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Ireland’s 32 County 8-Ball
Tour
Ireland’s Pub Players 8-Ball Pool Tour (reds & yellows)
which was set-up in 2007 organising 8-ball pool tournaments
in different venues throughout the 32 counties of Ireland
will be changing the tours name for the incoming 2010 season…………
The newly named tour will now be called Ireland’s 32 County
8-Ball Tour which is now moving into its forth year, and
is still open to all category of players both amateur and
professional from throughout the 32 counties of Ireland with
all overseas players also very welcome once again to compete
regarding what rules any player plays…..……
The newly name tour, Ireland’s 32 County 8-Ball Tour
will still be staging Ranking Tournaments, Pro-Tour and Challenge
Tour Events, Ireland’s Pro-Am and other major events in venues
throughout Ireland north and south of the border with each
tournament having four or more pool tables used for each event…….
All players that play on Ireland’s 32 County 8-Ball Pool
Tour will receive a playing handicap for all open tournaments
or any other handicap events which is organised by the tour
with all players listed.....................players HANDICAPS
can be viewed by going into the following website www.rballsports.com
and clicking on the 8-ball link on the left-hand-side and
then click on players handicaps............
TOURNAMENTS:
(1). All tournaments will be played on one day (Saturday)
unless second day is needed which will be the next day (Sunday)
…………..this will depend on the number of players who enter
and the number of tables used for each event…………
(2). All Pro-Tour and Challenge Tour Events will take place
on Sunday’s unless otherwise stated with separate rankings
set in place for each event……….
(3). The newly named tour Ireland’s 32 County 8-Ball Tour
will have a official set of ranking points in place for each
ranking tournament which sees the new ranking system lasting
for a period of one year…………..(rankings starting from scratch
each year)
(4). Each ranking tournament will see the top 8 players on
the tour rankings seeded for each tournament with the first
set of rankings taken after the 2010 Co. Donegal Open 8Ball
Championships which is a open draw for this first event in
the 2010 playing season.....……
(5). All tournaments on Ireland’s 32 County 8-Ball Tour will
still be played to World Rules which has two playing rules
added by the tour organisers for the 2010 season………..(a).
all players will lag for break in each match…….……….(b). The
skill shot will also be added....
(6). The organisers of Ireland’s 32 County 8-Ball Tour has
the right to set and change the rules when need be at any
time for the benefit of the tour and its players, but they
will let everyone know well in advance.………
(7). There will also be a number of other events hosted by
Ireland’s 32 County 8-Ball Tour throughout the 2010 season
such as Ireland’s Invitation 8-Ball Pro-Am the tour plans
to host some Blackball Tournaments as well as Ladies and Junior
Events, over 40’s Events plus lots more which will be advertised
on the tours official website www.rballsports.com
(8). The official website for Ireland’s 32 County 8-Ball Tour
will be www.rballsports.com
which will keep everyone up-to-date regarding fixtures, reports,
results, photo’s, player profiles, official rankings just
to mention a few plus much more……..
MEMBERSHIP:
There is no membership fee for any player who wants to compete
on Ireland’s 32 County 8-Ball Tour with all tournaments open
to all category of players by just paying a tournament entry
fee of £20 for each event they play in unless otherwise
stated.………..
TOURNAMENT ENTRIES:
All tournaments must be pre-entered by the Thursday before
each event, and there will be no guarantee for any player
getting entered on the day……….We will be running two time
slots for each tournament starting at 10am and 2-pm unless
otherwise stated…….All matches will be played in a straight
knockout format starting with the best of 13 from start to
finish… . … the games on the tour has been increased because
of the new playing handicap system which is introduced for
the 2010 season.......
ENTRY FEES:
Each Tournament will be £15 entry fee plus £5
registration fee / green fees or 22.50 euros entry fee plus
7.50 euros registration / green fees for each event (men only)….
and £10 entry fee plus £3 registration fee / green
fee for ladies or under-16 or 20 euros (all in)……..
All registration / green fees will go towards the running
and up keeping of the tour such as newspaper advertising,
reports, results and photo’s, the setting up and the up keeping
of a website, the organisers expenses and costs for the running
of each tournament before and after the event, on the day
of the tournament just to mention a few….
PRIZE-MONEY:
All the £15 & £10 (ladies & under-16)
entry fees taken in will be paid out in prize-money plus we
hope to have added prize-money to each event if the tour can
attract major sponsors………..
DRESS-CODE:
All tournaments played under Ireland’s 32 County 8-Ball Tour
will have the following dress code:
(a). any kind of casual / dress / polo shirt with a collar.
(b). black dress trousers.
(c ). proper dress shoes.
TOURNAMENT DIARY:
The 2010 tournament diary for Ireland’s 32 County 8-Ball Tour
can be viewed by clicking on the 8-ball tournament diary link
at the top of the page on the following website www.rballsports.com
PLAYERS:----- (dress-code information)
In any player or players appears or plays in any tournament
without the proper dress code he / she will receive the following
penalty…….
(1). Any player failing to wear the tours dress-code for any
tournament will see there opponent rewarded one frame on top
of all official playing handicaps for ever round they play
compete in…….
(2). Players failing to wear the tours dress-code can only
receive half the prize-money they win with the rest added
to the next tournament……….
All tournaments played under Ireland’s 32 County 8-Ball Pool
Tour will have the following dress code:
(a). any kind of casual / dress / polo shirt with a collar.
(b). black dress trousers.
(c ). proper dress shoes.
“NO EXCEPTIONS” will be given to any player…………………..
TOURNAMENT RANKINGS:
The official rankings used for Ireland’s 32 County 8-Ball
Pool Tour has been changed to a yearly basis only lasting
for a period of one year each time starting off in January
2010.…
This means that new players will be starting of 2010 and every
other season on a level playing field from scratch giving
every player a fresh start each year on Ireland’s 32 County
8-Ball Pool Tour………
The ranking system used for ranking tournaments in 2010 for
the newly named Ireland’s 32 County 8-Ball Tour is as follows…….
Winner: 100 points
Runner-Up: 60 points
Semi-Finals: 40 points
¼-Finals: 30 points
Last-16: 20 points
Last-32: 10 points
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