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1 2015 Lord Calvert Canadian Whisky Darts - Tournament of Champions (TOC) Provided by: Partners Promoting Darts (PPD) member operating companies. The PPD is comprised of progressive dart league and amusement machine operating companies nationwide. Updated: Information added for 2015 TOC concerning: 1, Qualifier voucher availability through Extreme-Team remote league play, including remote Qualifier competition added. First ever remote Qualifers to be held August Read details here: 2, Deletion of proposed Men s Semi-Final process. Qualifier advancing clarity for men added page 4. 3, Registration enhancements resulting in a) Qualifier timeslots to be released in stages to ensure minimal Qualifier vouchers sent to Bonus Registration (minimizing Qualifier byes to fill), b) to accommodate uncertainties regarding the number of Qualifier vouchers owned by PPD members verse Qualifier contests offered and c) to help in management of dart board inventory at TOC. See page 4 and 5 below for more details. 4, Bonus Qualifier registration restricted to Qualifier voucher holders with most league games played. See page 5 below for details. 6, Addition of $22,000 Mixed Doubles, Winner Take All Event for remote league players. See page 7 below for details. 7, Addition of Hard Luck Events on Finale day. See page 8 below for details. What, when, and where: 1 What: A five-day, up to $504,360 ADDED darting event with: o Finales: Two (2) $116,300 Finales. One for each gender. Finales are 100% added money provided by the PPD. Finale payouts range from $20,000 to the 1 st place team and include the entire Finale field, including to the 64 th $1,200 to the 2 person team. Finales are NO ENTRY FEE. All Finale entries are earned by advancing from Qualifier contests. See: Earning a Qualifier voucher on page 3 and 4 below and General Information about voucher system, registration and event formats on pages 8-10 below. o Qualifiers: Up to Forty eight (48) $1,395 sponsor added-money Singles Qualifier contests (up to 32 contests for men and up to 16 for women) = up to $67,000 added to 100% payback payouts on these 48 contests leading up to the TOC Finales. o o Women s Qualifier: The top 8 players from each Women s Qualifier advance for FREE to compete in the $116,300 added money Blind Draw Doubles Women s Finale. Men s Qualifier: *The top?? players from each Men s Qualifier advance for FREE to compete in the $116,300 added money Blind Draw Doubles Men s Finale. NOTE: The Men s Finale will host a full bracket of 64 teams, with 128 players, therefore the actual top advancing players from each Men s Qualifier will be determined once registration closes on September 30 th at 4pm, at which point the actual number of qualifier brackets will be known. o Qualifier entry fee $100: Each Qualifier bracket pays $500 to the winner and every position at least $120 including last place, essentially making a qualifier entry fee FREE even when counting a $10 pre-paid quarter for the machine. See: Earning a Qualifier voucher on page 2 and 3, below, Finale 1

2 information on page 3 and 4 below and General Information about voucher system, registration and event formats on pages 8-10 below. 2 o o Doubles Contests: Up to Twenty four (24) $1,500 added-money Flighted Doubles team contests (ten Open Doubles and ten Mixed doubles ) = $36,000 added to 100% payback payouts to top 25% of field. Flighted competition = fair for all skill levels. Open to all eligible PPD league players nationwide. $30 entry fee per person per contest = $60 per team. See: Flighted contest information on page 5 and 6 below and General Information about registration and event formats on pages 8-10 below. Triples Contest: Up to Twenty four (24) $2,250 added-money Flighted Triples team contests (ten Open Triples and ten Mixed Triples ) = $54,000 added to 100% payback payouts to top 25% of field. Flighted competition = fair for all skill levels. Open to all eligible PPD league players nationwide. $30 entry fee per person per contest = $90 per team. See: Flighted contest information on page 5 and 6 below and General Information about registration and event formats on on pages 8-10 below. o Winner Take All Contest: $22,000 added money mixed doubles invitational blind draw contest = $22,000 added to 100% payback payouts to entire field. $100 entry fee per person. Open to only Horizon Darts Exreme Team Remote League players that are within the top 200 of the All Star Mixed Doubles Invitational Rank List and only to those players who belong to fully sanctioned PPD members. See: Winner Take All Contest on page 6 and 7 below and General Information about voucher system, registration and event formats on pages 8-10 below. o Hard-Luck Contest: Two (2) $8,000 added money blind draw contests = $16,000 added to 100% payback payouts to entire field. One per gender. $100 entry fee per person. See: Hard-Luck Contest on page 7 below and General Information about voucher system, registration and event formats on pages 8-10 below. o **Pre-Paid Board Fees: In addition to entry fees described above a $10 board-fee per player, per entry is required at time of registration. Boards are prepaid for all events. When: Saturday October 17, Wednesday October 21, Where: Kansas City The KCI Exposition Center. This venue is near the KC International Airport to evenly share travel time and costs for all who attend from across America. Earn your way into a Finale: Finale payouts: $232,600 total payout with $116,300 for Men and $116,300 for Women. Each Finale consists of 128 players: Eight (8) players from each of the sixteen (16) qualifiers = 128 players. 128 from Qualifiers = 128 players. BLIND-DRAW DOUBLES TEAMS. 64 position, TRIPLE-ELIMINATION bracket. Position Sponsor provided payout per Team 1st $20,000 for Men - and - $20,000 for Women 2nd $10,000 for Men - and - $10,000 for Women 2

