Eight Ball (Pool)

Conditions

The Sports Carnival Committee reserves the right to modify or cancel the sport if insufficient nominations are received.

Shield Points

The winner will receive 15,000 points and the runner-up 9.000 points. The winner of each event will receive 5,000 points and the runner-up 3,000 points.

Rules

The pool competition will be conducted under the rules of the World Eight-ball Pool Federation as used at the previous Carnival in Mooloolaba. The rules have changed recently and so we will be using the old rules at this Carnival as that is what most people will be familiar with.

General

The eight ball competition will be conducted over Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights and will

consist of:

➢ a men’s singles event

➢ a ladies’ singles event, and

➢ an open doubles event.

Each event will be contested on a knockout basis.

Doubles matches will be played with players in a team taking alternate turns at the table. A team

may change the order of play at the commencement of each frame. To ensure the flow of play, a

player will be deemed to have forfeited if they are not ready to play five minutes from when

their game is called.

All games up to the grand final will be the best of three frames. A coin toss will determine who

will break in the first frame. In subsequent frames the break will alternate.

Upon preparation of the draws, if required, nominations for the top two seeds may be requested

from each office. These players will be placed into the draw and will have priority for first round

byes. All other players will be randomly placed into the draw. This approach ensures the

completion of a fair and equitable competition is completed within the timeframes and available

venues/equipment.

Finals

Finals will be contested between the final two players/teams left in the draw and will be best of

five frames.

Medals

Gold and silver medals will be presented after the finals for the players competing in the finals.