Forumites, friends, bowlers.
I'm toying with the idea of organising a tournament in January for
the Forum. I suppose you can consider this as a continuation of the
good work Jordan has put in for the previous tourneys.
I've worked out a few details and basically have a skeletal
structure of how it will work. I will need your inputs, people,
let's make this work together.
I'm thinking of holding it at Jackies Bowl on the 26th of January
2003. As for timing, we can decide a bit later, depending on
availability of bowlers. First of all, it'll be 2 weeks after the
Classic tourney and also before CNY. Jackies Bowl has great lanes,
and great food to boot. And a nice viewing area..... I will call
the alley tomorrow to ask about exact prices and chances for any
package deal, but I will need more info from u folks first.
The format will be as follows. All bowlers will bowl a block of 6
games. Bowlers will change lanes during the course of the 6 games,
how many times will be dependent on how many bowlers there
are.
Following that, there will be a playoffs series to determine the
overall champion. Based on a minimum of 12 participants, the top 6
bowlers will take part in the playoffs. Should there be more
participants, it will only be fair to have up to 10 or even 12
playoff bowlers. But that will depend on the response. Each pair of
lanes will ideally have 4-6 bowlers.
Let's give a rough format of the playoffs. Based on 12
participants, the top 6 bowlers will progress to the playoffs. The
top 2 qualifiers will have a first round bye. On the bottom
bracket, the 3rd place will face off with the 6th place, and the
winner will face of with the 2nd place qualifier. In the other
bracket, the winner of the 4th and 5th placed bowlers will face the
1st place bowler. The winner of each bracket will face each other
to determine the winner. The playoff is purposely kept short (just
5 games in 3 rds). Furthermore, each round would be played
concurrently, so as to further minimise waiting time. We certainly
don't want those who did not qualify to head home
straightaway.
Prizes and cost. I've put these 2 together because, the size of the
prizes obviously depends on number of participants. And
furthermore, being held on a weekend, games are more expensive as
usual as well. We're looking at a possible 25 - 30 dollars per head
for 6 games. (considering that each game would be about 3 dollars
plus) We have to add in the cost of the playoffs and prizes into
the fees per head.
Important thing is also to note, this is mainly for the forumites.
Otherwise we can't call it a forum tourney.
Ok.... after all that is said and done....
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Date: Sunday, January 26th, 2003, Time TBA.
Location: Jackies Bowl, Katong
Format: Block of 6, followed by 3 round playoffs.
Cost: Based on 12 bowlers, 30 per
head will give us about 80 dollars worth of prizes. 25 will give us
just 20 dollars of prizes. More than 12 bowlers = more prizes, more
fun.
Think about it, if we can somehow get 32 bowlers, prize money will
shoot to about 220 bucks! 
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So... WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE THINK?
