Friday 500 2011
updated 18 January, 2012
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| Scottish Open, March 2012 - Friday 500 First Prize Two night's accommodation, dinner, b&b at half price to attend the Biba World Championship in July. Registration is £10 for those interested in winning this weekend prize. This is in addition to the published £5 Registration to win full entry into the Scottish Main on Saturday. This event is open to everyone, Biba and non-Biba members. In the event that a non-weekend entrant wins the Friday KO the prize will go to the highest placed entrant who opted to pay the £10 extra Registration. Should two or more share this position there will be a playoff to decide the winner. Those entrants not interested in winning this weekend prize can still Register for £5 for the Scottish Main Full entry prize. NB: Both prizes are non-transferable |
At 9 o’clock on Friday nights there is a free entry tournament for all members stopping at the hotel (non-residents will pay £20 to enter). It is a 5-point Knockout based over 11 tournaments, the final winner of which will take home from the December, Christmas UK Finals the princely sum of . . . . . . .
However, each Friday night is a stand-alone event, the first prize being a complimentary weekend, dinner, b&b for the winner, so even if you cannot manage to make the Finals, you can still enter and win each Friday night. NB: Please note that the weekend won will be for the following month's tournament in order to make administration and management easier. Exceptions, as in the Scottish Open 2012 (above) will be made clear in the heading above. The whole idea of the 500 is to encourage Friday night attendance. All players get 4 points for entering. This is increased to 7 for last 16 losers, 9 for last 8, 12 for semi-final losers, and finally 16 and 20 for 2nd and 1st respectively. This method of awarding points means that it could be possible to gain enough points to qualify by attending on a regular basis (11 x 4 = 44 points). At the same time it means that coming just once or twice throughout the year and winning or placing in the last 8 won't guarantee a place. This system also means that should the turnout be fewer than 16 (but greater than 8), the 1st Round losers will in fact get 7 points, and for fields of 8 and fewer, the 1st Round losers will get 9 points. Just how many entrants each event will attract is unknown - so it might well be worthwhile entering just in case the number of entrants is fewer than 16! Can you afford not to enter?
The top placed player after the November event (the last event of the year before the December Finals) will receive £100 for being the Top Player. The December draw will have the players seeded, 1st vs 16th, 2nd vs 15th, etc, etc. If fewer than the Top 16 entrants turn up in December players from 17th upwards will be allowed to enter should they be present. A failure to get a 16-draw will mean byes will be applied, and these will be allocated from 1st position downwards until filled. Please remember, each knockout starts at 21.00 prompt! |
The Final, December 2011 Well, what a surprise! Many of the Top 16 didn't turn out to compete for the £500 first prize, so we had to go further down the list in order to get a 16 draw as outlined in the details above. This draw included me and it was with utter astonishment that I found myself in the Final against Anabel Carrington for the Friday 500 title! It was a close match but I edged Anabel into 2nd place as I became the 2011 Friday 500 Champion! One thing that you should all take on board is that no matter what position you are on the listing, there's always a chance you can play in the December final.
After the bwin.com/wsob Bright 'n' Breezy Trophy, 13-15 January 2012 Peter Christmas gets a good start to the year with his win over Barry McAdam in the final. Peter's points count towards the £500 1st prize in December, but Barry's won't for he is a Temporary member!
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2012 Positions |
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Players in red below are Temporary members and their points do not count towards the Friday 500 Finals in December (see here for reference) |
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Peter Christmas
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Previous Winners |
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| 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 |
Rosey Bensley David Nathan Tom Duggan Brian Lever Michael Crane |