We warmly invite you to the fifth edition of the weekend tournament: ŁDZ OPEN 2025! The competition will take place on January 25-26, 2025. Any team consisting of 3 to 5 players can participate. If the number of applications exceeds the number of available spots, the highest-ranked teams (according to Jerry's Ranking) will be placed on the waiting list in order of application.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE ŁDZ OPEN TOURNAMENT:

🔷 Participant limit: 16 teams
🔷 Entry fee: 968 PLN
🔷 4 games guaranteed (fifth match for the top 8 teams)
🔷 Registration opens: October 18, 2024, at 8:00 PM and closes on December 18, 2024, at 11:59 PM ⏰
🔷 Registration form is available here
🔷 Prizes: trophy, medals

GAME SYSTEM:

🔶 Schenkel system (points, stone difference, end difference, stones scored, ends scored, stones lost, ends lost, coin toss).
🔶 Signal for the penultimate end at 90 minutes. In case of a tie, a shoot-out will determine the winner.
🔶 Win = 3 points, win in shoot-out = 2 points, loss in shoot-out = 1 point, loss = 0 points.
🔶 2 rounds of group games, afterwards which the table is combines and 2 more rounds of games are played. The 5th and final round for the top 8 teams (the final is closed, other games are open).

MATCH SCHEDULE:

Saturday
09:00 🅰️1
11:40 🅱️1
14:20 🅰️2
17:20 🅱️2
20:00 🆎: places 1-8

Sunday
09:00 🆎: places 9-16
11:30 🆎: places 1-8
14:30 🆎: places 9-16
17:00 🏆 final round

VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

Any type of brooms is allowed except for brooms with hair or corn brooms.

"TEAM LINE-UP: 1. ME, 2. MY BUDDY, 3. I WILL PROVIDE THE NAME LATER, 4. I WILL PROVIDE THE NAME LATER"
Only applications containing the names and surnames of at least 3 players will be considered. It is not possible to later complete an incomplete team (i.e., consisting of 2 or fewer players).

"DID YOU RECEIVE MY APPLICATION?"
Successful submition of the entry form will be confirmed with an automated email. If you did not receive an email from us and are sure you filled out the form correctly, let us know at kontakt@curlinglodz.pl. Correct applications, after verification (which may take a few days), will be visible in the PARTICIPANT LIST tab as "Pending teams."

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
No later than December 20, 2024, teams qualified for the tournament will receive a confirmation of participation along with a request to pay the entry fee. Unpaid spots by January 8, 2025, at 11:59 PM will automatically be transferred to teams from the waiting list. If a team withdraws from the tournament after paying the entry fee, it is not possible to receive a refund unless a replacement team from the waiting list is found. If there are no teams on the waiting list willing to play, the withdrawing team can find a substitute after prior contact with the organizer. If a team withdraws after paying the entry fee and another team takes its place, an administrative fee of 194 PLN will be deducted from the refund.

"HEY CURLING ŁÓDŹ, OUR TEAM SPLIT..."
All changes to the team line-up must be submitted to the organizer by email to kontakt@curlinglodz.pl no later than January 23, 2025, at 9:00 PM (this deadline also applies to teams registered with 3 or 4 players who want to add a 4th and/or 5th player). Changes to the line-up involving half or more of the originally registered players may result in the application not being considered or the team losing the right to participate in the tournament. A player cannot be registered in more than one team. If the same person appears in 2 or more teams, they will only be considered in the team where they were registered first. During the tournament, it is not possible to "borrow" players from other teams. Fielding a player not listed in the team's composition in a match is equivalent to a forfeit by that team. A forfeit counts as 0:12 (6 ends).