3 3rd $5,000 for Men - and - $5,000 for Women 4th $3,500 for Men - and - $3,500for Women 5 th $3,000 for Men - and - $3,000 for Women 6th $2,500 for Men - and - $2,500 for Women 7th $2,250 for Men - and - $2,250 for Women 8th $2,000 for Men - and - $2,000 for Women 9th $1,750 for Men - and - $1,750 for Women 10th $1,500 for Men - and - $1,500 for Women 11 64th $1,200 for Men - and - $1,200 for Women 3 Earning a Qualifier voucher: Saturday, Sunday, Monday and 1,024 for men and 512 for female players. A Qualifier voucher enables a player to register to compete in ONE (1) of the twice daily Qualifier contests timeslots offered. Each Qualifier is a thirty-two (32) person, TRIPLE-ELIMINATION, SINGLES contest. Each qualifier is 100% payback and has $1,395 added to the payouts. Qualifier vouchers can be issued to any player a PPD league operator certifies competed in dart league on dartboards owned by the league operator with minimum standards as follows: Qualifier voucher player requirements: The league operator certifies the player has participated in a minimum of 350 league games, or in some case for first-year PPD members, a combination of league and tournament games before 11:59 PM on July 14, 2015 in any combination of cricket and 01 where the league operator has retained statistics that can be shared with officials, which statistics demonstrate the player has achieved a minimum average Mark Per Round (MPR) or Point Per Dart (PPD) (Open/In Open/Out games only) of: For Men: 2.5 MPR or 25 PPD, or higher standards as may be established by the local PPD league operator. For Women: 1.65 MPR or 16.5 PPD, or higher standards as may be established by the local PPD league operator. Note #1: PPD posts the highest known average for each player. A player s current best statistic from one of three sources. 1) Player s current best league stat, which stat contains at least 24 league games of cricket or 01- Open/In Open/Out games. 2) Player s history average from all league data. 3) Player s most recent PPD tournament stat, which stat contains at least darts thrown during any PPD tournament competition. Note #2: Each PPD operator/vendor has the option to increase player voucher requirements above PPD set standards. An operator may require higher statistical skill levels, more league games played, more nights of league play, or any other higher standard. Please see your local PPD league operator to confirm local requirement details. Note #3: July 15 th lock-down indicates a locked in stat for players on operators 2015 TOC standings pages and is used solely for the purpose of awarding qualifier and doubles/triples vouchers. The locked in stat on the 2015 TOC standings IS NOT THE STAT used for registering teams for events at the 2015 TOC, see note #1 for complete stat details. IMPORTANT! Please also see General information about voucher system, registration and event formats beginning on page 8 below. Qualifier payouts with $1,395 added to each. Note: last place pays back same as $100 entry fee plus money to cover coin-drop for dart machines. Effectively making a qualifier entry fee free. *Place 1st Payout/Prize per person $500 and entry to Finale 3

4 2nd $300 and entry to Finale 3rd $200 and entry to Finale 4th $160 and entry to Finale * 5th $150 and entry to Finale * 6th $145 and entry to Finale * 7th $140 and entry to Finale * 8th $120 and entry to Finale * 9th-32nd $120 plus 9th place is a "Wild Card for Women. 4 * NOTE: The Men s Finale will host a full bracket of 64 teams with 128 players. Therefore, the actual number positions from each Men s Qualifier to advance to the Finale is determined after registration closes on September 30 th at 4pm when the actual number of Men s Qualifier brackets is known. The number of men from each Qualifier necessary to fill the Finale roster of 128 men will advance. Tie breaker and examples are provided further below. Men s: The Men s Finale will host a full bracket of 64 teams with 128 players. For 2015 we will have 16 men advancing from the two Men s Pre-Qualifiers in August 2015, leaving 112 men needed to fill the Men s Finale roster at TOC. When registration closes on Sept 30 th we ll know exactly how many Men s Qualifiers we ll have in October at the TOC. To determine how many will advance from each Qualifier, we ll divide the remaining 112 roster positions by the number of Qualifiers to be held and then any extra positions from the next highest