Comp starts at 7pm, registration from 6.30pm
Tournament will be Group Matchplay
Qualifying - 5 Rounds (4 rds if more than 16 players)
First round pairing: Players will be randomly paired against each other in the first round.
General pairing: Players will be paired against players with the same/similar win-loss record.
Scoring system: IFPA (7/5/3/1) for 4player grps (7/4/1) for 3 player grps.

Arena draws: Attempts will be made to assign an arena that has been played the fewest times by all opponents.
Five rounds (or 4 depending on numbers), one game per round.

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. Ties will only be broken for first, second and third places in the semi final & final.

The finals will consist of the top 8 (or top 4 field if less than 16players).
Semi Final - players will be seeded into two groups with the top two players from each group going through to the final. Ea group will play 1 elimination final with placings awarded 7/5/3/1 with the top 2 players from ea group going through to the final (Semis will change to 3 game chaos format to max. pts when we can get a sixth pin on site)
Final - The top four players will play 4 games concurrently in chaos style format to maximise IFPA points

ENTRY FEE: $6 ($5 into the prize pool, the $1 IFPA\Aus Champ fee)
Newer Games are $2 & Older Games are $1 ea (this is public venue)
expect to play 9 games if you make to the final 4 (11games if we get the 6th pin)
Prizes 1st, 2nd, 3rd will receive cash. Last place will recieve entry into the next comp.
There will also be random prizes on the nite donated by the Tatts, AMD & Stern (if available)

VENUE:
Tattersalls Hotel
Station St & Union Ln,
Penrith NSW 2750