THE FINES BIBLE THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAD

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1 THE FINES BIBLE THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAD After the game there will be a fines meeting based on the findings of the judges on the sideline and in the team. No one is safe! The fines will be max 1 per incident. All suggestions should be discussed before being accepted or discarded. Golden Rules i. A player can only be fined a maximum of 2 for any one match i The fines should be seen as a fun way to conclude a match All suggestions should be discussed by the team and a conclusion made

2 General Rules: i. Late Arrivals - Any player or scorer who is late arriving for the game will be fined. The time will be communicated by the captain in the that includes the team selection for that week. The fine for being less than 30 minutes late is 50p, if later than 30 minutes the fine is 1. i iv. Lazy Susan - Neglecting the team s responsibilities of setting up the field before the match and clearing up after the match will incur a 50p fine. Angry Bird - Any temper tantrums or spitting the dummy will result in a 50p fine. Shameless - Any player who comes to the game without the needed funds to pay for lunch and petrol costs will be fined 50p. v. Tart - Any new kit will incur a fine of 50p vi. v vi ix. Not So Happy Shopper - Not wearing official E&MWCC cricket clothing when warming up or in matches will incur a fine of 50p Mud- Buster - Dirty kit will incur a fine of 50p Not setting your availability prior to the match on the website will incur a 20p fine Other fine worthy incidents should be communicated to the panel

3 IN- GAME RULES: General: i. Bumble - Any particularly dubious comments or questions regarding the rules or the game of cricket could be fined, Min 20p Max 1 Awards - In the aforementioned fines meeting certain prizes will be dished out. Non- compliance to these awards will be a fine of 50p. Fielding: i. Monty - Dropping a catch in the match will incur a fine of 50p per catch. Discretion will be used. a. Noteworthy/multiple drops in warm- ups should also be mentioned i iv. Fozzy - Missed stumpings will incur a 50p fine. Again discretion will be used. Jonty - Fielding atrocities will be awarded a 50p fine at the discretion of the fines master. The max fine is 1 per incident. The panel is open to discussing incidents that involve bad sledging, quotes must be provided and if successful will incur a fine of 50p.

4 Bowling: i. Amir - Any bowler who bowls two or more front foot no- balls will incur a 50p fine. i Mitchell - Any bowler who bowls two or more wides will incur a 50p fine. Full Beam - Any bowler who bowls two or more waist- high/shoulder high no- balls will incur a 50p fine. Batting: i. Skates - Involvement in any dubious run out will incur a 50p fine per batsman. i Slug - Poor/lazy/slow running between the wickets will incur a fine of 20p. Bottler - Getting out in the 40s or 90s will incur a 50p fine

5 A W A R D S i. The Voice Most Vocal Player Prize: 1 Refund The player who keeps the team talking, chatting, banter and discussion. Sledging is accepted but not encouraged. Bad sledging will incur a fine of 50p. (See: Fielding; IV) The X Factor Match Highlight Prize: 1 Refund Brilliant or hilarious; the player who has had the most memorable moment in the match, whether it is scoring your first league 100 or tripping over the stumps attempting to storm off after being given LBW. Do you have the X- Factor? i Britain s Got Talent Man Of The Match Prize: No Fines The Man Of The Match will be nominated by the team in the fines meeting, the elected player will not have to pay any fines for the game that they are awarded the MOTM title.

6 The final and most sacred fine of all: Any tampering with the fines bible or the money attached, this includes playing silly buggers and fine rigging, will be fined the maximum EUR 5 fine. General comments: 1 All money collected for both fines and the game contributions will be noted on an excel sheet that will be in the fines bible. This will allow us to see who has paid and how much money has been collected. 2 All payments made for lunch, coffee and drinks after the game as well as travel expenses will also be noted on the sheet to show how much money was spent out of the team fund. 3 All the funds collected will be used for the team as decided by the team. This will be discussed as a team. 4 Any non- payment on the player s behalf shows a proper lack of respect for your fellow team members and your team. If you don't want to pay fines, then don't flout the rules. Maximum of 1 week to be allowed to pay the fines. 5 Please also remember that these fines are not a serious punishment and that the idea behind them is to generate some funds for the team and to make people accountable for their actions. It is all a bit of fun!