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The first round draw has just been posted on the district website, and throws up some difficult matches for our home teams, with Nigel’s and Jeff’s teams pitted against 1st division opponents, and John’s against 2nd division ones. The A team seems to have the easiest draw, away to 3rd division opposition.

Southport matches

Formby TTC “F” v Southport “A”
Southport “B” v Formby TTC “C”
St. Teresa’s “D” v Southport “C”
St. Teresa’s “C” v Southport “D”
Southport “E” v Formby HT “D”
Southport “F” v Formby TTC “D”

Other matches

Paraplegics “A” v North Meols “C”
Formby TTC “G” v Formby HT “B”
Formby TTC “E” v Formby HT “C”
North Meols “D” v St. Teresa’s “A”
Formby TTC “B” v Formby HT “E”
North Meols “B” v St. Teresa’s “B”
Argyle “C” v Argyle “B”
Argyle “A” v Bye
Formby HT “A” v Bye
Formby TTC “A” v Bye

Matches to be played in the week beginning 12 October 2009.

Home team captains to offer two dates in that week to the opponents.

Matches to be played in the week commencing 3rd November 2008. Handicap points shown next to the team receiving the advantage. Note that the handicap for Southport ‘C’ was printed incorrectly in the Formby Times.

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This handicap competition uses a different scoring system from the League and Anon Cup fixtures.

• Firstly, there are no doubles events.
• Each player plays 2 singles events, each event consisting of 5 games up to 11 points.
• When one player reaches 11, the game is over and the next game is played, until all 5 games are complete.
• The number of points won by each player during the 5 games is added up to give the score for the event.
• At the end of the match, the totals for each team are added up.
• The handicap adjustment is added to the totals.
• The team with the greater total after adjustment will be the winner.

The handicap is decided after each round draw by the League’s committee based on the playing strength of the 4 strongest players registered for the team.

The draw involving Southport teams is as follows:

A team – Away – vs Formby TTC ‘D – handicap + 70 points
B team – Away – vs North Meols ‘B’ – handicap “scratch”
C team – bye
D team – Home – vs Formby HT ‘E’ – handicap + 300 points
E team – Away – vs Paraplegics ‘A’ – handicap + 80 points

Matches to be played in the week beginning 29 October.