Rules and League Structure:

1. Entry Fee:
   The entry fee is $50 per person. $5 goes towards Dart Connect fees per person for the season, and the remaining $45 goes towards the final playoff pot for players.  This must be paid by 9/10/26.
   
2. Match Format:
   2a. All games played will be 501 SIDO only. To win a set, you must win 7 or 9 legs (games). depending on your division.  This is Race to Format.
   2b. Closest to cork will shoot first for the first game.
   2c. From that point on you’ll alternate starters until the match is over.
   2d.  Each match will award 1 MW to be used to determine standings.
3. Division Format:
   3a. There are 4 divisions of 8 players, and an elite division of 4, for a total of 36 players (STILL BEING DECIDED FOR FALL COULD BE MORE OR LESS)
   3b. Standings are determined by the leader of MW (match win) using LD (Leg Difference) and then 3DA (3 dart average) as a tiebreakers. All this info is in the division standings page on Dart Connect.  In the very unlikely event players are still tied after that, total All Star points will be used.
4. All Star Points
   All Star Points are tallied as scoring a 95 or higher on your turn. Each score counts once towards total tracked All Star Points.
5. Season Schedule
   5a. Each player will play on a 14 week schedule, playing each opponent in their own division twice, except Elite which will play each other 4 times each. (PENDING ELITE AND POSSIBLY DEVELOPMENTAL DIVISIONS)
   5b. Each player will be assigned a 2 hour time block at the Shannon Rose Pub on EITHER Wednesday or Thursday nights or Saturday afternoon each week. Note – we are no longer assigning boards. They will be first come first serve at your time slot.  
   5c. Time blocks will be split into two sessions. Session 1 shoots from 7-9PM, and Session 2 shoots from 9-11PM. Saturdays will be from noon to 3 and 3 to 6. 
   5d. Read your schedules carefully, as you might not meet during the same block every week. This is due to us trying to accommodate every single person in our league’s schedules as best as we can.
   5e. If the match is going to occur at any other time or venue, it is the responsibility of both players to make the league admins aware as soon as possible. This is put in place so that we can free up board space, and make it available for the rest of the league for either makeups or an early game.
   5f. Games may be played out of order of the assigned schedule, if administrators are informed about your reschedule. If you need to push back your game by two weeks, there are always makeup days offered. If you’d like to play your game ahead of time, there are makeup days offered. If there is a board that is registered to be open on Wednesday or Thursday nights, Bob and Kaylin will inform the league.
   5g. 7PM matches must finish by 9PM. Failure to start by 7:30 can result in your match being suspended (paused to be resumed at a later date) to accommodate the next match of the night. If the match is a few legs away from being completed, and the game behind decides that they are not in a rush, the match may be completed. We are all here to work as a team that communicates with one another. Communication amongst all parties is the only exception to this rule.
   Only 2 matches will be scheduled at 9pm on Tuesday and Wednesday nights to accommodate matches that run late from 7pm.
   5h. Please be mindful of smoke and bathroom breaks in an effort to be mindful to the slotted games around your board.
6. Venues
   6a. Players may only play league matches at approved venues.  As of now the only league approved venue is the Shannon Rose Pub in Lynbrook.
   6b. Please note that these venues will also have Monday and Tuesday night leagues going on, so there is no availability on those nights.
   6c. If you are attending a match at a bar outside of the Shannon Rose, please bring with you a fully charged and WiFI accessible tablet, as well as a charger. We cannot guarantee that the bars will have devices to supply, so it is on the players to bring their own. You must get approval of league admins before playing in a venue outside of the Shannon Rose Pub.
7. Playoffs
   7a. To qualify for playoffs, you must place anywhere within the Top 6 in the standings in your division.
   7b. MW (Match Wins) count towards determining playoff seeding. Deeper clarifications on this can be found listed in Article 3, Section 3B.
   7c. Round One: (Dates TBD)
   Seeds 1 and 2 receive bye in the first round.
   Seed 3 plays Seed 6
   Seed 4 plays Seed 5.
   7d. Round Two (Dates TBD)
   Seed 1 plays the lower seed.
   Seed 2 plays the higher seed.
   7e. Round Three (Dates TBD)
   The winners of the two games played during Round 2 will play each other in Round 3.
8. Regular Season Payout
   TBD
9. Unplayed Matches or Forfeits:
   10a. If a player drops out of the league, they will receive forfeits for the match or matches in question. Each score will be marked at 9-0. 
   10b. If a player does not complete a match by the end of the season, those 2 players will be given a 0-0 tie.
   10c. If you feel you made an honest attempt to play your match and your opponent did not, there will be a forfeit appeal process offered by administrators Bob Mango and Kaylin Tephly in an effort to keep things fair to all parties. At that point please contact Bob and Kaylin and we will address the issue as we see fair and we will have final say.
   10d. All star points for forfeited matches will be 0 if both players forfeit. If only one player forfeits the other player will be given a choice to take their average all star points across every match they played that season OR they may shoot a simulated PDSL match against the DC Bot and take whatever all star points they get.  In the latter case, the DC Bot level will be set to the divisions 3DA. 
10. South Shore Darts Lynbrook PDSL Zero Tolerance Policy
    This league’s purpose is for everyone in the league to improve their dart game, gain gameplay experience, and find their place within our ever-growing dart community. We will not tolerate any inappropriate behavior towards your opponent, anyone else in the league, or towards members of staff, especially when we show our faces at away bars to get some darts in. If such a situation does occur, please report it to the league administrators, Bob Mango and Kaylin Tephly. We reserve the right to investigate the event, and then decide an appropriate response. These can include a warning, suspension, or expulsion from the league. This is merely a precaution we have to list to ensure that every dart player that walks through our walls has a positive experience.