Tourneys
Topic: £100K 1st prize. London Gran Prix.

LONDON GRAND PRIX



Date:             November 19th to 25th.

                     Arrive 18th or earlier.
                     Matches start on 19th at 11am.
                     Final match will be on 25th at 7pm.
                     Depart 26th.

Venue:            Wembly Arena.

Equipment:     16 Brunswick Metro pro edition tables.
                     Aramith super procup balls.
                     Simonis 860 cloth.
                     Sardo tight rack.

Match Races: All matches will be a race to 13.

Format:         This is a 9ball event.
                     All matches will be winner breaks.
                     There will be referees for all matches.
                     Straight KO system.

Dress code:     Navy blue trousers, white long sleeved shirt, Navy blue socks, black shoes.



Prize Money:    1st ............ £100,000
                     2nd............ £65,000
                     3rd............. £35,000
                     5th............. £20,000
                     9th............. £12,000
                     17th........... £ 7,000
                     33rd........... £ 5,000
                     65th........... £ 3,000
                    

TOTAL PRIZE FUND =         £875,000



This event will be televised from the last16 onwards.


Entry fee:                         £100.


Entry deadline: The deadline for ALL entries is October the 19th. The reason for this is so that we can organize everything that needs to be organized. For example, the draw will be made enough in advance so that players can see when they need to be at the venue.


At the venue: Once you have entered and the draw has been done, we will send you details of your 1st match time. Please note that you must be at the venue 1hour before your schedueled match time!


Hotels:            Hotels must be booked through us as we have made agreements with all hotels listed in order to get the lowest possible rates. These are all top class hotels, and all are within 4 miles of the venue.



                     Royal excelcior 5* £50 per night single
                                                 £65 twin
                    
                     Ritz 5*                 £45 per night single
                                                 £65 twin

                     Windsor royal 5*     £40 per night single
                                                 £60 twin

                     Regal Park 5*        £35 per night single
                                                 £55 twin

                     Sherbourne 4*     £38 per night single
                                                 £50 twin

                     Clarence House 4* £32 per night single
                                                 £50 twin

                     Walford spa 4*     £30 per night single
                                                 £45 twin


Airports:         Gatwick.
                     Heathrow.
                     Stanstead.



As we are expecting a high number of entries for this event, we urge you to get your entries in as quick as possible because we are capping to number of entries. The same goes for the hotel bookings, these hotels will fill up fast so please dont wait too long and miss out on the great deals we have got for you.

Anyone who is wishing to enter, please see below for details and conditions.




ALL THE ABOVE IS SUBJECT TO 9,000 ENTRIES!

YES THATS RIGHT 9,000 ENTRIES!


YES I KNOW 9,000 ENTRIES ISNT POSSIBLE, SO IN OTHER WORDS THE PRIZE MONEY STATED IS A LOAD OF TRASH!!!

JUST LIKE ALL THE COMPS THAT KEEP GETTING POSTED ON HERE STATING £500 WINNER, £800 WINNER ETC ETC

THEY ALL ARE SUBJECT TO 64 ENTRIES ETC, SO BASICALLY THEY ARE REALLY GOING TO BE ABOUT £200 FOR THE WINNER.


ANYONE CAN PUT AN EVENT ON STATING "SUBJECT TO ENTRIES" AS I HAVE ABOVE.


PLEASE REFRAIN FROM DOING THIS AND SAY IT HOW IT IS.


This was a statement by MALAKA Promotions.

The Barnsley 8 ball open last year advertised £500 guaranteed to the winner subject to 32 entries. We paid £600 to the winner.

This information is vital to encourage top players to take the event seriously. I do believe it's vital that your required number of entries is realistic and on the low side if possible so additional entries and prize fund is a bonus.

Shir is organising a bigger and better Barnsley open for later this year (9 ball this time) and I am sure there will be another guaranteed prize fund quoted on the flyer. What's more I'm sure the guarantee will be met, there will be more entries than the minimum number required and everyone will be happy because it will be a special event organised to the highest standard.

So in answer to your request...... NO we won't refrain from doing this but YES we will continue to tell it like it is.

thanks...
you beat me too it...
nearlyman?
I suggest you do some research first before you just post things about other tournaments....

4 EPT events were guaranteed!




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lol......check the dress code out....Blue trousers!!

Sounds like D'vali will be at home in this event!


Seriously though, Riggers and Shir are correct, and the EPT had guaranteed prize money.

I can see your point to some extent though nearlyman.....there are a lt of small events popping up these days that are not guaranteed money.

Europe events are the way forward for me.....always guaranteed.....they have been where ever i have played anyway!!!!!!!


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I guaranteed a £10K event - no minimum entries!

I can verify that that, as I played in it and it was a great tournament, and I'm 100% sure that the other events that Riggers, Dazzler, etc have mentioned, were were guarranteed also

Willie

I think the biggest problem with 90% of the tournaments in the uk is that the money is not guaranteed.
The event that Shir did in Barnsley was a great success because she was realistic about the prize fund (BASE ON 32 ENTRYS) which she got with ease and the prize money was covered.
The rest of the tournaments that i have seen in the uk on this site in the last few months are total fantasy (PRIZE FUND BASED ON 64 ENTRYS).
Players travel the length of the country to enter these tournaments and when they get there realise that the prize fund is a 1/4 of what it should be,even if they win the event they just about break even after expenses.
The tournaments in europe are GUARANTEED PRIZE MONEY even if there are only 5 runners,this is why they get so many entrys and players can work out where they need to get to to cover there expenses.
I think it would be better to say all money taken in paid out rather than advertise crazy prize funds.

Ok ive re-read it.!!

You might want to read the post again

ok i keep on re-reading it and now im confused!! Is this a real event or not?? i think ive had too much to drink!

Lol no it's not real.

I think 9000 entries is realistic for an event of this magnitude

Trouble may be with only 16 tables and 5 days to play it!!!

cusack147........your not well pal.

Nice one teach......all seems to add up except for the table thing.....and the venue


Super post though it has to be said!...lol


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Do you have a paypal address nearlyman so I can pay my entry fee?

You shouldn't put down guaranteed prize money and subject to an amount of entries advertising any comp - this is misleading IMO.

You either guarantee a certain amount (EPT) or say "all monies in paid out" as Worthy has stated.

I have been around playing for so many years and this is not new, it's been going on for years in the small table game.

I agree with Worthy too. The point I was making about the Barnsley open is that we were not guaranteeing the prize fund for exactly the reason you guys say.

We were guaranteeing the winners prize would be at least £500 based on a very realistic number of entries and the fact we had £250 sponsorship.

For the next one it should be even more popular being a 2-day 9 ball event and the fact Shir is arranging some neat extras to make it really good value, entertaining and worthwhile having a night over. Sponsorship towards the prize fund is also a good bet so I expect the winners prize mentioned will be based on a higher number of entries. The point is it needs to be thought out fairly and be realistic so not to deceive people.

Now then Pat.... might we be seeing you for this one? And the special event too?

Ok if every pro9 member gets every person in your pool club to bring 5 mates who in turn bring another five mates, then we might just be able to get 7 or 8,000 but sayin we have to wear blue trousers - well that's just daft!!

I've got a blue shell suit. Will that do?

Only D'vali would look the part wearing a blue shellsuit possibly with blue swede shoes to boot!




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