TOURNAMENTS

The WDTTL tournaments are currently held at the Merley Community Centre. Only players registered with the Wimborne and District Table Tennis League are eligible to play. Any player wishing to participate in a tournament must arrive by 7.30pm unless prior notice has been given to the tournament secretary that he/she will be arriving late.


Hard Bat Tournament:

A round robin format playing to 21 points, 5 serves each and 1 set. The winners of the groups will play in a final. If there is no outright winner of a group then play-offs will occur.


Other Tournaments:

Depending upon the number of players attending, each tournament takes a round robin format with groups of 4 or 5 players or a straight knockout with the appropriate number of byes to get the player numbers to the required value.
This decision is made on the evening.
All games are played to 21 points with 5 serves each and best of 3 sets.
For the round robin format the points are allocated as follows:
Result 2:0 Winner gets 3 points, loser gets 0 points
Result 2:1 Winner gets 2 points, loser gets 1 point

The Veterans Handicap Tournament is only open to players aged 40 or over.
The Scratch Singles Tournament is held towards the end of the first part of the season.
The Handicap Singles Tournament is held at the start of the second part of the season.
The Drawn Doubles Tournament is held at the end of the season on the Presentation Evening.

How to apply the handicaps

Each player starts from his or her handicap up to 21. A players handicap is allocated at the start of a season based upon his or her results from the previous season. Normally, if a player did not play during the previous season then a handicap of zero will be applied. However, upon request, a player may be allocated a handicap at the discretion of the tournament/results secretary.

The handicaps are applied according to the following table:
AverageHandicapAverageHandicap
95% - 100% 0 Change ends at 10 42% - 47% 9 Change ends at 15
90% - 94%1Change ends at 1136% - 41%10Change ends at 15
84% - 89%2Change ends at 1130% - 35%11Change ends at 16
78% - 83%3Change ends at 1224% - 29%12Change ends at 16
72% - 77%4Change ends at 1218% - 23%13Change ends at 17
66% - 71%5Change ends at 1312% - 17%14Change ends at 17
60% - 65%6Change ends at 136% - 11%15Change ends at 18
54% - 59%7Change ends at 141% - 5%16Change ends at 18
48% - 53%8Change ends at 140%17Change ends at 19

Each player starts at his/her handicap and plays up to 21 and the best of 3 games.

If the 3rd game is played then change ends at the specified score.

Examples:


Player A:Average = 88%Start at 2, change ends at 11
Player B:Average = 26%Start at 12, change ends at 16
 
Player A:Average = 18%Start at 13, change ends at 17
Player B:Average = 60%Start at 5, change ends at 13
 
Player A:Average = 100%Start at 0, change ends at 10
Player B:Average = 0%Start at 17, change ends at 19
 
Player A:Average = 75%Start at 4, change ends at 12
Player B:Average = 73%Start at 4, change ends at 12