competing in any round such player will be deemed to have lost the match. (R33.1) BOP Men’s Pennants & Silver Ladies 3. Senior Pennant Grade: 3.1 The Senior Grade shall be divided into two (2) sections. Viz: Championship & Senior. The Championship Division shall comprise the top ten teams of 6 players playing in two sections (Blue & Gold). Teams will be seeded based on their position on the log in the previous year. Each section will play 4 round- robin matches. The two teams with the highest points total will then play a cross over semi-final with the two winners going through to the Grand Final. The bottom placed team in each section after the round robin will play a relegation match on semi-finals day with the losing team being relegated to the Senior Grade provided that the winning Senior Division team does not already have a team in the Championship Division. In the case of two teams in the same section having the same number of match points and game points the following process will determine the highest finisher.
1. A play off if day light permits involving any nominated
player from each team.
2. Who beat who in pool play.
3. Winning margins in pool play.
4. By the toss of a coin.
The same process will be used if there are more than one team on the same
total at the bottom of the pool.
The Senior Division will be in 2 (two) geographical divisions –Senior Coastal &
Senior Central.
3.2 The top two teams in each section will play a cross over semi- final with the two
winners going through to the Grand Final.
3.3 Promotion /Relegation from the Senior Division. The winning senior team will
be promoted to the Championship Division provided that the club in question
does not already have a team in the Championship grade.
3.4 Each Championship & Senior team shall consist of 6 players playing both
foursomes and singles matchplay games. No games shall continue after 18
holes have been played.
3.5 Team Managers or Captains are responsible for entering their teams as per Rule
1.8
3.6 Clubs may apply to the Match Committee to enter a combined team to make up
a team in any grade/ division below the Championship division.
Silver Ladies:
In 2018 Silver Ladies, will play one round of round-robin in teams of 6 per the
Rules for Senior Men’s Pennants. Handicaps are irrelevant in the team order.
At the completion of the roster the top four teams will advance to the semi-
finals where 1st plays 4th and 2nd plays 3rd with the two winners meeting in the
Grand Final. In the event of two or more teams having the same points thesame formula as documented in the rules above will be used to determine
the winners.
Teams entered for 2018 are: Mount Maunganui, Omanu, Rotorua combined
Tauranga combined, Eastern.
4. Intermediate and Junior Pennant Grades:
4.1 Intermediate and Junior Grades will be competed for in a three Zone
(Central, Coastal & Eastern) competition.
After the round robin the top team from each zone PLUS the second ranked
team with the most points from all three zones will play off with the winners
going through to the Grand Final. The team with the most points in pool play
will play the highest ranked 2nd team in one semi-final whilst the two other
winning zone teams will play the 2nd semi-final.
For the play offs (semis and finals) all teams will play foursomes and singles.
4.2 Teams will consist of the following:
Intermediate: 6 players (lowest handicap index 9.5)
Junior: 6 players (lowest handicap index 15.5)
NOTE: any player who has played one round of pennants in their respective
grade and their handicap is later reduced may remain a playing member of the
team provided that his handicap is not reduced more than point 5 (.5) below
the allowable index of their respective grade. If a player’s handicap is reduced
by more than point 5 (0.5) then his handicap must return to the lowest
allowable for his grade (i.e. 9.5 or 15.5) before he may play again. Team
Managers or Captains are responsible for entering their teams as per Rule 1.9.
