Member clubs must comply with the ground and facilities criteria, as prescribed by the Management Committee, a copy of which is circulated to all clubs prior to the start of the season. Further copies are available from the League Administrator. Failure to comply with the criteria will lead to a disciplinary sub-committee hearing and may result in relegation or other penalty.
Promotion within Worcestershire County League or to Birmingham and District Premier Cricket League will only be confirmed if all mandatory (M) items for the higher division are either in place by the end of the current season or are covered by a signed Declaration by the Club's Chairman and Treasurer, including documentary and/or financial evidence where applicable, that confirms that the requirements for the higher Division will be in place by 31 st December of that year. Any club, whose current facilities would debar them from promotion to a higher division, will be notified immediately after an inspection, and made aware of the deficiencies and the improvements necessary to be eligible for promotion.
Member Clubs will be audited on a rolling programme (once every three years) and if, after an inspection of its facilities, it is felt that the Club does not meet the standards required for their current Division, the Chairman and Delegate of the Club must sign a declaration and undertaking, on behalf of the Club, agreeing to remedy the deficiencies found during the visit, within specified time scales.
When the declaration and undertaking have been signed, the Management Committee will advise the Club of the sanctions, which will be imposed if the Club fails to complete all or any of the deficiencies within the agreed time scales.
If the Management Committee consider that the defects are so serious, failure to rectify the agreed deficiencies within the agreed time scales, will result in the Club being relegated from their current Division, In such cases the club will have the right to appeal but should not assume that leniency will be shown, where the "Raising of Standards" is concerned.
Clubs in the First Division of the Worcestershire County League should be aware that all Level 1 mandatory criteria must be met during the season in which they become Champions in order to apply for confirmation of their promotion to the Birmingham and District Premier Cricket League.
All clubs in divisions 1-4 must have pitch covers and wherever appropriate they should be used before and during matches covering the whole pitch and also the bowlers run ups if possible. It is the responsibility of the home side to put on and take off the covers as directed by the umpires in the absence of agreement of the captains.
