League Rules
The rules of the league cover 3 main areas.
- League governance
- Responsibilities of clubs within the league
- How matches should be played, including what happens when teams have to postpone or have less than 3 players.
The last of these is relevant for all players in the league especially team captains, so please familiarise yourself with them. The rules are here: CLTTLRules2425.docx
Two concerns were raised at the AGM 2024 regarding
a. playing conditions, and
b. the legality of bats.
Guidance has been issued on both of these issues.
2024-5 guidance for website.docx
CLTTL Starred Players Feb 20 2025
Rule 28 states:
28 (a) With the exception stated in 28 (b), where a club has more than one team, the players must be registered in order of merit, and at any time in the season from the initial registration period, a divisional secretary may query the suitability of a player for a particular team if they are clearly playing out of rank order (i.e. weaker players are registered in higher teams). The Club will have the choice to re-register such a player in a higher team or list him as playing out of rank order.
(b) A club may register a player out of rank order, but this must be stated clearly on the registration form and that player will not be allowed to play up under Rule 29 (a). Such players will only be eligible for re-registration in a higher team on application to the Committee with an acceptable reason for the request. Such players will not be eligible for re-registration in a higher team in the last six weeks of the season.
Players identified as playing out of rank order and ineligible to play up are given the title “starred”. The criteria we use currently is that a starred player is significantly better than at least two of the players in their club’s higher teams.
The current list of starred and re-registered players, new entries in red:
Morpeth 3 in div 1: Oleh Biletskyi
Morpeth 4, div 1: Alim Hirji and Abdul Raqueeb
St Katharine’s 4 in div 3: Arturas Rybakas
St. Katharine’s 5 in div 3: Adrien Plomteux, Ben Mensah, Abishek Agarwal
Irving 2 in div 3: Charles Essel, Tajudeen Alao, Parth Arora
Highbury 5 in div 4: Matthias Kroeger, John Mansfield
Highbury 6 in div 4: Andreas Lehtonen
Fusion 5 in div 5: Nathaniel Ankirin
Highbury 7 in div 5: Richard Steele
Highbury 9 in div 5: Saumil Mehta, Steve Bonito
Highbury 11 in div 6: Oscar Wallentin
Clissold 7 in div 6: David Bashorun James
Highbury 15 in div 7: Guozheng Xu
Highbury 16 in div 7: Kaushik Das
Morpeth 11 in div 7: Jia Jia Guo and Peter Hua
If anyone believes another player should be starred, they should contact Stuart at ballettlover@hotmail.com.
Stuart Sweeney Gen. Sec. CLTTL on behalf of the Committee
