LADDERS
SUMMER 2021 LADDERS
RULES & FAQ’s
WHAT ARE THEY?
The LCC Ladders are provided to the whole of the club’s playing community. They are intended to encourage flexible and friendly competition and aid players in finding partners at an appropriate level of skill. Playing against a broad range of opponents is a sure way of improving your skills. The ladders will also play a role in ensuring all club members are accurately handicapped, so it is worth keeping a record of your ladder games to assist the Club handicappers. The ladders – the physical manifestations of which you will see in the shelter – are run separately from the club’s internal knock-out competitions and are contested throughout the season. In response to requests, we have set up both handicap and level play ladders:
GC Handicap Blue Single 13-point
GC Level Play Yellow Single 13-point
AC Handicap Green Single 26-point
AC Level Pink Single 26-point Advanced
Please use the appropriate colour card for each ladder. You may enter any or all.
HOW DO THEY WORK?
You can move up a ladder by challenging and defeating players who are listed above you.
WINNING A CHALLENGE
If you win a challenge, then you move up to your opponents’ position in the ladder, and your opponent will fall below you by one place. If you have successfully challenged a player more than one space above you, this will also mean moving one or two other players’ cards down the ladder.
LOSING A CHALLENGE
If you are unsuccessful (that is, you lose the match) then there is no change and both players remain in the same position in the ladder.
WHO CAN I CHALLENGE?
You can challenge anyone up to three places above you. You can, of course, therefore be challenged by anyone up to three spaces below you.
HOW MANY CHALLENGES CAN I ACCEPT/ISSUE AT ONCE?
Try to issue only one challenge at a time and apply common sense when responding to multiple challenges. Remember that relative positions can change after each ladder match played.
BY WHEN DOES A MATCH NEED TO BE PLAYED?
The ladder system is designed to allow flexible competitive play throughout the year. However, once a player has initiated a challenge, the match should be played as soon as practical and under normal circumstances within a three-week timeframe.
HOW DO I ENTER A LADDER?
To enter, simply write your name on a card or cards of the appropriate colour(s) using the format Name (handicap) – John Smith (18) – and slot it in the ladder(s). The ladders are open to enter now, and challenges can be issued after Monday 24 May 2021. To start things going, each ladder will be set up with all interested players placed in reverse handicap order – that is, lowest at the bottom – which we will do on Monday 24 May. Don’t worry if you miss the start, you can always join at a later date by inserting a named card in the lowest available space.
WHAT IF THERE ARE NO SPACES LEFT?
There are 24 slots in each ladder, but once all slots are full, the last slot will hold all remaining named cards, any one of who can challenge the three players above them and, hopefully, lift themselves out of the pool.
RULES & FAQ’s
WHAT ARE THEY?
The LCC Ladders are provided to the whole of the club’s playing community. They are intended to encourage flexible and friendly competition and aid players in finding partners at an appropriate level of skill. Playing against a broad range of opponents is a sure way of improving your skills. The ladders will also play a role in ensuring all club members are accurately handicapped, so it is worth keeping a record of your ladder games to assist the Club handicappers. The ladders – the physical manifestations of which you will see in the shelter – are run separately from the club’s internal knock-out competitions and are contested throughout the season. In response to requests, we have set up both handicap and level play ladders:
GC Handicap Blue Single 13-point
GC Level Play Yellow Single 13-point
AC Handicap Green Single 26-point
AC Level Pink Single 26-point Advanced
Please use the appropriate colour card for each ladder. You may enter any or all.
HOW DO THEY WORK?
You can move up a ladder by challenging and defeating players who are listed above you.
WINNING A CHALLENGE
If you win a challenge, then you move up to your opponents’ position in the ladder, and your opponent will fall below you by one place. If you have successfully challenged a player more than one space above you, this will also mean moving one or two other players’ cards down the ladder.
LOSING A CHALLENGE
If you are unsuccessful (that is, you lose the match) then there is no change and both players remain in the same position in the ladder.
WHO CAN I CHALLENGE?
You can challenge anyone up to three places above you. You can, of course, therefore be challenged by anyone up to three spaces below you.
HOW MANY CHALLENGES CAN I ACCEPT/ISSUE AT ONCE?
Try to issue only one challenge at a time and apply common sense when responding to multiple challenges. Remember that relative positions can change after each ladder match played.
BY WHEN DOES A MATCH NEED TO BE PLAYED?
The ladder system is designed to allow flexible competitive play throughout the year. However, once a player has initiated a challenge, the match should be played as soon as practical and under normal circumstances within a three-week timeframe.
HOW DO I ENTER A LADDER?
To enter, simply write your name on a card or cards of the appropriate colour(s) using the format Name (handicap) – John Smith (18) – and slot it in the ladder(s). The ladders are open to enter now, and challenges can be issued after Monday 24 May 2021. To start things going, each ladder will be set up with all interested players placed in reverse handicap order – that is, lowest at the bottom – which we will do on Monday 24 May. Don’t worry if you miss the start, you can always join at a later date by inserting a named card in the lowest available space.
WHAT IF THERE ARE NO SPACES LEFT?
There are 24 slots in each ladder, but once all slots are full, the last slot will hold all remaining named cards, any one of who can challenge the three players above them and, hopefully, lift themselves out of the pool.