Championship
Qualifying:
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS:
Qualifying will be based on a points and pound format beginning
with 100 points for first place and descending down by one
1) point per place. In each event "First Place"
will receive 100 points plus their weight, e.g., 1st Place
= 100 points + 20.50 lbs. = 120.50 points, 2nd Place = 99
points + 20.00 lbs. = 119 points. This procedure will be
followed for all teams / couples weighing fish. The lowest
team having weight will be the last points given based on
the point's structure. All remaining teams / couples that
fished but did not weigh fish will receive one-half (½)
of the next possible points based off the point structure.
Example: The last team weighing fish in a 45-boat field
ended at 40th place with 2.0 lbs. They would receive 60
points + 2.0 lbs = 62 points. The remaining 5 teams without
weight would receive 29.5 points each (59/2 = 29.5). No
points shall be awarded to contestants that pay but do not
fish.
CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING:
You must fish a minimum of 5 regularly scheduled team or
4 couples tournaments during the year to qualify for a championship
berth based on points system. You must fish a minimum of
6 regularly scheduled team or 5 couples to qualify for a
championship berth based on the "Wild Card" system.
Championship qualifiers will be determined after the last
regularly scheduled tournament in each division. Angler's
Choice reserves the right to allow alternate teams to participate
in regional championships to ensure full fields. To qualify
for a "Wild Card" berth teams must fish 6 of 7
qualifying events and couples 5 of 6. "Wild Card"
qualifying shall be determined by their finishing position
in the last tournament of the year and after points qualifiers
have been removed.
20 or less boat average will
qualify 8 teams plus 2 wild cards.
21 - 25 boat average will qualify 12 teams plus 5 wild cards.
26 - 30 boat average will qualify 16 teams plus 5 wild cards.
31 - 40 boat average will qualify 18 teams plus 6 wild cards.
41 - 50 boat average will qualify 20 teams plus 7 wild cards.
51 - 60 boat average will qualify 22 teams plus 8 wild cards.
61 - 70 boat average will qualify 24 teams plus 9 wild cards.
71 - 80 boat average will qualify 26 teams plus 10 wild
cards.
80 and above boat average will qualify 40% of average plus
14 wild cards.PARTNERS: A member
may fish the first event alone without a designated partner.
A team or couple with two members must be declared prior
to fishing a second event. Members accumulate points for
the designate team or couple when fishing alone providing
the other team or couple member does not participate in
that event. Either member of a team or couple is allowed
to fish up to 3 events alone and representing the team or
couple, providing that the team or couple fishes at least
4 tournaments together. No substitution of partners will
be allowed except in cases of partner death, catastrophic
illness or military duty at the director's discretion. *
North Region 5 has separate Rule #20.A. and is applicable
only in that region.
CHOICE DIVISION: Teams
may fish an unlimited number of tournaments within a single
region in order to qualify in that region’s “
Choice Division “ and for that region’s championship
but only their best 7 point events will be calculated toward
a championship berth regardless of the number of tournament
fished. Any team wanting to fish as a “Choice Team”
must declare it with the director, prior to fishing their
3rd tournament. A team that fishes in 2 or more divisions
within a region automatically accumulates points in that
region’s “Choice Division”. A team can qualify
for a regional championship via more than one-1 division.
However, a team may not represent more than one division
e.g. “Oroville” or “East Delta” or “Choice”,
although qualified in all three-3 at the regional championship.
The division in which a team accumulates the highest number
of points will be the division they represent at the championship.
Choice Division championship qualifying shall be calculated
by taking the total number of entries in that division during
the year divided by seven - 7 to produce an average number
of entries. That average shall be the number used for which
qualifying shall be based as per our championship qualifying
criteria.
Choice Division: The
“Choice” division affords Angler’s Choice
members an additional opportunity
to qualify for a regional championship they might not otherwise
be able to meet the minimum qualification for. Example:
If a team misses the first few regularly scheduled tournaments
within a single division, which requires a minimum of 5
tournament participations for qualification, they can still
meet this 5 tournament minimum requirement by fishing in
other scheduled tournaments within a given region. Another
example can be found in; a team that has “Bad luck”
in their first few tournaments and scored low points, thus
missing the point’s requirement for qualification,
can make it up by fishing and qualifying via the “Choice
Division”.
What is a “Division”?
A “Division” is another
term for the local tournament trail. An example of a division
is Ray-Bend, Gold City, Illinois, Alamo, or Wappapello.
What is a “Region”?
A “Region” is a group
of divisions in one of six geographical parts of the USA.
The six U.S. Angler’s Choice Regions are Northwest
Region, Southwest Region, Central Region, Southeast Region,
North Region, and Northeast Region. Further, each “Region”
shall have its own “Choice Division”.
