The LMC wishes to remind clubs that they are able to Loan up to 3 Registered Players from other BDCL clubs, as per League Rule 5.5, to play in their lowest team.
There is a relaxation of the Rule for the 2020 Covid-19 season as indicated by ** below:
There is a change to the published Rule as indicated by *** below.
5.5 Temporary Loans
5.5.1 | Clubs are able to register up to a maximum of three players on a temporary loan in order to avoid the cancellation of a fixture. Only the lowest team within a club can play players on temporary loans. The player(s) involved in these temporary loans must be registered players with other clubs within the League. No temporary loan player will be permitted to play in a game which is TWO DIVISIONS lower than the last game they played within the BDCL. |
5.5.2 | The club registering a player on a temporary loan must provide written confirmation to the Player Registrar that the parent club have no issues with the temporary loan of the player, and that the player has no outstanding disciplinary and/or welfare or safeguarding issues. No player will be permitted a temporary loan after the third Saturday of August.** |
5.5.3 | All temporary loans must be submitted to the BDCL ECB Play‐Cricket site using the timescales under Rule 5.6. All registrations must have the word ‘‐LOAN’ added to the surname of the player.*** All registrations of players on a temporary loan will be counted as a new player registration by the Player Registrar; the registration will be associated with the loan club for the duration of the season to reduce duplication. |
5.5.4 | Statistics gained from the match for any loan player will not count towards their League statistics for the purpose of League Awards. |
** "No player will be permitted a temporary loan after the third Saturday of August" is NOT applicable for the 2020 Covid-19 Season
*** Registrations need to be submitted without the inclusion of -LOAN. This is due to the way the BDCL ECB Play-Cricket network now recognises player registrations. Players currently registered to clubs which are not partaking in the 2020 Covid-19 season will be classed as a transfer (steps will be taken by the Player Registrar to transfer back to the original club at the end of the season), and players registered to clubs which are partaking will have a second registration created, the second registration being classed as a Loan Registration (and will be removed at the end of the season).