SEPF Scotland Squad Trial

[thecentralscrutinizer]

Posted on behalf on SEPF Chairman Derek Ahern

The trial for the Mens Squad for 2011 will take place in Rileys Aberdeen on the 4th of December 2010.

Cost £10 which will go in total to a fund for the European Championships in Malta 19-26th February.

Dress Code :
Collared Shirt or Polo Shirt
Black Trousers NO JEANS
Black Shoes
No Football Colours.
This will be strictly Adhered to.

For 2011 the Mens squad will consist of 16 players :

3 Retained From International List :
4 Winners of Regional Tours 1,2,3 & 4
2 Runners Up From Region 1 & 2 Tours

9 Players in total.

The trial is for the remainig 7 places and will be run using the Swiss System and will be based
on the rankings from each tour.

R1 - Seeds 3-10 (8 players)
R2 - Seeds 3-10 (8 players)
R3 - Seeds 2-9 (8 players)
R4 - Seeds 2-9 (8 players) TOTAL 32 Players

In the 1st round of matches no player will face another player from thier own region.

Format as follows :
Round 1
16 x Winners :& 16 x Loser
Round 2
8 x Won 2 : 16 x Won 1 : 8 x Lost 2 (These 8 go out)
Round 3
4 x Won 3 : 12 x Won 2 : 8 x Won 1 (These 8 go out)

The FOUR players that have won 3 out of 3 matches now
qualify for the squad.Squad now 13 players.

Round 4 (4 players Qualified : 16 players out)
This leaves 12 players who have won 2 out of 3.
6 x Matches Winners go through : Losers go out

Round 5
3 x Matches Winners Qualify for the squad

Squad now full 16 players.

See below for the draw based on seedings.

Match No Best of 9 Round 1 of Matches
1 Region 1 Seed 3 v Region 3 Seed 9
2 Region 4 Seed 5 v Region 2 Seed 7
3 Region 2 Seed 3 v Region 4 Seed 9
4 Region 3 Seed 5 v Region 1 Seed 7
5 Region 3 Seed 3 v Region 1 Seed 9
6 Region 1 Seed 6 v Region 4 Seed 6
7 Region 4 Seed 3 v Region 2 Seed 9
8 Region 2 Seed 6 v Region 3 Seed 6
9 Region 3 Seed 4 v Region 2 Seed 8
10 Region 1 Seed 4 v Region 4 Seed 8
11 Region 4 Seed 4 v Region 1 Seed 8
12 Region 2 Seed 4 v Region 3 Seed 8
13 Region 1 Seed 5 v Region 4 Seed 7
14 Region 3 Seed 2 v Region 1 Seed 10
15 Region 2 Seed 5 v Region 3 Seed 7
16 Region 4 Seed 2 v Region 2 Seed 10

Match No Best of 9 Round 2 of Matches
17 Winner Match 1 v Winner Match 2
18 Loser Match 1 v Loser Match 2
19 Winner Match 3 v Winner Match 4
20 Loser Match 3 v Loser Match 4
21 Winner Match 5 v Winner Match 6
22 Loser Match 5 v Loser Match 6
23 Winner Match 7 v Winner Match 8
24 Loser Match 7 v Loser Match 8
25 Winner Match 9 v Winner Match 10
26 Loser Match 9 v Loser Match 10
27 Winner Match 11 v Winner Match 12
28 Loser Match 11 v Loser Match 12
29 Winner Match 13 v Winner Match 14
30 Loser Match 13 v Loser Match 14
31 Winner Match 15 v Winner Match 16
32 Loser Match 15 v Loser Match 16

Match No Best of 9 Round 3 of Matches

33 Winner Match 17 v Winner Match 19
34 Winner Match 21 v Winner Match 23
35 Winner Match 25 v Winner Match 27
36 Winner Match 29 v Winner Match 31
37 Loser Match 17 v Winner Match 18
38 Loser Match 19 v Winner Match 20
39 Loser Match 21 v Winner Match 22
40 Loser Match 23 v Winner Match 24
41 Loser Match 25 v Winner Match 26
42 Loser Match 27 v Winner Match 28
43 Loser Match 29 v Winner Match 30
44 Loser Match 31 v Winner Match 32
OUT Loser Match 18 OUT Loser Match 26
OUT Loser Match 20 OUT Loser Match 28
OUT Loser Match 22 OUT Loser Match 30
OUT Loser Match 24 OUT Loser Match 32

