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Devon Merit tables 2008/09
MERIT TABLES ADMINISTRATOR;
Geoff Bulley, 17 Broadlands, Thorverton, Devon, EX5 5PT; Tel - 01392 860001;
email - geoffbulley@ukf.net
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DEVON MERIT TABLES - REGULATIONS AND STRUCTURE
1. The competition shall be known as the Devon Merit Tables with the relevant level attached to each table and shall be subject to the direction and
control of the Devon Rugby Football Union acting through the table administrator(s) and Devon R.F.U. Competitions sub-committee. Failure to comply
with the regulations will lead to the application of penalties, including the deduction of merit table points.
2. The Devon R.F.U. Competitions sub-committee comprising at least three members from participating Clubs shall meet as required to review
the regulations and structure and allocate teams to tables as deemed appropriate.
3. Any dispute shall be referred within seven days of a scheduled match to the table administrator who will be responsible for a decision on the
matter. Should the dispute involve the table administrator's Club, the matter will immediately be passed to another administrator who has no such
connection. Any appeal against such decision must be lodged within seven days of notification with the Devon R.F.U. Competitions sub-committee
whose decision shall be final.
4. Participation in the Devon Merit Tables shall be open to the second or lower teams of any Devon Club which plays in the English Clubs
Championship at level 5 and below. Teams from the same Club may not compete in the same merit table. The home team should arrange the
appointment of a referee by its usual Referees Society.
5. Fixtures must be arranged home and away with all other teams participating in the relevant merit table on specified league Saturdays in the
R.F.U. structured season, avoiding early season, Christmas and Easter where possible to avoid player availability problems. When other dates are
required for postponed matches etc., such dates must be approved in advance by the table administrator. Fixture lists highlighting the Devon Merit Table
games must be sent to the table administrator by August 31st. each year together with the name and contact details of the Club's merit table official.
6. Both teams must report the result of all scheduled matches by phone or e-mail, to reach the table administrator by the Tuesday following the
match. Failure to do so will result in the loss of one competition point. Positions in the merit table shall be established by awarding three points for a win,
two points for a draw and one point for a loss in all scheduled matches. In the case of equality, positions shall be determined by the difference between
match points for and match points against. Should this still be equal, the highest number of match points for shall count.
7. The top team in table 2 shall be promoted to table 1 with the bottom team in table 1 being relegated to table 2. The teams winning tables 3 N/E
and 3 S/W shall be promoted to table 2 with the bottom two teams in table 2 being relegated to tables 3N/E or 3 S/W as appropriate. Where the promotion
of a team would contravene regulation 4 above, the next team in the final table shall be promoted instead. Wherethe relegation of a team would
contravene regulation 4 above, the relegation shall take place and the relevant Club's lower team shall be moved to another table at a lower or equal level.
8. If a scheduled match is postponed or abandoned for reasons of safety or weather conditions with less than sixty minutes play, the table
administrator shall, after consulting both teams, nominate a date on which the match shall be replayed. If a scheduled match is abandoned for reasons of
safety or weather conditions after sixty minutes have been played, the score at the time of abandonment shall stand as the result. If a scheduled match is
abandoned for reasons of foul play, regardless of time played, the table administrator shall consider a report from the referee before deciding on the
appropriate action. If a scheduled match is not played for a reason deemed unjustified by the table administrator (e.g. inability to raise a side), the match
shall be awarded as a win to the non offending team with no points awarded to the offending team.
9. Clubs are permitted to field any players available to them, including loan players from other Clubs. Indeed, Clubs are encouraged to loan players
to their opponents or other Clubs to enable fixtures to proceed and in all such cases the final result shall stand. A player changing Clubs on or after
March 1st. may not play in a scheduled match for his new Club for the rest of that season. Three replacements will be allowed in any one game but up to
seven will be permitted if both teams agree before kick-off and inform the referee accordingly. The laws relating to front row replacements are as laid down
by the Rugby Football Union and must be followed at all times. Where this leads to uncontested scrums, the match result shall not be affected even if this
is required for the whole match. The spirit of the competition demands that Clubs should not field players who play regularly at a level higher than the team
in question.
Devon Merit Tables 2008/09
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Table 1
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Table 2
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Table 3 (N&E)
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Table 3 (S&W)
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Barnstaple 2
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Bideford 2
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Barnstaple 3
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Brixham 3
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Brixham 2
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Crediton 2
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Bideford 3
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DHSOB 2
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Cullompton 2
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Dev.Services 2
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Crediton 3
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Ivybridge 3
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Exmouth 2
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Exmouth 3
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Exeter Saracens 2
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Kingsbridge 2
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Ivybridge 2
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Honiton 2
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Ilfracombe 2
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Newton Abbot 3
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Newton Abbot 2
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Okehampton 2
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South Molton 2
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Plymstock
Alb. Oaks 2
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Paignton 2
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OPM 2
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Tiverton 3
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OPM 3
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Sidmouth 2
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Tavistock 2
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Topsham 2
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Ply. Barbarians 2
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Tiverton 2
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Teignmouth 2
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Torrington 2
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Tavistock 3
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Torquay 2
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Torquay 3
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Wessex 2
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Totnes 2
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Withycombe 2
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