Veteran
Players Ranking System
prepared by Graham Dixon VPG 2001/2
Agreed by
the Veterans Policy Group
and Vets Coordinators Meeting May 2001
for the season 2001
-
2002
System specifically designed for veteran players.
The system will provide the third element in the “Cradle to
grave” system designed for all ages.
Graham
Dixon
to receive results of all tournaments from BA of E and keep records of
results and rankings. This to be available to VPG and National Selection
Committee only. Rankings may also be used (at the discretion of the VPG) to
guide the seeding process in major tournaments.
Tournaments are graded. Categories A & B must ;-
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Be “Open” Tournaments and offer all age groups 40 – 60
+ |
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Play “best of three” to 15 points |
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Have at least three years experience |
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Be seen to attract credible numbers of leading players. |
Tournaments in category C will be all other veteran
tournaments and will be encouraged to attain the criteria that will allow
them to be re-scheduled as category B events.
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Category
A |
The English
National Championships |
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The All England
Veterans |
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Category
B |
The Kent
Veterans |
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The Cumbria
Classic |
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The
Lancashire Veterans |
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The West of
England Veterans |
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Category C
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All other “Open” Veteran
Tournaments in England |
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and the Scottish
International and Welsh Masters |
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Points are awarded for each round won plus 5 points for
entering and a bonus of 5 for winning.
Players earn points at the age at which they choose to
compete.
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Over 40 |
Over 45 |
Over 50 |
Over 55 |
Over 60 |
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A |
25 |
24 |
23 |
22 |
21 |
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B |
20 |
19 |
18 |
17 |
16 |
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C |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
The ranking to be based on the “sub total” which will be the
total of;-
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The Nationals and their best 3 other
results |
The system will
be updated as results become available and rankings based upon the period
September 1st. to August 31st. each season.
UK Veterans Tournament List
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Veterans Badminton