PENALTY: In the event of an ineligible player competing in any round such
player will be deemed to have lost the match. (R33.1)
4.3 Intermediate & Junior Grade teams in the Eastern and Coastal zones will
play foursomes and singles matchplay games played without handicaps. The
Intermediate & Junior Central teams will play singles only.CHAMPIONSHIP PENNANTS ROUND 1 TAURANGA 11 FEBRUARY Kawerau v Te Puke Rotorua v Omanu Byes Tauranga Taupo v Whakatane Omokoroa v Mt. Maunganui Opotiki ROUND 2 ROTORUA 25 FEBRUARY Tauranga v Kawerau Omanu v Te Puke Byes: Rotorua Whakatane v Opotiki Taupo v Mt. Maunganui Omokoroa ROUND 3 WHAKATANE 4 MARCH Te Puke v Rotorua Tauranga v Omanu Byes: Whakatane Omokoroa v Taupo Mt. Maunganui v Opotiki Kawerau ROUND 4 OMANU 11 MARCH Te Puke v Tauranga Kawerau v Rotorua Byes: Omanu Mt. Maunganui v Whakatane Opotiki v Omokoroa Taupo ROUND 5 TE PUKE 18 MARCH Rotorua v Tauranga Kawerau v Omanu Byes: Te Puke Whakatane v Omokoroa Opotiki v Taupo Mount SEMI FINALS TAURANGA 8 APRIL Winner of Blue play runner-up of Gold. Winner of Gold play runner-up of Blue. GRAND FINAL OHOPE 29 APRIL
SILVER PENNANTS ROUND 1 TAURANGA 11 FEBRUARY Mt. Maunganui v Rotorua Omanu v Eastern ROUND 2 ROTORUA 25 FEBRUARY Omanu v Mt. Maunganui Eastern v Tauranga ROUND 3 WHAKATANE 4 MARCH Omanu v Rotorua Tauranga v Mt. Maunganui ROUND 4 OMANU 11 MARCH Rotorua v Tauranga Eastern v Mt. Maunganui ROUND 5 MT. MAUNGANUI 18 MARCH Tauranga v Omanu Rotorua v Eastern SEMI FINALS TAURANGA 8 APRIL 1st plays 4th and 2nd plays 3rd. Winners to Grand Final GRAND FINAL OHOPE 29 APRIL
SENIOR CENTRAL ROUND 1 LAKEVIEW 25 FEBRUARY Opotiki v Springfield Ohope v Lakeview ROUND 2 OHOPE 11 MARCH Lakeview v Springfield Opotiki v Opotiki ROUND 3 OPOTIKI 25 MARCH Opotiki v Lakeview Ohope v Springfield SEMI FINALS TAURANGA 8 APRIL Winner of Coastal plays runner up of Central. Winner of Central plays runner up of Coastal. GRAND FINAL OHOPE 29 APRIL
SENIOR COASTAL ROUND 1 TAURANGA 11 FEBRUARY Otumoetai v Omanu Omokoroa v Mt. Maunganui ROUND 2 OTUMOETAI 25 FEBRUARY Tauranga v Mt. Maunganui Omanu v Omokoroa ROUND 3 OMANU 11 MARCH Mt. Maunganui v Otumoetai Tauranga v Omokoroa ROUND 4 MT. MAUNGANUI 18 MARCH Omanu v Tauranga Omokoroa v Otumoetai ROUND 5 OMOKOROA 25 MARCH Mt. Maunganui v Omanu Tauranga v Otumoetai SEMI FINALS TAURANGA 8 APRIL Winner of Coastal plays runner-up from Central. Winner of Central plays runner-up of Coastal. GRAND FINAL OHOPE 29 APRIL
