OPEN Pairs

OPEN PAIRS

At the start of the match, choose which player is Player 1, and which is Player 2. This does not change for the duration of the match. To avoid confusion, Player 1 for the Home Team will be referred to as Home 1 and so on:

  • Frame 1: Home 1 vs Away 1
  • Frame 2: Home 2 vs Away 2
  • Frame 3: Scotch Pairs
  • Frame 4: Home 1 vs Away 2
  • Frame 5: Home 2 vs Away 1
  • Frame 6: Scotch Pairs
  • Frame 7: Home 1 or 2 vs Away 1 or 2
  • Frame 8: Home 1 or 2 vs Away 1 or 2 (whichever players did NOT play in Frame 7)
  • Frame 9: Scotch Pairs

Players may confer between shots (IN THE SCOTCH FRAMES ONLY)
Please do not take longer than 2 minutes per shot.

Entry Criteria

OPEN Pairs Competition : Each pair must consist of at least one registered League player. 
Yes, that means you can bring your mate along too—even if they’ve never chalked a cue in their life. It does not exclude both players from playing registerd if they want to play. As a condition of entry, each team must provide a working mobile phone number. This will be shared with other teams to help arrange matches.Teams that fail to supply a number will not be permitted to participate and / or disqualified.
All matches must be played before the Play By date.
It is the responsibility of each team to arrange their own fixtures.

 

Rules

We play BlackBull Rules. Scotch Pairs is alternative shots and players may confer and talk during the shots (IN THE SCOTCH FRAMES ONLY). - but please take your shot within the 2 minutes!

*Please refer to section 6 for details of how many frames to play  in each round. 

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By Thursday 11 December 2025
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