Overview: The Challenge Division is tailored for experienced players who possess a high level of skill and a strong competitive drive. It's where ILSA members can come together to test their abilities, strategize, and vie for victory in a format more geared towards national tournaments.
Pricing: Entry fee is $60, see financial breakdown below.
Financial Breakdown per Person:
$60.00 Entry
($20.00) Royal Palms Facility Fee
($2.04) Credit Card Fees
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$37.96 Remaining
- 50% goes to ILSA
- 10% goes to Tournament of Champions Fund
- 40% goes to that season's prize pool
Schedule:
- Round 1: Jan 23rd - Feb 16th to complete 2 games
- Round 2: Feb 17th - Mar 9th to complete 2 games
- Round 3: Mar 10th - Mar 30th to complete 2 games
- Round 4: Mar 31st - Apr 20th to complete 2 games
- Playoffs: April 21st - May 18th to play out the single elimination bracket. We will try to schedule and play out either the Final 4 or 8 on the same day
**Players get three week windows to complete two games
League Format: In the Challenge division, we will now be running a modified Swiss format. It offers a dynamic and fair system by matching players with similar records against each other. The Swiss Format will minimize the impact of individual match outcomes on the overall tournament standings and will put more emphasis on encouraging highly competitive matches during the regular season
Regular Season
- There will be four rounds in the regular season
- For each round, you’ll be placed into groups of three players and have three weeks to self-schedule and complete your games against your two opponents.
- The first round pools will be determined by last season's final standings. Those that did not play in last season's Challenge League will be grouped by ELO. Each round going forward, you will be placed into groups with the same or similar records. For example if you go 2-0 in Round 1, you’ll be placed into a group in Round 2 with players that also went 2-0.
Playoff Bracket
- If 64+ players join Challenge, 32 players will advance into a single elimination bracket, exact number of players will be determined by number of entries for the season and final regular season records
- The first two rounds will be self-scheduled, just like group play
- As we get into later round of playoffs, we’ll attempt to get all remaining players to finish the bracket on the same day/evening
- There will be no consolation bracket
- If less than 64 players join Challenge, playoffs will consist of 16 players
Game Format: Each matchup will be one 16-frame game with players switching colors after the 8th frame
Report your result at http://report.recrec.io.
Prizes:
- Cash Prizes will be awarded to the top 4 players in the playoff bracket. Exact amounts will be determined after registration closes
- 1st Place will also get their name put on our Championship Singles League Trophy
- Pins will be awarded to the top three players in the playoff bracket
- ILSA Points will be awarded in the main bracket based on the number of players, as per our Points Document
- We’ll also be rewarding the top regular season finisher(s) in the Challenge Division! Whoever finishes 1st (or tied for 1st) after all rounds of the regular season will receive the SURVIVOR award. This player will receive a prize at the commission’s discretion based off number of participants for the season
ILSA PointsThe new ILSA Points Structure is now in place! If at least 65 players compete in the Challenge Division, the following points will be earned:
1st place = 25 points
2nd place = 18 points
3rd place = 16 points
4th place = 14 points
5th-8th place = 11 points
9th-16th place = 9 points
17th-32nd place = 7 points
Remaining players with Full Participation = 2 points
