FREE GUARD ZONE.
The Free Guard Zone will apply for all Club Competitions.

SUBSTITUTES.
The game levy for substitutes playing in a game is £6.00, payable to
the club treasurer at the end of the season.
For rules on use of Substitutes refer to the Constitution.

LANARKSHIRE ICE CLUB MEMBERSHIP.
Members of the club are asked to carry their Ice Rink Club membership
cards with them whenever they attend the Ice Rink
or they will be charged £3.50 per visit.

OPEN COMPETITIONS.
The Club Committee would like to encourage all members to
participate in Open Competitions when ever possible.
The team lists in the handbook along with the Future Diary
Dates, are a guide to times and dates of these competitions.

SHOTS PENALTY in Doubles Competition.
Teams will be penalised if they use players from another Doubles team.
The penalty will be, 2 shots if a Skip is used and1 shot if a Lead is used.
The shots penalty will be determined by the players playing position in the
Doubles Competition.

THE WISHAW DOUBLES COMPETITION
(a) The Wishaw Doubles is a competition competed for by two curlers.
(b) Scoring is the same as in regular curling.
(c) Each team shall deliver five stones per end. The player delivering his/her
team's first stone of the end must also deliver his/her team's last stone of that end.
The other team member shall deliver the team's second, third and fourth stones
for that end. The player delivering the first stone can change from end to end.
(d) No stone, including those in the house, can be removed from play prior to
the delivery of the fourth stone of an end. If there is a violation, the delivered
stone shall be removed from play, and any displaced stone(s) shall be replaced
to their original position by the non-offending team.
(e) Prior to the start of every end, one team shall place their team's stationary
stone (1), and their opponent's stationary stone (1), in either position A or B:

A
There should be 3 marks on the ice bisecting the centre line, for placement of the
stationary stone in front of the house - one, midway between the hog line and the
front of the house; one, three feet closer to the house; and one, three feet closer
to the hog line. The stones can be placed on either side of the points, which
would give six possible placements or

B
A stone on the back half of the button, bisecting the centre line and touching the tee line.

(f) The team having the decision on the placement of the stationary stones shall be:
(i) Unless predetermined, the teams opposing each other in the game shall use a coin
toss to determine which team has the decision in the first end.
(ii) Following the first end, the team that lost the end shall have the decision on the placement.
(iii) If an end is blanked, the team that did not deliver the last stone in that end shall have
the decision on placement in the next end.
(g) The team whose stationary stone is placed in the position in front of the house shall
deliver first in that end, and the team whose stationary stone is placed in the house shall
deliver the second stone of that end.
(j) Where two or more teams are tied for a qualifying position ranking shall be
determined by;
(i) Teams shall be ranked according to their win/loss record.
(ii) If two teams are tied, the team that won their Round Robin game shall be ranked higher.
(iii) Where three or more teams are tied and the record of games between the tied teams
provides a ranking for some teams but not all, then those remaining teams whose ranking
has not been decided shall use the record of games between them to determine the ranking.
(k) In the final knock-out stages extra ends shall be played to determine a winner.
(l) All games shall be 5 ends.