CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION
The Club Championship
consists of a Teams and a Pairs event, both events having Open and Restricted
Tiers.
A player who represents one club in one of these
events may not play for another club in the other event.
There is no limit on the number of teams
and pairs which a club may enter in both Open and Restricted Tiers.
In the Restricted Tier all players must have an EBU rank less than National Master on 1st July 2018.
Also players who have played in the ÔAÕ divisions of the County
League or Pairs League for at least two seasons must not be selected for
this tier.
Points are awarded as shown
below and the club gaining the most points will be the 2018-19 Club Champions.
OPEN TIERS
Team points and Pairs place points: 1st
10, 2nd
6, 3rd 3
(A club can only gain points for their best performing team
or pair, but if teams/pairs from
the same club took more than one of the first three places it would prevent
those place points being awarded to another club e.g. If Pairs of club X
took first two places and a Pair of club Y were 3rd, club X is
awarded 10 points and team Y 3 points).
RESTRICTED TIERS
Team points and Pairs place points: 1st
10, 2nd
6, 3rd 3
(A
club can only gain position points for their
best performing team/pair, but if teams/pairs from the same club took more
than one of the first three places it would prevent those place points being
awarded to another club).
This tier is stratified by
NGS rank on the date of the event:
A
stratum: NGS ranks Ace to K Hope
these players enter Open Tiers
B
stratum: NGS ranks Q to 10
C
stratum: NGS ranks 9 to 7
D
stratum: NGS ranks 6 or less
This tier will be run in two
sections of strata A and B and of strata C and D.
Teams/Pairs may consist of
players with different NGS ranks, when the section in which they play may be
determined by the Tournament Secretary.
Examples: a team with players in strata CCCA plays as C, CCBA as B, CCAA as A
Pairs with players in strata AB plays as
A, AC as B, BC as B, BD as C, AD as C etc
The top team/pair in each B, C and D stratum is
awarded 5 points (but not if they
gain more than 5 by winning or taking second place overall).
In this tier every team/pair that enter are awarded 1
point.