LBAA Tournament Format – 2009 Edition
Indoor Qualifier

The following shall be used for the LBAA Indoor Qualifier tournament.

Tournament format structures for all 3 matches per day LBAA tournaments shall use a different format as described in a separate document.

(1) When a tournament is held mid-week, substitute all references to Friday, Saturday and Sunday with First Day, Second Day and Third Day.

(2) A round robin format will be used.

(3) The entries will be divided into separate sections where the total number of entries exceeds twelve.

(4) A maximum 4 match per day tournament will be held.
Four rounds colud be held on the first day, 4 rounds on the second day and up to 4 full rounds on the third day – total of 12 rounds.

(5) Indoor Qualifier : Two 9 end sets, plus best 2 of 3 end tiebreaker if required

(6) The LBAA Indoor Singles Qualifier Tournament shall use rules generally in accordance with the BCB Canadian Indoor Singles Championship Conditions of Play, specifically as follows: a. Two ends of full trial bowls shall be held prior to each match for all tournaments. b. There will be no dead ends, a dead jack is placed on the green at pre-specified locations. c. Reduced visits to the head.

(7) Final round robin standings are based on match points, and if tied in match points then by set points.

(8) If match and set points are identical, then the LBAA Tie Breaker System will be used and not the BCB tie breaker system.

(9) Round robin matches will be given points as follows:

Win	2 points
Tie	1 point
Loss	0 points
Bye	2 points

(10) Breaking Ties at Completion of Round Robin Play

a. If two or more teams are tied for a position that could lead to a gold medal after completion of round robin play, and the tie needs to be broken, then the teams, for the purpose of tiebreaker matches, will be ranked per section 11.

b. If two or more teams are tied for a position that could lead to a gold medal after completion of round robin play, and the tie does not need to be broken, then the teams will be ranked per section 11 and there will be no tiebreaker match.

c. If two or more teams are tied for a position that does not lead to a gold medal after completion of round robin play, then the teams will be ranked per section 11 and there will be no tiebreaker match.

(11) Ranking System

The ranking of entries in the case of tied points after round robin play for each section shall be determined by the following:

a.	Points amongst the head to head games of the tied teams.
b.	If still tied, then the “aggregate” method will be used ( “shots for” divided by “shots against” ) but only for the head to head matches amongst the tied entries.
c.	If still tied, then the “aggregate” method will be used ( “shots for” divided by “shots against” ) but for all matches played in their section.
d.	If still tied, then a draw by lot will be used if only two entries are involoved in the tie and both advance. For all other situations then the tie willbe broken by a “Bowl-Off&rdquo, the details of which are set out in Appendix A.

(12) The ranking system will generally determine ranking in preparation for tie-breaker games. However in tournaments of 11, 12, 21, 22, 23 and 24 entries, the ranking system alone will determine the entries that advance to the playoffs.

(13) Tie Breaker System

(14) Tie-breaker number of ends to be played

(17) Daily Time Schedules

(18) Tournament Format Structure - 4 matches per day tournaments

Four Entries	Double Round robin Six rounds plus a tie breaker round if required Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary Top entry wins gold, second place wins silver, third place wins bronze No playoff round

Five Entries

Each entry gets a bye Five rounds plus a tie breaker round if required Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary If top entry wins all its games then it wins gold, second place entry plays third place entry for silver and bronze, 4th place determined from the round robin standings Otherwise top two entries playoff for gold and silver and third place entry plays 4th place entry for bronze and 4th place

Six Entries

Five rounds plus a tie breaker round if required Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary If top entry wins all its games then it wins gold, second place entry plays third place entry for silver and bronze, 4th place determined from the round robin standings Otherwise top two entries playoff for gold and silver and third place entry plays 4th place entry for bronze and 4th place

Seven Entries

Each entry gets a bye Seven rounds plus a tie breaker round if required Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary If top entry wins all its games then it wins gold, second place entry plays third place entry for silver and bronze, 4th place determined from the round robin standings Otherwise top two entries playoff for gold and silver and third place entry plays 4th place entry for bronze and 4th place

Eight Entries

Seven rounds plus a tie breaker round if required Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary If top entry wins all its games then it wins gold, second place entry plays third place entry for silver and bronze, 4th place determined from the round robin standings Otherwise top two entries playoff for gold and silver and third place entry plays 4th place entry for bronze and 4th place

