ATTACHMENT “A” ROUND 1 A vs B C vs D E – Bye ROUND 2 B vs E A vs C D – Bye ROUND 3 D vs B E vs A C – Bye ROUND 4 C vs E D vs A B – Bye ROUND 5 E vs D B vs C A – Bye PLAYER ROTATION SCHEDULE WITH PLAYER NUMBERS
6 Players
7 Players
8 Players
9 Players
10 Players
11 Players
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1ST MATCH
2ND MATCH
3RD MATCH
4TH MATCH
1ST MATCH
2ND MATCH
3RD MATCH
4TH MATCH
1ST MATCH
2ND MATCH
3RD MATCH
4TH MATCH
1ST MATCH
2ND MATCH
3RD MATCH
4TH MATCH
1ST MATCH
2ND MATCH
3RD MATCH
4TH MATCH
etc.
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1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
7,1-5
6-7,1-4
5-7,1-3
1-6
7-8,1-4
5-8,1-2
3-8
1-6
7-9,1-3
4-9
1-6
1-6
7-10,1-2
3-8
9-10,1-4
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A. Each District shall send a championship league team each year to the State League Team Championship finals, which shall be hosted by the districts on a rotating basis.
B. All expenses of the qualifying events to establish a district championship team for the finals shall be borne by each district.
C. All expenses for the finals shall be the responsibility of the host district.
D. ASA shall provide trophies and/or awards for the first (1st) through fifth (5th) place for the tournament in an amount not to exceed $900.00.
E. District presidents shall draw for order of play at the ASA State Meeting preceding the finals. The letters A, B, C, D, & E shall be used for the draw. The “bye” letter shall be noted before the draw and all districts informed in writing as to the letter drawn by each district. Play shall be in the order of the attached chart. See “Attachment A”.
F. Team members must be listed in advance of play. A three (3)-board procedure will be used. Trophies/ Awards shall be awarded at the discretion of the Tournament Director for places one (1) through five (5) and are limited to ten (10) per team. If a team desires additional trophies, it will be the team’s responsibility to purchase them. All captains must play all players on a rotating basis. (See previous page for rotation schedules) Pairings within the rotation schedule will be at the discretion of the team captains. No substitutions to submitted list are allowed once tournament begins. Team members on a district championship team must have played on the winning team at least three (3) times during the season.
G. Play will be ROUND ROBIN, doubles format, and 16 frames.
H. The schedule showing which teams will be playing and which team has the “bye” for each round shall be posted in advance.
I. The team captains, together with Tournament Director shall be responsible to see that players do not repeat position on any court. Penalty is loss of the game.
J. Fifteen (15) minutes before each round, team captains MUST present to the Tournament Director a team roster and position (head or foot) to be played, in accordance with the rotation schedule. This must be strictly enforced (no switching or matching).
K. Rotation in Case of Unavailability: The next player in the established rotation for the team may replace a player no longer able to continue at any point prior to or during a match. The unavailable player may return for a later match but the team must follow at that point the pre-tournament established rotation as if the player had been available throughout. If the team has only the minimum number of 6 players, the game the incapacitated player is playing or scheduled for and all following games for which he/she is scheduled to play are forfeited. Furthermore,
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State League Team Championship
Procedures
any prior games he/she won will be recorded as losses. Exception: If his/her team wins in games played would result in a first place finish for that team, only the games not played will be considered forfeit losses and the team will be awarded first place.
L. The captain of each team (or a designated player) will lag for color on a neutral court. Coin toss will determine who lags on yellow.
M. Tournament Director will post wins and losses for each team after each round.
N. In case a tie occurs during playoffs on one board, playing two (2) frames breaks the tie; two (2) additional frames shall be played until the tie is broken.
O. In case of a three way tie that cannot be resolved by head-to-head comparison, the following procedures will be utilized: The captains of the three tied teams will draw numbers (#1,2, 3). The two teams drawing #1 and #2 will play each other in a regular three board competition scenario using any six team members in any order. The team drawing #1 will lag on yellow. The team drawing #2 will lag on black. Each of the three games will go two frames at a time, each team having a hammer, and will continue until a winner is determined. Once either team has won two games, play will cease and the winner will play team #3, the first winner lagging on yellow and team #3 lagging on black. The same procedure as before will be followed. The winner of the second match will finish (1st), the loser of the second match will finish (2nd) and the loser of the first match will finish (3rd). Every effort should be made to prevent any player from playing a spot previously played in the tournament.
P. A complete report of actual expenses for the finals, a list of participating teams and order of finish, and any other pertinent information shall be submitted to the ASA President soon after completion of the Tournament
Q. Any changes to these procedures must be submitted in detail in writing and mailed with the notice of an ASA meeting. A two thirds (2/3) vote of those ASA Boards Members present and voting, a quorum being present, is required to approve any changes.
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