ABF Australian Teams Playoffs - Notices

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Notices for the Australian Teams Playoffs

	Updates relating to the Playoffs will be posted here.
18/11/2012	Players who earn 48 or more Open PQP can transfer their PQPs to either the Women's or Seniors (or both) and are exempted from the restriction of earning at least one PQP in that category.
13/5/2012	The TC recommends that players who have earned at least 48 PQPs in Open events can convert these to Seniors points even if they have zero Seniors PQPs.
17/2/2012	The WBF have just advised us that the system restrictions at the World Mind Sports Games will not allow HUM or Brown Sticker Conventions. Accordingly no Brown Sticker Conventions will be allowed in the ABF Playoffs.
12/2/2012	The TC has reconfirmed that playoff systems restrictions will allow entrants to play anything allowed at any stage of the WBF target event for that year. That means for this year (2012) Brown Sticker conventions will be allowed. However players who want to play BS will need to comply with WBF pre-disclosure requirements (meanings, responses, recommended defences, whatever).
2/1/2012	Proposed Changes to 2013 Playoffs The ABF Management Committee has decided to bring the Open and Women's Playoffs to select the 2013 International representative teams forward to December 2012 to allow more time to prepare and organise overseas representation. The proposed dates are December 8-13, 2012. This will enable the Seniors Playoff to move forward to February or March 2013. To fit the earlier dates, the PQP cycle for 2012 will end with the Spring Festival in October-November 2012. The Grand National Open Teams in November-December 2012 will be the start of the 2013 PQP cycle.
5/11/2011	For the 2012 Seniors Playoffs, the Management Committee has decided that players who were too young to enter some or all 2011 ABF events offering Seniors PQPs, but are old enough to enter the 2012 Seniors Playoffs, will be entitled to transfer their Open PQPs to Seniors PQPs provided they have 24 or more Open PQPs. This provision will not apply for subsequent years' Playoffs, since players aged 59+ are able to enter all the previous year's Senior qualifying events.
17/3/2011	The WBF allows players who turn 60 in the same year to play in Seniors' events. To represent Australia as a senior you must accumulate sufficient PQP in the previous year (including 15 PQP in Seniors' events) to qualify for the playoffs. In order for this to be achieved, the eligible age to play in Seniors' events will be lowered to 59. Thus if you turn 59 in 2011 you are now eligible to play as a senior.

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