On Friday 30th August Dave Hall kindly assisted with the draw to determine the team line up for the Handicap 'Couples'. (Overseen by Steve Lavery)
These are;
Andy Lawrence and Jonny Woodhouse
Ian Rowe and Keith Gray
Peter Irlam and Chris Brock
Les Carr and Bruno Gaultier
Lewis Harding and Dave Hall
Ian Morton and Peter Archbold
Dan Cusack and No;22 (position to be filled)
Rob Owen and Martin Davison
Phil Renton and Paul Leedham
Paul Blakely and Adam Rowe
Ian Smith and Nick Fecitt
Each pair need to give themselves a team name (ASAP please) and I'll put together the Round Robin League.
So.........here's the format. Each team (couple) play all the other teams in the league as and when can be arranged and in no particular order. There is no set time scale, if by chance all games are played before Christmas then we can re-run second half !
Each player is individually handicapped and will play one of the opposing team on the night.
Arrange a time and date for a match so that all 4 players attend. 2 courts will be needed, whether you book side by side or consecutive courts is up to you although marking or having a marker might be a consideration. Personally I think consecutive courts is much the better option in case one game were to run over.
Best of 3 games to 21, every point counts, total points for and against will be added together to give an overall winning team. (There is a cash prize waiting for the winners)
Just like previous handicap competitions a maximum match score is 84pts (21+21) and (21+21) per team. The losing team take their best game scores forward. Hypothetically if a team won all their matches to the max then their final tally would be 84 X 10 matches = 840pts. I'm hopeful our handicap committee get it right so this won't happen.
Sounds complicated but it's not. I'll put up the teams, their handicaps and league updates on the notice board along with a reminder of the format.
With our super Whats-AP chat thing games should be easier to arrange than previously.
I would like to attend as many matches as I can (to mark or just watch with beer in hand) so keep me posted of arranged games.
No idea how this will pan out but just trying to get everyone playing.
Sensible Team names to me ASAP please.
Still need a partner for Dan as well.
Cheers
Ian Mc