HANDICAPPING SYSTEM 2017
The handicapping system will have two elements: individual handicaps for players and a club handicap based upon performance in the previous year’s KO Tournament.
Individual player handicaps
1 Each registered player will have a handicap based upon which team he/she played in the previous season.
Handicaps are as follows:
Division 1: top 4 teams Gents, top 3 teams Ladies -30
Division 1: remaining teams -15
Division 2: top 4 teams Gents, top 4 teams Ladies -15
Division 2: remaining teams 0
Division 3: top 5 teams Gents, top 3 teams Ladies 0
Division 3: remaining teams +15
Division 4: top 4 teams Gents, top 2 teams Ladies +15
Division 4: remaining teams +30
Division 5 and below: +30
2 The dividing line between top and bottom will vary depending upon the number of points scored, e.g. Men’s Division 1 top 4 teams have 20-30 points, then fifth has 16, whereas Ladies Division 4 top 2 teams have 20 and 18 and third team has 10.
3 The handicap per pair will be that of the higher ranked player, e.g. if one player has a handicap of -30 and the other -15 they will play with a handicap of -30. Similarly a pair with +30 and +15 will play with a handicap of +15.
4 If a player has played in more than one team his/her handicap will be based on the team for which he/she played most matches.
5 The handicap of any player who did not play the previous season will be based upon the position last season of the team for which he/she is playing in the current season.
6 Should a player not play to the appropriate handicap then any sets won by him/her will be awarded to the opposition 6-0.
7 In the event of a pair playing another pair with the same handicap, i.e. the handicap is in effect cancelled out, both pairs will start at 0.
8 Teams are to be registered electronically and players’ handicaps will be assigned and available on the website.
Club Handicap
Each club will have a handicap in accordance with their performance in the previous year’s KO Tournament as follows:
Winner: -10
Runner up: -5
Semi-finalists: 0
Second round losers: +5
First round losers: +10
1 The club handicap will be cumulative each year to a maximum of +/60 but with a difference between teams not exceeding 60, eg if team A had a handicap of +40 and team B had a handicap of -55 this would mean that the match would be won by Team B before a ball was hit since the maximum number of games is 90.
2 The home team will continue to have a handicap of -4 ½.
Please note that the Rules and Regulations governing the competition set out in the WDLTA handbook continue to apply.