CASTLE CHALLENGE LADDER – TEST YOURSELF AND FIGHT FOR POSITION ON THE LEADERBOARD!

Castle Challenge Ladder

This is an exciting competition that should help sort out once and for all who is the best of the best, the worst of the worst and everywhere in between!

The rules are explained below and as the ladder progresses, it will be updated in the club as well as on this page. The purpose of the ladder is to encourage more competitive match play amongst the members of the club and to generate a club ranking of sorts.

CASTLE CHALLENGE LADDER RULES 2023-24

1. This year’s Ladder will run from 9th October until 31st May. Entry will be submitted via an online google form. The starting positions will be determined by whoever joins first, goes top and so on. The entry will go ‘live’ on Sunday8th October at 7pm. Anyone who joins the ladder after it has begun will join at the bottom.
2. The number of places you can challenge above you will be 10% (rounded up) of the total number of participants in the ladder.
3. Challenges must be made following the ‘Challenge Guidelines*’ and played at the earliest convenience of both players, within 3 weeks of the challenge being made.
4. Challenges will be best of 5 Frames, unless both players agree to best of 3. All matches will be played as scratch, i.e. no handicaps
5. If the challenger wins the match then they will move above the challenged player, if they lose the challenge then both players stay where they are.
6. The winning player of any challenge is immune from being challenged until 7pm three days after the match, during this period they are free to challenge above them. Likewise, the losing player may not make a challenge until 7pm three days after the match is played, however they are able to be challenged during this period.
7. Holiday – Players may mark themselves as unavailable for a maximum of 2 weeks and can take no more than 4 weeks throughout the season.
8. Registered players are expected to provide a contact mobile phone number to be recorded on the back of their Players ladder card and on the Ladder standings spreadsheet.
9. Players will split the cost of the table light for each match.

Challenge guidelines –
When issuing a challenge you should:

• Contact the person you wish to challenge directly via Whatsapp, Text message or Phone call. When issuing the challenge you should offer at least 2 dates to play the challenge, should these dates not be compatible the challenged player should then offer 2 further dates when the challenge can take place. It is the intention that challenges should take place at the earliest convenience of both players within the 2 week window, if this is posing a problem please contact the rules committee. The likely outcome of being unable to arrange a date is that the challenging player will be given a walkover victory or a short extension may be given to play the match. In the event that a match has not been played in the 14 day window, then neither player will be able to make a challenge for the next 7 days
• Notify the club and other participants of the challenge by posting on the WhatsApp group.
• Update the Physical Ladder. If you are not at the club please call or message the club for someone to update the ladder

Following a challenge the Winner must:

• Notify staff of the result so that the online version of the ladder can be updated.
• Post the result on the WhatsApp group to notify other participants of the result.