finishing position within the top 8 of the earliest held Qualifiers. a. For example: We could have as many as 32 Men s Qualifiers in 2015, but likely will not fill them all. We expect to have about 24 Qualifiers. Based upon 24 (112 / 24 = 4.66). This 24 Qualifier scenario would mean that 4 men from each Qualifier will advance to the Finale (4 x 24 = 96) plus, then, 16 additional men ( = 16). The 16 additional men will be those men who ve not already advanced and who finish 5 th place in the earliest held 16 Qualifiers to enable everyone to know, with certainty, they advanced to the Finale or not; and to allow those who do not advance to the Finale to know they may enter the Hard Luck event if they choose. b. For the example scenario above, during any of the first 16 Qualifiers, if any of the top 5 players in all of the Qualifiers held in any timeslot have already advanced from an earlier Qualifier we will advance the additional the number of position(s) from all Qualifiers in that timeslot, up to the 8 th position, to ensure the total number of men expected from that timeslot advance with certainty to the Finale. Again, this process is to enable all men to know if they advanced to the Finale or not at the time of completing a Qualifier competition. If, in an extreme scenario, there are not enough new players within the top 8 finishing positons from all Qualifiers in a timeslot, then, we will add the number of additional positions needed to the very next available timeslot. c. Tie-breaker for any advancing position is based upon Player Ranking of all of the players tied for an advancing position. Player Rank is determined by multiplying best known ppd and mpr. Women s Wild Card for TOC Finale, drawn from Women s Qualifiers 9 th place finishers: If there are absent players at the Women s Finale at 10 am Wednesday forfeit time, absent players are eliminated except that should there be an odd number of total players, leaving one player without a partner, then a Wildcard entry is selected to complete the final team for the Women s Finale. One female Qualifier player may be selected at random from all 16, 9th place finishers from qualifiers as the wild card entry to replace a missing player in the TOC Finale. The 9th place players in attendance are placed into a drawing with the wild card entry drawn at random at that time (10am Wednesday) if a wild card is needed due to a no-show leaving an odd number of players. Men s Wild cards are only needed if someone fails to show at time of Finale. Men s Wild card is the highest Player Rank player in attendance who did not advance from the highest tiebreaker 4

5 position of all Qualifiers held. If more than one man fails to show for Finale, the two men left will form a team and one bye will be used. A drawing is held to determine which bracket position is to be used by the team and which is made a bye. Qualifier Vouchers can be earned through Extreme-Team remote league in 2015: Please find details at this dartstoc.com site link: TOC Qualifier registration: Qualifier bracket timeslots are to be released in stages to ensure the following goals are met: 1, to protect the competition level of the Qualifiers and subsequently the competition level of the Finales. 2, to enable management of the number of dartboards needed for the 2015 TOC. 3, to enable management of member/vendor vouchers owned and available to award to players verse number of Qualifier timeslots offered. Stage 1, 2015 Opening day (August 1, ??? until full) Similar to all previous years. Two (2) brackets for men and one (1) bracket for women in all timeslots (16 total men s and 8 total women s) Qualifier brackets made available for player registration. Each entry is offered on a first come first served basis. Players have full range of options in choosing which day and time they want to compete just as in prior years. Stage 2, Upon all of the initial stage 1 brackets for either gender being filled, one additional bracket, in a timeslot at a time, for men and/or women is made available for player registration. Another bracket for either gender is made available for player registration alternating timeslots and going day by day - to ensure optimal board inventory usage among other things listed above. This stage of registration continues through the end of September - during the normal registration period the same period of time as in years passed. Example, stage 1 s men s brackets get full in mid-august, then one additional men s bracket is made available for player registration until it is full before opening another Men s bracket. Alternating timeslots with any added for the women. At the time that women fill all of stage 1 s women s brackets PPD then begins alternating morning and night between genders. Stage 3, Bonus registration opens Oct. 1 and is used to fill only the remaining byes in any partially filled bracket that had been opened during stage 2, but did not get full. This means less than 31 Bonus Qualifier vouchers for either gender will be available, in total, for Bonus Qualifier registration Day one, Oct. 1, 2015: At 10 am CST, the number of men and/or women as determined by most total