LEAGUE FORMAT
6 sessions once a week will be played. Each league night we will play 5 rounds each on a different machine in groups of 4 or 3.
Groups will be based on attendance.
Points will be given as follows for each game: 7 pts. for 1st, 5 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd and 1 for 4th (or 7,4,1 for a 3 person group).
A total of 35 points would be the maximum a player could achieve in a single night.
First round matches and games will be randomly drawn.
Order of play will be determined by the Match Play Software.
Subsequent round matches will be determined by overall total points- Swiss style.
Total up the points per league night for the season and that is your rank.
League points will be added together for each of the 6 weeks.
Total points possible for a season 35 + 35 + 35 + 35 + 35 + 35 = 210
we will drop the 2 lowest scores of the 6 sessions for each player(best 4 of 6)
During Week 7, we will have an 16 player A- Division playoff (With 32 or more players, if less this number will be reduced).
Seeding for playoffs will be based on league session (1-6) finish.
Format will be 3 game Papa style playoff with the highest seed having choice of game selection or position for each game.
The next highest seed will have next choice of position, etc.
Scoring 7-5-3-1 scoring. Total possible points 21 for a round by a player.
The 2 players with the highest scores will move on to the next round in each match.
Should there be a tie to determine who will move on, A one game tiebreaker game will be played to determine the winner.
Highest seed getting pick of game or position for the tiebreaker.
The final 4 will also play a 3 game papa style playoff finals to determine 1,2,3,4.
If there is a tie for first place then there will be a one game tiebreaker to determine the winner.
The Remaining players will be placed into B - Divsion with a similar playoff experience.
Players need to attend at least 50% of the qualifying sessions to be included in the IFPA results.
TGP 5 games in 4 player groups x 2 = 10 games x 6 sessions = 60 qualifying games.
Playoff TGP 3 games in groups of 4 x 2 = 6 games x 3 rounds = 18 playoff games
78 games total
Player Cap at 48