LC3 Fall Crokinole Invitational
The Lake Champlain Crokinole Club is hosting a tournament and inviting other players from New York and New England (or anywhere, really) to join us! Space is limited, so please use the Google Form at this link to pre-register and let us know you’re coming: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdUwJjKNHJtGi23PboavMc8ipJ-hlCLOsRRFCXXBUk0KIGOtA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Where: The Boardroom Boardgame Café – 3 Mill St., Burlington, VT 05401
When: November 16, 2024
Cost: $25, due at registration on tournament day (cash, PayPal, Venmo). Entry fee includes food provided by The Boardroom. All proceeds after operating costs go into the prize pool.
Mode of play: Singles (NCA rules)
Format: Round Robin, Group Play, Elimination Matches.
Timetable (tentative, updated 9/12/24):
- Noon: Doors, registration, setup, warmup
- 1:30 PM: Round Robin start (10 rounds to determine group)
- 3:30 PM: break
- 4:00 PM: Group play (to determine seeding for elimination matches)
- 5:30 PM: Dinner break (food provided by The Boardroom)
- 6:30 PM: Elimination Matches
- 8:00 PM: Closing ceremonies, prizes
Accessibility: Please note that the space we’ll be using is down a flight of stairs.
Notes:
- Tier 3 NCA Tour event
- Cash prizes based on number of players
- Skill shot jackpots
- Bring a board if you can, please!
- More details to follow at lc3crokinole.com
Update 10/19/24
Our tournament has been sanctioned by the NCA as a Tier 3 event. We’re officially part of the NCA Tour!
Update 11/10/24
Tournament structure
Tournament play will consist of three phases:
- Phase 1: Tavistock-style incomplete round robin
- Results of this initial round robin will sort players into groups for the next phase
- Number of rounds equal to half the total number of players (rounded down)
- Phase 2: Group Play
- Results of this complete round robin within each group will seed players for the single elimination phase
- Players will be divided into groups in the following way. (This is a slight change from the structure I described in a previous email.)
- Group A
- Top 8 players from Phase 1
- Group B and Group C
- If there are fewer than 16 total players, all remaining players will end up in Group B
- If there are greater than 16 total players, all remaining players will be divided equally between Groups B and C (with one fewer player in Group C if the total number of players is odd).
- Group A
- Phase 3: Single elimination bracket
- Results of this three-round bracket will determine final placements and the winners of each group.
- Quarterfinal and semifinal games will be a race to 7
- Group finals will be a race to 9
- Group A will play a full bracket with 8 players. Assuming Groups B and C have fewer than 8 players, higher-seeded players will receive an initial bye, as needed.
- This will be strictly single elimination. There will be no additional matches for third place, etc.
- Some things to keep in mind:
- Group A will end up taking 1st through 8th place. The winner of Group B will end up taking 9th place, etc.
- This makes the initial round robin very important for final placement!
- Your final placement will reflect the seed of the player you lost to.
- For example:
- In the first round of the bracket, if the number 1 seed in Group A loses to the number 8 seed, that player will end up placing 8th for the tournament. (The number 8 seed would effectively take over the number 1 seed at that point.)
- In the second round of the bracket, there will be four players left (now ranked 1 through 4). The losing players in this round will end up placing 3rd and 4th, while the winning players move on to decide 1st and 2nd.
- For example:
- Group A will end up taking 1st through 8th place. The winner of Group B will end up taking 9th place, etc.
Here is a list of registered players as of 11/15/24.
| Name | Club |
| Anderson W | Vermont |
| Brady D | New Hampshire |
| Brian H | EPCC Voorheesville |
| Brian M | Lake Champlain Crokinole Club |
| Brian W | EPCC NH |
| Chet B | EPCC Voorheesville |
| Dan S | Lake Champlain Crokinole Club |
| Dave G | Lake Champlain Crokinole Club |
| Ehren L | EPCC Voorheesville |
| Eric M | Greater Boston Crokinole |
| Han K | Lake Champlain Crokinole Club |
| Helen L | Lake Champlain Crokinole Club |
| Jamie H | Point Crokinole Club |
| Jeff S | EPCC Voorheesville |
| Ken R | New York |
| Matt H | EPCC Voorheesville |
| Micah HF | Lake Champlain Crokinole Club |
| Mike M | EPCC Voorheesville |
| Rodney N | Lake Champlain Crokinole Club |
| Ryan K | Brooklyn Crokinole Club |