8.

(a)

Home clubs shall be held responsible for arranging the dates and starting times of the matches and for reporting results.

(b)

Matches in the Surrey Cup, Summer Surrey Cup, Surrey Vintage League, Ann Price Surrey Trophy and Summer Surrey Trophy shall be organised as follows: 

(1) The first match must be scheduled to commence by 19:45 in order to complete the overall match by an acceptable time.

(2) There shall be no matches played on Saturdays or scheduled to be played before 19.00 hrs on Sundays without the unanimous approval of the players concerned.

(c)

Surrey Cup only:  All Division 1 matches will be played on Wednesday evenings.

(d)

Surrey Veterans League only:  Matches shall all be played on Saturday afternoons, in accordance with the fixtures schedule issued by the Competition Secretary.

(e)

All Competitions:

(1) Results of all ties shall be recorded on the official result cards, giving the names of all players and the full scores or a note added in respect of ties postponed under Rule 6(d).  Ties not so recorded shall be deemed to have been won by the away team. The entry of the match result onto the League Master website does not negate the need to send in the result card by the due date, if required by your league organiser.

(2) Matches will be played on the dates agreed by the Fixtures Secretaries within the scheduled dates allocated by the Competition Secretary. No matches may be re-arranged but home and away fixtures may be reversed if both teams are in agreement.  If exceptional circumstances dictate, then a written request for re-arrangement should be made to the relevant Competition Secretary / Co-ordinator prior to the scheduled date of the match. Any such request must be accompanied by an agreed rearranged match date, accepted by both clubs.

[It has long been accepted that in violation of this rule, teams ring up and rearrange matches and the opposing teams feel obliged to accede. This simply creates problems further down the line. Do not do it, and remember, if you do and the match is subsequently not played, no team gets any points.]

(3) Any first half matches that have been authorised for re-arrangement by the Competition Secretary must be played before the start of the second half of the season. Any re-arranged second half matches must be played by 2 weeks after the final scheduled match date. If any re-arranged match is not played by the required date the club requesting the re-arrangement will forfeit the match and a walkover be awarded.

(f)

Surrey Cup, Surrey Vets and Vintage Leagues only:

The official recording of all match results will be via the League web site. However, duplicate match cards must be filled in and signed on the night (as per Rule 8(e)), with a copy being kept by both teams, to provide a record of the result in case of dispute. The home team is responsible for entering the result on the web site by the end of the week following the match. Failure to do this will result in a 4 point penalty and the away team will be asked to provide a copy of the match card. The away team then have a further 7 days in which to verify the result. If this is not done, then the result as entered by the home team will be deemed to be correct. In the case of any dispute, only a copy of the signed match card will be accepted as evidence. Further details for club administrators entering results can be found on the League web site.

(g)

All other leagues:

Result cards must reach the relevant Competition Secretaries/League Co-ordinator within SEVEN days of the latest scheduled date allocated for each match, except as allowed under Rule 12(g).  If the card is not received by the due date the home team will incur a penalty of the relevant bonus points, even if they were the losing team. Cards not received by half time will be awarded as a win to the away team. 

(h)

Winter Surrey Cup and Winter Surrey Trophy only:

The Home Club must provide adequate refreshments for the visiting team.  Anyone who is unable to stay for these should inform the home team captain 48 hours before the match in order to avoid home teams being charged for match food that is not required.  The onus is therefore on the player not staying to inform the opposition - failure to do so may result in that player having to pay for the cost of the meal.  (Meals are not provided for the Summer Surrey Cup or Summer Surrey Trophy matches)  Common rules of hospitality will apply in that it is not expected that the home team will have to pay for more than two drinks per opponent after the match unless agreed otherwise by the respective captains.

[This is a rule that must be treated sensibly. If players turn up on time and matches start when they should, then there will be time at the end for a sociable meal, drink and conversation, something that most people would agree, is part of the reason for playing team squash. However, some clubs have no normal catering facilities at that time in the evening and usually have to send out for a curry or fish and chips. In these cases, it is quite reasonable for them to wish to offer a light meal, such as sandwiches, crisps and any other food that is easy to prepare in advance and will not necessarily need heating up. If this is the case, then most teams will understand.]