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       SPONSOR'S COMPETITION
   DIR By: Baloo
       Date: March 12, 2019, 1:05 pm
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       Sponsor's competition - Sunday 14th April 2019
       This is a handicap competition that is new for 2019.  It is open
       to all current SDPL members (players who were registered for the
       2018/19 season on 11th March 2019) but is limited to a maximum
       of 64 players.
       When is it?
       The competition date is Sunday 14th April, starting at midday.
       How much?
       Entry is £5 if paid on or before Friday 12th April, or £7 if
       paid afterwards.  To secure your place in the competition, give
       your entry fee to any of the committee, or pay into the league's
       bank account ensuring that the reference is your name and "SC"
       (your captain will have account details).
       As part of our sponsorship agreement with Rayleigh Lanes, this
       competition will have guaranteed winner's prize of £250 donated
       by Rayleigh Lanes.  All other entry fees collected will be
       returned in prize money shared among runners up and a plate
       competition for those who are knocked out of the main
       competition early.
       Format
       Games will be played under "Pickaball" rules - which in summary,
       allows both players to take a number of balls off the table
       following the break.  The number of balls that can be removed is
       based on the player handicap, which in turn is based upon player
       averages. Full rules will be posted in a separate thread.
       The initial stages of the competition will be a round-robin
       competition, the exact format of which depends on the number of
       participants.  Following the round-robin stages, the players who
       do not progress to the main competition will compete in the
       plate competition.
       #Post#: 154--------------------------------------------------
       Re: SPONSOR'S COMPETITION
   DIR By: Baloo
       Date: March 26, 2019, 11:59 am
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       Pickaball Rules
       In summary, this is a normal game of pool apart from one or both
       players get an opportunity to remove balls from the table
       immediately following the break.
       The winner of the lag decides who is to break.
       Starting the game
       Step 1 - The breaker breaks as normal
       Step 2 - The non-breaking player takes their number of balls off
       the table
       Step 3 - The player that broke takes their number of balls off
       the table
       Step 4 - The game continues as per normal blackball rules (i.e.
       it’s an open table)
       Any ball(s) may be removed apart from the black or white and
       must be removed from play - e.g. dropped into a pocket.  Players
       do not have to take their full allocation off the table of they
       wish: they can even decline to take any balls.  In the interests
       of keeping the games flowing, each player has one minute to
       decide which balls to remove.
       If a foul break is committed (no balls are potted and two balls
       do not completely pass the half-way line) and the next player
       requests a re-rack, the player who committed the foul break
       still picks second following the subsequent break.
       If the breaking player fouled on the break then the next player
       has a free shot after Pickaball.
       The number of balls is determined before the tournament begins
       and is intended to reflect players’ skill levels.  The table
       below shows the maximum number of balls a player may take, based
       upon their SDPL individual points average and division after
       week 20 of the 2018/19 season.
       Pickaball handicap table
       [attachimg=2]
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       Re: SPONSOR'S COMPETITION
   DIR By: Baloo
       Date: April 14, 2019, 10:47 am
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       Congratulations to Mark Sutherland who won the main competition
       by beating James Moore 4-3 in the final, and also to Darren
       Ditzel who beat someone called Martin Attwood in the final of
       the "best of the rest" competition for those who didn't make it
       past the first stage.
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