During last WOF Meeting in Leeuwarden, it was decided to ask the rule committee to review and propose updated WOC rules. The main discussion points were as followed:
1. Players with special needs
-> This technical point was suggested by Kelvin Yang and Randy Fang to have a written procedure dealing with handicapped players. We propose to add paragraph IV.10 to the rules.
2. Women's spot and team
-> Following last year discussion, we propose to slightly modify the team championship by allowing federations to send a full team (up to four players, no more than three being of the same gender) and counting the three best results for the team championship. That way, the women spot is no longer separated from the team.
3. Women's championship
-> Several proposals were made to change the format of the women's championship: separate rounds, semi-finals+finals, round-robin… We couldn't reach an agreement so we propose to discuss again at the next WOF meeting.
4. Taking transcripts
-> We didn't manage to arrive to a satisfactory solution last year and no new ideas emerged… so we propose to discuss again at the next WOF meeting.
You will find attached the proposed new set of rules, changes highlighted in red: paragraph IV.10 about players with special needs, and the modified team championship. Please review the rules and vote to accept or refuse each proposal.
from a mail sent by the WOC-rules committee to the National Federations
