Ireland Pub Players
8-Ball Pool Tour (reds & yellows) is
now moving into its second year which is open
to all amateur pool players throughout the 32 counties.
This new 8-ball tour (reds & yellows) will be played in Hotels and Pub venues north and south
of the border with each tournament having four or more pool
tables used, and played to the following formats…….
1. There
will be 12 ranking tournaments or more taking place on Ireland’s
Pub Players 8-Ball Pool Tour in the 2008 season with all
ranking tournaments called tour-events……..Each ranking event
will have the same value of ranking points on offer except
the All Ireland 8-Ball Championship which will have double
ranking points………. (full details on ranking points listed
below)
Twelve Tour Ranking Events
Ireland’s Invitation 8-Ball Pro-Am Pool Classic
All Ireland Doubles Championship
Ulster Inter County Team Championship
Juniors:
Four Junior Ranking Tournaments (under-19)
Junior Pro-Am (one world professional & one
junior player per team)
Junior & Ladies Qualifiers (qualifiers
for ladies, under-16 & 19 players to get into the pro-am
main event)
All information will be stated on the tours official
website at www.pubplayerspooltour.com (click on the 8-ball link on the top of the main page
highlighted in red )…
2. 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……
3. Each
tournament will carry a official set of ranking points for
this new 8-ball tour (8 seeded players for each tournament)
and there will be official website link from Ireland’s American
8 & 9 Ball Pool Tour which is www.pubplayerspooltour.com covering
all photo’s, reports, rankings, player profiles just to
mention a few.
4. All
events will be played to World Rules with two new rules
added to the All Ireland Pub Players 8-Ball Pool Tour.
(a). all
players will lac for break in each match…….…..(b).
The skill shot will also be added………..
5. The organisers
of the All Ireland Pub Players 8-Ball Pool 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. …..
6. There
will also be a number of ladies and junior events taking
place played under Ireland’s Pub Players 8-Ball Pool Tour,
mostly on the same weakened as the open events with also
a official set of rankings set in place….
Membership:
There will be no membership this year 2008 for any player
playing on Ireland’s Pub Players 8-Ball Pool Tour but from
2009 there will be a £10 membership for all men, ladies
and juniors…..
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 (based
on 64 players) unless otherwise stated…….All matches will
be played in a straight knockout format starting with the
best of 9 from the first round through to the final which
will be the best of 11……
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 when the tour is up and running…….
Dress Code:
All tournaments played under
Ireland’s Pub Players 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.
Tournament Diary:
If any player hasn’t received the 2008 tournament diary
please contact 07776365059 or from Rep of Ireland (0044)
7776365059 or email rbirish8ball@yahoo.co.uk and a copy
will be sent out.
Note:
In any player or players appears or plays in any tournament
without the proper dress code he / she will not be allowed
to progress to the next round of the tournament or be entitled
to receive any prize-money or ranking points… “NO EXCEPTIONS”
will be given to any player….If this happens the
players prize-money will be added to the next tournament.
Official Ranking System:
The
official rankings used for Ireland’s Pub Players 8-Ball Pool Tour will last for a period of three years
each time starting off in January 2008.… The provisional
rankings was used from May to December last year (2007)
for the seeding for each tournament taking place until
the end of 2007.…….
This
means that new players will be starting of the new 2008
season on a level playing field from scratch which will
see the rankings then last for 3-years bringing them up
to 2011. . . .
The
complete new ranking system for the new pub players tour
where ranking points will be received from the following
tour-events is as follows:-----
All Tour Events: |
All Ireland 8-Ball Championship |
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(Double Ranking Points) |
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Winner: = 100 |
Winner: = 200 |
Runner-Up: = 60 |
Runner-Up: = 120 |
Semi-Finals: = 40 |
Semi-Finals: = 80 |
¼-Finals: = 30 |
¼-Finals: = 60 |
Last-16: = 20 |
Last-16: = 40 |
Last-32: = 10 |
Last-32: = 20 |
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NOTE:
A full
list of dates and venues will be advertised shortly as
we will be trying not to clash with other tours. Please
keep checking the official website which will be used
for Ireland’s Pub Players 8-Ball Pool Tour by clicking
on the link at the top of the main page at www.pubplayerspooltour.com
