Tournament will be Group Matchplay

Qualifying - 5 Rounds (4 rds if more than 16 players)

First round pairing: Players will be randomly paired against each other in the first round.

General pairing: Players will be paired against players with the same/similar win-loss record.

Scoring system: IFPA (7/5/3/1) for 4player grps (7/4/1) for 3 player grps.

Arena draws: - Attempts will be made to assign an arena that has been played the fewest times by all opponents.

Five rounds (or 4 depending on numbers), one game per round.

Tiebreaker: Ties will be broken by the number of first place finishes, then by the number of second place finishes and finally, if necessary, a single game play-off. Ties will only be broken for first, second and third places in the semi final & final.

The finals will consist of the top 8 (or top 4 field if less than 16players).

Semi Final - players will be seeded into two groups with the top two players from each group going through to the final. Ea group will play 1 elimination final with placings awarded 7/5/3/1 with the top 2 players from ea group going through to the final

Final - The top four players will play 4 games concurrently in chaos style format