Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Cardiff City
48-54 City Road
Cardiff
CF24 3DN
www.bwppa.org
www.rileys.co.uk
Saturday/Sunday 18/19 August 2012
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All wheelchair cue-sport players invited to compete in the 10 ball championships
The 2012 BWPPA season reached it’s half way point at the last event in Liverpool with Tony Southern taking his second event in a row, and extending his lead in the rankings over Roy Kimberley. Tony will be going for a hat trick in Cardiff, but it will be tough, with a big field expected for the event, including Ireland's former World 9 Ball Champion and winner of the first BWPPA event of the season, Fred Dinsmore, making the trip over the Irish sea.
In the last few weeks the tour is pleased to announce that Predator Cues has agreed to continue to support the tour in 2012 and beyond, and this year this includes amongst the prizes available, a top of the range Ikon cue will be presented to the player at the top of the rankings at the end of the season.
The players have recently voted on some changes to the tour, including a revised challenge event, and a change to the seeding and fee structure.
The season continues on the 18th/19th August at Riley’s Cardiff City and you could be part of it!
A number of our players will be battling for the top end of the rankings, with places available in the World Championship in Qatar in September 2012 it promises to be an exciting event.
The tour welcomes players of widely ranging ability with two events spanning the weekend. This means that non-elite players can battle amongst themselves in the "Challenge" Cup as well as having the opportunity of matching themselves against the top players on the tour in the main ranking event.
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OVERVIEW
The 2012 BWPPA tour will feature six events. Each event will be held in a crammed weekend of pool, which will consist of two tournaments, A main ranking event to be played over the Saturday and Sunday and a Challenge-Cup event on the Sunday, open to all players who haven’t made the second day in the Main Event.
CHALLENGE CUP
This is an open event to all players who do not qualify for the second day’s play of the main event. The event will be single elimination. At the end of the season the top Challenge Cup ranked player will receive a prize from our sponsors. The draw for the challenge will take place at 10.30am on the Sunday.
MAIN EVENT
The main event will be used to derive all UK rankings – the number 1 player on the main event will be known as the UK number 1 wheelchair player.
The main event will start on the Saturday after the registration and players meeting at 10am. We will play up until 6pm on Saturday and if the last round of matches hasn’t already started by this time then they will be played at 9.30am Sunday morning. The semi finals and final will be held on the Sunday starting at 10.30am unless there is a 9.30am match taking place in which case the semi finals will start 10mins after that round.
Main Event will be double elimination until the quarterfinal stage if over 16 entries otherwise it will be DE until the semi-final stage. All races in the winner’s side will be to 7 racks (race to 6 in 10 ball). All races in the one loss side will be 7 racks (race to 6 in 10 ball).
FORMAT
Saturday
· 10 am Registration and Players meeting.
· Main UK Ranking Event (open tournament) – Double elimination races to 7 racks.
Sunday
· Main Event, Semi final and Final - Single elimination races to 7 racks (6 in 10-ball). (This is subject to amendment at each event at TD discretion if number of entries varies).
· Challenge Event – Open to all players who did not qualify for day two of the main event, at an extra cost of £5.
ENTRANCE FEE
Entrance for each event will be £25 plus a one-off compulsory annual membership of £10 per season payable at first event attended. Entrance for the top 8 ranked players is £40 plus £10 annual membership. Please check your ranking on www.bwppa.org/rankings.html before the event.
Players who are playing in a BWPPA event for the first time entrance is free but £10 BWPPA annual membership is still required.
DRESS CODE
Collared shirt (or Collared polo T Shirt) Dark trousers, socks and shoes. NO Jeans, Cargo Pants or Trainers. Members must wear supplied tour shirts for the main event and any BWPPA prize presentation.rt) Dark trousers, shocks and shoes. NO Jeans, Cargo Pants or Trainers. Members must wear supplied tour shirts for the main event and any BWPPA prize presentation.
