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Introduced in 2002, the Seniors Knockout has proved to be very popular.

It is open to teams consisting of four to six players all of whom are EBU members born in 1951 or earlier.

Four teams will be seeded.  Seeds will be exempt from the first two rounds*, and will not meet until the semi-finals. Teams defeating seeds adopted seeded status

The event is played as a knockout throughout, with matches played privately. Matches prior to the semi-finals will be played over 32 boards, the semi-finals 40 boards, and the final 48 boards. Matches in the early stages will be arranged so as to avoid long journeys wherever possible.

Timetable

* This is subject to variation, depending on the number of teams entering:

Rd	To be completed by	Rd	To be completed by
I	28 July 2011	IV	4 March 2012
II	30 September 2011	V	22 April 2012
III	8 January 2012	Semi-final	6 June 2012

 

Green Point Awards

Master Points will be awarded in the form of Green Points for each round won as follows (based on an entry of over 64 teams):

Round	I	II	III	IV	V	S-F	Final
G P s	1	1	2	2	3	4	6

All awards quoted are 'per player'. To receive points, a player must have played in at least one third of the boards involved in the match in question.

Entry Fee

The fee is £60 per team.  Closing date for entries is 6 June 2011.  Please download the entry form and send it in as soon as possible !