league and PPD remote tournament games played during the 2015 TOC league year (July 15, 2015 July 14, 2015) equal to the number of available vouchers for each gender are given the first opportunity to register for a Bonus Qualifier event. Day two: At 10 am CST, the next men and women as determined by most total league and PPD remote tournament games played during the 2015 TOC league year (July 15, 2015 July 14, 2015) equal to the number of remaining available vouchers for each gender are given the next opportunity to register for a Bonus Qualifier event. Day three and beyond until all remaining Qualifier positions are filled: At 10 am CST, continue down the list of men or women as determined by most total league and PPD remote tournament games played during the 2015 TOC league year (July 15, 2015 July 14, 2015) equal to the number of available vouchers for each gender. 5 5

6 Note 1: 2 men s and 1 women s bracket will be gone from regular registration due to the features of the Extreme-Team remote league program. Leaving only 30 and 15 Qualifier bracket involved in registration process for This means that only 14 men s and 7 women s brackets could be opened in stage two. 6 Note 2: Qualifier Voucher reservations: Reservations allowed during the first stage only and each Qualifier that is reserved must be paid for by the player or the vendor/member who made the reservation - prior to the end of stage 1. Earning a Doubles or Triples (Flighted contest) voucher: Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday: Doubles and Triples vouchers entitle players to register to compete in ONE (1) of the Saturday through Tuesday Doubles or Triples tournaments (32-person TRIPLE-ELIMINATION flighted bracket contests). Each contest is 100% payback and has $1500 added to each flight/bracket for Doubles and $2,250 added to each Triples flight/bracket (based upon full flights). Flighted contest information: $90,000 total added to Flighted competition (based on full flights*) Saturday through Tuesday. For all skill-level players certified by a PPD operator to have competed in dart league on dartboards owned by the league operator with minimum standards as follows: The PPD league operator certifies the player has participated in a minimum of 200 league and or tournament games by 11:59 PM July 14, 2015 in any combination of cricket and 01 where the league operator has retained statistics that can be shared with PPD officials. NOTE: Each PPD operator has the option to increase player requirements above PPD set standards. An operator may require higher statistical skill levels, more league games played, more nights of league play, or any other higher standard an operator may determine. Please see your local PPD league operator to confirm local requirement details. Please also see General information about voucher system, registration and event formats beginning on page 7 below. Flighted Doubles and Triples contests on Saturday through Tuesday at 9:00 am and 4 pm each day as follows: Saturday and 9:00 am forfeit time - Mixed Doubles : 100% payback plus $1,500 added to each bracket (based on full flights*). Requires one male and one female player. Six brackets non-capped and capped at 54 ppd. See TOC registration portal for details in August. Flighting based upon skill stats gathered from prior league and or tournament play. Each flight is a 32 position, triple elimination bracket. Pre-registration and pre-payment required. **Entry fee is $30 per person. Registration is open August 1, through 4pm central time September 30 th. To register visit then establish a Player Account including profile, then select the register for tournament icon. Mixed Doubles and Open Doubles Payouts Prize pool per flight (based on full flights*): Added Money: $1500 (*if not full flights, will be proportionate to number of teams per bracket) Entry Fees based upon full flights: 32x$60 = $1920 Total Pool: $ st - $ nd - $750 3 rd - $500 4 th - $400 5 th - $300 6 th - $200 6

7 7 th - $150 8 th - $120 7 Saturday and 4:00 pm forfeit time - Mixed Triples : 100% payback plus $2,250 added to each bracket (based on full flights*). Requires at least one female player. Six brackets non-capped and capped at 74 ppd. See TOC registration portal for details in August. Flighting based upon skill stats gathered from prior league and or tournament play. Each flight is a 32 position, triple elimination bracket. Pre-registration and pre-payment required. **Entry fee is $30 per person. Registration is open August 1, through 4pm central time September 30 th. To register visit then establish a Player Account including profile, then select the register for tournament icon. Mixed Triples and Open Triples Payouts Prize pool per flight (based on full flights*): Added Money: $2250 (*if not full flights, will be proportionate to number of teams per bracket) Entry Fees based upon full flights: 32x$90=$2880 Total Pool: $ st - $ nd - $ rd - $750 4 th - $600 5 th - $450 6 th - $300 7 th - $180 8 th - $150 Sunday and 9:00 am forfeit time - Open Doubles : 100% payback plus $1,500 added to each bracket (based on full flights*). Any gender combination of two players. Six brackets