Post by H on Apr 7, 2014 10:43:42 GMT
It's that time to start thinking about this year's summer league. The competition is growing steadily in numbers each year and we would very much like to continue this trend for 2014 - the fifth year of the competition.
“Off the Spot” is a format which has been used as an occasional winter competition by some leagues. It can be quite a leveler 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 9th June to Monday 18th of August. 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 - in other words once you have played for a team you are registered for that team!
• 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.
• The player stats will work on a ranking point system as follows - 2.0 points for a singles win, 1.0 point for a doubles win, and 0.5 for any 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.
If you think you may be interested, please contact me on h@laughingfishonline.co.uk, via this forum, in person, or phone the Laughing Fish on 01825 750349 as soon as possible, but no later than THE END OF MAY.
I have attached the registration form to this post in both .docx and .pdf formats.
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 leveler 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 9th June to Monday 18th of August. 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 - in other words once you have played for a team you are registered for that team!
• 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.
• The player stats will work on a ranking point system as follows - 2.0 points for a singles win, 1.0 point for a doubles win, and 0.5 for any 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.
If you think you may be interested, please contact me on h@laughingfishonline.co.uk, via this forum, in person, or phone the Laughing Fish on 01825 750349 as soon as possible, but no later than THE END OF MAY.
I have attached the registration form to this post in both .docx and .pdf formats.
Cheers all
Henry