Tournament Kit September, 19Ͳ21 Ͳ Denver, CO October 24Ͳ26 Ͳ Columbus, OH December 12Ͳ14 Ͳ Rochester, MN NDA Regional Tournaments provide an aīordable opɵon for players of all levels to compete. All events are classiįed by skill range and NDA Regional Tournaments have more winners than any tournament of this size.
TableofContents Purpose...3 TournamentDetails...3 EntryDeadlinesandQualifyingPeriod...3 Schedule,Fees&Formats...4 OnlineTournamentEntry&PlayerChangeInformaon.....5 CharterHolderEntryQualicaons...67 StandingswiththeNDA SanconingRequirements QualifyingEquipment RemoteLeagues,RemoteLeagueCoopandVirtualPlay/Compeon PlayerEligibility...8 PlayerClassicaon...89 MinimumGameRequirements DeterminingPlayerSkillRang RequiredStascs SkillrangCapCriteria PlayerDocumentaon.....1011 Requirements Samples Madepossibleby: 2
TournamentInformaon PURPOSEOFREGIONALTOURNAMENTS TheNDARegionalTournamentswerecreatedtoprovideanewtoolforNDACharterHolderstoincreaseleagueplay.While TeamDartissllagreatincenveforplayerstoplayinyourleague,noteveryplayerhasthemeorthemeanstogotoLas Vegas.RegionalTournamentsprovideamoreaccessibleincenve. Eachregionaleventwill: BewithindrivingdistanceofalargesegmentofNDACharterHolders. Oerreasonablypricedentryandhotelaccommodaonsforplayers. Beclassiedbyskilllevel. Beafunandfairexperienceforplayers. BeanaddionaltoolforCharterHolderstogrowleaguesandrecruitnewplayers. TOURNAMENTDETAILS Denver,CO Columbus,OH Rochester,MN TournamentDates September1921,2014 October2426,2014 December1214,2014 TournamentLocaon MooseLodge 2210PraSt. Longmont,CO80501 FortRapidsResort 4560HiltonCorporateDr. Columbus,OH43232 MarrioBallroom RochesterMarrioMayo ClinicArea 441W.CenterSt. Rochester,MN55902 EntriesDue* September5,2014 October3,2014 November21,2014 QualifyingPeriod/Games January1,2014 September5,2014 (48gamesover6separate weeksofplay) January1,2014 October3,2014 (48gamesover6separate weeksofplay) January12014 November21,2014 (48gamesover6separate weeksofplay) HotelAccommodaons Super8Longmont $87/night Call3037728106bySept.3 FortRapidsResort $79/nightplustax Call6148681380byOct.7 KahlerGrandHotel (adjacenttomarrio) $79/nightplustax Call8005331655byNov.21 *PreregistraonisrequiredforalleventsexceptMixedTriplesCombo.RegistraonforMixedTriplesCombowillbeaccepted onsiteateachtournamentunl1hourpriortothestartofthatevent.playersmustberegisteredforanothereventinthe sametournamenttoregisterformixedtriplescombo. 3
Schedule,Fees&Formats ThescheduleforallthreeNDARegionalTournamentswillbe: FRIDAY 8a.m.7p.m. 8a.m. 9a.m. 6p.m. SATURDAY 9a.m.7p.m. 9a.m. 10a.m. 6p.m. Onsitecheckinforplayersforallevents TournamentHallopens OpenSingles501 OpenDoublesCricket Onsitecheckinforplayers TournamentHallopens OpenSinglesCricket MixedTriplesCombo* FEES SinglesEvent $35perperson($25entryfee+$10PrepaidPlayerFee) DoublesEvents $70perteam($50entryfee+$20PrepaidPlayerFee) TriplesEvents $90perteam($75entryfee+$15PrepaidPlayerFee) PrepaidPlayerFeeincludescoinforallgames. Entrycercatesnotcompletedonlinewillbeassessedan addional$1feeperplayerperevent. SUNDAY 9a.m.7p.m. Onsitecheckinforplayers 9a.m. TournamentHallopens 10a.m. OpenDoubles 01 *OnsitesignupswillbeacceptedforMixedTriplesCombo.Playersmusthaveskillonleorhavedocumentaonoftheir