non-capped and capped at 54 ppd. See TOC registration portal for details in August. Flighting based upon skill stats gathered from prior league and or tournament play. Each flight is a 32 position, triple elimination bracket. Pre-registration and pre-payment required. **Entry fee is $30 per person. Registration is open August 1, through 4pm central time September 30 th. To register visit then establish a Player Account including profile, then select the register for tournament icon. Sunday and 4:00 pm forfeit time - Open Triples : 100% payback plus $2,250 added to each bracket (based on full flights*). Any gender combination of three players. Six brackets non-capped and capped at 74 ppd. See TOC registration portal for details in August. Flighting based upon skill stats gathered from prior league and or tournament play. Each flight is a 32 position, triple elimination bracket. Pre-registration and pre-payment required. **Entry fee is $30 per person. Registration is open August 1, through 4pm central time September 30 th. To register visit then establish a Player Account including profile, then select the register for tournament icon. Sunday All Star Mixed Doubles Invitational Winner Take 4:00 pm forfeit time Winner Take All : 100% payback plus $22,000 added. Limited to the top 32 eligible men and 32 eligible women based on skill as found on the All Star Mixed Doubles Invitational Rank List. Bracket is a 32 position, triple elimination bracket blind draw mixed doubles. Pre-registration and pre-payment required. **Entry fee is $100 per person. Registration is open August 1, through 4pm central time September 30 th. To register visit then establish a Player Account including profile, then select the register for tournament icon. NOTE: Eligible players for this event are strictly limited to fully sanctioned PPD members only. 7

8 All Star Mixed Doubles Invitational Winner Take All payouts with $22,000 added payouts based on 64 people (32 teams), paid to last place, as follows: Place Payout 1st $20,000 2nd $2,000 3rd $200 8 Wednesday 10:00 am forfeit time Men s and Women s Separate Hard-Luck Contest: 100% payback plus $8,000 added to each bracket. Limited to the first 128 men and 128 women to register who fail to advance to their respective Finale. Each bracket is a 64 position, triple elimination bracket blind draw doubles. **Entry fee is $100 per person at the time of registration onsite at 2015 TOC. Registration is restricted to players who are eliminated from advancing to a Finale. Players who have Qualifier(s) yet to play may not register until after being eliminated from all Qualifiers they are in. Hard-Luck payouts with $8,000 added to each bracket payouts based on 128 people (64 teams) per gender, paid to last place, as follows: Place Payout 1st $2,500 2nd $1,600 3rd $1,200 4th $900 5th $800 6th $700 7th $650 8th $600 9 th 10 th 11 th 64 th $550 $500 $200 Note: to prevent double event registration, players who register for a morning Qualifier will not be allowed to register for a Doubles event on the same day and likewise for the afternoon Qualifiers and Triples events on the same day General information about voucher system, registration and event formats: Each PPD Member/vendor is entitled to award three types of non-transferrable vouchers for both men and women in their area. Qualifier vouchers: There are qualifier events for both men and women during each of the first four days of the TOC. Doubles/Triples 3,200 as follows: All league players with more than 200 games may participate in Doubles and Triples where$1,500 and $2,250 is added respectively per flight/bracket. There are brackets/flights of Doubles and Triples contests each morning and each evening respectively during each of the first four days of the TOC with 32 entries in each bracket/flight. Each bracket is Triple Elimination. Voucher allotments: Vouchers are distributed to PPD operators proportionate to the amount of sanctioning fees paid by each local PPD league operator. Vouchers are available to players in states all across America (contingent upon meeting player qualifications and having a sanctioning PPD member/vendor in the area). See "where can I play" link at to find your nearest participating PPD dart league operator. 8

9 9 : To facilitate the voucher system and tournament registration; a secure website is used to provide each PPD league operator a method to electronically issue vouchers for their players. When a player voucher is issued, the player s name appears on a corresponding TOC Standings page of the member vendor to denote an eligible player list for registering to compete at the TOC. Players will then electronically register themselves for the TOC and remit their entry fees for all events selected by the player. Issuing vouchers to players: PPD member/vendors issue their vouchers electronically. Starting at 8 am central time August 1, through 4 pm central time on September 30 via operator control portal at In addition to issuing vouchers, PPD member/vendors may also: Register their voucher recipients for Qualifiers, Doubles or Triples. Registering players for all events requires payment of entry fee and inclusion