8th-10th May: Nuneaton Open

[Steviola]

Following on from the fun and frolicks of Oxford, here is the next Garlando tournament in the BFA calendar...

THE NUNEATON OPEN

ADDRESS: Nuneaton Town FC, Liberty Way, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 6RR

Tables: 10 Master Champion Garlandos, 2 World Champion Garlandos, 6 Roberto Sports

Tournament Organiser: Paul Addison, The BFA
Tournament Director(s): Joe Bundy, Mayya Racy
Head Official: Tom Burdett

Pre registration is now up and running and is available HERE

The Schedule:

Friday:

18.00 - Junior Singles
18.00 - Senior Singles
19.00 - Junior Doubles
19.00 - Senior Doubles
20.00 - DYP Swiss

Saturday:

11.00 - Garlando Open Singles - DE
11.30 - Garlando Novice Singles - GSE
12.00 - RobertoSport Open Doubles - GSE
13.00 - Garlando Amateur Singles - GSE
14.00 - Garlando Semi Pro Singles - GSE
15.00 - Garlando Mixed Doubles - GSE
15.00 - Garlando Novice Doubles - GSE
16.00 - Garlando Pro Doubles* - GSE
17.00 - RobertoSport No Pro Doubles - GSE
18.00 - Garlando Womens Singles - GSE
19.00 - Garlando Pro Am - GSE
21.00 - 2BRB - SM

Sunday:

09.00 - Events Continue
11.00 - Garlando Open Doubles - DE
11.00 - RobertoSport Open Singles - GSE
12.00 - Team Event - GSE
12.00 - Garlando Womens Doubles - GSE
13.00 - Garlando Amateur Doubles - GSE
14.00 - Garlando Semi Pro Doubles - GSE

DE = double elimination; GSE = groups followed by single elimination; SM = supermelee; *Pro's ONLY

Entry Fees:

GOS/GOD - PM £15, P £12, SP £10, Am £5, N £3
ROS/ROD - PM/P £10, SP £6, Am £4, N £2
GPD - P £6
GAS/GAD - Am £5, N £3
GSPS/GSPD - SP £5
RNPD - SP £5, Am £3, N £2
GWS/GWD - PM/P £10, SP £6, Am £4, N £2
RWS - PM/P £5, SP £4, Am £3, N £2
GNS/GND - N £2 (trophies only)
JS/JD - Free
2BRBSM - Free
PA/Mixed - All £5

Table fees - £5 per day per player

Packages (Garlando pkgs inc table fees, If RS only add £10): This tournament is cheap as chips. Ideal

PM - Garlando Only - (GOS/GOD/PA/XD + table fees) - £35
Add RS (ROS/ROD) - £15
Pro - Garlando Only (GOS/GOD/PA/XD/PD + table fees) - £35
Add RS (ROS/ROD) - £15
SP - Garlando Only (GOS/GOD/GSPS/GSPD/PA/XD + table fees) - £35
Add RS (ROS/ROD/RNPD) - £10
Amateur - Garlando Only (GOS/GOD/GAS/GAD/PA/XD + table fees) - £30
Add RS (ROS/ROD/RNPD) - £10
Novice - Garlando Only - (GOS/GOD/GAS/GAD/GNS/GND/PA/XD + table fees) - £20
Add RS (ROS/ROD/RNPD) - £2
Women - Add GWS/GWD to any package - PM/P £18, SP £12, Am £6, Nov £3

Juniors (born on after 1-9-90) - 50% discount on all package deals - ID required

Rankings - Eligibility for all events dependent on BFA Garlando Ranking status as at 1-5-09.

Accommodation Information:
Hotel details with weekend prices per night Prices are for the room and not per person - breakfast prices are usually seperate:-

The Chase Hotel, Nuneaton
Tel: 024766341013
Email: chasehotel.nuneaton@thespiritgroup.com
http://www.goodnightinns.co.uk
Price per night twin or double room £40 instead of £48 - quote Jayne
Full English Breakfast £6.81
Continental Breakfast: £4.86

The Longshoot Hotel (Motel)
Tel: 02476329711
Email: Longshoot.Nuneaton@thespiritgroup.com
http://www.goodnightinns.co.uk
Price per twin room per night: £49.45 including full breakfast for 2 people
£35.55 per night without breakfast
Mention the Table Football Tournament or the BFA when booking

Travelodge Nuneaton
Tel 08719848484
£51 per room per night at weekend
Light breakfast £4.05 per person

All 3 hotels are within a 5 minute drive of the Nuneaton Town Football Ground and Boro Sports Bar
Travel Lodge is probably a 20 minute walk from the Ground and the other two about 30-40 minute walk

Any questions/queries please post below!

[Simmo]

£35! that IS cheap as chips!

Btw where does all the Bobby sports points go? will there be a bobby sports ranking list?

[Steviola]

Just to clarify what certain ranks may enter at this tournament:

Pro Masters: Friday Night DYP, Garlando Open Singles, Garlando Open Doubles, Garlando Mixed Doubles, Garlando Pro Am, Roberto Sport Open Singles, Roberto Sport Open Doubles, 2 Ball Roller Ball!

Pros: All of the above, PLUS Pro Doubles!

