END OF SEASON PLAY OFFS

The play offs will follow on from the league fixtures, and this year will be played on alternate weeks, with the Merit and Pairs competitions played on the week's in between (See Fixtures and Results page for a list of dates)

The format will be as last year with opponents and venues decided by position in the final league table

QUALIFICATION PLAY OFFS

1st  v  4th

2nd  v 3rd

The winners of these matches will qualify for a home match in the semi finals. The losers will have a home match in the quarter finals

ELIMINATION PLAY OFFS

5th  v  8th

6th  v 7th

The winners of these matches will qualify for the quarter finals, where they will play away to the teams that lost in the Qualification Play offs. The losers - as the title suggests - will be eliminated

The matches will be played in exactly the same format as league fixtures.

There is however one change to last year in that when a match finishes in a 2 - 2 draw, the winners will be decided by a 'shoot out', rather than the team with the highest aggregate going through (which is what happened last year)

SHOOT OUT (when matches end 2 - 2)

This will involve only two players - the ones who have just played the last game (so there is no need for all 6 players to stay until the end).

The two players will take ONE SHOT each at the 'spotted up' position i.e. play from the D, with red on the top spot and opponents ball on the middle spot).

Any score (in-off, pot or cannon) will count for a single point. Players will toss up for order of play. If both players score (1 - 1) or both players miss (0 - 0) the same two players should repeat the process until one player wins the match for his team. The final score (1 - 0, 2 -1, 3-2 etc) should be recorded on the scorecard to identify the winners

If you have any questions please ask secretary, chairman or treasurer before the first matches on 27th February

Stephen Kershaw

Secretary