of all required player details. Registration for each Qualifier timeslot is first come first served. Edit voucher recipients (re-issue a voucher by deleting a player and replacing them with another). Transfer (sell or trade) any or all of their vouchers to other PPD member/vendors. Player Registration process for all events: All player entries in all TOC contest are required to be preregistered through Player Accounts accessible via The appropriate corresponding entry fee is required pre-paid through the website using PayPal services. Regular player registration begins at 8 am central time on August 1, 2015 and continues through 4 pm central time on September 30, Registration for each Qualifier timeslot and all flighted event timeslots is first come first served and closes at 4pm central time on September 30, Bonus Registration: Bonus registration applies to filling byes in any remaining Qualifiers that are not full. Bonus Registration - for bye spots in QUALIFIERS only - begins at 10:00 am central time on October 1 st. Bonus Registration closes at 4 pm central time on October 10 th or once all Qualifier bye spots have been filled. This Bonus registration period is provided to prevent byes in any Qualifier, which is important to ensure only the most skilled players will advance to a Finale to be randomly partnered with others who have likewise proven ability through Qualifier competition. Please see details for Bonus Qualifier Registration on page 4 and 5 above. Bonus Registration Note: With the intent of Bonus Registration to avoid byes in Qualifiers, a Qualifier in a timeslot having no entries at the end of Regular Registration is terminated to ensure the intent of Bonus Registration is accomplished instead of potentially leaving byes in two partially filled Qualifiers in a timeslot. A terminated Women s Qualifier will result in 4 randomly placed byes advanced to the Finale. A terminated Men s Qualifier may result in less more advancing positions within actual hosted Men s Qualifiers. Voucher Reservation system: An operator selectable option, where each can choose to reserve their share of vouchers prior to the August 1 st, start of voucher distribution and player registration. The voucher reservation system is available to each PPD operator to ensure the operator has equal distribution of vouchers across all eight (8) Qualifiers to reduce the odds of too many of any one operator s players being in the same Qualifier contest. An operator who wishes to reserve vouchers will do so by selecting and recording that decision via the operator voucher management portal at Voucher reservation may be selected by the operator between July 15 and July 31. For example: An operator with fifteen (15) Qualifier vouchers who elects to reserve vouchers - the system will automatically reserve one (1) roster position in each of the eight (8) Qualifiers because, for this example, there are more than eight (8) vouchers to reserve. Then, the system will require the operator to select a Qualifier for each of the remaining seven (7) vouchers to be reserved. The result for the operator in this example is a reservation of two (2) roster positions in seven (7) of the eight (8) Qualifiers and one (1) reservation in one (1) Qualifier with all fifteen (15) voucher positions reserved. 9

10 10 Entry conflict priority: Should registering in an additional qualifier during Bonus registration create a conflict with a previously paid Doubles or Triples contest, priority is placed upon the Qualifier entry. The player is responsible to find a substitute player for the conflicting Doubles or Triple team. A substitute player of similar or lessor skill (if in a capped event) should be selected to ensure the team still remains under the cap and will fit in the same flight if the substitution is made near the time of the event. The player(s) involved in the substitution are required to contact PPD staff at any time at least 12 hours prior to a morning timeslot contest and at least four hours prior to an afternoon timeslot contest. All substitutions meeting these criteria are approved upon confirmation of the substitute being at a skill level that results in the team remaining under the cap and/or in the same flight (where applicable). No refunds are given. VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Qualifier registrations, once paid, are as-is and non-transferable to another day and/or time. Please BE VERY SURE when submitting your registration and remitting your entry fee. Registered qualifier entries WILL NOT BE MOVED TO ANOTHER DAY AND/OR TIME and will not be cancelled or refunded unless a verifiable emergency. Using subs at a Doubles or Triples contest: Subs are allowed in the Doubles and Triples contest.. A substitute player of similar or lessor skill (if in a capped event) should be selected to ensure the team still remains under the cap and will fit in the same flight if the substitution is made near the time of the event. The player(s) involved in the substitution are required to contact PPD staff at any time at least 12 hours prior to a morning timeslot contest and at least four hours prior to an afternoon timeslot contest. All substitutions meeting these criteria are approved upon confirmation of the substitute being at a skill level that results in the team remaining under the cap and/or in the same flight (when applicable). No refunds are given. Top Female players can earn more than one Finale spot entry and create byes in the Finale bracket: For 2015 Female Players are allowed to compete to earn multiple Finale entries in several scenarios. 