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MIDDLESEX GOLF MEN’S Club Team Match Play Championship (The Frank Rowse Trophy)

27.1 Qualifications
i) A team from an affiliated club will consist of eight male players. Different players may be selected by the club for each round. For each round the Team Captain may nominate a squad of up to ten players from whom the players in the four foursome matches and the eight singles matches must be selected in advance (see 16.4 below).
ii) Any player competing in this Championship is not eligible to compete in the MIDDLESEX GOLF Middlesex Sixes during the same calendar year.
iii) It is a term of entering that a team, when drawn as the “Home Team” in any round, must be in a position to play the matches on their course.
27.2 Maximum Entry
A maximum of one team from each affiliated club.
27.3 Format
i) The Championship is a team knockout match play competition played off scratch. Each round comprises four foursome matches over 18 holes followed by eight singles matches over 18 holes, all played on the same day. Each round prior to the semi-finals will be determined by lot drawn by the County Operations Manager in the presence of at least one other member of the Tournament Committee or member of the Executive Committee. The first team drawn in any pair will be the top-named team on the draw sheet and will be considered to be the “Home Team”. The team drawn as their opponent will be the bottom-named team on the draw sheet and will be considered to be the “Away Team”.
ii) The first team drawn in any pair will be the top-named team on the draw sheet and will considered to be the “Home Team”. The team drawn as their opponent will be the bottom-named team on the draw sheet and will be considered to be the “Away Team”. The “Home Team” must contact their opponents three weeks prior to the Closing Date for each round. Failure to do so will result in the loss of the right to play at their home club.
iii) The Tournament Committee will set the dates on which each round should be played, and the dates will be published in the MIDDLESEX GOLF calendar for the year.
iv) Matches will begin at or before 11:00am on the dates set except that, should the teams in matches other than a semi-final or final round play on a mutually agreed earlier date and time, the results will be accepted. An extension of time will only be considered if both teams are present on the due date, but the course is or becomes unplayable due to adverse weather and the matches cannot be completed before darkness falls.
vi) The semi-final rounds will each be played on the course of the other semi-final’s “Home Team”.
The final will normally be played on the course of the Club that hosted the previous year's MIDDLESEX GOLF County Championship. In the event of this course being that of one of the finalists, the Tournament Committee will arrange another neutral venue.
vii) Matches that are all square after 18 holes are considered to be halved. Additional holes are not played to determine a winner.
viii) In the event of the final score being equal, the Team Captains will each nominate a member of their team who has already played that day in either the foursomes or the singles, to play a hole-by-hole play-off singles match starting from the first hole and played in accordance with Part II – Terms of Play Applying to All Competitions, Term 15.1.
ix) If a breach of Rule 1-3b(1) of the Rules of Golf occurs between sides in a match or a valid claim made under the final paragraph of Rule 20.1b(2) of the Rules of Golf is upheld, resulting in a draw between the teams the provisions of (ix) will apply. If a hole-by-hole play-off has already taken place, the result of the play-off will be disregarded.
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x) The results of a round must be reported to the County Operations Manager as soon as possible after the completion of the last match. If no result has been reported by noon on the Monday following the date set for the round both teams will be disqualified.
xi) Following any match other than a semi-final or final match, any claim under Rule 20.1b(2) of the Rules of Golf must be reported on the day to the County Operations Manager, or if he or she is not available, to the Chief Rules Official or to a member of the Tournament Panel of Rules Officials for a ruling.
xii) The Tournament Committee will endeavour to appoint a Rules Official to be present at the semi-final and final matches.
27.4 Order of play
i) Team Captains will exchange their team’s playing order at least fifteen minutes before the first starting time of a round.
ii) After the exchange of teams’ playing orders by the Team Captains, the order may not be changed. Substitutes are permitted in the foursomes should a player or players be unavailable. Substitution other than from the original ten nominees is permitted only for the singles matches and only then by agreement between the two Team Captains.
iii) For all rounds preceding the semi-final and final, the “Away Team” will have the honour on the first teeing ground for all four foursomes matches with the “Home Team” having the honour in all eight singles matches. In the semi-final and final rounds, the order of play from the first tee will be decided once by lot and the result will apply to all four foursomes matches with the other Team having the honour in all eight singles matches.
27.5 Prizes and Vouchers
i) The winning team will receive on behalf of their club the Frank Rowse Inter-club Trophy (the Sabre Cup) and the team will also receive a memento to retain.
ii) The runners-up will receive a memento.