highestknownskillrangwiththemtoregister.onsitesignupswillbeacceptedupto2hourspriortothemixedtriples Comboevent.Paymentfortheeventmustbemadeatthemeofregistraon. IMPORTANTNOTES Playersmaynotcompeteonmorethanoneteaminanyoneevent. PlayersmayparcipateinbothCricketand501events. Thereisnogeographicrequirementfortheregionaltournaments.NDAsanconedplayersthatmeettheplayereligibility onpages89mayenteranyoftheregionaltournaments. EVENTFORMAT Alleventswillbedoubleeliminaonraceto2 Eacheventisclassiedbasedonplayerskill 01eventswillbe501withOpenIn/OpenOutformatwithafull50pointbull seye Cricketeventswillbesplit50/25pointbull seye MixedTriplesCombowillbeCricketand501 TEAMCAPS ThefollowingcapshavebeenestablishedfortheRegionalTournaments.Teamskillsumsmustnotexceed: Event Doubles Maximum Open Doubles Cricket 7.5 MPR Open Doubles 01 65 PPD Mixed Triples Combo 10 MPR (no PPD cap) Therearenoindividualskillranglimits.ThereisnocapforSinglesevents. 4
5 OnlineEntry TheNDAonlinetournamentsystemallowsNDACharterHolderstouseasecurewebservertoorder,completeandpayfor cercatesonline.theonlinesystemsavesyoumeandmoney! ToaccessOnlineTournamentEntry: 1. Gotowww.NDAdarts.com. 2. Loginatthetoprightcornerofthepage. 2. ClickontheTournamentEntryQuickLinktobedirectedtoanewpage.Thenselect TournamentEntry. 3. SelectfromthelisttheRegionalTournamentyouwishtoregisterplayers. Forstepbystepinstrucons,logintotheNDAwebsiteandclicktheMemberResourcetab.Instruconscanbefoundunder TeamDart2015.TheonlineentryprocessisthesamefortheRegionalTournamentsasTeamDart. PAYMENT(Allpaymentsmustbereceivednolaterthan1weekpriortothetournament.) Tournamententrycercatescanbepurchasedviacreditcarddirectlyfromthesitethroughaprotected,secureserver.The NDAdoesnotkeepcreditcardinformaononle,soyouareprotected.Youcanalsoorderentrycercatesonlineandsend acheckmadepayabletothendaandmailto9100purduerd.,ste.200,indianapolis,in46268. Quesons?ContacttheNDAOceat: Phone:800.808.9884 Email:info@NDAdarts.com PLAYERCHANGES/SUBSTITUTION PriortoEntryDeadlines: PlayerchangesorsubstuonsmustbeinwringfromtheCharterHolderandincludeplayerdocumentaonasrequiredfor entries.thesechangescanbemadeviamail,email,faxorbyloggingintothendawebsite,www.ndadarts.com,andclicking ontournamententry.thesesubstuonscanbedonewithoutregardforplayerskilllevelandteamswillbeclassiedonthe newplayer sskilllevel. AerEntryDeadlinesOnsiteAlternateRule Onsitealternatescanbeusedbyateamaslongasthetournamentstahasapprovedthechange30minutespriortothe day sevent.analternatemustbefromthesamecharterholderandmeetalltheplayerrequirementsnotedinplayer/team Eligibility.Alternateplayersmustberatedequaltoorlessthantheplayertheyarereplacing.Itisrecommendedthatpossible alternatesbesubmied,withtheirstascs,priortothetournamentbyyouroperatortoavoiddelays.onsiteapprovalfor alternatesnotalreadyparcipanginthetournamentcanberequestedbyacharterholder,withappropriateleague stascs,withinthemeframenoted.forladiesmastersandmixedevents,thealternateplayermustalsobeofthesame gender.norosterchangesareallowedinnals.absolutelynoonecanserveasanalternateonmorethanoneteamper event.anyplayersonyourteamrosterforthateventmayberotatedinmatchbymatch,notbetweengames.
