Information on IM's

Top 64 Ranking
Robert Warrender - 56

Seeds
Deek Allan - 99
Robert Biggerstaff - 249
Alan Dickson - 118

Stuart Given - 452
Stoo Warren - 465
Paul Gordon - 494
Regan Paterson - 544
Kenny Purves - 775
Ruaidhri Balfour - 767
Stewart Fleming - 807
Ryan Kerr - 944
Sean Brown - 1086
Mike McHale - New
Craig Allan - New
Jim Gilmour - New
Danny Keillor - New

2019 SPA Mick McGoldrick IM Seriesby: FCBash, 08-10-2018 07:15 PM (#1)

2019 SPA Mick McGoldrick IM Series
The 2019 SPA Mick McGoldrick IM Series shall have a small amended format from 2018. Areas shall still be awarded a pro-rata of qualifiers based upon their entries, The more entries an area has, the more qualifiers they shall likely receive for the National Finals.

The National Finals have 256 qualifiers, where the Top 64 from the rankings the season before are automatic and joined by 192 qualifiers from all over Scotland.

There will only be FOUR events in 2019, each of these will count towards players' ranking in the series, in addition the Scottish Singles also counts towards each players ranking. Every player is awarded Merit or Ranking Points determined by their position in each event. There will be no other IM event outside of these four.

The National Finals shall be held on the following dates:-

Event 1: 2nd & 3rd March - deadline for Qualifiers 24th February
round 1 19 janury, round 2 2 February, round 3 24 February

Event 2: 13th & 14th April - deadline for qualifiers 31st March
round 1 24 Feb, round 2 10 March, round 3 24 March

Event 3: 21st & 22nd September - deadline for qualifiers 8th September
round 1 4 August, round 2 18 August, round 3 1 September

Event 4: 19th & 20th October - deadline for qualifiers 6th October
round 1 1 September, round 2 15, round 3 19 september 

The venues will be announced as soon as they are known. each National Finals will be held in two clubs over each weekend.

Entry for the 2019 Series is £25 per player, offering one of the best value tournaments on offer with all entry money taken in being paid out. This season just under £32k will have been paid out over the 6 IM events. In addition, players will have to pay their £5 SPA Member Registration.


Payment Information
Anyone wishing to participate in the 2019 Mick McGoldrick IM Series of Events must register with their IM Rep. Remember, anyone who misses this deadline shall miss the entire 2019 Series.

Entries will be taken at the SPA Meeting on Sunday 9th December, but please note IM Reps may have a deadline which is before this to allow cleared payment to reach the SPA Accounts prior to the meeting.


Regards,
Michael
 
SPA IM Secretary
Arbroath & District Match Secretary