Forming Teams

This format requires 32 players, 16 men and 16 women

Seed the players in A, B, C and D groups for both men and women

Each of 8 teams will have 4 players, one A, one B, one C, one D. Do this by:

• Create pairings of men and of women by picking a player
  • One from the A group and pairing them with a player from the D group
  • Another the B group and pairing them with a player from the C group
  • This results in 8 A-D pairings and 8 B-C pairings for both men and women
• Create teams by:
  • Pick a random A-D mens pair and teaming them with a B-C pair from the women
  • Then randomly pair the remaining A-D women with a pair of B-C men
  • Now 8 teams will each have A-B-C-D players, two men, two women
  • Some will have with men as the A-D pair and some with women as the A-D pair
  • So each team is either A-man, B-woman, C-woman, D-man or A-woman, B-man, C-man, D-woman

Break the 8 teams into two groups ... the Jets and the Sharks!

Team Play Format

Play will be two round robin competitions, one for the Jets and one for the Sharks. The rounds will be:

• Round 1	-- 1 vs 2	-- 3 vs 4
  Round 2	-- 1 vs 3	-- 2 vs 4
  Round 3	-- 2 vs 3	-- 1 vs 4

Playing each round:

• Remember each team is either A-man, B-woman, C-woman, D-man or A-woman, B-man, C-man, D-woman
• Each round has a same sex match -- i.e. men play men, women play women --
• and a mixed doubles match where the A-B players are the upper team and the C-D players are the lower team. The upper pairings from each team play off against each other, as do the lower pairings.
• Each match uses a four (4) game format just like the wild card, where every player serves and the Rossmoor sun rule is in effect. No ad scoring and men serve to men, women to women or receivers choice for same sex matches
• The number of games each team wins determines a win, loss or draw
• To sum up: there will be 8 games played in each round

Scoring the Rounds

• Teams get 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw
  • record the number of games and winner, if any of the lower pairing in the Mixed Doubles
• At the end of the rounds, teams are ranked based on the points they have gained
• Breaking a tie:
  • The number of games each team wins
  • The results of the lower pairing in Mixed doubles
  • Toss a coin

The Playoffs for the Championship

There is one final round to determine the final placing for each team.

Each the play format, points and tie breakers