Preston Cross Tournament Draw 2007

SUMMARY OF TOURNAMENT RULES

NON HANDICAP MATCHES

Standard W.S.F Rules.

Best of FIVE games

Current (revised) W.S.F Rules shall be used for DOUBLES

HANDICAP SINGLES MATCHES

1) Best of THREE games scoring , first to 21 where every rally counts. Sudden Death at 20-all.

2) The first server shall remain serving until a combined score is a multiple of five points, including

love-all where approriate. Thereafter, the service shall alternate at the conclusion of every fifth

winning rally

3) Standard Singles Rules shall apply in all other resepects.

4) To establish the handicap you work out the difference between the two players, the highest handicap will always start on a plus score. THE MAXIMUM PLUS SCORE IS 15.

For example
-5 '+ 5 starts 0 '+ 10
-25 '- 15 starts 0 ' + 10
+10 '+ 12 starts 0 '+ 2
-25 '+ 5 starts '-15 '+ 15
-25 '+ 10 starts 0 '+ 15
+3 '+4 starts 0 '+ 1

If this is not clear please clarify before playing.

JUNIOR DOUBLES HANDICAP

5) Best of THREE games.

6) The handicap fo each pairing has been calculated as defined in Rule 7 of the tournament Rules.

Match handicaps are established as in 4) above. The maximum positive handicap shall be 9

7) Current W.S.F. Doubles Rules shall apply in all other respects.

SAFETY GOGGLES

All particpants in the Junior events U19 and below Singles and Doubles must wear safety goggles at all times.

All particpants in the Senior Doubles events are strongly recommended to wear safety goggles.

Safety goggles will be made available to use on Finals Night but they can be purchased through the club at any time.

RECORDING OF RESULTS

The name of the winner along with the score for each game shall be recorded on the scoresheets supplied on the notice board.

If a player is deemed to be unavailable to play during the specified dates to play then the opponent will be given a walkover.

Last Updated on 1/03/2007
By Alan Emsley