CricBay Fall Open 2011 Registration

• Tournament Dates: 15th October 2011 to March 2012
• Registration now closed (closes o­n 01st Oct 2011)
• 70 Teams Registered

Tournament Format:                     Tournament Ranking:	The tournament format will be regular 20-20 overs format. The guiding principle Cricbay follows is that all teams have an opportunity to play almost equal number of games during the tournament. Grouping - Similar format as last year. only one round of round robin. (no second round) Round robin games will be more than 3 games (at least 6-7 matches/team and then playoffs) Playoff format Bracket formation. The home team during the playoffs continues to be based o­n the brackets & not on Pts/DRR. Power play rules Continue with Champions league power play format   Rankings will be based solely o­n the Regular Season 2011
Fee Structure:	$125 for new teams registering with CricBay payable to Cricbay Inc, PO Box 10424 Pleasanton CA 94588. The registration fee includes the cost of the balls.   New teams already participating in Champions league that did not pay for Fall open will be required to pay $75 The 70 Teams who played the regular season are not required to pay any fees. If these teams need any cricket balls, please contact webmaster@cricbay or 408 891 8860. Teams with umpiring penalties from regular season or Champions League have to pay the penalties before registration. **
Awards:           Other Awards:	Trophies will be awarded to Winners and Runners Up of the tournament for Platinum/Gold/Silver/Bronze Category.   There will also be awards for the following individual categories: MVP, Best Batsman, Best Bowler, Best Fielder, Best Keeper   Only Semifinals and Finals games will have MOM trophies. (change from last year) No group championship trophies for Fall Open (same as last year)
Balls Used:	Hard tennis balls of Nivia make provided by Cricbay are used during Fall Open.
Important Information:	Each registering team should have a home ground and is responsible to set up the pitch and boundaries for the game scheduled at its home ground. The home team needs to carry one pair of stumps, pair of bails and 8 cones. Cricbay will do its very best to assign all teams equal number of umpiring assignments. Maximum number of umpiring assignments would be equal to or less than the number of games a team would play. Missed umpiring assignments would carry strict penalties which will be carried to the next tournament.
Steps to Register:
Teams Participating in CricBay Playoffs 2011 Click Here and confirm your Fall Open 2011 participation. New Teams: Register o­n the Website: If your team is not listed o­n cricbay.com (Click Here for the list of teams currently registered on www.cricbay.com), please email webmaster with the following information: 1. Team Name: 2. Home Ground Name: 3. Home Ground Address: 4. Manager         Name:                            Email:                            Phone: 5. Captain           Name:                            Email:                            Phone: 6. Vice Captain   Name:                            Email:                            Phone: 7.Preferred Day: Saturday/Sunday/Either Saturday or Sunday(when the schedule for any CricBay tournament is announced, the home team decides the day of the game and by default, if your team is the home team the day will be set to this day)   You can also send the information to the webmaster through a private message. Click Here to send a private message to the webmaster.   Email CoLA(at)cricbay.com with your team name for acceptance confirmation. CoLA reserves the rights for accepting new team registrations. Mail the registration fees only after CoLA confirms that your team is cleared to participate in the tournament.   Mail the Registration Fee: Mail a $125 check payable to Cricbay Inc, PO Box 10424 Pleasanton CA 94588 Mention the team name and "Fall Open 2011" o­n the check. Checks should reach the destination by 7th Oct 2011, 5:00 PM. Online checkout options will be posted shortly.
** Strict penalties if a team forfeits a game during the round robin stage or misses an umpiring assignment (penalties would be published in the communication document).   **There is no penalty for forfeit in the knock out round, but the penalty for forfeit in the round robin stage is: loss of 1 point and -0.5 DRR. ***The number of games will be based on the total number of teams registering. For example, in o­ne of the prior years, 48 teams participated and each team played a minimum of 9 games. Please direct your queries to CoLA-at-cricbay.com   Disclaimer: CricBay reserves the rights to accept registrations. CricBay game Rules apply. By registering with CricBay you agree to abide by the CricBay Terms & Conditions.