Location: 3 Minutes drive from the Shakespeare Inn
World Crokinole Championship Saturday June 4, 2011 Welcome from the Chair Thank you for your participation in the World Crokinole Championship Tournament. We are always trying to make our tournament better so we value your input and feed back. This year we have worked on simplifying the rules, scoring, and tournament guidelines that will hopefully address some of your comments and concerns and make it clearer and easier for everyone to understand. The entire information package has been redone so make sure you take time and review every page thoroughly. Take special note of the following - Damage & spinning disc rules, see section 4.1.10 and 4.1.11 - Adult and Recreational singles have been grouped into individual pools, there will be no A&B pools. See section #3 revised tournaments day schedule. - Registration confirmations will no longer be sent out as categories are listed on the Tournament day schedule. If confirmation is required you can do so by e-mailing at wccregistration@hotmail.com - Please register early as it helps to spread out the work load for our volunteers and you can avoid paying a late fee. Please come and join the fun on June 4, 2011. $5,800 in Cash & Prizes Location: Tavistock and District Recreation Centre 1 Adam St Tavistock ON, Canada, NOB 2R0 519-655-2102 Program Index 1. Registration information 1.1. How to register 1.2. Registration Guidelines 2. Tournament Day Activities & Services 2.1. Friday night social 2.2. Meals available 2.3. Camping available 2.4. Skills Competition 3. 2011 Tournament Day Schedule 3.1. Schedule of tournament day events 4. Official Crokinole Rules 4.1. Playing Guidelines 4.2. Rules for tournament play 5. Scoring 5.1. Basic scoring 5.2. Tournament scoring information 5.3. Tie Breaking procedure - Sample Score Card 6. Prize Structure 6.1. Prizes awarded for various categories World Crokinole Championship Saturday June 4, 2011 1.Registration information Register Early For Your Chance to Win a WCCTM JACKET All Early Bird registrations received by April 30, 2011, will be eligible to win 1 of 2 WCCTM Spring Jackets. 1.1. HOW TO REGISTER 1.1.1. Mail completed registration form to WCC @ 1 Adam St. PO Box 988, Tavistock ON. N0B 2R0. Two players can and should register for all of the categories they wish to register for on a single registration form. 1.1.2. Full payment must accompany registration to be accepted. Registration fee is non refundable. 1.1.3. Registrations dropped off, or postmarked after May 21st , 2011 will be subject to a Late Fee of $5.00 per Person per Category. 1.2. REGISTRATION GUIDLINES 1.2.1. Registration will start at 7:30a.m. until 9:00am & then open again 12:30pm to 3:00pm on Saturday June 4, 2011. 1.2.2. Make sure you are registered and ready to play well in advance of your category start time. Once players are seated, you may not be allowed to enter play. You may encounter a line-up at the registration desk, so plan to arrive early. 1.2.3. If registering in a Cues category you must supply your own Cue. 1.2.4. The World Crokinole Championship TM reserves the right to publish the names and/or pictures of any of its participants. 1.2.5. Players are only allowed to enter in one of the singles catagories. 1.3. DOUBLES 1.3.1. In Doubles Registration, the first name on the registration form will be used as the “contact person”. All games will be played with the partner listed on the joint registration form. 1.3.2. There are no age divisions in the doubles categories; however the minimum age is 6. 1.4. SINGLES 1.4.1. The main focus of the tournament will be the Adult singles, and will be awarded the larger prizes of the day. 1.4.2. Recreational categories are for players who are less competitive. The top 4 winners of all recreational categories in 2009 and 2010 must enter in the competitive category for 2011. 2.Tournament Day Activities & Services 2.1. FRIDAY NIGHT SOCIAL – There will be a social gathering on Friday, June 3, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm, in the Upper Arena Hall. Come meet some of your fellow participants and play a few recreational games of crokinole. 2.2. MEALS – Food vendors will be set up the day of the event for you to purchase meals. 2.3. CAMPING – is available in Queen’s Park directly behind the Tavistock & District Recreation Centre. To reserve a site call (519) 655-2102. 2.4. SKILLS COMPETITION – A separate event for the day that will be running at the east end of the Arena floor. 2.5. RAFFLES – 50/50 and door prizes will be sold throughout the day inside front door. Draws will be made late afternoon. 