KPA Representative Qualifier Rules
2007 Season
- Registration will be open by 9.15 a.m. and will close promptly at 9.45 a.m. All players must
be at the registration desk. Only teams who have properly registered by close
of registration will be permitted to play.
- All players must hold a current EPA membership card issued by the Ken Pétanque Association and show it at their first competition. Any team member failing to produce a valid membership card when required will be levied a fine of £2.00. All players must be available and eligable tom play at the Inter-Regional Competition
- The draw will take place in the presence of the umpire or any member of the playing committee
immediately after the close of registration. Play will commence as soon as
possible after the completion of the draw is announced.
- Entry fee is £6.00 per adult (£2.00 per junior player). An additional £5.00 will be charged
at registration per team. Teams wearing matching tops all day will have the
£5.00 refunded. Holders of national titles can wear the official title winners'
top of the previous year in place of the team strip.
- The morning's play will be in the barrage system, if the number of entries is suitable
(i.e. 24‑32 teams). If not, a league system will operate with all
games being played.
The afternoon's play will be played upon the Swiss system.
After first qualifier each league or pool will include one seeded team, seeding being based on cumulative points scored.
Play will be on designated terrains. The organiser will assign lanes for the pools and 1st round of the Swiss, thereafter the lane, within the designated area, will be at the choice of the team winning the toss. Start times will be at the time designated by the organiser.
- Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams on the day.
- The team's best results over four qualifiers will count towards their overall total. teams with one or more players from a team of three or two or more players from a team of four who are unable to take part in a
Association Qualifier by the reason of conflicting commitments arising from their
membership of the national squad, or from them representing the Association will be
awarded 13 points
for the missing qualifier on payment of the requisite entry fee.
- The top eight teams, based on their accumulated points total, will automatically
qualify for the Association squad. Teams finishing in ninth to twelfth place will
automatically qualify for the challenge trophy. Teams finishing in thirteenth
to sixteenth places may be selected to play in the BPA select squad. The
Association's Playing Committee will decide the playing order of the squads. Junior
teams will he chosen by selection. This will be left to the discretion of the
youth development officer/playing committee, but he should give clear
guidelines on what he would base his selection on before the start of the series.
- After playing for one team in the series, individuals cannot play for another team. However, members of teams
that have disbanded during the series, could join existing teams as a fourth
member or form completely new teams to take part in the remainder of the
series, but only on condition that the original team consented to the
arrangement and agreed to forfeit any points it had accumulated.
- Teams of four
may enter and participate in triples events with the players alternating only
between games or once only between the ends of a game having first notified the
umpire or organiser. One substitute only is allowed per team during the
qualifying series.
- Any reserve for the Inter-Regional Championship should have played in at
least one qualifier for any team, and must be sanctioned by the playing committee.
- Any matters not covered by these rules will be played
according to EPA Competition Rules. Any disputes arising at a Qualifier will be dealt with by the playing committee or a
Jury convened for that purpose. The decision of the Jury will be
final.
- Points will be awarded as follows:
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1st
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24 points
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2nd
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21 points
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3rd
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20 points
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4th
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19 points
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5th
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18 points
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6th
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16 points
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7th
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15 points
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8th
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14 points
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9th
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13 points
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10th
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12 points
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11th
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11 points
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12th
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9 points
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13th
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8 points
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14th
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7 points
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15th
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6 points
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16th
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4 points
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- Plate winners will be awarded 2 points
- Plate runners-up will be awarded 1 point.