Post by H on Apr 25, 2012 13:47:36 GMT
We at The Laughing Fish would like to suggest to continue our additional Summer competition to allow those of us who can’t afford three months in the Bahamas to carry on playing a degree of competitive Bar Billiards during what is traditionally the close season.
“Off the Spot” is a format which has been used as an occasional winter competition by some leagues. It can be quite a leveller between different standards of player, and certainly forces different shots from the norm in some circumstances, but can still be treated as a “serious” contest whilst fun to play.
To avoid Bank Holidays and normal league competition dates, we are suggesting an eleven week season running from Monday 11th June to Monday 20th August inclusive. This means that practically a maximum of six teams could be in a league, who can then play each other home and away, and allowing for an additional week should a playoff be necessary.
Proposal:
• Teams can be any group of at least four players who can base themselves at one venue. There will be no registration of players, but there is an understanding that no player will play for more than one team during the season!
• All matches to be organized as follows:
o Four singles games, and two doubles games
o Home captain shall nominate their player(s) first
o Away team to break in games two, four and six
o ALL SHOTS TO BE PLAYED “OFF THE SPOT”
o NO table or player handicaps
o Normal refreshment catering!
• League points awarded as one point per game win with a bonus point two points for a match win, and one point for a draw
• Normal league and player stats will be collated and a trophy provided for the winners – this year we shall get hold of a trophy from last year’s funds and there shall therefore be NO registration fee
• This year’s player stats will be done with a twist – ranking points. All for a bit of fun. I propose 1.0 points for a win with a bonus 0.5 points for a win against the break.
We would like to invite ANY group of players from the Lewes, Brighton, or Mid-Sussex areas to register an interest. We will then put together a proposal for a league. In the event that more than seven teams show an interest, we will try to divide them into more than one division based as far as possible purely on geography to minimize travel distances.
As we have proposed this from the Laughing Fish we’re quite prepared to take on the organization and reporting of results for this season.
If you think you may be interested, please contact h@laughingfishonline.co.uk as soon as possible, but no later than THE END OF MAY.
I have attached the registration form to this post.
Cheers all
Henry
“Off the Spot” is a format which has been used as an occasional winter competition by some leagues. It can be quite a leveller between different standards of player, and certainly forces different shots from the norm in some circumstances, but can still be treated as a “serious” contest whilst fun to play.
To avoid Bank Holidays and normal league competition dates, we are suggesting an eleven week season running from Monday 11th June to Monday 20th August inclusive. This means that practically a maximum of six teams could be in a league, who can then play each other home and away, and allowing for an additional week should a playoff be necessary.
Proposal:
• Teams can be any group of at least four players who can base themselves at one venue. There will be no registration of players, but there is an understanding that no player will play for more than one team during the season!
• All matches to be organized as follows:
o Four singles games, and two doubles games
o Home captain shall nominate their player(s) first
o Away team to break in games two, four and six
o ALL SHOTS TO BE PLAYED “OFF THE SPOT”
o NO table or player handicaps
o Normal refreshment catering!
• League points awarded as one point per game win with a bonus point two points for a match win, and one point for a draw
• Normal league and player stats will be collated and a trophy provided for the winners – this year we shall get hold of a trophy from last year’s funds and there shall therefore be NO registration fee
• This year’s player stats will be done with a twist – ranking points. All for a bit of fun. I propose 1.0 points for a win with a bonus 0.5 points for a win against the break.
We would like to invite ANY group of players from the Lewes, Brighton, or Mid-Sussex areas to register an interest. We will then put together a proposal for a league. In the event that more than seven teams show an interest, we will try to divide them into more than one division based as far as possible purely on geography to minimize travel distances.
As we have proposed this from the Laughing Fish we’re quite prepared to take on the organization and reporting of results for this season.
If you think you may be interested, please contact h@laughingfishonline.co.uk as soon as possible, but no later than THE END OF MAY.
I have attached the registration form to this post.
Cheers all
Henry