Player
of the Year
Player of
the Year Rules (2024-2025)
General
- Manchester full
members only
- Prizes for Expert
and Non-Expert categories.
-
Expert is NGS rating Q and above just
before the Green Point Swiss Teams (usually in July).
- Non-Expert
is NGS rating J or below. Players may
opt out of competing in the non-expert category.
- To be eligible for
non-expert points both players in a pairs event must be
non-expert,
for
a teams event 3 out of 4, or 4 out of 5, or 6 out of 8 must be
non-expert.
- In the Gazette
(Teams of Eight) the team average must be J or below to be
eligible for non-expert points.
- Season to start
with the Green Point Swiss Teams event.
- Point awards and
categories to be reviewed each year in light of experience.
- Points for the
league will be awarded to players who play 50%+ of matches.
Equal
places will each get same number of higher points e.g. 2nd=
both get 6 points in Ben Franks.
Point awards for Experts
Note these have been reduced for 2024-25 to reflect the
reduction in number of entries in recent years
If non-Manchester pairs/teams are placed their points are
awarded but not recorded
- Green point 1 day
pairs 7 for first down to 1 for seventh
- Green point 1 day
teams 7 for first down to 1 for seventh
- Ben Franks 7 for
first down to 1 for seventh
- Congress pairs 7
for first down to 1 for seventh
- Congress Teams A
final 8 for first, 6 for second down to 2 for fourth
- Congress Teams B
final 4 for first, 2 for second, 1 for third
- Gazette 6 for
first, 4 for second, 2 for third (or 4 for first, 2 for
second if fewer than 6 teams enter)
- Higson Cup final
6 for first, 4 for second down to 2 for third
- Higson Plate
final 4 for first, 2 for second
- League division 1
8 for first, 6 for second down to 2 for fourth
- League division 2
6 for first, 4 for second, 2 for third
- League division 3
4 for first, 2 for second
- Goldstone 6 for
winners, 4 for losing finalists, 2 for losing semi-finalists
(or 4 for
winners, 2 for losing finalists if 8 or fewer enter)
Point awards for
non-experts
Non-Manchester pairs/teams are ignored in the non-expert
category
For events with ranking lists, 5 points for top ranked down
to 1 point for 5th placed non-experts
This will apply to the following events-
Ben Franks
Congress Pairs
Congress Teams (1 list for all three finals)
Higson Finals (1 list for both finals)
League (1 list for all divisions)
GP Pairs
GP Teams
For the Gazette a reduced scale will apply depending on the
number of eligible non-expert teams e.g. 3/2/1 if three teams
are eligible, 2/1 if two teams eligible etc.
For the Goldstone eligible teams will get 1 point for the first
match, 2 points for each subsequent match won.
The point scoring
system has been chosen to make each competition have roughly
equal standing and to make the keeping of the scores not too
onerous. |