2.6. WCCTM CROKINOLE BOARDS – Regulation WCCTM Boards will be available for sale tournament day or any time by contacting John Schultz at (519) 655-2346. World Crokinole Championship Saturday June 4, 2011 3. - 2011 Tournament Day Schedule 7:30 Registration desk opens. Doubles, Recreational Doubles and Cue Doubles 8:15 Playing area opens and players draw a number for starting position as they enter. 8:30 Players must be registered, seated and ready to play. Late arrivals may not be allowed in. Teams will play 6 games timed at 13 minutes each against other randomly seated teams 10:15 Scorecard tabulation and posting of the top scores. Teams placing 1-6 will play in the “A” Championship Playoff for positions 1 through 6. Teams placing 7-12 will play in the “B” Consolation Playoff for positions 7 through 12. 11:15 Doubles Playoffs: Players should be seated and ready to play The six teams in each grouping will play a 5- game round robin in each of their respective championship. Timed at 13 minutes each. (Top score will be declared the championship team. Second highest score will receive second place, etc.) 12:45 Awards Ceremony for all of the doubles categories Lunch. Lunch will be available at the Arena Concession and Upstairs Lounge. Recreational and Intermediate Singles Preliminary Games 1:15 Playing area opens and players draw a number for starting position as they enter. 1:30 Players must beregistered, seated and ready to play. Late arrivals may not be allowed in. Recreational Singles: Players will play 10 games timed at 8 minutes each against other randomly seated players. Intermediate Singles: Players will play 6 games not timed against other randomly seated players. Immediately after their pool play, the top 6 scoring intermediate players will play a round-robin to determine the top 4 ranked players. Adult, Cue, and Junior Singles Preliminary Games 3:45 Playing area opens and players draw a number for starting position as they enter. 4:00 Players must be registered, seated and ready to play. Late arrivals may not be allowed in. Adult and cue singles: Players will play 10 games timed at 8 minutes each against other randomly seated players. Junior Singles: Players will play 6 games not timed against other randomly seated players. Immediately after their pool play, the top 6 scoring junior players will play a round-robin to determine the top 4 ranked players. 5:50 Awards Ceremony for Junior & Intermediate Winners. 6:00 Scores Posted for Adult, Recreational and Cue singles categories. The top 16 in each category will advance to the playoffs. (Note: Only the top 8 will advance in any category that has a total registration below 32 people.) When top scores are posted, it will be each player’s responsibility to verify placing of their score on this posting, to confirm its accuracy. Once the next playoff starts you will lose your right to play in the playoffs, and the opportunity to win prize money in that category. Dinner -food will be available at the Arena booth through out the day. -the Tavistock Fireman will be hosting a Chicken BBQ in the adjoining Curling Club, starting at 4:30pm. 6:45 Player should arrive to be seated for playoffs. 7:00 First round-robin playoff for Adult, Recreational & Cues Singles Top 16 will be split into two groups in each category. Odd # ranking in group 1, and even # ranking in group 2. A category with only 8 qualifiers will all play in one group. Players will be randomly seated in their group and play a 7 game round robin timed at 8 minutes per game. First round-robin scoring Top 2 scores from each group will advance to the second round robin playoff. (Note top 4 scores will advance in a category that only had a single group advance to this playoff.) 8:30 Second round-robin playoff for Adult, Recreational & Cues Singles Top 4 players / (2 from each group) advancing in each category will be announced so they can be seated for the second round-robin. Players will be randomly seated in their category and play a 3 game round robin. No time limit on these games. 9:15 Championship for Adult, Recreational & CuesSingles The top 2 scoring players of the second round robin will play off for the championship and the remaining 2 players will play off for third and fourth places. The championship match will be the best two out of three games. If a game is tied after 4 rounds a 5th round must be played as each of these games must have a winner. No time limit on these games. Lower ranked player coming from the second round robin will shoot first in game one, and first shot will then alternate for each remaining game. 9:45 Awards Ceremony for Adult, Recreational & Cues Singles