Overview: The FUNdamental Division is designed for players who are new to the sport or who prefer a more relaxed and recreational environment. It's a great place to learn the basics, improve your skills, and enjoy friendly competition with fellow ILSA members who share your love for the game.

Pricing: Entry fee is $30, see below for financial breakdown.

Financial Breakdown per Person:

$30.00 Entry

($20.00) Royal Palms Facility Fee

($1.17) Credit Card Fees

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$8.83

• First $500 all goes to prize pool
• Next $500 all goes to ILSA
• Rest split 50/50 with prize pool/ILSA

NOTE: The timeline listed at the top is for the singles league overall. The fundamental division will not begin play until Sept 1st, as outlined below.

Schedule:

• Round 1: Sept 1st - Oct 5th to complete 4 matches
• Round 2: Oct 6th - Nov 2nd to complete 3 matches
• Playoffs: Nov 3rd - Nov 30th 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 

League Format: In the FUN 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 5
• Complete a match against each of your 4 opponents in 5 weeks
• The top 3 players from each group, by points, move on to the next round of Main. The remaining players move into an optional Consolation Group

Round 2

Main:

• You’ll be placed into groups of 4
• Complete a match against each of your 3 opponents in 4 weeks
• The top 2 players from each group will move on to the Main playoff bracket

Consolation:

• You'll move into group play or a single elimination bracket at the commission's discretion based off the number of participants

Playoff Brackets

• First round or two 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

Game Format: “Palms Style”- Matches will be best of three games. Games 1 & 2 are 8-frame games, Game 3 is a 4-frame game with no color change.  

Here’s the gist of each match:

1. Flip a coin or play rock paper scissors to determine who plays what color in Game 1
2. Each player takes 8 warm-up discs (4 down and 4 back) on the color they are playing with
3. Play an 8-frame game
4. Change color and sides of the court
5. Each player takes 8 warm-up discs on their new color
6. Play an 8-frame game
7. If one player won both games, the match is over; otherwise continue on to game 3
8. Do a mini “Lag” (1 practice disc and 1 live disc) - the winner chooses what color to play with in game 3
9. See section 2.3.2 of ILSA’s rules if you are unfamiliar with Lag
10. There is no warm-up before game 3
11. Play a 4-frame game
12. There is no color change in the middle of game 3
13. If any game is tied at its end, continue to play 2 frames at a time (with the same color you played with) until there is a winner.

Points System per Match: 

• If a player wins 2-0, they earn 3 points 
• If a player wins 2-1, they earn 2 points 
• If a player loses 1-2, they earn 1 point 
• If a player loses 0-2, they earn 0 points 

Report your result at http://report.recrec.io or http://illinoisshuffleboard.org/singles-report



Prizes:

• Cash Prizes will be awarded to at least the top 4 players in the main bracket. Exact amounts will be determined after registration closes
• 1st Place will also receive a take-home trophy and a free entry into the Challenge division next season if they choose to play in it
• Pins will be awarded to the top three players in the main bracket
• ILSA Points will be awarded in the playoffs based on the number of players, as per our Points Document

The new ILSA Points Structure is now in place! With 35 players competing in the FUNdamentals Division, the following points will be earned:

1st place = 19 points

2nd place = 13 points

3rd place = 11 points

4th place = 9 points

5th-8th place = 8 points

9th-16th place (in bracket) = 6

Remaining players with Full Participation = 2 points