Hello everyone. Looking forward to seeing you at the weekend. Play will start at 0930 on Saturday. Player briefing at 0915. Expect to play 7 games on Saturday.

I have done the draw for the blocks based on everyone’s grade at 9am on Sun 8 Jul. There may be a change if (or when?) England qualify for the World Cup Final. One of our players will be heading to Moscow if they make it, so there may be a slight adjustment to the blocks on Wednesday evening.

We (currently) have 16 players, so the format for the weekend will be two all-play-all blocks (7 rounds) on Saturday followed by a knockout and plate block on Sunday. The top 4 players in each block will qualify for the knockout. Losing quarter-finalists (5-8) will go into a Y knockout. There will playoffs for 3rd/4th and 7th/8th. All matches in the knockout will be best-of-3.

No time limits throughout, although I reserve the right to impose a time limit if matches become delayed.

See you on Saturday.

Jonathan