Kent Team Championship 2024, 2nd March 2024 in Canterbury (SOLD OUT)

[stewbacca]

Last updated 14th November 2023.

In 2023, the first ever Kent Team Championship was held as an invite only collaborative event between the BloodBowl leagues in Kent. 30 coaches took part and the winning team was the All-Kent All-Stars (damology, phuqster, whitehot and tommyb).

The event will be returning in 2024 and we have moved to a larger venue with increased capacity. The Championship will be the opening event of the inaugural South East Tournament Series and this year will be NAF approved event open to all, regardless of whether you’re cool/unfortunate* enough to live in The Garden of England.

After the event, all competing coaches will be awarded points as per the Tournament Series rules, which can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=46870

TalkFantasyFootball Event: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=46889
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/802058454695709
BloodBowl South East Discord: https://discord.gg/xWNBrZMBq4

Date: Sat 2nd March
Location: The Harris Suite, Spitfire Ground, Old Dover Road, Canterbury. CT1 3NZ
We will be playing on the top floor of this building. There should be a stairs and a lift to get you there.
Parking: Free parking is available onsite. Turn down The Drive (to the right of Sainsbury’s) and follow the signs for Event Parking.
Public transport: The nearest rail station is Canterbury East which is 20 minutes walk from the venue (15 minutes by bus or 7 minutes by tax) and has trains from London Victoria.

Canterbury West has trains from London St Pancras on HS1 which saves around 35 minutes on the rail journey but is a 35 minute walk to the venue (or 25 minutes by bus, 10 minutes by taxi)

Capacity: We have a capacity of 30 teams.

Food and drink: A small lunch will be provided as part of your ticket price by the on-site catering facilities. This will comprise sandwiches, tortilla chips and dips, a chocolate brownie and water and cordials. If you have any dietary requirements, please let us know by Saturday 3rd February. These should have been filled out on the Google Form when your team signed up but feel free to message and check.

There is also a cafe - Oriole at the Lime Tree (open 9am to 1pm on Saturdays) - on the cricket club grounds and a Sainsbury’s just beside it. You are welcome to bring your own food/packed lunch with you however please do not bring any alcohol due to the onsite bar

Disabled access: there is disabled access to the room we are using and also the toilet facilities.

Format: Teams of 4, Swiss round system for teams, with best performing player in each team playing, then second best etc. Teams will win, lose or draw collectively.

This will be a resurrection tournament, meaning that you will submit your roster prior to the event, and you will play with that same roster for each game - any SPP, injuries, raised players etc. reset after each round.

Pitches: Please bring along 2 pitches per team if possible. We will have a number of pitches but not enough for everybody.

Roster building:

The ruleset closely follows that of the UKTC as at the date of the rulespack with a few minor adjustments - mainly around tiering.

Each team must have separate races, i.e. a team cannot have, for example, 2 dark elf teams.

All GW official races plus Slann are allowed. If Games Workshop release a new team above the 29 listed below prior to the roster submission date, the team will be allowed for the tournament but will be assumed to be a Tier 1 team. This may be amended at the TOs discretion.

Each race is allocated 1,150,000 gold pieces to spend on roster building only. This comprises the purchasing of players, sideline staff, rerolls, permitted inducements and dedicated fans.

Permitted inducements are: 0-2 Bloodweiser kegs, 0-3 bribes, 0-2 wandering apothecaries, 0-1 mortuary assistant, 0-1 plague doctor, 0-1 riotous rookies (if selected roll separately before each match), 0-1 biased referee, 0-1 halfling master chef. Bribery and Corruption and Thimble Cup races get their relevant discounts.

Everything else including star players are not permitted.
Teams then have separate gold to buy upgrades, based on the teams tier, as below. All skills must be chosen skills and not random.