Match No Best of 9 Round 4 of Matches

45 Loser Match 33 v Loser Match 34
46 Loser Match 35 v Loser Match 36
47 Winner Match 37 v Winner Match 38
48 Winner Match 39 v Winner Match 40
49 Winner Match 41 v Winner Match 42
50 Winner Match 43 v Loser Match 44

Match No Best of 9 Final Round of Matches

51 Winner Match 45 v Winner Match 46
52 Winner Match 47 v Winner Match 48
53 Winner Match 49 v Winner Match 50

Hope you all understand this but any questions feel free.
Took me a few days to sort out but with so many seeded players from the 4 different regions this system should be the fairest way to attain the squad.
If anyone sees a mistake tell me please.
Also although the draw has already been done nobody
knows who they will play as it depends on the final rankings of all 4 tours as to where you take your place in
the draw.

[raymack]

Hmm,

Can you just run through that again please ?? ;D

[tonymccallion]

Aaaaah the good old swiss system haha gets me in a knot everytime

[thecentralscrutinizer]

2010 S.E.P.F. Region 4 Tour Ranking List after 3 events
Position Player Tour Event Total
#1 #2 #3 #4
1 Peter Fyffe 32 29 40 0 101
2 Raymond Macenzie 40 20 25 0 85
3 Adam Wood 0 41 25 0 66
4 Mark Bell 12 13 35 0 60
5= Adam MacLeod 7 33 19 0 59
5= Neil Simpson 0 46 13 0 59
7 Martin Hendry 19 20 13 0 52
8 Ben Royan 18 14 18 0 50
9 Scott Hector 6 18 17 0 41
10 Alan Mair 20 14 5 0 39
11 Alan Duncan 7 19 12 0 38
12= Stuart Campbell 0 23 13 0 36
12= Nick Willets 14 14 8 0 36
12= Ryan McIntosh 23 13 0 0 36
15= Richard Greene 7 11 17 0 35
15= Gary Steele 5 24 6 0 35
15= Susan Collins 24 11 0 0 35
18= Brad Bruce 0 18 14 0 32
18= Martin Hawxwell 7 17 8 0 32
18= Teddy Smith 8 24 0 0 32
21= Richard McKenzie 6 12 13 0 31
21= Gary Simpson 11 14 6 0 31
23 George MacDonald 0 23 7 0 30
24= Cammy Spence 6 14 8 0 28
24= Fraser Kelman 8 20 0 0 28
26 Debby Greig 7 12 7 0 26
27 Matthew McCallum 13 12 0 0 25
28 Tony McCallion 8 8 8 0 24
29= Gary Ross 0 12 11 0 23
29= Nathan Garrow 0 12 11 0 23
31 Andy Duncan 7 8 7 0 22
32= John MacDonald 0 20 0 0 20
32= Brad Wight 6 14 0 0 20
34 Jamie McMillan 17 0 0 0 17
35= Tommy Cooper 13 0 0 0 13
35= Fraser Logie 13 0 0 0 13
35= Allan Grant 13 0 0 0 13
38 Andrew Cormie 12 0 0 0 12
39 Mike More 0 11 0 0 11
40= Mitchell McGrath 0 0 6 0 6
40= Steven Murray 6 0 0 0 6
42 Paul Graham 0 0 5 0 5

Here are the rankings as they stand. Going into the final event players should remember that the Number 1 ranked player automatically enters the Scotland squad and that those ranked 2-9 enter the trial.

Details of cost, venue and draw available on the first post.

[thecentralscrutinizer]

Qualifiers from Region 4 as follows

1 Qualifer for Squad Peter Fyffe

8 Qualifiers for the trialin seeded order - FINAL LIST

(1) Raymond MacKenzie (confirmed)
(2) Adam Wood (confirmed)
(3) Ben Royan (confirmed)
(4) Alan Mair (confirmed)
(5) Tony Mccallion (confirmed)
(6) Stuart Campbell (confirmed)
(7) space not taken
(8). space not taken

Trial is rileys Aberdeen at 1100 sat 4th dec.

Cheers,

Adam.

[thecentralscrutinizer]

Accomodation for those who wish.

Aberdeen Central Travelodge
9 Bridge Street
Aberdeen
AB11 6JL

Tel : [phone]
£66 Per Room (3 people sharing £22 each)

Venue is only 100 yards away.

www.travelodge.com

[aland]

Adam,


Just to confirm that I will not be attending the trial this Saturday in Aberdeen.

Cheers


AlanD

[Brad]

Good luck to all those trying out and also to the U21s playing on the same day. Shame we couldn't send the full quota of players, hope that's not going to mess up the swiss system!

