Post by NigelS on Feb 7, 2008 0:17:49 GMT
As you may or may not know a ranking commitee has been setup to discuss the current ranking system and bring it up to date for the new year. This process has been completed and there have been several changes which I will now detail below and I have also given a reasoning behind each chagne if I can.
1) Opens - Points have been altered to so that players get points for reaching the last 32 in the following order - 16,12,9,6,3,1. In addition a win bonus of 0.5pts will be given for any match won where ranking points ARE NOT at stake (that is to say any round before the last 64). This ensures all players that have won a match will receive some sort of points.
In the event of a walkover, no match bonus will be awarded, in the event of a walkover in a later round where ranking points are at stake a player will receive his full allotment of points, but will only receive half points if they have not won a match in a previous round.
The new Guernsey Open will also have full open ranking status
The commitee agreed that more points should be available to the open tournaments and further down than just the last 16.
2) World Champs - points have been increased slightly but are still available to the last 64 in the order 27,21,16,11,7,4,2. The 0.5 win bonus is also in effect under the same criteira as for opens
3) County Champs - Players will still receive 1 pt for a leg won with break, and 1.5 pts for legs won against break and 1pt bonus for winning all legs (or 5 out of 6 legs if that many games played). The top 7 average bonus has been removed. The 2 points and 4 point deductions for divisions 2 and 3 will remain. The commitee felt that the average bonus was inappropriate for a tournament where only winning your leg matters.
4) National Team Champs have been removed form the system. The feeling on the commitee was that players may unfairly lose their chance at gaining ranking points due to playing in weaker local sides and vice versa.
5) Grand Prix has been removed from the system. The commitee decided that players that make the Grand Prix have already had enough success during the year that awarding ranking points for this event would be unfair.
6) Internationals have been removed from the system for very much a similar reason to the Grand Prix.
7) Alternative Rules - points reduced to quarter finals only in the order 7,5,3,1. Win bonus to apply but reduced to 0.25.
8) Pairs (both Bournemouth and Jersey) points reduced to quarter finals only in order 7,5,3,1. Win bonus to apply but reduced to 0.25.
9) All England Singles - Qualified players will receive 1 pt for each leg won and 1 pt for each match won (including final). The 10 point bonus for winning (and 5 for runner up) have beeen removed. The All England Ladies will also now contribute (as they generally cannot qualify for the All England Singles) and will be awarded 2 points for the winner and 1 for the runner up.
10) Plates - increased points slightly to 3pts for winner and 1.5pts for runner up in opens. In Jersey there is also an increase to 6pts for the winner, 3pts for runner up and 1pt for the 2 losing semi finalists. Reduced points for alternative rules plate and pairs plate to 1 for winner , 0.5 for runner up
11) Inter Insular points have been removed for the same reason that internationals were removed.
12) Score bonuses remain unchanged
13) From 2009 rankings will be updated on a tournament by tournament basis rather than dropping a whole years points at the end of each year. So for example the 2009 Oxford Open points will replace the 2006 Oxford Open points. This is to ensure there are always 3 years results in the system at all times.
It is estimated that the above will have the following effect on the distribution of ranking points Percentages show are for both 2007/2008
Opens 21%/44%
World champ 18%/22%
Score bonuses 10%/10%
Pairs (WC + NAT) 12%/8%
County champ 8%/7%
All England 5%/4%
Plates 1%/2%
Alt Rule 3%/2%
Jer Plate 0%/1%
Nat Team Champs 8%/0%
Int v Jer 3%/0%
Int v Gue 4%/0%
Grand Prix 5%/0%
Inter Insular Individuals 0%/0%
Inter Insular 1%/0%
And not forgetting the Ladies....
1) Ladies in the past have been awarded half the points they gain in opens. They will now be awarded them the full points
2) British Ladies, an increase to 18,14,10,6,2. Plus 3, 1.5 for plate. This to distinguish importance from Special Ladies as it normally attracts significanlty more players.
3) Special Ladies leave at 15,10,6,3,1, with 2,1 for plate
4) All England Ladies the bonus for winning has been removed as per men but keep 1 pt for leg/ 1 pt for win
5) County remove average bonus as per men but still giove 1 pt for leg won and 1.5pts for lgs won against the break
6) Remove Ladies international and Grand Prix to stay consistent with the men
Sorry about the long post, but that is as brief as I can make it! I would like to thank Clive Thompson, Mal Spier, Dave May, and Mark Trafford for all the effort they have put in so we could acheive this before the international. We dissucussed everything in a lot of depth and of course we did not agree on everything, but we arrived at all of the decisions democratically.