CharterHolderQualicaon 1.TournamententryprivilegesareonlyextendedtoCharterHoldermembersthathavemetthefollowingqualicaons: A.Areingoodstandingandcurrentwithalldues,feesandpayables. B. HaveocialleaguestascsonlewiththeNDA.Leagueschedules,teamrostersandrstweekstascsshouldbe sentwithin15daysoftherstweekofplayforeachsanconedleague.middleweekandnalweekstascsshould besentwithin15daysofthedateplayed. C. LeaguelocaonscanonlyhavedartmachinesthatmeetthedenionofQualifyingEquipment(seeitem#3). NOTE:NewNDACharterHoldersmustalsoadheretoSecon4.9oftheNDAPolicyManual. 2.SanconingRequirement:AdeclaraonofsanconingisrequiredforeachNDAtournament.Thiscanbecompleted onlineoraformwillbesentwithplayerentrycercates.memberswhodonotsubmitmajoritysanconingdeclaraonsare assumednottomeettheminimumrequirements. a. 95%orMajoritySanconingFulltournamenteligibilityisreservedforCharterHoldermembersthatmeetthe majoritysanconingcommitmentof95%oftheirenreleaguesystem(seeitemcbelow).thiseligibilityallows thosewho95%sanconunlimitedentries. b. Lessthan95%SanconingRestrictedtournamenteligibilityisaordedtoCharterHoldersthatdonotmeetthe majoritysanconingcommitment.thiseligibilityallowsthefollowing: Forevery100playerssanconed,4playersareeligibletoaendeachRegionalTournament Excepon:CharterHoldersinthersttwoyearsofmembershipintheAMOANDA,thathavenotpreviouslyentered team(s)inanndatournament,willhaveaonemewaiverofthe95%sanconingrequirement.thiswaiverallows unlimitedparcipaon. c.the enreleaguesystem referstoallleaguesplayed,inanyformat,onequipmentownedandoperatedbya CharterHolder(i.e.traveling,inhouse,remote).Allleagueplayersshouldbesanconedaer3weeksofleagueplay. Sanconingthe enreleaguesystem meansthatthecharterholdersdoesnothaveanyleagueswhereplayersare notsanconedbythenda. WhatifyouhavenotsanconedallofyourFallLeaguesbeforethetournamentdeadline?ThatisOK,but: Youmustsancontheplayersyouareregisteringforthetournamentforthe201415sanconyear. YoucansendusanExcellistofyourtournamentplayers(emailsancons@NDAdarts.comtogetthestandardsancon Excelle)andwewillimportthemforyousoyoucancompleteyourtournamententries. YoucansancontherestofyourFallLeagueplayersperusualsancondeadlines(December15). Ifyouintendtosancon95%,youcandeclarethatwhenyouregisteryourRegionalTournamentplayersandhavefull tournamenteligibility.aerdecember15,ifyoudonotmeetthatrequirementyouwillbebilledfor100player sanconsforevery4playersyousenttoaregionaltournament. FeelfreetocontacttheNDAoceat800.808.9884withanyquesonsregardingthesanconingrequirement. 6
CharterHolderQualicaon 3.QualifyingEquipment:LeaguelocaonscanonlyhavedartmachinesthatmeetthedenionofQualifyingEquipment. Onlyleaguematches/gamesplayedonelectronicdartmachinesthatcorrectlycalculatePointsPerDart(PPD)andMarks PerRound(MPR)asoutlinedbelowareeligiblefortournamententry.TheTournamentCommieereservestherightto requirevericaonfromanycharterholderofequipmentusedforqualicaon. Dartmachinesmanufacturedbythefollowingcompaniesareapprovedasqualifyingequipmentbasedonthe specicaonsoutlinedabove:arachnid,inc.,cyberdined.o.o*.,gaelcodartss.l.,nsmlöwenentertainment *OnlytheCyberdineTurnierDarts/model:CYD0315,5 canbeusedtoqualifyforteamdart. Ifasowareorhardwarekitfromanonmanufacturersponsorisinstalledonapreviouslyqualifyingdartmachine,the machinespecicaonsofthatequipmentarenolongerveriable.therefore,thatequipmentcannolongerbeusedin leagueplaytoqualifyplayersforteamdart. Dartmachinesmanufacturedbythefollowingcompaniesareapprovedasqualifyingequipment,butwillexpireperthe schedulebelow. Through2014RegionalTournamentsMeritIndustriesequipmentmanufacturedbeforeFebruary28,2001canbeused toqualify. Through2017RegionalTournamentsMedalistCorporaonequipmentpurchasedpriortoJanuary1,2014.Qualifying MedalistequipmentmustbeontheEliteplaorm,whichincludesthefollowing:SpectrumAvanElite(T),Spectrum AvanElite(M)andSpectrumGenesisElite(whichrequirestheSpectrumAvanEliteConversionKit). Through2018RegionalTournamentsShelequipmentpurchasedpriortoJuly1,2014.Includesboardsbrandedas Valley/Cougar. 