Nine Entries

Each entry gets a bye Nine rounds plus a tie breaker round if required Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary If top entry wins all its games then it wins gold, second place entry plays third place entry for silver and bronze, 4th place determined from the round robin standings Otherwise top two entries playoff for gold and silver and third place entry plays 4th place entry for bronze and 4th place

Ten Entries

Nine rounds plus a tie breaker round if required Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary If top entry wins all its games then it wins gold, second place entry plays third place entry for silver and bronze, 4th place determined from the round robin standings Otherwise top two entries playoff for gold and silver and third place entry plays 4th place entry for bronze and 4th place

Eleven Entries

Each entry gets a bye Eleven rounds required Ranking system for ties to be followed when necessary Note: NO tie-break games to be played If top entry wins all its games then it wins gold, second place entry plays third place entry for silver and bronze, 4th place determined from the round robin standings Otherwise top two entries playoff for gold and silver and third place entry plays 4th place entry for bronze and 4th place

Twelve Entries

Eleven rounds required Ranking system for ties to be followed when necessary Note: NO tie-break games to be played If top entry wins all its games then it wins gold, second place entry plays third place entry for silver and bronze, 4th place determined from the round robin standings Otherwise top two entries playoff for gold and silver and third place entry plays 4th place entry for bronze and 4th place

Thirteen Entries

Two sections, one of seven entries, one of six entries Each entry in the seven entry section gets a bye Each entry in the six entry section gets two byes Seven rounds plus a tie breaker round if required Top two entries in each section qualify for semi-finals Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary If two entries are tied for first place in a section, then that tie does not need to be broken and those two entries will be ranked in accordance with the Ranking System First place in each section plays second place in the other section as semi-finals Winners of the semi-final games play in the gold/silver final Losers of the semi-final games play for bronze and 4th place

Fourteen Entries

Two sections of seven entries each All entries get a bye Seven rounds plus a tie breaker round if required Top two entries in each section qualify for semi-finals Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary If two entries are tied for first place in a section, then that tie does not need to be broken and those two entries will be ranked in accordance with the Ranking System First place in each section plays second place in the other section as semi-finals Winners of the semi-final games play in the gold/silver final Losers of the semi-final games play for bronze and 4th place

Fifteen Entries

Two sections, one of eight entries, one of seven entries Each entry in the seven entry section gets a bye Seven rounds plus a tie breaker round if required Top two entries in each section qualify for semi-finals Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary If two entries are tied for first place in a section, then that tie does not need to be broken and those two entries will be ranked in accordance with the Ranking System First place in each section plays second place in the other section as semi-finals Winners of the semi-final games play in the gold/silver final Losers of the semi-final games play for bronze and 4th place

Sixteen Entries

Two sections of eight entries each Seven rounds plus a tie breaker round if required Top two entries in each section qualify for semi-finals Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary If two entries are tied for first place in a section, then that tie does not need to be broken and those two entries will be ranked in accordance with the Ranking System First place in each section plays second place in the other section as semi-finals Winners of the semi-final games play in the gold/silver final Losers of the semi-final games play for bronze and 4th place

Seventeen Entries

Two sections, one of nine entries, one of eight entries Each entry in the nine entry section gets a bye Each entry in the eight entry section gets two byes Nine rounds plus a tie breaker round if required Top two entries in each section qualify for semi-finals Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary If two entries are tied for first place in a section, then that tie does not need to be broken and those two entries will be ranked in accordance with the Ranking System First place in each section plays second place in the other section as semi-finals Winners of the semi-final games play in the gold/silver final Losers of the semi-final games play for bronze and 4th place

Eighteen Entries

Two sections of nine entries each All entries get a bye Nine rounds plus a tie breaker round if required Top two entries in each section qualify for semi-finals Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary If two entries are tied for first place in a section, then that tie does not need to be broken and those two entries will be ranked in accordance with the Ranking System First place in each section plays second place in the other section as semi-finals Winners of the semi-final games play in the gold/silver final Losers of the semi-final games play for bronze and 4th place

