My thoughts are that a league format followed by Wayne's suggestion of 1v 2, 3 v 4, 5 v 6 etc. Is the way to keep the finals as close to a league format as possible, that way after the league portion no player can move up or down by more than one spot and keeps as much of the integrity of the league as possible. (Also no need to have A & B playoffs or change the qualifying spots from the year long advertising!)
I disagree with Wayne about posting the results next year after each league meet, this is mainly because the UK league overall will be the biggest comp of the year.
I too am very disappointed the finals are taking place next year. I did speak to Greg a while back about the fact that with the rule changes IFPA are bringing in at the end of the year, many people that participated may not even be included in the results unless they attended more than half of the meets. Playing the finals in this calendar year would have prevented this.
Greg, can you please confirm that the trophies for each league will be presented on the day?
Agree that if we do league style it needs to have some meaning, rather than just seeding. Need to see how much head to head is needed to satisfy WPPR, waiting to hear from Martin who I expect is catching up on sleep after his work at BBC for US elections.
Thought better to combine finals with another event to make more worthwhile for travel when it is a national final vs just another UKCS event where you tend to get more local people attending and fewer of the top players but maybe I was wrong?
Yes trophies for top 3 in each region and top 4 in A and B finals will be presented on the day.