[thecentralscrutinizer]

Nov 30, 2010 13:58:24 GMT 1 Brad said:

Good luck to all those trying out and also to the U21s playing on the same day.

Seconded!!

Nov 30, 2010 13:58:24 GMT 1 Brad said:

Shame we couldn't send the full quota of players, hope that's not going to mess up the swiss system!

Couldn't care less about swiss system as it doesn't care about us...

[tonymccallion]

haha well said Adam

[tonymccallion]

is anyone driving through on the saturday and returning same day? or is everyone training it?

[raymack]

Planning the train although I hear trains are not running this morning !

[tonymccallion]

Hi Raymond, im planning going through today as im working tomorrow night and fancy a nyt out in deen. Not sure whats happening with trains this could pose a problem think buses are fine tho.

[tonymccallion]

Just spoke with Derek Ahern,
there is a lot of talk about the trials being canceled.
Hopefully this isnt the case but within the next hour or two he will put up a post on either here or adpl.co.uk to let us knw of any changes.
Tony

[raymack]

There seems to be a bit of pressure from several guys to cancel as travelling up from down south is not easy either by all acounts.
Think we are just going to wait til tomorrow and see what happens - can't see the trains running unless the weather turns tropical overnight !!

Edit - sorry didn't see your last post Tony !!

[thecentralscrutinizer]

I have made it clear on the adpl/via email that my opinion is that the trial should be cancelled. Unless the trains are running I will not be attending. There seems to some issues with payment of fees to EEPF for Euro Champs and also Rileys Aberdeen being booked up the remaining weekends of the year.

To me, these obstacles are fairly easy to negotiate. Payment extension and alternative venue required.

It is certainly warmer in elgin today so maybe the trains will be ok tomorrow...

[tonymccallion]

The fife lot have been trying to get it cancelled for a while now, many playing football etc.
Now they r using peoples safety as an excuse and pushing this strongly just as the spa done with the scottish singles.
I have booked time off work, booked a hotel for tonight.
In my opinion this is far too short notice.
But hey ho.

[raymack]

I want to go, but when you think about it even the SFA have cancelled all fixtures this weekend due to concerns about travelling fans safety. If it is postponed I am going to be struggling to play in the re-arranged one unless its into next year.

[tonymccallion]

Yeah me too Raymond i had trouble getting this weekend off work i cud only manage sat afternoon and tonyt.
Thing is,
buses are all running as far as i am aware.
And A96 is not unsafe. I have a lot of people in my office today saying the road is absolutely fine.

[tonymccallion]

from adpl.co.uk

hi all

i have spoke to derek and the trial will be going ahead tomorrow as planned, hope you can all make it. there are no extentions to what was agreed at the world and euro agm the dates are set and thats it im affraid.

[Brad]

Looks promising for the trains: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11916838

Still saying CANCELLED on the National Rail website but hopefully that'll change...

Good luck lads!

[Brad]

UPDATE:
Tony McCallion & Adam Macleod have qualified to join Fyffee in the Scotland Squad.
Adam Wood and Stuart Campbell can still qualify if they win their remaining games...
None of the U21s made it.

Well done to all who have travelled and especially those who were successful, c'mon Woody and Stuart!

[Brad]

Stuart Campbell made it too!
Unfortunately Woody didn't though.

So if I'm correct that's; Peter Fyffe, Adam Macleod, Tony McCallion, Stuart Campbell, Gary Simpson, Susan Collins and Debby Greig all off to the European Championships in Malta to represent their country! Also the World Championship later in the year.

Well done to everyone who made it and also those who didn't.

[raymack]

Well done to everyone who made it to the squads - great achievment !!

Yours

Totally jelous & gutted !!

Raymond

[woody]

Seconded.

Great achievment and good luck to you all.

Yours

Equally totally jelous & gutted!!

Grandad/Pecker/Masse Master etc etc..................

[aland]

Who beat you Adam?

[woody]

I beat John Murray 4-1 and lost 4-3 to John Mulhern and 4-3 to Dave Bissett.

[aland]

Did Dave Bissett qualify for the squad by beating you?

Who beat Raymond?

Well done to Tony, Stuart and Adam - good result for Region 4!!

[woody]

Yeah Dave Bissett qualified after beating G Cusine 4-1 in the next match.

Not sure who beat Raymond in his second match? I know Ian Daniel beat him 4-1 in the first but should have been MUCH closer.

[aland]

Aberdeen forum very quiet today!

How many of their players made it into the squad?