4. RemoteLeagues,RemoteLeagueCoopandVirtualPlay/Compeon Remoteleaguesaredenedascoinoperateddartleagues,runonequipmentownedandoperatedbyasingleNDA CharterHolder,whichinvolvessimultaneousleagueplayinmulplelocaons.Playmustbeheadtoheadonqualifying equipment.remoteleaguegamesplayedforasingleoperatorareeligibleforregionaltournamentplayerqualicaon. RemoteLeagueCoop MulpleNDACharterHoldersmayformacoopforthepurposeofconducngaRemoteLeague.InorderforRemote LeagueCoopgamestoqualifyfortheinternaonaltournament,thecoopleaguemustmeetcriteriadesignedtoensure thendapoliciesaremetbyallcharterholdersinthecoopandtoensurepropertrackingandreporngofleague stascs. ContactKimPaughforaremoteleaguecoopapplicaonatkim@NDAdarts.comor800.808.9884ext.180. VirtualPlay/Compeon Dartplay/compeonoperatedinmulplelocaonswithplayoccurringatdierentmes.Virtualplay/compeon gamesarenoteligibleforregionaltournamentplayerqualicaon. 7
PlayerEligibility 1.Alltournamentplayersmust: A. Beatleast21yearsofageandcomplywiththeregulaonsoflocal,stateandfederallawsinwhichtheycompetein leagues. B.BesanconedbytheNDAforthe201415membershipyearandplayinleaguesranbyaNDACharterHolderin goodstandingandincompliancewithallleaguesanconingguidelines.(onlyleaguesystemsthathaveeveryplayer sanconedareconsideredsanconedleagues.)competeduringregularleagueplayonqualiedmachinesowned andoperatedbyandacharterholder. C. Haveplayedaminimumof48leaguegamesduringthequalifyingperiodforthattournament.(Seepage3for specicdatesforeachtournament.)qualifyinggamesmustbeobtainedinnolessthansix(6)separateweeksof leagueplay.[leaguegamescanconsistof 01and/orCricketwithaminimumof24gamesintheformattheplayeris entering( 01orCricket).] D. BeenteredinthetournamentbytheNDACharterHolderonwhosemachine(s)theyhavecompletedtheminimum gamerequirementsfortournamententry. E. HaveaNDAplayerskillrangusingthePointsPerDart(PPD)and/orMarksPerRound(MPR)performancerang systemfortheeventinwhichtheyareentered,tobeclassied.theseperformancerangsrequireaplayerto competein24gamesinasingleseasonforthatevent.minimummetoobtainaplayerskillrangissix(6)separate leaguenightsinsix(6)separateweeksinthesameleagueseason.playerswhohaveplayed48leaguegamesbutdo nothaveavalidppdormprwillbeclassiedinthehighestlevelforallevents. 2.Alltournamentteamsmust: A.Declareafullteamroster,includingsubstutes,whenentrycercatesarecompleted. B. MustplayforthesameCharterHolderandformatournamentteammeengtheabovecriteria. Violaonsoftheabovewillvoidentriesandbenonrefundable. Inaddiontomeengtheeligibilityrequirementslistedpreviously,playersandCharterHoldersmustalsocomplywiththe following: 1. Allplayersmustbeenteredwiththeirhighestknownplayerskillrang,fromleague,forthequalifyingperiod.Thisis theresponsibilityofthecharterholder.accuracyofplayerabiliesaredependentuponpropersubmissionand documentaonfromthecharterholder.allcharterholdersareboundbythecodeofethicsofthenda. 2. Thehighestknownplayerskillrangisdeterminedbytakingthehighestplayerskill(PPD/MPR)rangfromaleague seasonforthequalifyingperiodstarngonjanuary1,2014andendingonthedatespeciedonpage3,includingthe currentleagueseason(rememberthismustbeaminimumof24gamesinnolessthansix(6)weeksofleagueplayinthe sameleagueseason). Forexample,PeteplayedinthefollowingleaguesforAcmeVending: Spring2014 PPD23.50 Summer2014 PPD24.75 Fall2014(If6weeksofplayand24games) PPD25.75 Thehighestknownplayerskillrangforthisplayerfortournamententrywouldbethe25.75PPDfromtheFall2014 seasoncurrentlyinsession.whenprovidingplayerskills,thegureshouldbecarriedouttwodigitspastthedecimal. 8