INTERMEDIATE COASTAL ROUND 1 FAIRVIEW 18 FEBRUARY Omanu v Tauranga Omokoroa v Otumoetai Mt. Maunganui v Fairview ROUND 2 OMOKOROA 25 FEBRUARY Fairview v Omokoroa Otumoetai v Omanu Tauranga v Mt. Maunganui ROUND 3 OMANU 4 MARCH Fairview v Tauranga Mt. Maunganui v Otumoetai Omanu v Omokoroa ROUND 4 MOUNT MAUNGANUI 11 MARCH Mt. Maunganui v Omanu Tauranga v Omokoroa Otumoetai v Fairview ROUND 5 OTUMOETAI 25 MARCH Otumoetai v Tauranga Omanu v Fairview Omokoroa v Mt. Maunganui SEMI FINALS TAURANGA 8 APRIL 3 zone winners plus the team with the highest winning points ratio GRAND FINAL OHOPE 29 APRIL
INTERMEDIATE EASTERN ROUND 1 TE PUKE 18 FEBRUARY Te Teko v Kawerau Ohope v Opotiki ROUND 2 OHOPE 4 MARCH Opotiki v Te Teko Kawerau v Te Puke ROUND 3 TE TEKO 11 MARCH Kawerau v Opotiki Te Puke v Ohope ROUND 4 KAWERAU 18 MARCH Te Teko v Ohope Opotiki v Te Puke ROUND 5 OPOTIKI 25 MARCH Te Puke v Te Teko Ohope v Kawerau SEMI FINALS TAURANGA 8 APRIL 3 zone winners plus the team with the highest winning percentage GRAND FINAL OHOPE 29 APRIL
INTERMEDIATE CENTRAL ROUND 1 LAKEVIEW 18 FEBRUARY Wairakei v Rotorua Taupo v Murupara ROUND 2 WAIOTAPU VALLEY 25 FEBRUARY Lakeview v Murupara Taupo v Wairakei ROUND 3 TAUPO 4 MARCH Murupara v Wairakei Rotorua v Lakeview ROUND 4 MURUPARA 18 MARCH Wairakei v Lakeview Rotorua v Taupo ROUND 5 WAIRAKEI 25 MARCH Lakeview v Taupo Murupara v Rotorua SEMI FINALS TAURANGA 8 APRIL 3 zone winners plus the team with the highest winning points percentage GRAND FINAL OHOPE 29 APRIL
JUNIOR COASTAL ROUND 1 TAURANGA 11 FEBRUARY Omanu v Otumoetai Mt. Maunganui v Omokoroa ROUND 2 OMOKOROA 25 FEBRUARY Otumoetai v Tauranga Omanu v Mt. Maunganui ROUND 3 OMANU 4 MARCH Tauranga v Omokoroa Otumoetai v Mt. Maunganui ROUND 4 MOUNT MAUNGANUI 11 MARCH Tauranga v Omanu Omokoroa v Otumoetai ROUND 5 OTUMOETAI 25 MARCH Mt. Maunganui v Tauranga Omokoroa v Omanu SEMI FINALS TAURANGA 8 APRIL 3 zone winners plus the team with the highest winning percentage GRAND FINAL OHOPE 29 APRIL
JUNIOR EASTERN ROUND 1 TEPUKE 18 FEBRUARY Kawerau v Te Teko Ohope v Te Puke ROUND 2 OHOPE 4 MARCH Kawerau v Ohope Te Teko v Te Puke ROUND 3 KAWERAU 18 MARCH Ohope v Te Teko Kawerau v Te Puke SEMI FINALS TAURANGA 8 APRIL 3 zone winners plus the team with the highest winning percentage. GRAND FINAL OHOPE 29 APRIL
JUNIOR CENTRAL ROUND 1 LAKEVIEW 18 FEBRUARY Springfield v Lakeview Taupo v Murupara Rotorua v Waiotapu Valley ROUND 2 WAIOTAPU VALLEY 25 FEBRUARY Springfield v Murupara Taupo v Rotorua Lakeview v Waiotapu Valley ROUND 3 TAUPO 4 MARCH Springfield v Waiotapu Valley Murupara v Rotorua Lakeview v Taupo ROUND 4 MURUPARA 18 MARCH Rotorua v Lakeview Springfield v Taupo Waiotapu Valley v Murupara ROUND 5 SPRINGFIELD 25 MARCH Rotorua v Springfield Waiotapu Valley v Taupo Murupara v Lakeview SEMI FINALS TAURANGA 8 APRIL 3 zone winners plus the team with the highest winning points percentage GRAND FINAL OHOPE 29 APRIL
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