Suffolk Senior Ladies Scratch Trophy

Follows a league format. Depending on the number of clubs entering, there will be either one or two leagues playing home or away or home and away. If there are two leagues the winning team from each league will go to a final.

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Rules

• A team of 6 players.
• Each player must have reached 50 years of age on the 1 January of the competition year.
• Players must have a handicap index of 14.0 or below. (A player whose handicap has increased above 14.0 is permitted to play in later matches PROVIDED that she has already played a match in this competition in the current year.)
• Players must have a minimum of 5 valid competition cards for their handicap records in a rolling year on the date when the match is played. Failure will mean disqualification of the pair and 9 holes up will be awarded to the other team.
• Each club may only enter one team.
• If a club is unable to field a team because they do not have enough qualifying players, players from 2 or 3 different clubs may join together to form a team. At the time of entry into the competition, they MUST nominate one of their clubs as their ‘home’ club where they will play their home matches for that year and state which clubs are involved in the amalgamation.
• A player may not play for more than one team.
• A player may not play for a ‘mixed club’ team if any club of which they are a member has entered a whole team into the competition.

Format

1. Each match will consist of 3 games played over 18 holes played off scratch – halves are allowed.
2. Hambro scoring. (Each game is played over all 18 holes and the total number of holes won/lost from each game are added together.) The team with the most holes up are the winners of the match. Matches may be halved.
3. Holes 1 to 6 will be played as 4 Ball Better Ball, holes 7 to 12 will be played as Greensomes and holes 13 to 18 will be played as Foursomes.
4. In the event of Course closure necessitating the abandonment of the match, the result shall stand at the score if all the games have completed at least 9 holes.
5. SCORING: – The overall winner of the match will be given 2 points, 1 point to each team for a halved match and no points for a loss. – At the end of the season, in the event of a tie on match points, the winner will be determined by the total number of holes up in each match added together. If the result is still equal then the winner of the league will be determined by a play-off between one pair from each club over 18 holes, in the same format as the competition, at a time determined by the SLCGA.
6. Each captain will arrange their own fixtures. ‘Home’ clubs must offer at least 3 dates to their opponents which should include a weekend as well as a weekday and these should not be in the same week (for the purposes of this competition, a bank holiday will be deemed as a ‘weekend’ date).

Dates to be avoided:

County Championship: 16th to 18th May
County Match Week: 26th June to 2nd July
2nd Team Match Days: 17th to 20th August
Seniors Championship: 10th to 12th July
Division 1: 13th September
Any County training days which will be listed on the website

7. All matches are to be played by 30 September 2025. If there are 2 leagues, the final will take place in October at a neutral venue (date to be confirmed).
8. The Home team must email the competition organiser with all the arranged dates in advance.
9. The results sheet for each match must be emailed to the organiser as soon as possible after the match, preferably by that evening.
10. The format of this competition will be reviewed after the first year.