GENERAL INFORMATION:

Tournament Directors: Simon Wisbey and Peter Milner.

Tournament location: Amusement Worx 285-287 Torrens Road West Croydon SA 5008.

Tournament times: Registration and warm up from 5.45pm-6.30pm sharp.
Information and questions from players 6.30pm-6.35pm.
Tournament from 6.35pm-10pm.

Tournament Entry Fee: $25.


TOURNAMENT FORMAT DETAILS:

PLEASE NOTE: This group matchplay tournament has been registered with the usual 4 rounds of 3 matches. For this tournament there will be a cut-off time for starting the fourth round. If the third round is still in progress at 10pm, the fourth round will not be played and the tournament will end after the third round. The machines will then be on free-play until 10.30pm. This will be implemented to keep the evening from running too late.

FORMAT: Group match play.
1) Seeding: IFPA.
2) First round pairing: Slaughter.
3) General pairing: Balanced - Players will be randomly paired with previously unfaced opponents.
4) Player order: Rotating - Random order for the first game, then rotates player order evenly.
5) Scoring system: IFPA (7/5/3/1) (7/4/1).
6) Arena draws: Balanced - Attempts will be made to assign an arena that has been played the fewest times by all opponents.
7) Duration: Four rounds.
8) Matches each round: Three matches.
9) Tiebreaker: Ties will be broken by the number of first place finishes, then by the number of second place finishes and finally, if necessary, a single game play-off.