Overview: The Doubles 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 in a team format to test their abilities, strategize, and vie for victory in a format more geared towards national tournaments.

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 $80, see financial breakdown below.

Financial Breakdown per Team:

$80.00 Entry

($20.00) Royal Palms Facility Fee 

($5.02) Processing Fees

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$54.98 Remaining

• 50% goes to ILSA

• 10% goes to Tournament of Champions Fund

• 40% goes to that season's prize pool

     Schedule: 

• Round 1: June 2 – July 7 to complete 4 matches 

• Round 2: July 8 – August 5 to complete 3 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 Challenge 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 Doubles teams

• Complete a match against each of your 4 Doubles team opponents in 5 weeks

• The top 3 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 groups of 4 Doubles teams

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

• The top 2 Doubles teams from each group will advance to the Main playoff bracket. In the event of a tie, standings will be determined first by head-to-head results, followed by points/wins in Round 1, and then, if necessary, by speed shuffle.

Consolation:

• Your team will move into group play or a single elimination bracket at the commission’s discretion based off the number of participants 

     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.

• No coaching allowed, similar to national tournament rules.     

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 33+ teams compete in the Doubles Challenge Division, the following points per person will be earned:

1st place = 15 points

2nd place = 11 points

3rd place = 9 points

4th place = 8 points

5th-8th place = 6 points

9th-16th place (in bracket) = 5 points

Remaining teams with Full Participation = 2 points

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