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British Wheelchair Pool Players Association - The 2013 Season

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Date: Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 14:36:27 UTC
Topic: BWPPA



(2013) BWPPA Event No.1 - The GNO Midlands 9 Ball Open
Rileys Pool, Snooker and Darts - Birmingham
21-22 Essex Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B5 4TR
www.bwppa.com
www.rileys.co.uk

Saturday/Sunday 23/24 March 2013


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All wheelchair cue-sport players invited to compete in the BWPPA 2013 Season

The 2012 BWPPA season reached its climax, with Roy Kimberley again taking the coveted end of season no 1 spot, just edging out Tony Southern.

The new season promises to be just as exciting, as we expand our venues to include the ‘Escape Pool Bar’ in Barnsley, and hopefully later in the year, a permanent home for the tour at Stoke Mandeville.

In the last few months Kamui Tips, Simonis, and other sponsors have agreed to continue to support the tour in 2013 and beyond.

Several players who have not played on tour much in the last year or so will be returning, and Fred Dinsmore will be coming over from Ireland, and visa’s permitting we will also be hosting 2 players from Russia Alexander Prokopiev and Aleksei Grigorev.



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OVERVIEW

The 2013 BWPPA tour will feature five 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, for players outside of the top 8 in the rankings.

Entrance for the top 8 ranked players is as follows plus £10 annual membership. Please check your ranking on www.bwppa.com/Rankings.html before the event.

1-2     £50

3-4     £40

5-6     £35

7-8     £30

Players who are playing in a BWPPA event for the first time entrance is free but £10 BWPPA annual membership is still required.

It is an extra £20 per season for players who wish to attend the European or World Championships.

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.) Dark trousers, shocks and shoes. NO Jeans, Cargo Pants or Trainers. Members must wear supplied tour shirts (if applicable) for the main event and any BWPPA prize presentation.








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