TAPPIN TROPHY
3rd Round by
26th July
Final Langley Park
3rd October
1st Round by
16th April
2nd Round by
21st May
3rd Round by
25th June
Quarter-Finals by
30th July
Semi-Finals by
3ed September
2. Entry Fee: £6 per team
3. Eligibility: Open to all clubs affiliated to the KCLGA. All players must be members of a club affiliated to the KCLGA (Rule 6 a (ii) EWGA County Golf Regulations applies). No player may represent more than one club during the course of the event. A club may only enter one team.
4. Where Clubs have 2 Courses: once a course is agreed upon, when the match is booked, this must be upheld.
5. Seeded Players and Draw: Finalists and semi finalists will be placed in opposite sides of the draw the following year. The initial draw will cover the whole Competition and details will be sent to all clubs concerned. In the first round the top team of each match will play at home, after which there will be a draw to decide which team will play at home or away - notification will be sent to all competitors advising them the outcome of the draw.
Should a club already have had two consecutive home draws, then they will automatically play away in the following round - unless their opposition is in the same position, when a draw will be made in the usual way.
6. Green Fees: If a green fee has to be paid, it will be shared.
7. Caddies: Can give advice and go on green to attend the flag, but they must be lady members of a club affiliated to the County.
8. Golf Carts: (Buggies): Only allowed with a medical certificate, produced on entry.
9. General Rule: When a trolley ban exists it must apply to members of both teams - whether home or away. Medical dispensation not accepted. Matches should be played in accordance with 'Tees and Greens of the Day' and commence at the 1st Tee where possible.
10. Dates Offered: Home team to make contact and offer at least three dates spread over not less than two weeks which must include both mid-week and weekend dates. Should the Home team not contact the Away team within a fortnight of the relevant draw being made, the Away team may choose the venue, but must at the time of contact offer three dates,spread over not less than two weeks which must
include both mid-week and weekend dates.
11. Completion Dates: Each round must be completed on time. No extensions will be allowed.
12. Results: The result of each match to be telephoned, or emailed, to the Organiser by both teams within 48 hours and confirmed in writing if a message is left. If the match is played on the last date, the result must be telephoned immediately.
13. Finals Day: As far as is practicable, SEMI FINALS and FINAL will be held on a neutral course. The final will be held on a separate day and in the presence of a referee from the KCLGA. Players are required to change for presentation and tea.
14. Trophy: Will be presented to the winners on Final Day to be held for one year. The winning club will receive a memento and the runners-up a framed certificate.
15. Thunderstorms: In the event of a storm players should mark their balls, return to the clubhouse and resume play as soon as possible. If the course remains closed for the day, the match shall be rearranged and play shall commence on the tee of the incomplete hole.
16. Practise rounds: Courtesies for Practise rounds are at the Club's discretion. and permission should be sought from the Manager/Secretary prior to the game.
17. The Committee's decision is final if any incident not covered in these rules occurs.
Wildernesse
Walmer & Kingsdown
Wrotham Heath
Etchinghill
Tenterden
Faversham
Chislehurst
Bexleyheath
Gillingham
Hever Castle
Boughton
Redlibbets
Sittingbourne
Woodlands Manor
Littlestone
West Malling
Sidcup
Chart Hills*
North Foreland
Langley Park*
Sene Valley
Sheerness*
Nizels
Tudor Park*
Knole Park
Lydd*
Eltham Warren
Bearsted*
Royal blackheath
Princes*
West Kent
Canterbury
Mid Kent*
Whitstable
Ashford*
Parkwood
High Elms*
Dartford
Lamberhurst*
Broke Hill
Shooters Hill*
Sundridge Park
Cherry Lodge*
Cinque Ports