SWPL Constitution 2016/17

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Taken from the SWPL website:

GENERAL NEWS

League News & Statements

Subject: Applications for Promotion to, and within the SWP League

Allocation of club from outside the feeder league system:
None this season.

Step Seven to Step Six: (East & West to Premier)
Liskeard Athletic   :   West Division   : Passed   :   7^th   :   Refused

Plymouth Argyle   :   West Division   :   Passed   :   2^nd   :   PROMOTED

St Dennis   :   West Division   :   Failed   :   6^th   :   Refused

Sticker   :   West Division   :   Passed (Dispensation)   :   3rd   :   Refused

Tiverton Town   :   East Division   :   Passed   :   1^st   :   PROMOTED

Feeder Leagues to Step Seven :
Buckland Athletic   :   South Devon League   :   Passed   :   1st   ^:   Refused

Dartmouth   :   South Devon League   :   Failed   :   2^nd   :   Refused

Elmore   :   Devon & Exeter League   :   Passed   :   5^th   :   Refused

Feniton   :   Devon & Exeter League   :   Passed   :   4th   :   Refused

Ilfracombe Town   :   North Devon League   :   Passed   :   6^th   :   Refused

Ludgvan   :   Cornwall Combination   :   Failed   :   1^st   :   Refused

Mullion   :   Cornwall Combination   :   Passed   :   10^th   :   Refused

Newtown   :   Devon & Exeter League   :   Passed   :   2^nd    :   Refused (PPG)

Plymouth Marjons   :   Plymouth & West Devon   :   Passed   :   1^st   :   PROMOTED

Plymouth Sol   :   Plymouth & West Devon   :   Withdrew application   :   Refused

Topsham Town   :   Devon & Exeter League   :   Failed   :   1^st    :  Refused

Torridgeside   :   North Devon League   :   Passed   :   2^nd    :   PROMOTED (PPG)

PPG = Points Per Game

Premier Division: One club from each of East & West are promoted – Plymouth Argyle & Tiverton Town. Two clubs for Relegation are Elburton Villa (to West) and Stoke Gabriel (to East). Premier has full compliment of 20 teams.

Division One East & West: Two clubs are accepted under promotion with Plymouth Marjons being placed in West and Torridgeside in East.

Due to one vacancy only one club is due to be relegated under the league rules. Okehampton Argyle have stated that they voluntarily wish to be relegated this year.

East had 18 clubs (full) it gains Stoke Gabriel and Torridgeside and loses Tiverton Town & Okehampton Argyle so remains full with 18 members.

West had 17 clubs, it loses Plymouth Argyle but gains Plymouth Marjons & Elburton Villa and now is full with 18 clubs.

The maximum strength of the league is 56 clubs, 20 in Premier and 18 in each of East & West.

NB: Relegation next season is proposed, subject to the AGM, to increase from the bottom One in East and West to the bottom two in East & West. If an odd number of clubs are eligible for promotion then a play off match would dictate if necessary.

Philip Hiscox  (Company Secretary)

[Crusty]

Plymouth Marjons seems strange, I thought they played on a plastic pitch ?. 

[davegrose]

Why was ludgvan refused?

[Richard Rundle]

1 hour ago, davegrose said:

Why was ludgvan refused?

From what I was told, when they were last graded they were failed on four items and told what they had to do to pass. When the graders came back this time, they had addressed none of the four, so it was no surprise they were failed again. That's only second hand so please don't take it as gospel

12 hours ago, Crusty said:

Plymouth Marjons seems strange, I thought they played on a plastic pitch ?. 

They do. Leagues (below the Football League) cannot refuse teams playing on artificial pitches that meet FA standards and appear on the approved register these days.

[Crusty]

I see, thank you RR. Seems a shame, they have taken another teams spot, who could have been working really hard behind the scenes to meet the criteria. 

 

 

[The Smiling Assassin]

10 hours ago, Crusty said:

I see, thank you RR. Seems a shame, they have taken another teams spot, who could have been working really hard behind the scenes to meet the criteria. 

 

 

With all due respect Crusty, they haven't taken another teams spot. They met the criteria and they came top in their league this season past.