1, Players may be issued more than one Qualifier voucher from their local PPD operator. 2, Qualifier voucher holders may register for other non-utilized qualifier positions in more than one qualifier by registering to compete during the Bonus registration period. See Bonus Qualifier Registration details on page 4 and 5 above. As shown in the Finale payouts, every position pays at least $1,200 to the team including last place. Any player who earns a second [or more] entry to a Finale earns the prize money for the byes they create. For example: A player who is awarded an extra Qualifier voucher(s) from their operator may register to compete in multiple qualifiers, or a player may register for an extra Qualifier during the bonus registration period (if any remain available). If that player then finishes in the top 8 of more than one of those other qualifiers, contributing to the creation of one half (1/2) Finale bye, the player will earn an additional $600 in Finale prize money in addition to all other money the player wins in the qualifiers and in the Finale. *Each man who finishes in the top 8 of any Qualifier, who does not advance to the Finale, will be paid an additional $600 in elimination prize-money that would have been used to pay those who would have been eliminated during the semi-final as originally planned and posted. For 2015, Men may earn the [what would have been] bye money ($600), because the Finale roster will contain 128 actual participants. Meaning there will not acutally be any byes in the 2015 men s TOC Finale. Event Formats: Triple Elimination: Triple elimination brackets contain a Winner s side, Survivor s side and Loser s side on each bracket. Everyone must be beaten three (3) times to be eliminated. 10

11 11 Player shooting order: The League feature is used for all tournament games. Player shooting order is selected in the league set-up for each game played in the contest prior to the start of each game. Shooting order is determined by the players on a team at that time. Player shooting order may be changed during a match, but not during a game. Once a game has been started the game must be completed with the shooting order selected unless all players on both teams agree there was a mistake in the game set-up, in which case PPD officials will re-set the machine. CRICKET REMINDER: all Cricket games cut off at 20 rounds! Be aware of this in determining game strategy. Freeze rule: A player may not take a game out if their partner s score is higher than the combined score of the two opposing players. If a player s partner s score is equal to or less than the combined score of the two opposing players, that player may take the game out. If a player reaches zero when he/she is frozen, the win is credited to the opposing team. The Shooters Advantage: A dart that sticks in a mark but does not register that mark will be manually scored by an official OR PLAYERS INVOLVED IF IN AGREEMENT. A dart that flights a beneficial mark on the way in, but sticks elsewhere, will not be manually un-scored. To apply the Shooters advantage rule: the match must be stopped. All darts must be left exactly as thrown until verified and scored by a PPD official. If the darts are removed, the score displayed will remain. Event Formats and Corking Instructions as found below are also printed on the back of all score sheets. Men s Qualifier: Winner s Side: Race to two, Cricket Added games on the Winner s Side Round 4, the four (4) undefeated teams will play race to four (4); Round 5, the two (2) undefeated teams will play race to five (5); Round 6, Championship match will revert back to race to two (2) Survivor s Side: Race to two, Cricket, and tiebreaker is 501. Loser s Side: One game of 701. Corking: Flip a coin. Winner of coin toss chooses to see or show game #1. Winner of Cork starts game #1. Game #2 and beyond: loser of previous game starts, until match tiebreaker, if needed. Match tiebreaker game: loser of previous game chooses to see or show the cork. Winner of cork starts tiebreaker game. Women s Qualifier: Winner s Side: Race to two, Cricket Added games on the Winner s Side Round 4, the four (4) undefeated teams will play race to four (4); Round 5, the two (2) undefeated teams will play race to five (5); Round 6, Championship match will revert back to race to two (2) Survivor s Side: Race to two, Cricket, 501, and tiebreaker is 301. Loser s Side: One game of 701. Corking: Flip a coin. Winner of coin toss chooses to see or show game #1. Winner of Cork starts game #1. Game #2 and beyond: loser of previous game starts, until match tiebreaker, if needed. Match tiebreaker game: loser of previous game chooses to see or show the cork. Winner of cork starts tiebreaker game. 11

