Event Format and Procedures
WCF broom heads are not required. The 5 rock free guard zone and “no tick” rules will be in effect.
Format: 5 Team Round Robin with double loss provision.
- Team listed first on draw chart delivers yellow stones and will practice first.
- Last Stone in First End determined by two Last Stone Draws at the end of practice. Teams will deliver one stone with clockwise rotation, followed by one with counter-clockwise rotation, by two different players. Team with lesser (better) total distance receives last stone in first end.
- Pre-game practice begins 30 minutes prior to scheduled draw time. Teams will have 9 minutes of practice time, followed by Last Stone Draws.
- Each player must deliver two (2) LSDs over the course of the round robin, one (1) clockwise and one (1) counter-clockwise.
- Games are 8 ends and untimed.
Playoffs
- Tiebreaker games: the team who won their round robin game has choice of color or last stone.
- Double Loss Provision games: the team who went undefeated in the round robin has choice of color and last stone in all playoff games.
- In all playoff games, the team throwing first stone of the first end will have second practice.
Tiebreaker Scenarios
- One team at 4-0 and one team at 3-1: Those teams play each other until one of them has two losses.
- Three-way tie for first place at 3-1: Rank teams by Draw Shot Challenge (DSC). #2 plays #3, with winner playing #1.
- Five-way tie for first place at 2-2: Rank teams by DSC. #5 team eliminated. #1 plays #4 and #2 plays #3, with winners moving to final.