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International Team Captains will be responsible for the selection criteria for their country. It will be a requirement; where applicable, to select the top two players from their country in the APAT National Amateur Rankings.
Quote from: APAT on May 17, 2010, 13:46:18 PMInternational Team Captains will be responsible for the selection criteria for their country. It will be a requirement; where applicable, to select the top two players from their country in the APAT National Amateur Rankings.If either of these 2 players do not wish to play in the team championship, or are not available, will captains be required to offer the place to the third ranked player or will this revert back to the free choice of the captain?
Some further questions.1. Are players who have played in the pro league permitted to play? Yes, assuming they aren"t pro"s2. Can players in this event enter into the HU and Stud events? No, the events clash3. Same question as 2 above but for non-playing captains? No, see point 2
Quote from: SirPerceval on May 17, 2010, 20:17:40 PMQuote from: APAT on May 17, 2010, 13:46:18 PMInternational Team Captains will be responsible for the selection criteria for their country. It will be a requirement; where applicable, to select the top two players from their country in the APAT National Amateur Rankings.If either of these 2 players do not wish to play in the team championship, or are not available, will captains be required to offer the place to the third ranked player or will this revert back to the free choice of the captain?I would suggest it reverts back to a free choice. That would seem the correct thing to do.
Quote from: Chipaccrual on May 17, 2010, 20:19:27 PMQuote from: SirPerceval on May 17, 2010, 20:17:40 PMQuote from: APAT on May 17, 2010, 13:46:18 PMInternational Team Captains will be responsible for the selection criteria for their country. It will be a requirement; where applicable, to select the top two players from their country in the APAT National Amateur Rankings.If either of these 2 players do not wish to play in the team championship, or are not available, will captains be required to offer the place to the third ranked player or will this revert back to the free choice of the captain?I would suggest it reverts back to a free choice. That would seem the correct thing to do.Thanks Leigh, I agree that seems correct.I do however question the logic in forcing this requirement on Captains in the first place. There will have been only 3 UK events that count towards these ranking points at the time of choosing a team. Notwithstanding the fact that we may have some Scots going to Estonia (not sure if there were any in Austria) this doesn"t seem like a reasonable sample size to assess an individuals potential contribution to a team event.What do we mean by where applicable? If someone from Poland was 18th in one of these events and the 2009 winning team members have no points after these events then does the lucky player get a place at the expense of one of the players on the existing winning team?
I strongly agree with with Stuarts point, The ranking points are over such a small sample as to be a meaningless indication of playing ability. Also, the Team Championship format is vastly different to those included in the ranking system and thus calls for a very different and specific player type.
Quote from: TheSnapper on May 17, 2010, 20:53:58 PMI strongly agree with with Stuarts point, The ranking points are over such a small sample as to be a meaningless indication of playing ability. Also, the Team Championship format is vastly different to those included in the ranking system and thus calls for a very different and specific player type.I agree with that too.
Quote from: Chipaccrual on May 17, 2010, 20:57:16 PMQuote from: TheSnapper on May 17, 2010, 20:53:58 PMI strongly agree with with Stuarts point, The ranking points are over such a small sample as to be a meaningless indication of playing ability. Also, the Team Championship format is vastly different to those included in the ranking system and thus calls for a very different and specific player type.I agree with that too. good - does that mean it"s going to change?
Stuart, your points are very valid and we"re certainly willing as always to listen to feedback on this. Ultimately I would want to ensure we can continue to incentivise players to play APAT National events and this is one very good way to do so. We"ll await further feedback before finalising the position.