The Baillie is a Short Competition played in January and is open to all members. Each section will play a round robin and the winners of this will engage in a straight knockout to establish the Trophy winner.
Round robin : January 12th, January 14th, January 15th Semi Final : January 22 at 6:00PM Final : around early February; date TBD
RULES GOVERNING THE BAILLIE COMPETITION
Curling Canada’s Rules of Curling apply during the competition. However, the rules stipulated below will prevail during the tournament.
Tournament format
Teams are divided in 3 pools of four (4). An intra-section Round Robin is played and the top
team from each pool will qualify for the playoffs. The fourth semifinalist team will be determined
from the highest ranking among the remaining teams across the three pools.
Length of games
All games will be eight (8) ends unless the time violation comes into play. All scheduled
games must be played. A team may concede at any time after the conclusion of the fourth
(4th) end. The last rock of the 7th end must be delivered (released) before the clock is at
00:00:00 in order to play the 8th end. The timer will not be imposed for the Final.
Ties
Ties are allowed in the Round Robin. If Playoff games are tied after the completion
of the seventh or eighth end, extra ends will be played until a winning team is decided. The direction in which
the stones are thrown must be modified.
Last rock advantage
During the preliminary round, the hammer in the first end will be determined by a wheel spin.
For the Playoff games, last rock advantage will be awarded to the team with the best ranking (Q1-Q4).
Team ranking
After the conclusion of the preliminary round, teams will be ranked from 1 to 4 within their
section as follows:
1. Overall win-tie-loss record (2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 point for a loss) 2. Head-to-head results of implicated teams 3. Point differential The four (4) teams will be qualified for the playoffs and will be identified Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4.
The ranking of these four (4) teams will be done as follows: 1. Overall win-tie-loss record (2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 point for a loss) 2. Point differential
Positions
The player positions are listed in the team rosters. Note that some team members have requested specific positions. These are reflected among the team rosters in Curling IO and should be honoured. Teams are also welcome to consult among themselves about reordering positions 1-3 as desired. As usual, the skip has the final call.
Spares
If you cannot make a game, please let your team know as soon as possible. If a player can’t play
a game, the involved team must choose a spare from the list under the tab "Spares." The spare
can play any position, except skip. If a team has only one player from the team roster, their game is recorded as a forfeit (2 points
for the opposing team).