Playoffs and Prize money

[Darren Edmonds]

Thanks for being patient, had a few things to sort out before we could announce a date.

5th place playoffs and awarding prize money will take place on Sunday June 1st in the afternoon - more details to follow.

Players finishing 1st - 4th have won prize money and will be notified by text message.
Players finishing 5th - 10th are allowed to enter the 5th place playoff assuming they have completed the season. They will also be notified by text.

Why isn't this happening in May? The initial plan was to use May 11th, but was optimistic! Herts tour and county on 17th/18th. 24th/25th are a bank holiday weekend and probably not a popular choice. June 1st was the next free Sunday.

[James Griffiths]

June 1st is the men's singles so don't drag it out or you may have unhappy players.

[Darren Edmonds]

All players should have received text messages.

Playoffs

Players
Division 3, 1pm start
Adam Dowson
Dave Kelleway
Tony Carr
Paul Eaton
Shane Challis

Division 2, 1pm start
Chris Jenkins
Ivo Miller
Dylan Palmer
Sam Phillips
Chris Clayton
Paul Littlechild

Division 1, 2pm start
Graham Sills
Dan Wright
Mark Golden
Marcus Garner
Stephen MacDonald
Ian Smith

Premier division, 2pm start
Sam Moralee
Steve McCann
Craig Benstock
Sean O'Boyle
Paul Reed
Darren Edmonds


Format
The playoffs are seeded so those finishing higher in the league have to win less matches to get prize money. Seedings are based on the players who turn up at the start time on the day, so even if you finish 5th in the league you might be playing in the first match.

Assuming everyone eligible turns up, P5 (player finishing 5th in the league) will be S1 (seeded player 1) and P10 will be S6.

Match 1: S3 v S6 (race to 3)
Match 2: S4 v S5 (race to 3)

At this point the losers of these 2 matches will be eliminated.

S1 chooses whether they play the winner of Match 1 or Match 2, assuming they choose Match 1.

Match 3: S1 v Winner Match 1 (race to 4)
Match 4: S2 v Winner Match 2 (race to 4)

The losers of these matches are eliminated.
The winners of these matches will play the final, race to 5 for the 5th place prize money.

Race lengths may be adjusted depending on how many players turn up for that division.