The FiveBar. Spring Open Master Series. 7th - 9th March The Capital Venue Quedgeley Gloucester United Kingdom GL2 2AB

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1 The FiveBar Master Series 7th - 9th March 2014 The Capital Venue Quedgeley Gloucester United Kingdom GL2 2AB 20 ITSF Leonhart Tables events@fivebar.co.uk Sponsorship Partners

2 SCHEDULE At the Capital Venue there is a crucible-like pit area with seating and great lighting that can be looked down upon from the bar. We will use this space to play important matches each day, stopping all other matches so that there is a large crowd. We ll also be live streaming matches from Table 1 all weekend at

3 EVENT FORMATS Super Skills singles A singles event played to the double elimination format, first to 5 best of 3. First game is FSO, second is GW. If a deciding game is required this will be a regular singles game. Open Super Cup This is a pairs event. Each player will play 1 singles match which will be one game first to five. If after both singles matches there will then be a doubles decider, this will then be first to 7.

4 Event Participation Fees ENTRY FEES ENTRY FEES S S S DYP OS/OD OSC W/S S/D JS/D Pro Master Pro Semi Pro Amateur Novice/New Plyrs See Below See Below See Below See Below See Below See Below ENTRY FEES NS/ND AS/D SPS/D PS/D 2BRB Pro Am Pro Master FREE 5 Pro 10 FREE 5 Semi Pro 5 FREE 5 Amateur 5 FREE 5 Novice/New Plyrs See Below See Below FREE See Below Special Deals All new players and Novices will only have to pay 30 to enter all events over the weekend. This will include table fees. New players defined as a player that has no UK ranking, a ranking abroad or who plays in a league abroad. Novice players defined as a player that is ranked Novice in the UK rankings. Table Fees Table Fees will be charged at 5 per day for Sat and Sun. NO table fee for the Friday. This will allow free play all day on tournament tables for both events and practice. Balls will be on sale at 2.50 a ball Restrictions Women, Juniors and Seniors are not able to play in 2brb or Pro am to avoid clashes and keep the tournament on time. If fewer than 6 entrants this will be re considered. Prizes Please consult prize chart where we have payouts advertised. Pre registration All those players who pre register will be enterered into a prize draw.

5 PRIZE MONEY Prizes highlighted in Green are guaranteed minimum All other prizes are a guide and will be based on turn out Highest Placed Amateur in Open Singles will receive half priced entry at the Summer Open Highest Placed Beginner in Open Singles will receive half priced entry at the Summer Open 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 5th 7th 7th Super Skills Singles Friday DYP Open Singles Open Doubles Open Super Cup Beginner Singles Medals Medals Medals Beginner Doubles Medals Medals Medals Novice Singles Medals Medals Medals Novice Doubles Medals Medals Medals Womens Singles Womens Doubles Senior Singles Senior Doubles Junior Singles Medals Medals Medals Junior Doubles Medals Medals Medals Amateur Singles Amateur Doubles Semi Pro Singles Semi Pro Doubles Pro Singles Pro Doubles BRB Medals Medals Medals Pro Am

6 RANKINGS Ranking Guide BFA Points ITSF PFP Other EU Rankings Pro Master <---- Top 18 Elite Pro Master Pro <---- Top 100 Master Pro Semi Pro <---- All other Amateur Semi Pro & /Neulinger Amateur Amateur 950+ <---- Not Listed Beginner/ Beginner Novice 949- & new players All players listed in the BFA rankings will compete at their current BFA rank. Anfanger <---- Not Listed Not Listed Not Listed

7 THE VENUE The Capital Venue, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 2AB Five Bar Foosball has formed a long-term partnership with The Capital Venue situated in the south west of England. The Capital Venue is a 20,000sqft purpose-built facility specifically designed for holding sporting events. It regularly hosts prestigious boxing, wrestling and pool matches and has staged snooker championships shown on live streaming, and other events broadcast on Sky Sports. The Capital Venue has also been awarded the rare honour of being recognised as a Centre of Excellence for snooker by the WPBSA, the sport s global governing body. The venue features a large tournament hall, an amphitheatre-style pit area for important matches, well-priced food and drinks facilities, cheap local accommodation and has great transport links being situated just off junction 12 of the M5.

8 Travel Sat Nav Postcode: GL2 2AB When in the UK: By far the easiest way to reach the tournament venue is by car. The Capital Venue is located just off of junction 12 of the M5 motorway. A map and directions can be found here. TRAVEL If travelling by train, then you should travel to Gloucester Railway Station. From there you will need to catch a bus from a stop across the centre of Gloucester out towards a park and ride car park located just beside the tournament venue. The bus that you need to catch from the city centre is the number 507, departing from Southgate Street in Gloucester, and you should disembark at Waterwells Park and Ride, Quedgeley. A link to the park and ride leaflet, including a map of the route showing where to embark and disembark and bus times, can be found here. Alternatively, you could also catch a taxi from the railway station citing Waterwells Business Park as the destination. When outside the UK: The closest airports of a reasonable size to the venue are Bristol (BRS) and Birmingham (BHX). There are a number of cheap airlines which use these airports. For Ryanair flights (great for Poland and Ireland) and routes click here, and for Easyjet here. BMI Regional also do a number of flights from Germany to Bristol, see here. Lufthansa also run a number of flights to Birmingham - you can check here. For flights from other destinations to these airports please follow these links: Flights to Bristol Airport Flights to Birmingham Airport There are also internal flights from within the UK to both airports for those in Scotland or the far north of England. There are a range of websites that collate flight information from various airlines. From personal experience, Skyscanner has been found to be useful in the past. Once in the UK, we recommend either hiring a car and driving to the venue, or catching a train to Gloucester Railway Station. Birmingham Airport has its own railway station, Birmingham International, from which you can travel onwards to Birmingham New Street and from there to Gloucester. If arriving at Bristol Airport you should catch the Bristol Flyer bus service to Bristol Temple Meads Railway Station, then catch a train to Gloucester.

9 ACCOMMODATION Hotels For all events at the Capital Venue, including this one, we strongly recommend staying at the Holiday Inn Express, located just 100 metres from the tournament venue. The Capital Venue have an arrangement whereby event attendees can receive a special discount with this hotel, giving you a much better rate than comparable hotels in the area. To get the this special rate just go to the South West Snooker Accadamy website here and click on the Holiday Inn express logo on the right. This takes you to the Holiday Inn website, but you ll notice that on the left hand side the Corporate ID and Rate text fields have been filled in - using the form on the left will apply the discount. As ever, we advise you to book early as this hotel will be very popular with foosball players!

10 MORE INFO See you there!