Special Events

There will be special tournament events sprinkled across the calendar. Most of these will be centered around a holiday or specific time of the year. Here are a few examples:

Halloween Monster (S)Mash

All mixed doubles, total of 6 round robin games
First 4 games will include a bye for each team
Top 18 teams by points and wins moves on to games 5 and 6
Games are to 11, win by 1
No age restrictions
Brackets to be determined by number of teams signed up
Top 4 teams in each bracket will play a single elimination playoff to determine 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
Costumes optional (separate prizes awarded)

Thanksgiving Leftovers

Mixed or W/W Doubles
Maximum combined rating of 7.5 for mixed where the woman must be the 4.0
Maximum combined rating of 7.0 for mixed if the man is a 4.0Mixed or W/W Doubles
Maximum combined rating of 8.0 for W/W
No age restriction

Winter Cup

01/07/24 and/or 01/14/24 – Women’s Tournament
01/21/24 and/or 01/28/24 – Men’s Tournament

These are the Specifics:

There will be 2 Winter Cup events, one for women and another for the men.
Depending on the number of teams signing up, it can be 2 consecutive weekends of play, with the finalists from week 1 needing to return to face the finalists in week 2 on week 2.

Women’s Dates: Jan 7 (if needed) and Jan 14 (originally proposed date)

Men’s Dates: Jan 21 (if needed) and Jan 28 (originally proposed date)

The original intention was to have 6 teams of 6 face off in a single weekend but I understand that there twice as many teams interested in participating, hence splitting the event into 2 weekends each.

Here’s the catch, I can only work with either:

6 teams – single weekend of play only, 5 matches with 2 games per match
8 teams – 2 weekends of 4 teams, 3 matches but each likely to be 3 games per match, with the winners of the first weekend to return the following weekend to face the winner of week 2
12 teams – 2 weekends of 6 teams, with the winners of the first weekend to return the following weekend to face the winner of week 2
Winners will be determined by Team Wins, Team Points with Team Points Differential and Head-to Head result as the tie-breakers.

Each team will need to have

One 4.5 rated player
Two 4.0 rated players
Two 3.5 rated players
One 3.0 rated player

Teams will need to play the following doubles games in each match:

Game 1
4.5 + 4.0(1)
4.0(2) + 3.5(1)
3.5(2)+3.0

Game 2
4.5+4.0(2)
4.0(1)+3.5(2)
3.5(1)+3.0

[Game 3 in the 8 team format]
4.5+3.5(2)
4.0(1)+3.5(1)
4.0(2)+3.0

6/12 team draw (repeated for second weekend, winners of first week need to return to play the final in second week)

Match 1 2v4 1v5 3v6
Match 2 5v2 6v1 4v3
Match 3 4v6 1v2 3v5
Match 4 3v1 5v4 6v2
Match 5 5v6 2v3 1v4

8 team draw (4 teams play on each weekend, winners of first week need to return to play the final in second week)

Match 1 1v2 3v4
Match 2 3v1 4v2
Match 3 2v3 1v4

Age 50+

$10 fee from each team to cover the cost of the prize