Format of tournaments and leagues you play in

[ref300]

Bongo - for me Billiards comes first.

BILLIARDS LEAGUE RULES
A handicapped based team format.
Teams of 4 players. Games of 90 minutes.
Each game is worth 2 premiership points.
If a game is drawn one premiership point will be awarded to each team.
Captains are permitted to place their players in any order they wish, regardless of handicap order.

Handicap Adjustment Guidelines
Player handicaps change on a weekly basis
Lost a game by >100pts………………10 pt addition to handicap
Lost a game by 50 - 100 pts ………….5 pt addition to handicap
Won a game by >100pts ……………10 pt loss from handicap
Won a game by 50 - 100 pts …………5 pt loss from handicap
Each consecutive win…………………5 pt loss from handicap
Each consecutive loss…………………5 pt addition to handicap
Current low h-cap is -90 & high +280

Finals Tiebreak System
If a finals match finishes 4-4 at the conclusion of regular game play, the team with the greatest TOTAL AGGREGATE SCORE of all games will decide the winner of the match.

SNOOKER LEAGUE RULES
Teams of 4 players, seeded 1 to 4 in seeding list order. Minor variations are allowed on the night to team line-up.
A player can be played up or down one spot on his seeding.
Each match comprises three frames, each frame is worth one point, with one extra point awarded to the winner. 16 points in total.

Seeding points calculations
All Grades
25 pts per frame plus 25 pts match win
Breaks also affect seedings
A Grade
25 points - 40 plus break plus 25 points for each increment of 20 pts
B Grade
25 points - 30 plus break plus 25 points for each increment of 20 pts
Lower grades are at 25 & 20

[bongo]

Bongo - for me Billiards comes first.

Quite right, but I didn't want to upset anybody. But now edited!

[pottingpinks]

Our billiards league is more or less run separately from the snooker side of things by those that take part though I reckon there are only about five or six teams (made up of pairs) left in it now from memory (I have only ever played once in it to make the numbers up).

We do have a knockout up our own club with a trophy to play for but usually only get four or five entries so even if winning it you only really get to play a couple of games a season.

You'd have to worry about the future of billiards even more so than snooker as hard to see the next generation taking to it with so little stimulation to get involved (generally don't see many players playing it anywhere nowadays apart from perhaps the odd traditional type of club).

[Souwester]

EASB will be running an Under 19s billiards tournament next season, so let's hope that engenders some interest in the game from the younger members. Also some basic billiards will be included in the new EASB coaching scheme, so hopefully a lot more juniors will be exposed to the three-ball game.

[ref300]

EASB will be running an Under 19s billiards tournament next season, so let's hope that engenders some interest in the game from the younger members. Also some basic billiards will be included in the new EASB coaching scheme, so hopefully a lot more juniors will be exposed to the three-ball game.

Hi Souwester - a suggestion.
Rather than bury that information here - create a separate post.

[Souwester]

Once the EASB have announced their full tournament details, with venues, I'm sure there will be a lot more info and separate topics here on TSF.

[bongo]

Yes, as a huge billiards fan myself (I prefer it to snooker) I am concerned about the future of billiards.

Our billiards league is run separately from snooker after two billiards leagues run alongside two different snooker leagues in the Plymouth area merged to form one independent billiards league.

I do hope one of those billiards events is near Plymouth!