NBL 5 to 9 Singles Invitational

Your first chance to size up the singles competition in NBL, and to test out the IBF's new scoring system.

First annual NBL Pre-season singles tournament.
Sponsored by and played at Piner High School
Thursday, March 6, 1997. Play starts at 4PM.

What is "5 to 9"?

The IBF has been experimenting with a fundamental change to the scoring system which would replace all matches with the best of 5 games to 9 points each. They have requested that this be tested at all levels, so we will be testing it in this tournament. Any comments that you care to submit will be fed back to the IBF.

All matches (boys and girls) are 5 games to 9 points.
A 1 minute break between games is allowed, during which coaching is allowed.
NO SETTING. First to 9 points wins.
Due to time constraints the FIRST ROUND will be 3 games to 9 points.

Format

There will be 4 singles events. Each will be limited to exactly 16 players from NBL league teams.

Open Boy's Singles
Open Girl's Singles
Novice Boy's Singles (Open to those who have not played on a team before)
Novice Girl's Singles (Open to those who have not played on a team before)

All events will be single elimination with a consolation round.

Trophies

Winner and Runner Up in the main round and Winner of the consolation round will receive trophies.

Entry Form

School: _______________________      Coach: ________________________

Please enter 2 or 3 in each category. The top 2 will be entered for sure, and the third will be entered as space allows (we have 6 teams and 16 slots). Please rank your players from strongest to weakest.

Open   (1) __________________________   Open    (1) __________________________
Boy's                                   Girl's
       (2) __________________________           (2) __________________________

       (3) __________________________           (3) __________________________


Novice (1) __________________________   Novice  (1) __________________________
Boy's                                   Girl's
       (2) __________________________           (2) __________________________

       (3) __________________________           (3) __________________________

Entry Fee: $6 per player, payable to Piner High School.
DEADLINE: All Entries must be received by WEDNESDAY MARCH 5.
Submit by mail, email or fax to Stan Bischof:
- address: 1894 Bennett Meadows Lane, Santa Rosa CA 95405
- email: stanb@sr.hp.com
- fax: 577-3332