I am not expecting everyone to agree with the above. I (and any of the rest of the commitee) will be happy to answer any questions that anyone has about the ammendments. We will listen to any points you make and discuss them when we review the system at the end of the year.
1) Opens - Points have been altered to so that players get points for reaching the last 32 in the following order - 16,12,9,6,3,1. In addition a win bonus of 0.5pts will be given for any match won where ranking points ARE NOT at stake (that is to say any round before the last 64). This ensures all players that have won a match will receive some sort of points.
In the event of a walkover, no match bonus will be awarded, in the event of a walkover in a later round where ranking points are at stake a player will receive his full allotment of points, but will only receive half points if they have not won a match in a previous round.
The new Guernsey Open will also have full open ranking status
The commitee agreed that more points should be available to the open tournaments and further down than just the last 16.
2) World Champs - points have been increased slightly but are still available to the last 64 in the order 27,21,16,11,7,4,2. The 0.5 win bonus is also in effect under the same criteira as for opens
3) County Champs - Players will still receive 1 pt for a leg won with break, and 1.5 pts for legs won against break and 1pt bonus for winning all legs (or 5 out of 6 legs if that many games played). The top 7 average bonus has been removed. The 2 points and 4 point deductions for divisions 2 and 3 will remain. The commitee felt that the average bonus was inappropriate for a tournament where only winning your leg matters.
4) National Team Champs have been removed form the system. The feeling on the commitee was that players may unfairly lose their chance at gaining ranking points due to playing in weaker local sides and vice versa.
5) Grand Prix has been removed from the system. The commitee decided that players that make the Grand Prix have already had enough success during the year that awarding ranking points for this event would be unfair.
6) Internationals have been removed from the system for very much a similar reason to the Grand Prix.
7) Alternative Rules - points reduced to quarter finals only in the order 7,5,3,1. Win bonus to apply but reduced to 0.25.
8) Pairs (both Bournemouth and Jersey) points reduced to quarter finals only in order 7,5,3,1. Win bonus to apply but reduced to 0.25.
9) All England Singles - Qualified players will receive 1 pt for each leg won and 1 pt for each match won (including final). The 10 point bonus for winning (and 5 for runner up) have beeen removed. The All England Ladies will also now contribute (as they generally cannot qualify for the All England Singles) and will be awarded 2 points for the winner and 1 for the runner up.
10) Plates - increased points slightly to 3pts for winner and 1.5pts for runner up in opens. In Jersey there is also an increase to 6pts for the winner, 3pts for runner up and 1pt for the 2 losing semi finalists. Reduced points for alternative rules plate and pairs plate to 1 for winner , 0.5 for runner up
11) Inter Insular points have been removed for the same reason that internationals were removed.
12) Score bonuses remain unchanged
13) From 2009 rankings will be updated on a tournament by tournament basis rather than dropping a whole years points at the end of each year. So for example the 2009 Oxford Open points will replace the 2006 Oxford Open points. This is to ensure there are always 3 years results in the system at all times.
It is estimated that the above will have the following effect on the distribution of ranking points Percentages show are for both 2007/2008
Opens 21%/44%
World champ 18%/22%
Score bonuses 10%/10%
Pairs (WC + NAT) 12%/8%
County champ 8%/7%
All England 5%/4%
Plates 1%/2%
Alt Rule 3%/2%
Jer Plate 0%/1%
Nat Team Champs 8%/0%
Int v Jer 3%/0%
Int v Gue 4%/0%
Grand Prix 5%/0%
Inter Insular Individuals 0%/0%
Inter Insular 1%/0%
And not forgetting the Ladies....
1) Ladies in the past have been awarded half the points they gain in opens. They will now be awarded them the full points
2) British Ladies, an increase to 18,14,10,6,2. Plus 3, 1.5 for plate. This to distinguish importance from Special Ladies as it normally attracts significanlty more players.
3) Special Ladies leave at 15,10,6,3,1, with 2,1 for plate
4) All England Ladies the bonus for winning has been removed as per men but keep 1 pt for leg/ 1 pt for win
5) County remove average bonus as per men but still giove 1 pt for leg won and 1.5pts for lgs won against the break
6) Remove Ladies international and Grand Prix to stay consistent with the men
Sorry about the long post, but that is as brief as I can make it! I would like to thank Clive Thompson, Mal Spier, Dave May, and Mark Trafford for all the effort they have put in so we could acheive this before the international. We dissucussed everything in a lot of depth and of course we did not agree on everything, but we arrived at all of the decisions democratically.
I am not expecting everyone to agree with the above. I (and any of the rest of the commitee) will be happy to answer any questions that anyone has about the ammendments. We will listen to any points you make and discuss them when we review the system at the end of the year.