Touching
Cloth Pool Promotions Presents
The
The Competition
This Series is
designed to be a value for money event in terms of table time.
The competition will
be a double elimination style format.
After the first round, players will be split into two brackets of 16,
winners and losers. The winners half
play down to the winners bracket final and this will determine the overall
winner. The losers bracket will also play down to a final with the losers from
the winners bracket entering the loser bracket every second round. This
culminates with the runner up in the winners bracket playing the losers
brackets winner to determine second and third places. The runner up in the losers bracket final
will finish fourth place.
Ranking points
gained from the first 4 events will determine the seeding in the Grand Final. The exact format and order of play can be
seen over the page.
Format
World
Rules
All matches are a race to 5 (lag for break)
No handicaps
No redraws
Ranking system to be used from the first four events to determine seeding for
the Grand Final.
Players not present once their match has been called will be docked 1 frame
every 10 minutes, and will forfeit their match after 30 minutes
Matches may be timed at the discretion of the organisers
All
matches to be completed on the day of each event.
Any player who concedes or leaves early will only receive prize money and
ranking points for the last round they completed.
All tables to be placed on free play for the main competition and plate.
The first round draw
will be posted to entrants a week before each event.
Competition Schedule
0945 reg for 10am start: Round 1 match 1 to 8
1045 reg for 11am start: Round 1 match 9 to 16
12am start: Round 2 Winner Bracket
1pm start: Round 2 Loser Bracket
2pm start: Round 3
Plate Draw and Plate start
3pm start: Round 4
4pm start: Round 5
Play to finish
Dates & Venue
Events
to be held at Cambridge Snooker Centre (CSC) on the following dates;
Event 1 - Saturday 10th March
Event 2 - Saturday 19th May
Event 3 - Saturday 8th September
Event 4 - Saturday 13th October
G/Final - Saturday 17th November
Entry requirements & fees
Entry limited to players who have not been
classed as professional or international in any cue sport within the
last three years prior to entry closing date.
Grand Final restricted to those that have full entry fees paid up in full.
Payment for the series is £60 for 5 events £30
due by the closing date of 28th February and remaining £30 due before start of
play at Event Two). Any other payments
around these amounts will be accepted early including payment in full.
Entry packs can be posted out upon request by
contacting the organiser, or packs will be available form behind the bar at
CSC.
Completed entry forms with fees can be given
to the organiser in person or left behind the bar at CSC in the info pack return
envelope provided! Alternatively, entries can be posted to Darren Taylor at the
address shown in the Contact Info
section. Cheques should be made payable
to “Darren Taylor”. Cash is posted at a
persons own risk. Entry will not be
confirmed until any payment by cheque has cleared first.
Any player who commits to the series and fails
to pay money by the dates due will be suspended from the series and potentially
any further events organised by Touching Cloth Pool Promotions.
Entries are taken on a first come, first
served basis.
Prize Money
For events 1 to 4 the prize structure will be as follows (dependant on 32
entries):
Winner
£120
Runner
up £70
Third
place £40
Fourth
place £30
Round
7 £15
Ranking Points
Ranking points for
Events 1 to 4 will be determined as follows:
Winner: 20
Second: 18
Third: 16
Fourth: 14
Round 7: 12
Round 6: 10
Round 5: 8
Round 4: 6
Round 3: 4
Round 2: 2 (attendance
bonus)
Merit points will
also be awarded to Round 2 losers, one point per frame won.
Plate winner 4 bonus
ranking points.
Ranking points will
be used to determine the seeds for grand Final.
Prize
Money - Grand Final
The Grand Final Prize Money will be structured
as follows
Winner £200
Runner up £120
Third place £80
Fourth place £60
Round 7 £30
Round 6 £20
Ranking points achieved in the Grand Final are
double that of events 1 to 4. Merit points will also be awarded to Round 2
losers, one point per frame won in each round.
Exact prize structure will be determined on any
given event day based on the number of paid entrants.
Plate Events
All plate events organised
subject to interest and time restrictions on the day.
£5 entry, prize fund to be made up of paid entries only.
Format will be race to three straight knockout.
Final will be race to four frames.
Entries will be taken only from players from the main competition who
are completely eliminated by Round Three.
Plate winners will receive 4
bonus ranking points, this is doubled in the Grand final.
Speed
Pool Comp
As a bit of fun to occupy you between rounds,
on each event day there will be a speed pool competition. It will cost £1 per frame to enter, unlimited
entries per person. The rules are as
follows:
Each frame will only be counted if timed by an
official and paid for prior to play.
Timing will start when the balls come to rest
from the break.
If the white is potted from the break, timing
will start when the remaining balls on the table come to rest.
If the white is potted out of turn at any time
during the frame, timing will continue and play resume as normal.
The white must be played form the baulk area
of the table as per world rules.
Only the player may retrieve the white from
the ball collection area.
If a player ”catches or stops” the white as it
enters any pocket out of turn the frame is forfeited.
The Black Eight ball must be the last ball
potted to count as a valid frame, only exception is if the black is potted off
the break, play may continue and the player can pot the remaining balls in any
order, as in normal play.
If the black is potted out of turn, the frame
is forfeited.
Timing will stop when the white comes to rest
after the last valid ball is potted.
Times will be rounded to the nearest whole
second.
In the event of joint first place finish,
prize money will be split evenly across number of joint first place finishers.
Qualifying times will remain secret until the
competition closes.
Prize money may be held and paid to the winner
at the next event if they have left early.
Prize money for the winner will be calculated
from number of entries. Some prize money
may be carried into a “Champion of Champions” Series prize pot, where the
fastest time over the five events will earn the winner the title of, “Speed
Pool Series Champ”. Prize money and/or a
Trophy will be presented to the overall winner.
Other
Info
The tables will be cleaned and ironed before
every match by the organisers. There is
ample free parking and the venue do offer food on site.
Contact
Info – Tournament Organisers
Darren Taylor.
Tel: 07545639526
Email to: TCPPDarren@Hotmail.co.uk
Address: 8 Lamb Drove,
Great Cambourne,
CB23 5JF.
Venue Info
CB1
3EW
01223
249661
