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2010 BWPPA Tour Format
PLEASE NOTE: Any player who is not ready to play at their scheduled match time will have a one rack deduction and another rack deducted at 5 minutes late and another at 10 minutes late, if the player is not at the table ready to play 15 minutes after their scheduled match time they will forfeit the match. Players are advised to arrive 30 minutes before a match.
After a vote by the membership on October 2009 it was decided to return to one double elimination event held over the Saturday and Sunday. But the committee also decided to continue with a re-formatted challenge trophy for players eliminated from the main event at an early stage.
TOUR STOPS
The draw will be made by the committee before the start of each event at the players meeting on Saturday at 10.30.
Entrance for each event will be £25 plus a one-off compulsory membership of £10 per season payable at first event attended.
Players who are ranked in the top 8 entrance fee will be £40 plus £10 membership at first event.
Players who are attending a BWPPA event for the first time will only need to pay the £10 membership as their first event entry is free.
All entrance fees will be pay on the day of the event.
Main Event
Will start on the Saturday after the registration and players meeting at 10.30am. The quarter finals will be held on the Sunday at 10.30 am and the semi final will be held on the Sunday at 12.30 pm and the final will be held on the Sunday at 2.30 pm.
Main Event will be double elimination until the semi-final stage.
All races in the winners side will be to 7 racks
All races in the one loss side will be 7 racks
The top 8 ranked players being seeded.
Quarter finalists will not be redrawn to maintain the seeding system.
Winner breaks and players must lag for first break. (Tapped tables alternate break format)
The Main Event rankings will be updated after each event and the number one ranked player will be known at the UK Number One Wheelchair Player as long as they remain at the Number One position.
The rankings in both the Main and Challenge-Cup will be calculated using the players best 4 events out of the last 5 events.
After the last 2010 event the highest 8 ranked players will receive a prize from one of our sponsors. There will be 8 prizes with a total retail value of around £3000 - £3500.
Challenge-Cup (plate event)
Challenge-Cup will be held on the Sunday at 11am.
Only players who did not qualify for the second day of the main event will be eligible to play in the in the Challenge Cup. There will be a £5 entrance fee to enter this event payable on the Sunday.
Challenge-Cup will be direct elimination and races to 5 racks in all rounds.
Top 2 players will be seeded.
Winner breaks and players must lag for first break. (Tapped tables alternate break format)
The Challenge cup will attract ranking points for the winner, finalist and semi finalists this is on top of what each player already earned in the main event.. All ranking points earned in the Challenge-Cup will also be added to each players main rankings as well as the separate Challenge-Cup rankings.
Winner 7 ranking points. Finalist 6 ranking points. Semi finalist 5 ranking points.
Also at the end of the season the player with the most points earned in the Challenge event rankings will be offered a cue from Poison Cues worth in excess of £300, more prizes for the 2nd and 3rd ranked Challenge-Cup players may also be available.
PRIZE FUND at each event.
Main Event and Challenge-Cup will have a pot of £520 shared prize money at each tournament weekend (based on 16 players).
Main Event total £520 1st £200 + Trophy 2nd £140 Semi £80 x 2
Challenge Cup Winner Trophy + £20 added plus entrances fees (approx £50-£60 total).
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