Format for Second Half of the 2025/26 Season

In order to generate more interest from the teams lower down the ladder, the match committee has decided to experiment with a change of format for the final 4 matches, commencing on 4th February 2026.
There are 30 teams in the competition with points accumulated in the first 7 matches ranging from 14 at the top to 2 at the bottom. Historically, this wide divide between top and bottom teams tends to reduce interest for the lower teams and attendance can suffer. So, in order to overcome this:

EVERY TEAM IS IN WITH A CHANCE TO WIN BECAUSE
EVERY TEAM HAS SUFFICIENT POINTS IN THEIR DIVISION TO GIVE THEM A FIGHTING CHANCE
OF BEING IN A GRAND FINAL – IF THEY PLAY WELL ENOUGH!

Here is the ladder after round 7

  1. The current ladder has been split into 3 divisions of 10 teams, The top 10 on the ladder, the middle 10 on the ladder and the last 10 on the ladder.
  2. Each team will retain the points that were accumulated so far, hence, team 1 will start top of Div1, team 11 will start top of Div 2 and Team 21 will start top of Div 3.
  3. The rest of the teams will retain their position relative to the top team in their division. See the divisions on this web page.
  4. For the FIRST  3 matches, the draw will be arranged so that teams in each division ONLY play another team in the same division.
  5. There will be 3 weekly prizes as we will ONLY give prizes to the winning team in each division, and not the runners up as before.
  6. There will also be 3 mystery consolation prizes each week drawn from the 9 non-winners in each division.
  7. The top two teams in each division at the end of week 11, (18th Feb) will play each other in their divisional Grand Final on 25th Feb.
  8. There will be prizes for the winners and the runners up of each grand final.
  9. The rest of the 8 teams in each division will play a final round of 8 ends (so they can watch the completion of the finals).
  10. The best scores across the rest of the 3 divisions will earn the weekly winner’s prizes, plus the mystery prize for non-winners.

The Ladders are sorted on cumulative Points, 2 (win), 1 (draw), 0 (loss) then on Shots Up.
‘Shots Up’ is the cumulative difference showing shots scored Less shots against – this can be negative.
The Weekly Results tables are sorted purely on Shots Up on the day.
The weekly Winning Teams are rewarded with drink vouchers from the bar.