Semi Pros: Same as Pro Master, PLUS Garlando Semi Pro Singles, Garlando Semi Pro Doubles, Roberto Sport No Pro Doubles!

Amateurs: Same as Pro Master, PLUS Garlando Amateur Singles, Garlando Amateur Doubles, Roberto Sport No Pro Doubles!

Novices: Same as Amateur, PLUS Garlando Novice Singles, Garlando Novice Doubles!

IN ADDITION:

Women: May enter Garlando Womens Singles and Garlando Womens Doubles!

Juniors: May enter Junior Singles and Junior Doubles!

Dave Z: May enter Senior Singles and Senior Doubles!


As you can see there are plenty of events for everyone at mega awesome prices! Good times. Wizzah. Etc.

[Tomolo]

Looks good guys, glad this is happening. More practice for me before the Welsh Open.

[Paul Addison]

Hotel details with weekend prices per night Prices are for the room and not per person - breakfast prices are usually seperate:-

The Chase Hotel, Nuneaton
Tel: 024766341013
Email: chasehotel.nuneaton@thespiritgroup.com
http://www.goodnightinns.co.uk
Price per night twin or double room £40 instead of £48 - quote Jayne
Full English Breakfast £6.81
Continental Breakfast: £4.86

The Longshoot Hotel (Motel)
Tel: 02476329711
Email: Longshoot.Nuneaton@thespiritgroup.com
http://www.goodnightinns.co.uk
Price per twin room per night: £49.45 including full breakfast for 2 people
£35.55 per night without breakfast
Mention the Table Football Tournament or the BFA when booking

Travelodge Nuneaton
Tel 08719848484
£51 per room per night at weekend
Light breakfast £4.05 per person

All 3 hotels are within a 5 minute drive of the Nuneaton Town Football Ground and Boro Sports Bar
Travel Lodge is probably a 20 minute walk from the Ground and the other two about 30-40 minute walk

[Steviola]

Can this thread be stickied please?

Also can someone unsticky the Spring Time Classic thread as there is no need for it to be there now.

Cheers

edit: Pre registration is on its way...

[Steviola]

Accommodation info has been added to the announcement post.

Note Juniors for this tournament are now those born on or after 1st September 1990 to allow any current 6th formers into the Junior events.

[Steviola]

Pre registration is now up and running and is available HERE

Please take the time to fill out the Pre registration in FULL, it will only take you 2 minutes . It is of great help to the organisers.

Steve

[Joe Bundy]

For anyone who has tried to pre-reg and come across technical difficulties (i.e everyone who has tried thus far), it's all fixed now. So feel free to pre-reg at will.

[Pete F]

I'd like to come to this but it might be that I can only make one of the two days.

I realise you might not be able to say, but do you have any inkling as to which of the Saturday events are more likely to finish on the Saturday and which will probably run over to the Sunday?

Thanks in advance.

[davez]

Good question, I'd also like to know that please!

[Steviola]

I would say (depending on turnout) that all of the events besides RS No Pro D, Womens Singles, Pro Am and possibly Mixed should be finished on Saturday. There are 18 tables including 2 more (pinny) Garlandos than at Oxford so things should run smoothly with this schedule.

Hope that helps

[Paul Addison]

We should be able to keep playing until midnight and with all the tables the aim is obviously to complete all relevant events on the Saturday.

[Boris]

The BFA Roberto-Sport tables will be offered for sale at or after the Nuneaton tournament.

These were originally provided to the BFA as part of the development process and were effectively prototypes, however to all intents and purposes they play exactly the same as the new official ITSF models. Roberto Sport have offered to replace the tables with brand new models in return for proceeds of sale.

There are 3x Freeplay Adrenaline tables - £200 each o.n.o
and 3x Kombat coin-op tables - £250 each o.n.o (one with red/blue men and the other 2 with grey/black men)

Tables are sold as seen, buyers to collect from Nuneaton tournament on Sunday 10th May or arrange delivery at own expense.
This is an ideal opportunity to obtain an ITSF-spec table at a bargain price (less than half the new price), they have only been used for 3x tournaments.

Enquiries/offers via e-mail only to boris.atha@britfoos.com

[davez]

they have only been used for 3x tournaments

Well past end of life then.

[Steviola]

Hello Friday night...

[Paul Addison]

10 garlandos and at least 3 Robertos will be arriving at the Sports bar at 4pm on Friday 8th - so there will be plenty of tables ready for Friday

[Graeme]

Btw where does all the Bobby sports points go? will there be a bobby sports ranking list?

Yeah what's the plan for this?

[Boris]

Btw where does all the Bobby sports points go? will there be a bobby sports ranking list?

Yeah what's the plan for this?

There is a provisional RS ranking list, but it is pretty meaningless at the moment. When someone gets to at least Pro then maybe we'll start publishing it, in the meantime entry to any ranked events on RS are dependent on the ranking on the main table at that tournament. Based on the current list it would be possible to separate out novice, amateur (inc most SP and Pro players on other tables) and Open (PMs on other tables start as SPs). There have only been a handful of UK events so far, and not yet (before Nuneaton) any open events. The 'rankings' mainly reflect performance in WCS tournaments since 2004.

[Sampson]

What balls are being used for the Garlando events? WIll I be required to bring/purchase my own again?

Luke