Random 15 Championship 2011/12

[Soup Dragon]

BERC UPDATE: 17th June

The schedule for the 2011/12 R15 championship is now finalised:

Round 1 - 23rd July 2011
Round 2 - 17th September 2011
Round 3 - 5th November 2011
WINTER BREAK
Round 4 - 18th February 2012
Round 5 - 14th April 2012
Round 6 - 9th June 2012

[Going Underground]

30th July is good for me, in fact whole of July is wide open...
So I am guessing that 8th June will be Z1 which is quite late in the year I notice the usual end of May bank holiday has been put back to June 4th in 2012...

[The Raven]

I'll try and attend the first round of R15 of 2011-12. Moving home on the Friday before!

[Soup Dragon]

30th July is good for me, in fact whole of July is wide open...
So I am guessing that 8th June will be Z1 which is quite late in the year I notice the usual end of May bank holiday has been put back to June 4th in 2012...

Yes indeed, it's all to do with The Queens Diamond Jubilee, we get an extra long weekend with Tuesday 5th June also being a public holiday.

[RichieG]

30th July is good for me, in fact whole of July is wide open...
So I am guessing that 8th June will be Z1 which is quite late in the year I notice the usual end of May bank holiday has been put back to June 4th in 2012...

Yes indeed, it's all to do with The Queens Diamond Jubilee, we get an extra long weekend with Tuesday 5th June also being a public holiday.

not a-bloody-gain...

[Soup Dragon]

BERC Update....
I might move Round 1 to the 23rd July, this is because 30th July clashes with the proposed date for the Worthing Darts Open. Please can anyone let me know if they purchased advance rail tickets already for the 30th July?

[palkanetoijala31]

BERC Update....
I might move Round 1 to the 23rd July, this is because 30th July clashes with the proposed date for the Worthing Darts Open. Please can anyone let me know if they purchased advance rail tickets already for the 30th July?

Im glad i didnt book then is it a possible to have a decision soonish before end of month of june though because after that u might have to pay higher.

[Going Underground]

23rd is fine for me....

[greatkingrat]

BERC Update....
I might move Round 1 to the 23rd July, this is because 30th July clashes with the proposed date for the Worthing Darts Open. Please can anyone let me know if they purchased advance rail tickets already for the 30th July?

Luckily there weren't any advance tickets from High Barnet available anyway

[RichieG]

23 July is worse for me, but as I probably wouldn't have been able (though might have) to attend the one on 30 July either it doesn't really matter

[Soup Dragon]

Round 1 will be 23rd July, the remaining rounds will be announced this weekend.

[Soup Dragon]

Please see the first post in this thread for the finalised dates for the R15 chamionship.

The points scoring system will remain the same for the 2011/12 season.
12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
If you compete in all 6 rounds, then your lowest scoring round is deducted.
The maximum score is therefore 60 points. In the event of competitors being tied the final placings will be decided on the number of round wins, if still tied the number of 2nd place finishes and so forth will be taken into account.

If there are any suggestions for round twists please feel free to discuss within this thread. One idea I've floated is that you could pick one round where you get the stations notified in advance, thus having an advantage over the rest of the field.

Looking forward to another good season... the benchmark is 50/51 points as previous winners Peter Smyth and Al Brown have demonstrated.

[Going Underground]

I would like to try the "two envelopes" twist and also a "Zone 3" inclusion...

Guessing that the opening round will be a "straight" R15?

[The Raven]

How about:

Anti zone 1 round? (Only zone 2+3 stations)

Royal challenge? (only stations with "royal" name. e.g. Victoria, Royal Oak, King George V, Regent’s Park…)

True tube? (only stations that are actually underground)

[tangy]

Got to have the NLL in as one twist and/or the DLR.