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GSA12rider
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Posted: 2024-02-19 14:36
Hello - Hope someone can help.
Been scouring the net for ideas but nothing useful found so far.
I appreciate this may seem strange, but I am trying to arrange a pool competition on a SINGLE UK pool table with standard 8-ball setup (15 + cue ball), but it is for between 15-30 people (averagely skilled), and need the whole thing to finish within about 3 hours (!)
Does anyone know a way of playing and scoring so that we can have as many people playing at the same time as possible, and scoring points to achieve a single winner (rather than team-based)?
I know it's a big ask, and I would also hope to find some scoring software to assist.
(Will write some myself if I have to in VB)
Any guidance would be much appreciated.
Many thanks in advance.
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Posted: 2024-02-19 15:04
WOW... Tough one!
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billiardbloke
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Posted: 2024-02-20 12:07
I'm not sure that a game currently exists to meet such criteria. Maybe you could play a straight-pool ring game but that could end up with spells of 15+ minutes between visits for each player. Or 'killer' but you devise your own scoring system and only eliminate in the last hour maybe. [ This message was edited by: billiardbloke on 2024-02-20 12:08 ]
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Posted: 2024-02-21 11:39
Reply from... Ben Taylor-Fuente - thanks Ben!
30 people - 3 hours max - 1 table
= 6 mins table time each on average.
Would suggest something simple like speed pool, see how many balls you can pot in 5 mins, - set them up when all 15 potted and go again.
5 min playtime gives 1 min between players to setup again.
If it’s 16 players or fewer you can probably do straight KO 1 frame.
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