Conditions of Play in Gothenburg
Racketlon World Open
Date: 2002-09-17
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Revision history:
2002-04-23: First version
2002-08-19: A minimum of three matches guaranteed for non-Swedish
participants
2002-08-30: Conditions for the team event added. Gummiarm single
point tie-break added.
2002-09-17: Brands of the balls to be used defined
2002-10-27: Conditions for the plate tournament added
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Racketlon Rules
- See the rules published on this web site. They are identical to those used in the Swedish National Championships.
The "Gummiarm" Single Point
Tie-break:
The only exception to the official racketlon rules will be the
gummi-arm single point tie-break See a discussion on the pros and
cons of this rule that was published
when it was first tested in Scottish Open. It will continue to be
tested in World Open and implies the following when a
match is still undecided after four regular sets (note a small
change regarding how the server is decided):
- The tennis set is extended with one single point.
The winner of that single point is also the winner of the full
match.
- Server is decided by the drawing of lots. The winner decides
who will serve.
- To off-set the server's advantage there is no second service in
the single point.
Conditions for the Team Event
The Team:
- A team will consist of three men and one lady.
- Since the team event is intended to be a competition between
national teams all players should be from the same country. Any
exceptions (e.g. "mixed teams"; "Rest of the
World") must be explicitly approved by tournament
management.
- Each team shall have one official interface towards tournament
management; the Captain
- Application procedures are basically the same as those of
the individual World Open tournament. See the World Open timeplan.
The Team Match:
- A team match consists of four regular individual racketlon
matches: Men's first (M1) where the best man of team A plays the
best man of team B; Men's second (M2) where the second best
players face each other ... and one ladies' match (L).
- The team captain shall hand in the team details (i.e. who will
play in each of the four matches M1, M2, M3 and L) in writing 15
minutes before match start. It will not be revealed until the
details of the other team has also been handed in.
- The order of the individual matches (e.g. M3, M2, L, M1) is
decided by the drawing of lots at the time when the draw is done.
- The winner of the team match is not the winner of most
individual matches but the winner of the most points.
- If, after the four regular matches, the team match is still
undecided the gummiarm single point tie-break is applied in the
last match (i.e. the match that started last). (In
theory, it is thus possible that a match ends with two
consecutive gummiarm tie-breaks; one to decide the individual
match and a second to decide the team match.)
- A walk over in an individual match counts as 21-0, 21-0, 21-0,
21-0. If an individual match is interrupted by one of the players
the points gathered before the interruption still count and all
remaining points go to the opponent. (E.g. if player A is forced
to interrupt a match due to injury after winning the table tennis
and when leading 15-13 in squash the result will look something
like 21-19, 15-21, 0-21, 0-21.)
Other Conditions
General:
- Please, show respect for our time schedule! Walk
Over will occur after only 5 minutes! Only
five minutes break between sets + 2 minutes of warming up on
court!
- Get your match cards at the desk before each game. And give it
back after you have filled in the result.
- Balls are included in the participation fee.
- At the end of a pool play, if players cannot be separated based
on the number of victories in the pool, the result in the
individual match between them will decide. If this is not enough,
points will be counted. If this is not enough, lots will be
drawn.
Categories:
- Ladies Elite, Ladies Amateurs (Beginners), Men Elite,
Men Class 1, Men Amateurs (Beginners), Men Juniors (under 20
years of age), Men Old Boys (45 or older)
- The official Swedish Racketlon Ranking (by Racketlon.com)
will be followed. This means that a player that appears in the
ranking in a certain class will not be allowed to take part in a
lower class.
Plate Tournaments:
- Non-Swedish participants are guaranteed at least 3
matches. Swedish participants are guaranteed at least 2. In order
to fulfill these guarantees plate tournaments will be arranged.
- In the Mens' EliteClass, Class 1 and Amateur Class everyone who
looses their first match can choose to take part in a plate
tournament that will run parallelly to the ordinary tournament.
But you need to register for it. First Round Plate
Registration deadline: Saturday 12:00.
- Non-Swedish players who get knocked out in the second round
(e.g. the first round of the plate) can choose to register for
the "International Plate". International
Plate Registration Deadline: Saturday, 19:00
Table Tennis:
Balls: Stiga Yellow 3*, 40 mm
Squash:
Balls: Dunlop revelation pro (2 yellow dots)
Badminton:
Elite Classes (Men and Ladies): Feather Shuttlecocks, brand:
Forza 80.
Other Classes: Nylon Shuttlecocks, brand: Yonex Mavis 350 yellow
(But "Feather rules": if one
of the players so wishes feather shuttlecocks shall be used at
his cost)
If a serve hits an obstacle hanging down from the ceiling, it
shall be replayed. At all other instances the point is lost.
Tennis:
Balls: Slazenger Wimbledon Ultra VIS (preassurised)
(swedish: gasbollar)
Surface: Bolltex Carpet Surface (swedish: Filt) (indoors)
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