BD,
A few notes on the format of Open T1 2009. We won't be running the A/B/C tour format, so here's a little explanation of what we are doing, and why we're doing it. The longer term plan is to tighten the format at each tour, so that anyone in the top 32 can win T1, top 16 can win T2, top 8 can win Nationals (T3) - this is because one would expect the seeding to be more and more accurate as we go on, so we can write schedules with tighter peer pools as we go along. The format will be : Opening round: North v South 1-32. (Actually, 1v30, 2v32, 3v31 etc to make all the match-ups North v South) The reasons for this are as follows. 1) we wanted to have a North v South x-over for at least 13-20, since the top 16 is the place to be and the separate Tour 0s make this boundary poorly seeded. 2) if we do that for those teams but not the rest of the top 16, we have issues with rested vs unrested teams later on, so we should make the top 12 play a game also. 3) the 1-32 round at Nationals has often been popular (more so with the lower teams perhaps), won't be happening this year at Nationals, and is being done now to provide the opportunity for lower teams to experience games against the top flight. Followed by Top 16 - 4 pools of 4 17-24 - 2 peer pools of 4 25-40 - 4 pools of 4 41-50 - 2 pools of 5 which allows significant movement across the important 32/33 barrier... Followed by: Top 4 - SF & F 5-12, 13-20, 21-28, 29-36, 37-44 - QF, SF & F 45-50 1 pool of 6, carrying over the results from Saturday - e.g. you play against whichever teams you haven't played yet, meaning 3 games, no rematches. The top 16 finishers will be invited to T2 Brighton, and those below to T2 Birmingham. Cheers, Benji __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
