The Cotswolds Invitational Format
The Cotswolds Invitational is capped at forty players in 2025 and will consist of
a Swiss Qualifying Stage and a Final Stage.
a Swiss Qualifying Stage and a Final Stage.
Group Stage - 40 players
Friday Night & Saturday will be the Group Qualifying Stage which will be a Swiss format. Which means win or lose, everyone will play the same number of matches. There will be four Swiss Groups of ten players. Each player will play four x 11-point matches in total throughout Friday night & Saturday during the day
UKBGF Rules adopted with the exception of their new Premature Rolls Rule. In the Cotswolds, all premature rolls stand with no re-roll.
- The top four players in each Group will enter the pre-drawn Main Final Stage on Sunday.
- The remaining six players in each Group will enter the pre-drawn Consolation Final Stage on Sunday
- Head to head match results
- Median Buchholz
- Points Difference
- Points For
- One point play-off between the players in question
UKBGF Rules adopted with the exception of their new Premature Rolls Rule. In the Cotswolds, all premature rolls stand with no re-roll.
Finals Stage - Main and ConsolationOn Sunday, the seeded draw in the 16-player Main Final Stage mean that first placed finishers in Saturday's Groups will play fourth placed finishers in a different Group. Second will play third. This will be a straight 11-point Knock Out of four rounds.
The 24-player Consolation will also be pre-drawn with the fifth and sixth players in the Group stage receiving First Round byes. Match lengths will be 7 points. |
Last ChancePlayers knocked out of the First Round of the Main and the First & Second Round of the Consolation will contest in the pre-drawn 5-Point Last Chance.
Players knocked out of the later rounds of the Main and Consolation Final Stages will not be allowed to enter the Last Chance but Mini-Jackpots will be run throughout the afternoon according to demand. |
UKBGF Rules Apply
- UKBGF Rules can be found here. The only exception is that Premature Rolls with no re-roll.
- Clock Preference rules apply. That is a player may insist that the match is played using a game clock (provided that one is readily available).
- The two players in the last match to finish in each round may be put on the clock in the following round by the Tournament Director, Dicky Biddle. This has the general effect of keeping play moving throughout the tournament and less waiting time for everyone.
- Don't panic if you have never used a clock before. It is easy and you have plenty of time to practice between now and then.
Format subject to change should actual number of players differ from expectations