PlayerClassicaon 3.Playerabilityassessmentmaybedeterminedbythetournamentcommieebyanyofthefollowingcriteria: A.Playerskillrang(asdescribedpreviously). B.ReviewofpreviousNDAtournamentperformance,specicallyTeamDart2014. C.Examinaonofoveralllocalleaguerangs. D.Knownability. AlldecisionsbytheTournamentCommieearenal. 4. TeamSumCaps A.ThefollowingcapshavebeenestablishedfortheRegionalTournaments.Teamskillsumsmustnotexceed: Event Doubles Maximum Open Doubles Cricket Open Doubles 01 Mixed Triples Combo 7.5 MPR 65 PPD 10 MPR (no PPD cap) Therearenoindividualskillranglimits. 5.Standardizedleagueresultsaretheonlyacceptedstascs.Allrecordedplayerskillrangsareachievedusingtheactual dartsthrown.inaddion,thefollowingarestandardformatsforgameplaytocalculateaplayerskillrang: 01 Cricket OpenIn/OpenOutformat 8footfoulline 8footfoulline 151/2"targetface 151/2"targetface Split50/25pointbull seye Full50pointbull seye Consistenttrackingofplayerskillrangsforeacheventisrequired.Submissionoftheserangsmustshowthecumulave accomplishmentsofeachplayer. 9
PlayerDocumentaon ThefollowingdocumentaonmustbesubmiedtotheNDApriortotheentrydeadlineforthetournament: A.Thateachplayerenteredhasplayedtherequired48games. B.Thehighestknownplayerskillrangforeachplayerentered. DocumentaonmustincludeleagueendingstascsforallseasonsandleaguesthatoccurredbetweenJanuary1,2014and thedateofsubmission,thatincludeplayersyouenterintothetournament. Ifyourfall2014seasonisnotyetcomplete,andtheplayershaveplayed24gamesineither 01orCricketoveraminimumof sixweeksofplay,youshouldsendleaguestascstodateforthatleague. Yourdocumentaonmustbelabeled Regional andincludethelocaonofthetournamentyouareenteringplayersfor. Allplayersenteredintothetournamentmustbehighlightedorstarred(*)onyourleagueendingstascs.Ifyouaresending stascsviafax,playersmustbestarred(*)becausethehighlightwillnottransferbyfax.highlighngregionaltournament playersallowsstatoquicklyverify48gamesandskillrangs.a$100feewillbeassessedfordocumentaonthatisnot properlylabeledandsubmied. Submitdocumentaonviamail,faxoremailassoonasyouenterplayersandskillrangsintothetournament. Mail:NDA,9100PurdueRd.,Ste.200,Indianapolis,IN46268 Fax:317.387.0999 Email:sancons@NDAdarts.com RegionalTournamentdocumentaonisdierentfromthebeginning,middleandendingstascsthatyouarerequiredto sendtothendaoceregularly.tournamentdocumentaonstascsshouldonlyincludeleagueendingstascsfor playersparcipanginthetournamentandmustbelabeled RegionalDenver, RegionalFortRapids or Regional Rochester. Aeryousubmityourdocumentaon,theNDAstawill: 1. Sendanemailstangyourdocumentaonwasreceived. 2. Verifyyourplayersplayed48gamesbyaddingtogetherthenumberofgamestheyplayedineachleague. 3. Determinethehighestleagueendingskillrangforeachplayertoensurethismatchestheskillrangenteredonline. 4. Sendanemailstangyourdocumentaonwasveried. IftheNDAstahasaproblemduringthevericaonprocess,youwillbecontactedtocorrecttheissue. 10
PlayerDocumentaon SAMPLEDOCUMENTATION 11
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