Tournament rules

Scrabble Tournament rules• Mode of play

– Each team consists of 3 players and 1 reserve– Each round needs 3 players– The team can arrange which 3 players (out of

the 4 team members) to play in each round – The tournament is divided into two parts:

semi-final and grand-final.

Scrabble Tournament RulesMode of semi-final:• Each team shall play a total of 3 games.• 4 teams will form a group• Grouping: By random draw under seed system• Some schools are selected as ‘seeded team’

according to their ranking in the tournament last year.

• Each group consists of 1 seeded team and 3 non-seeded teams.

• The teams with highest score after 3 rounds will enter the grand final.

Scrabble Tournament rulesMode of grand final:• Date: 7th April 2007 (Sat)• Venue: IVE Shatin• Time: 8:30am – 5:00pm• No. of teams: - Primary schools: 12- Secondary schools junior: 12- Secondary schools senior: 8

Scrabble Tournament rulesMode of grand final:• Each team shall play a total of 4 games. • 4 teams will form a group • Grouping of round 1 - 3: By seed system

according to ranking in semi-final• Grouping of round 4: Based on the positions

attained after the 3rd game (King of the Hill)• Round 4: Compete for final ranking

Scrabble Tournament rulesSemi-final

(3 rounds)

Grouping by random draw

under seed system

Grand-final

(First 3 rounds)

Grouping by ranking of semi-

final

Grand-final

(Last round –compete for final

ranking)

Grouping by ranking of first 3

rounds

Primary: 12

Sec junior: 12

Sec senior: 8

Prizes:

Team: Champion, 1st runner up, 2nd runner up

Merit Prizes (Primary – 9; Secondary junior – 9; Secondary senior - 5)

Individual: High Game Score, High Word

Instruction

• You should have on your desk–A Score Card for each team–A Score sheet for each player–Challenge slips

Score card

Score sheet

Challenge Slip

Round No: _____ Table No: _____

1) ___________________________2) ___________________________3) ___________________________4) ___________________________

Accepted :

Unaccepted :

CHALLENGE SLIP

Words to be challenged

Result after word check

Instruction

• Please fill in the following as instructed before the game starts

Score card

Broadlearning Primary School13

Chan Tai ManWong Siu MingLee Chi Hung

Score card

Broadlearning Primary School

Kwok Chi WaiLeung Ka Keung

Lee Ting

13

Score sheet

Chan Tai Man Kwok Chi WaiBL Primary Sch St Paul Pri Sch13 24

8a 1

Instruction

• Before starting the game:–Ensure the board is facing the stage (neither facing any player)

–Draw a tile from the bag to decide the who will start the game first

Instruction• Procedure of a finishing a move:

– Place your tiles on the board– Call out the point that you’ve scored in this

move– Press the chess clock to start the opponent

clock– Write down the word and the point you

scored – Draw tiles to fill the rack

Challenge

Challenge• Procedure of a challenge:

– You may challenge your opponent word at the end of his/her move

– If you are puzzling whether you will challenge, please advice your opponent not to draw tiles first

– If you decide to challenge, then you have to fill in the challenge slip

Challenge Slip

Round No: _____ Table No: _____

1) ___________________________2) ___________________________3) ___________________________4) ___________________________

Accepted :

Unaccepted :

CHALLENGE SLIP

Words to be challenged

Result after word check

8a1ENAA

x

Challenge• Result of a challenge:

– If the words are ACCEPTED:• The one being challenged will got 3 extra point

for each word he plays in that particular move

– If the words are UNACCEPTED:• The one being challenged will need to remove

his tiles• NO bonus point will be added to challenger• The challenger will start his move

– (NOT the one being challenged)

Penalties

• Penalties will be given in the following cases:–Cheating:

•Exchanging tiles with partners•Getting hints from your partners•Drawing tiles not over the eye level

–Influencing opponent

Penalties

• Table Judges will give warning to players–If a player has been warned for the twice, 5 point would be deducted from his total score from the third warning onwards

Instruction

• End of the game:–Don’t remove any tiles before the score sheet is signed by both players

–Please fill in all the following as instructed before submit your score sheets and score card

Score sheet

136 104A, E, O, O A, E, J

4 12132 92

40CF KwokChan Tai Man

Chan Tai ManMortify 38 20Cater

Score card

Broadlearning Primary School13

Chan Tai ManWong Siu MingLee Chi Hung

Win 132 92 40

Win 64 49 5Loss 60 93 -33

2 1 12

Scrabble Tournament rules• Scoring system

– In each round, the winning team (3-0 or 2-1) will get 2 points ; the losing team (0-3 or 1-2) gets 1 point

– The team which concedes a walkover will not get any points whilst the opposing team will get 2 points with a +50 spread for each of the 3 team players (excluding reserve)

– In the event of a tie between 2 players in each game, each player will get 0.5 point.

– The point score will be computed at the end of the tournament and the winning team will be sorted out in this order as shown:

a) Has won the highest number of points;b) Has won the highest number of games;c) Has chalked up the bigger spread.

Scrabble Tournament rules• Example 1:

1Point obtained2Point obtained

1Sum2Sum

0LosePlayer 31WinPlayer 3

1WinPlayer 20LosePlayer 2

0LosePlayer 11WinPlayer 1

School BSchool A

Scrabble Tournament rules• Example 2:

1.5Point obtained1.5Point obtained

1.5Sum1.5Sum

0.5DrawPlayer 30.5DrawPlayer 3

1WinPlayer 20LosePlayer 2

0LosePlayer 11WinPlayer 1

School BSchool A

Scrabble Tournament rules• Time

– Time for each round: 1 hour– I.e. Each player is given 30 minutes to complete

all plays.– There is no time limit on the time taken per move.– No overtime play is allowed.

Scrabble Tournament rules

• Organizing committee– Tournament Director– Word Judge– Results Official– Lane Assistant

Thank you and see you soon!