12 12 Mixed and Open Doubles and Winner Take All Mixed-Doubles Invitational: Winner s Side: Race to two, 501/Cricket, tiebreaker 501 Added games on the Winner s Side Round 4. The four (4) undefeated teams play race to four (4) same game rotation, Round 5, the two (2) undefeated teams will play race to five (5) same game rotation, Round 6, Championship match will revert back to race to two (2). Survivor s Side: Race to two, 501. Loser s Side: One game of 701. Corking: Flip a coin. Winner of coin toss chooses to see or show game #1. Winner of Cork starts game #1. Game #2 and beyond: loser of previous game starts, until match tiebreaker, if needed. Match tiebreaker game: loser of previous game chooses to see or show the cork. Winner of cork starts tiebreaker game. Mixed and Open Triples: Winner s Side: Race to two, 501. Added games on the Winner s Side Round 4. The four (4) undefeated teams play race to four (4), Round 5, the two (2) undefeated teams will play race to five (5), Round 6, Championship match will revert back to race to two (2). Survivor s Side: Race to two, 501. Loser s Side: One game of 701. Corking: Flip a coin. Winner of coin toss chooses to see or show game #1. Winner of Cork starts game #1. Game #2 and beyond: loser of previous game starts, until match tiebreaker, if needed. Match tiebreaker game: loser of previous game chooses to see or show the cork. Winner of cork starts tiebreaker game. Men s Finale and Men s Hard-Luck: Winner s Side: Race to two 501 Freeze/Cricket/Choice Added games on the Winner s Round 4, the four (4) undefeated teams will play race to four (4); Round 5, the two (2) undefeated teams will play race to five (5); Round 6, Championship match will revert back to race to two (2) Survivor s Side: Race to two 501 oi/oo/cricket/choicegame. Loser s Side: One Game 701. Finale Corking: Flip a coin. Winner of coin toss chooses to see or show game #1. Winner of Cork starts game #1. Game #2 and beyond: loser of previous game starts, until match tiebreaker, if needed. Finale Tiebreaker: Winners Side. Loser of previous game chooses to see or show the cork. Winner of cork can choose the game (Freeze or Cricket) OR to start the match. Finale Tiebreaker: Survivors Side. Loser of previous game chooses to see or show the cork. Winner of cork can choose the game (501 oi/oo or Cricket) OR to start the match. 12

13 13 Women s Finale and Women s Hard-Luck: Winner s Side: Race to two 501 Freeze/Cricket/Choice Added games on the Winner s Side Round 4, the four (4) undefeated teams will play race to four (4); Round 5, the two (2) undefeated teams will play race to five (5); Round 6, Championship match will revert back to race to two (2) Survivor s Side: Race to two 501 oi/oo/cricket/choice. Loser s Side: One Game 701. Finale Corking: Flip a coin. Winner of coin toss chooses to see or show game #1. Winner of Cork starts game #1. Game #2 and beyond: loser of previous game starts, until match tiebreaker, if needed. Finale Tiebreaker: Winners Side: Loser of previous game chooses to see or show the cork. Winner of cork can choose the game (Freeze or Cricket) OR to start the match. Finale Tiebreaker: Survivors Side: Loser of previous game chooses to see or show the cork. Winner of cork can choose the game (501 oi/oo or Cricket) OR to start the match.!*!*!*! VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Children under the age of 13 ARE NOT ALLOWED in the tournament hall. Children 14 and older must be in the presence of a responsible, non-drinking adult. Player Etiquette, Good Sportsmanship and Ethics Players are required to conduct themselves in a positive manner at all times. Misguided competitiveness is not an excuse! Drinking is not an excuse! Do not remove score sheet from tournament hall violators are subject to match forfeiture, ejection of event (s) and/or future tournament privileges. Be prepared to throw when it s your turn; do not delay the match for any reason. Loitering/drinking/tailgating in the parking lot is strictly prohibited violators are subject to ejection of events(s) and/or future tournament privileges. Absolutely NO OUTSIDE FOOD or DRINKS permitted! Items will be confiscated and discarded. Please Note: Rules are meant to provide a foundation for an enjoyable experience playing darts. Please never use any rule out of the context for which it was written, in doing so you may be causing more problems than the rule was originally meant to help prevent. Never allow misplaced competitiveness to over shadow common sense and good sportsmanship. THROW DARTS, RELAX AND HAVE FUN!!!! A team that is expelled from league or tournament may be expelled from the league or tournaments for no less than one year (at PPD discretion). NOTE: PPD officials will not tolerate poor sportsmanship or unethical conduct! Any negative, aggressive or abusive behavior of any kind will result in penalty. We reserve the right to address any misconduct once reported stemming from any darting activity including but not limited to: tournament play, league match play or 13

14 14 any other sanctioned league function. Bad behavior will result in disciplinary action and/or expulsion from this program. 14