A. General  

1.	The 2006-07 Midlands Winter League (MWL) consists of four tournaments between December 2006 and March 2007. Teams score ranking points according to their final position at a given tournament.

2.	The 2006-07 MWL Ranking is calculated from each team's total number of ranking points.   

3.	The 2006-07 MWL is overseen by the Committee (MWLC) consisting of the TD and regional coordinator who are responsible for the day-to-day running of the League. Complaints or queries and rules clarifications will be addressed to the TD (e.f.buckling@warwick.ac.uk). The TD is Ewen Buckling, regional coordinator is Matt Gorham


  B. Rostering  

1.	There are no formal rostering rules for MWL 2006-07 but is expected that teams respond in the spirit of the event.   

2.	Any mass shifts in team composition, especially those that intentionally strengthen a team low in the rankings or weaken a team high in the rankings, will be frowned upon by the MWLC.   

3.	Feedback on this issue is welcomed by the MWLC. Widespread abuse of the relaxed approach to rostering this year will lead to the imposition of stricter rules along the lines of the UKUA Open and Mixed regulations for future events.


   C. Kit  

1.	It is the responsibility of team captains to ensure ALL members of their teams brings acceptable light and dark tops to the matchdays.


   D. Entering the League  

1.	Each individual matchday has an entry and payment deadline 5 working days in advance:  

>	Matchday 1: Sunday 10 Dec - ENTRY DEADLINE 5PM FRIDAY 1 DEC
>	Matchday 2: Sunday 14 Jan - ENTRY DEADLINE 5PM FRIDAY 5 JAN
>	Matchday 3: Sunday 18 Feb - ENTRY DEADLINE 5PM FRIDAY 9 FEB
>	Matchday 4: Sunday 18 Mar - ENTRY DEADLINE 5PM FRIDAY 9 MAR

Note that payment should be received by the above deadline. Payment is accepted by cheque (payable to Ewen Buckling) or bank transfer: Acc 90523216, Sort 20-30-02. Please add the reference: WLx “team name”, where x is the event number.

2. 	Entry fee is £50 per event. Teams entering all 4 events at once will receive a £50 reduction. 

3. 	Teams that pay in advance for all four events may withdraw from an individual event before its entry deadline without penalty, and will receive a refund for that particular event. 

4.	Any team withdrawing AFTER the entry deadline will not receive a refund, and will only be considered entry into following 2006-07 MWL events at the discretion of the MWLC.

5.	Teams entering late will be considered at the discretion of the LWLC, but cannot be guaranteed entry. 

6. 	Please inform MWLC, in writing (ie by email to e.f.buckling@warwick.ac.uk, as early as possible if your team has entered an event but looks unable to bring a team. We always endeavour to find a solution that suits all parties, but we can only help you out if you help us out :-)

 WE DON'T LIKE NO-SHOWS!  

7.	At the discretion of MWLC, teams may be able to enter the League at any point in the season, but please be aware that priority will be given to teams that have entered all four events (especially those that pay for all four in advance!).
 OUR ADVICE? Commit to playing all four matchdays and, if possible, pay for all four in advance.  


F. Ranking Points  

1.	The points system for the 2006-07 MWL has yet to be confirmed.


  G. Tournament Formats  

1.	MWL is not strictly a league in that each team does not necessarily play all the others over the season. Each matchday is split into divisions of teams based on initial seedings. Exact formats will depend on how many teams enter each matchday, and are likely to change as the League progresses. 

2.	MWLC endeavours to ensure that ALL teams entered into a particular matchday play the same number of games in as similar format as possible, but this is not always viable. MWLC reserve the right to change the numbers in each and any division should there be large disparities in the quality of teams within one division. Promotion and relegation from Divisions will be affected by changes in format between matchdays, and so exact numbers of teams promoted and relegated will be at the discretion of the MWLC. 

3.	The top team of a division will ALWAYS be promoted to the next division up.


 H. Seedings  

1.	All seedings are at the discretion of the MWLC. 
  
2.	For matchdays 2-4 the results of the previous matchday will be used as seedings, although the MWLC retains the right to amend these as necessary. Please note that it is NOT the overall rankings table that will be used to generate the seedings for the next event.

3.	Teams that were not at the previous event will be seeded by the discretion of the MWLC, although it is likely that they will be placed in the lowest division.