Tier 1 Dark Elf, Lizardmen, Undead, Underworld Denizens. 100,000 gold. Primary, Secondary (1 max). No stacking
Tier 2 Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dwarf, Norse, Orc, Skaven, Wood Elf, Vampire 120,000 gold. Primary, Secondary (1 max). No stacking
Tier 3 Black Orc, Human, Nobility, OWA, Necromantic150,000 gold Primary, Secondary (1 max). No stacking
Tier 4 Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegades, Khorne, Elven Union, High Elf, Slann, Tomb Kings 170,000 Primary, Secondary (2 max). No stacking
Tier 5 Nurgle 190,000 gold Primary, Secondary (2 max). No stacking
Tier 6 Halfling, Goblin, Snotling, Ogre 220,000 gold Primary, Secondary (unlimited), stacking allowed (1 player only may receive 2 skills), Stat Increases (2 max)

Upgrade costs are:
Primary Skill 20,000
Secondary Skill 30,000
+1 AV 10,000
+1 MA 20,000
+1 PA 20,000
+1 AG 40,000
+1 ST 80,000

To allow time for them to be adequately checked, rosters will need to be submitted by email to skabbleague@gmail.com by 11:59pm on Sunday 25th February. Your roster being submitted on time will be the first tiebreaker if required.

The roster building spreadsheet can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... ue&sd=true

Schedule:
If you are having any issues with your journey on the day, please message us on Discord to let us know and we will do our best to accommodate. Please be aware that you will be passing through part of a City Centre on a Saturday and ensure you give yourself contingency time for your journey.

Registration: 08.45-09.15
Game 1: 9.15-11.30
Buffet Lunch: 11.15 onwards
Game 2: 12.00-14.15
Game 3: 14.30-16.45
Game 4: 17.00-19.15
Awards: 19.15-19.30

The amount of time left in each round should be visible on the projector screen in the main room during the games, and we will make announcements as the time approaches. At time, we will ask both players to put dice down and the result will be logged as it stands.

If you feel like you will be running out of time, please look to implement a chess clock. Many apps are available for this purpose, including BB Coach Assistant if you have an Android phone.

On the day, we will be releasing fixtures and digitally via the South East BloodBowl Discord as the primary method of communication.

Scoring:
Teams earn points for each round as follows: Team win - 2 points. Team draw - 1 point. Team loss - 0 points. A team wins if they collectively win more individual matches than the opposing team. A draw is if they register the same amount of individual wins as their opponents. A loss is recorded if they lose more individual matches than the other team.

For the purposes of the tournament, a casualty is one caused by a block made by either yourself or your opponent. For the avoidance of doubt, any caused by secret weapons, the crowd, failed dodge or rush, throw team mate or anything other than a block is excluded from this count.

Tiebreakers for teams on the same points are: number of rosters submitted on time, sum of individual points, opponents score, net team TDs, net team CAS.

For the individual prize, players on the same points will be ranked using these tiebreakers: roster submitted on time, opponents score, net TDs, net Cas.

Entry:

The tournament will be a NAF event, and all coaches must be NAF registered. Please let us know your NAF names and numbers when registering (these can be updated later if players change). There will be no facility for registering you for the NAF on the day.
The price will be £100 per team (so £25 per person). There is the option to add a fifth team member (see the Spare Coaches section) which will increase the price to £115 per team (so £23 per person).

Tickets will be on sale from 10th July 2023.

Please fill out this registration form (https://forms.gle/MYrmTsiuhTAd1aRNA) and then send the entry as a payment to Friends and Family via paypal to skabbleague@gmail.com. Please note, information given on the form can be changed at a later date, however it will reduce admin work to have information as correct as possible now.

Refunds will only be possible up to 2nd February 2024 as all costs will have been paid by that point. If you need to cancel after that date, we will try to assist in finding a replacement team to take your spot and pay you directly.

Spare Coaches

Teams can add a fifth member for just £15. This fifth member will be a spare player but is guaranteed a NAF rank game each round.