Nineteen Entries

Two sections, one of ten entries, one of nine entries Each entry in the nine entry section gets a bye Nine rounds plus a tie breaker round if required Top two entries in each section qualify for semi-finals Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary If two entries are tied for first place in a section, then that tie does not need to be broken and those two entries will be ranked in accordance with the Ranking System First place in each section plays second place in the other section as semi-finals Winners of the semi-final games play in the gold/silver final Losers of the semi-final games play for bronze and 4th place

Twenty Entries

Two sections of ten entries each Nine rounds plus a tie breaker round if required Top two entries in each section qualify for semi-finals Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary If two entries are tied for first place in a section, then that tie does not need to be broken and those two entries will be ranked in accordance with the Ranking System First place in each section plays second place in the other section as semi-finals Winners of the semi-final games play in the gold/silver final Losers of the semi-final games play for bronze and 4th place

Twenty-One Entries	Two sections, one of eleven entries, one of ten entries Each entry in the eleven entry section gets a bye Each entry in the ten entry section gets two byes Eleven rounds required Ranking system for ties to be followed when necessary Note: NO tie-break games to be played First place in each section plays in the gold/silver final Second place in each section play for bronze and 4th place

Twenty-Two Entries	Two sections of eleven entries each All entries get a bye Eleven rounds required Ranking system for ties to be followed when necessary Note: NO tie-break games to be played First place in each section plays in the gold/silver final Second place in each section play for bronze and 4th place

Twenty-Three Entries	Two sections, one of twelve entries, one of eleven entries Each entry in the eleven entry section gets a bye Eleven rounds required Ranking system for ties to be followed when necessary Note: NO tie-break games to be played First place in each section plays in the gold/silver final Second place in each section play for bronze and 4th place

Twenty-Four Entries	Two sections of twelve entries each Eleven rounds required Ranking system for ties to be followed when necessary Note: NO tie-break games to be played First place in each section plays in the gold/silver final Second place in each section play for bronze and 4th place

Twenty-Five Entries Thru Thirty-Two entries

Four sections of six, seven or eight entries (A, B, C and D) Entries get byes as required Seven rounds plus a tie break round if required Top two entries in each section qualify for quarter-finals Ranking and Tie Breaker systems to be followed when necessary If two entries are tied for first place in a section, then that tie does not need to be broken and those two entries will be ranked in accordance with the Ranking System First place in Section A plays second place in Section B - quarter final First place in Section B plays second place in Section A - quarter final First place in Section C plays second place in Section D - quarter final First place in Section D plays second place in Section C - quarter final Winner of the A1/B2 quarter final plays the winner of the C1/D2 quarter final in a semi final game Winner of the B1/A2 quarter final plays the winner of the D1/C2 quarter final in a semi final game Winners of the semi-final games play in the gold/silver final Losers of the semi-final games play for bronze and 4th place

Appendix A

A “Bowl-off” will be used to rank tied entries where:

1.	Criteria a), b), and c) and Section (11) of the “Ranking System” do not break the tie and,
2.	In any situation except if only two entries are involved in the tie and both advance, then the tie will be broken by a “Bowl-off”, the details of which are set out below

• The Emergency Committee will select a rink that none of the tied teams have played on that day.
• The umpire will set the mat at the 2 metre mark, centre a jack at a distance of approximately 27 metres from the mat line, but no closer than 4 metres from the front ditch and mark the jack's position with chalk or a nail.
• The skips or singles players will toss a coin to determine playing order. The winner of the toss will have choice of playing first or second. (If three or more entries are involved the skips/singles players will draw lots to determine the order of play, the lower number shall be first to bowl and so on).
• There shall be no trial ends. However teams may practice on another rink until the umpire calls them to play.
• The lead on the first team to bowl will deliver one bowl to the jack. The umpire will measure and record the distance from bowl to jack and record that distance.
• The umpire will then remove that bowl from the green.
• Should the jack be dislodged by any delivered bowl, the umpire will return the jack to its original mark before measuring.
• Each member of each team will alternate with delivery of their single bowl to the jack. A displaced jack will be moved back to its mark and the distance recorded.
• Should any delivered bowl come to rest outside the boundaries of the rink or in the ditch, even if it is a toucher, the distance will not be measured but recorded as 5 metres.
• After all members of all teams involved in the tie have delivered their bowls, the umpire will compute the aggregate measurements for each team.
• The teams will then be ranked with the lowest aggregate measurement ranking highest and so on.