As we get closer to the end of the season, and people are asking the regional co-ordinators, I thought it wise to publicise further the format and details surrounding qualification for and the format of the League finals.
40 players will qualify for a single final (no A & B finals) to be held at Pinfest.
There will be:
8 from London
7 from Midlands & North
6 from Scotland, Ireland & South West
As in previous years this is based on attendance the previous years.
There is no specific benefit carried over to the finals based on your qualifying position, but regional trophies are awarded for top 3 places.
There will be a £1 entry fee for the finalists - this is to cover the IFPA submission.
Only players who make the final will be submitted to the IFPA for WPPR pts. This is due to the IFPA not recognising the league format used across different regions and no head to head play on the day.
Qualifying will be over 8 machines in a standard league meet format (although machines may be set to 3 balls rather than 4 or 5). If the winner of a region would like to bring a machine to use in the finals that will be given preference over other choices - I shall try and add further games from across as many manufacturers and eras as possible, based on pledges and competition suitability.
The hope is to have the qualifying split over 2 sessions (Fri pm and Sat am) in a separate room from the main floor. This room could be the same one used for the ladies comp on the Sat pm - but I'll have to work out details with Ailsa and Phil nearer the time, but it could revert to qualifying in the morning (9:00-12:30) with finals starting around 15:00. Full details will be known, and communicated by the regional co-ordinators in advance.
The top 16 qualifiers will then play 5 x 4-player games with 3, 2, 1, 0 scoring.
The groups of these games are already pre-determined based on qualifying positions - but will mean that every finalist will player every other finalist exactly once. Across the 5 games, players will also play in each position (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th) once with those higher up the qualifying playing their 5th game in a later position and lower qualifiers an earlier position. (This did take a fair bit of research and jiggling to get it as close to evenly matched as possible)
Any 2 way ties (including trophy positions) will be decided by their head to head result in the game they played against each other. 3 (or more) way ties that can't be split by head to head results will only have a tie break game if it is for the trophy positions.
40 players will qualify for a single final (no A & B finals) to be held at Pinfest.
There will be:
8 from London
7 from Midlands & North
6 from Scotland, Ireland & South West
As in previous years this is based on attendance the previous years.
There is no specific benefit carried over to the finals based on your qualifying position, but regional trophies are awarded for top 3 places.
There will be a £1 entry fee for the finalists - this is to cover the IFPA submission.
Only players who make the final will be submitted to the IFPA for WPPR pts. This is due to the IFPA not recognising the league format used across different regions and no head to head play on the day.
Qualifying will be over 8 machines in a standard league meet format (although machines may be set to 3 balls rather than 4 or 5). If the winner of a region would like to bring a machine to use in the finals that will be given preference over other choices - I shall try and add further games from across as many manufacturers and eras as possible, based on pledges and competition suitability.
The hope is to have the qualifying split over 2 sessions (Fri pm and Sat am) in a separate room from the main floor. This room could be the same one used for the ladies comp on the Sat pm - but I'll have to work out details with Ailsa and Phil nearer the time, but it could revert to qualifying in the morning (9:00-12:30) with finals starting around 15:00. Full details will be known, and communicated by the regional co-ordinators in advance.
The top 16 qualifiers will then play 5 x 4-player games with 3, 2, 1, 0 scoring.
The groups of these games are already pre-determined based on qualifying positions - but will mean that every finalist will player every other finalist exactly once. Across the 5 games, players will also play in each position (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th) once with those higher up the qualifying playing their 5th game in a later position and lower qualifiers an earlier position. (This did take a fair bit of research and jiggling to get it as close to evenly matched as possible)
Any 2 way ties (including trophy positions) will be decided by their head to head result in the game they played against each other. 3 (or more) way ties that can't be split by head to head results will only have a tie break game if it is for the trophy positions.
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