Overview: The Doubles FUNdamentals Division provides the opportunity to focus on your fundamental skills while having fun along the way - with a teammate!  

IMPORTANT: When registering, do NOT sign up as your Royal Palms league team, instead sign up as a new/returning doubles team and invite your teammate. League registration will close around May 29th.

Pricing: Entry fee is $50, see financial breakdown below.

Financial Breakdown per Team:

$50.00 Entry

($20.00) Royal Palms Facility Fee 

($5.02) Processing Fees

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$54.98 Remaining

• 50% goes to ILSA

• 50% goes to that season's prize pool

     Schedule: 

• Round 1: June 2 – June 30 to complete 3 matches 

• Round 2: July 1 – August 5 to complete 4 matches 

• Playoffs: August 6 – Sept 3 to play out single elimination bracket. We will try to schedule and play out either Final 4 or 8 on the same day

League Format: In the Doubles FUNdamental division, there will be two rounds of pool play followed by a single elimination bracket.

     Round 1: 

• To start, you’ll be placed into groups of 4 Doubles teams

• Complete a match against each of your 3 Doubles team opponents in 4 weeks

• The top 2 Doubles teams in each group, based on total points, will advance to the next round of Main. In the event of a tie, standings will be determined first by head-to-head results, followed by speed shuffle. The remaining players will move into an optional Consolation Round.

     Round 2: 

Main:

• Your team will be placed into a group of 6 Doubles teams

• Complete a match against each of your 4 Doubles team opponents in 5 weeks, other than the team who was also in your prior group.

• All 6 teams will advance to the playoff bracket, using the results of this round for seeding.

Consolation:

• Your team will be placed into a group of 6 Doubles teams

• Complete a match against each of your 4 Doubles team opponents in 5 weeks, other than the team who was also in your prior group.

• The top 2 teams will advance into the playoff bracket as the 7/8 seeds

     Playoff Brackets: 

• First round of two will be self-scheduled, just like group play

• As we get into later round of playoffs, we’ll attempt to get all remaining teams to finish the bracket on the same day/evening

Game Format: Each game will consist of a 16-frame doubles game, with players switching colors after frame 8. Shooting order will be YBBY.

• Lag, flip a coin or rock, paper, scissors to determine color.

• If the score is tied at the end of 16 frames, players will play an additional 2 frames until tie is broken. Remain on the same color as frame 16 for any additional frames.

• Warm-Ups:

  • Do not start warming up before both teams are at the court.

  • Each player may throw 4 practice discs before frame 1 and before frame 9.

• Partner substitutions will not be allowed once the tournament has started.

• Coaching is allowed similar to league night at Royal Palms. This is the FUN division and a chance to learn and improve your skills!   

Report your result at https://illinoisshuffleboard.org/doubles-report.

Prizes:

• Cash Prizes will be awarded to the top 4 teams in the main bracket. Exact amounts will be determined after registration closes

• 1st Place will also receive a take-home trophy

• Pins will be awarded to the top 4 teams in the main bracket

• ILSA Points will be awarded in the playoffs based on the number of teams, as per our Points Structure

ILSA Points

If 12 teams compete in the Doubles FUNdamental Division, the following points per person will be earned:

1st place = 10 points

2nd place = 6 points

3rd place = 5 points

4th place = 4 points

5th-8th place = 3 points

Remaining teams with Full Participation = 1 point

Requirements:

• For all ILSA leagues, you must be an active member of The Illinois Shuffleboard Association. If you are not a member, you can join at https://www.illinoisshuffleboard.org/join/

• If you are not yet a member and join doubles league for the first time, you'll receive a promo code for $20 off your first year of ILSA membership.

• You must agree to the Illinois Shuffleboard Association's Code of Conduct to participate in ILSA leagues