Depending on spaces available, they will either:
fill a spot on a team missing a player for the entire day
Join a spare coaches team to ensure an even number of teams (we may offer the option for spare coaches to form teams even this isn’t necessary).
Play a NAF ranked game against another spare player. If this is the option for a coach/coaches, then it is likely that we will ask teams to rotate their spare player so as to reduce the likelihood of repeat matchups

Protocol on the day for missing players: Spare players will be asked to fill in where this is feasible. If an entire team is missing such that there is an odd number of teams, providing another team will be a priority over filling in for teams missing one or more players.

Referees and admin:
Tournament Organiser: Stewbacca
Head referee: EldritchFox
Other referees: hissa-lives, sparky73

Prizes:
Best team overall
Best individual player
Most touchdowns (individual)
Most casualties (individual)
Stunty cup (individual)


We will have a 1 prize per coach rule so if for example the overall individual winner also wins best touchdowns, the best touchdown award will go to the next best coach. This does not apply to the best team award - a coach can win that alongside an individual award.
Tiebreakers for most touchdowns and most casualties will be the number of each conceded.
If there is still a tie for any prize then, head to head record (if applicable) followed by rock paper scissors best of 3 (between team captains if it is for the team prize).

Sponsorship, prizes, gifts, trophies etc will be announced in due course via Social Media and Discord.

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[stewbacca]

I’m pleased to announce that tickets for the Kent Team Championship 2024 are now on sale!

For the teams that were super keen and didn’t notice the on sale date, your place is booked. This is a learning we will take for future events about how to announce on sale dates.

Please fill out this registration form (https://forms.gle/MYrmTsiuhTAd1aRNA) and then send the entry free as a payment to Friends and Family via paypal to skabbleague@gmail.com.

Please note, information given on the form can be changed at a later date, however it will reduce admin work to have information as correct as possible now.

If you want a spot, it is £100 for a 4-coach team or £115 for a 5-coach team (including a spare). The spare will be guaranteed 4-NAF ranked games and will play either (in priority order):
In a spare team to ensure there are an even number of teams
To fill in for any drop outs on other teams
Rotating with their team and playing against other spare players

I will update theTFF post on Tuesday with teams who have entered so far.

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Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/802058454695709

[stewbacca]

We are now fully booked with 30 teams!

If anyone without a team would like to be a spare, or would like to be a ref/admin (free meal included if you do ref/admin) please message me directly. The more spares we have the better we will be able to cover for any potential dropouts and ensure we will have an even number of teams and hopefully full teams across the board.

If anyone requires either a NAF membership or renewal, I will be able to arrange this on the day for you.

Whatever I'm Easy: dimmygee, gozza, gb_skullz, ollie (NAF tbc)
The Pow Arrangers: Law_of_course, tuckersteel, magnumopus, lovely_jubbly
DBL Guvonairs (with spare): salontiger, izzinatha, saltymurcutt, raughri, vonleppard
Bribe Chip Stealers (with spare) : amselvs, mrmerengue, tharminator201, sleepygeek, 98smithg
4 Skulls in a Row: kendrallsharne, totalfuzzylogic, malawicichlid, tbc
Die By Leaping: Girm_Jim, Overgone5, Jose Ortega (NAF tbc)
The French Connection: CptOats, Greenskin Phil, Goblinscorcher, Drybrushthreepwood, Torquemada
All Kent All Stars: damology, tommyb, phuqster, whitehot
SKABB 1: mashley85, Joe Cozz (NAF tbc), bonethugsnoharmony, beardedlucha
Bunch of Kents: hellbentginger, yantz, cebeross, fluffles
Bribe Kebab Theives: insidious, ratticus_finch, sleeves, Rob Carr (NAF tbc)
Dragon (Bowl) Slayers: Master_Wigins, GingerB, Bondy, Anythingbutaone
Casualty Kids: Wednesday, TitaniumBoy, TitchyTerror, Minimorg
BBBL 1: all tbc
BBBL 2: all tbc
BBBL 3: all tbc
Surrey Spartans: bowzer, Paul Bailey (NAF tbc), bearded_steve, tbc
ECBBLers: chaoshugs, voldermortscleaner, chankas, jujuu
Thanet: all tbc
ABBL: hekdar, captinconway, manfredironskull, valdair
Sann Bean Fan Club : ronaldbeanio, sawyerbean, sann0638, dementor
La Liga de Los Maestros (with spare): stig, Australopithecus, Dribbli, TheDukester, EdTyldesley
DBL Upstarts: tyler_swaft, cyritz, dampsquig, tkd1984
Squad Terror-Bull: chicken23, Rikk1980, chillichard, Mark440
The hemogoblins: lachlanbc, Euhan, Ben Gummer (NAF tbc), David Hutton (NAF tbc)
Team Redshirts: howlinggriffon, mr_frodo, wotfudboy, scs.sam
Tacklezone: wulfyn, jbone, deeferdan, nippylongskar
Teamendous: MisspelledTree, Hendy, bb_nut, starferret
Team IBBL: Onyersix, snortingpug, MisterBrock, Cabbyman1
Bexley Wanderers: irdeaded, Shepherd03, bigmanfuy, phishboy86, sheepman

TO/referee: stewbacca
Refs: eldritchfox, hissa-lives, sparky73
Additional Spares: Lostviking, Dom (NAF tbc)

Reserve list: Gozza's team

[stewbacca]

20 teams have signed up for the Kent Team Championship. I have spoken to the venue and they've given us an additional floor meaning the capacity for the event is 26 teams.

Once full there will be a limited number of single spots available for spares/freebooters who are eligible for reduced entry to provide a spare team if necessary, fill in spots where teams are missing players, or play against spare players. We should be able to arrange it so you play at least 3 games on the day if you sign up for this option.

Additionally as we are now split over 2 rooms, if anyone is interested in helping to referee the event that would be great and we can offer you a free lunch for doing so.

[Ronaldbeanio]

We have a SAWBBL team looking to come along. I’ll fill the form once I’ve collected all the info I need for the team members, Naf numbers etc.

[stewbacca]

We have a SAWBBL team looking to come along. I’ll fill the form once I’ve collected all the info I need for the team members, Naf numbers etc.

cool, I will reserve a spot for you then.

[Ronaldbeanio]

Form complete, money sent

We have a SAWBBL team looking to come along. I’ll fill the form once I’ve collected all the info I need for the team members, Naf numbers etc.

cool, I will reserve a spot for you then.

[stewbacca]

Form complete, money sent

We have a SAWBBL team looking to come along. I’ll fill the form once I’ve collected all the info I need for the team members, Naf numbers etc.

cool, I will reserve a spot for you then.

Received, thanks!

[Stig]

Form complete, money sent for La Liga de Los Maestros!

[stewbacca]

We have 2 guaranteed team spaces left. After these are sold we may be able to release more, however we will need to calculate the exact space available once any vendor spots are taken.

Update: 1 guaranteed team space left.

[howlinggriffon]

Just to check, is there still space available for this for a team?

[stewbacca]

Just to check, is there still space available for this for a team?

yes there is! currently 2 spaces definitely available. if they are filled it might be possible to extend although the logistics of this will need to be worked one.

[stewbacca]

The rulespack said that any new team released would be eligible as a tier 1 team. Vampires fall in the grey area between new team and old team. We had considered putting them in tier 1 however evidence at a recent tournament shows that this would be too harsh on them so we have opted to put them in tier 2.

However, it has also been recognised that underworld denizens have been undertiered in many tournaments, and have the highest win rate amongst teams bar none. As such they are being adjusted to tier 1.

No further changes are expected unless Games Workshop grace us with the luxury of having 2 teams released in the same year.

There is also a roster builder available for the tournament for which a download link is below. All teams in a squad should be submitted on the same document. The deadline for roster submission remains Saturday 17th February 2024 to allow for adequate checking. Rosters being submitted on time is the first tie breaker for the event.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... ue&sd=true

[howlinggriffon]

yes there is! currently 2 spaces definitely available. if they are filled it might be possible to extend although the logistics of this will need to be worked one.

Team submitted

[stewbacca]

Received, thanks! Currently full but looking at the possibility of adding capacity.