OBSA SNOOKER TOURNAMENT RULES

OBSA Tournament Rules

SECTION 1 –
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS

1. General Obligations

1.1. Members shall, at all times (i.e. whether at a Tournament or not), behave in a proper and correct
manner consistent with their status as an amateur sportsperson.

1.2. Members shall not do anything which is likely to intimidate, offend, insult, humiliate or discriminate
against any other person on the grounds of disability, their religion, race, colour or national or ethnic origin, sex or sexual orientation.

1.3. A Member shall not make or cause to be made any statement or commit or cause to be committed any act which in the reasonable view of the OBSA is likely to bring into disrepute the game of snooker.

1.4. Each Member shall participate in all snooker Matches, Tournaments and Tours in a fair and sporting
manner and shall co-operate with the OBSA and its partners to promote and develop the sports of snooker.

1.5. Members must comply with the entry terms and conditions of each Tournament in which they have
entered.

1.6. Members will comply with and act in accordance with all reasonable instruction of the Tournament
Director or any other Tournament Official.

1.7. Each Member shall perform and compete to the best of his/her ability in each Tournament in which
he/she competes. Where a member concedes a frame or match before snookers are required or does any intentional act such as committing a deliberate foul or touching a ball on the table to take the match score to snookers.

1.8. Members shall comply with the OBSA social media guidelines. The sending or posting of any insulting, threatening or abusive messages on social media whether publicly or privately by any Member shall amount to misconduct This includes posts and messages on public and private forums

1.9. Members shall not do anything that may damage the reputation and goodwill of the Snooker Parties,
including the venue and any other Partners to any event

1.10. The Board may from time-to-time supplement, amend or vary these Rules. Such changes shall be
deemed to be effective and binding on each Member as from the date of publication of the changes

2. Dress Code:

2.1. Each Member shall comply with the relevant dress code for each Tournament in which he/she
competes. Each Member when competing in a Tournament shall ensure that as well as complying with the dress code, his/her dress and appearance is smart and appropriate.

2.1.1Players must have either official OBSA shirts with dress pants, and dress shoes, or if they do not have an OBSA shirt, then dress shirt short or long vest is optional; must be worn with dress pant and dress shoes.
No exceptions.

2.1.2 If a player shows up without the proper attire, a warning will be given to them by the tournament
director and at their discretion may not be allowed to play. The warning will be noted and if repeated at
future events the player will not be allowed to compete.

3: Ranking List and Ranking Points

3.1. The Board of the OBSA shall determine from time to time how the Ranking List will be compiled and
how ranking points will be allocated in relation toTournaments: Members shall only be awarded ranking
points for matches in Tournaments in which they have participated. For the avoidance of doubt, no ranking points shall be awarded to any Member who does not participate in a Tournament

4: Rankings will be integrated with Cloud Snooker based on events played and peformance.

5: Payment of registration fees

5.1 Members must pay any outstanding fees by the deadline announced by the OBSA, payment must be
sent to the OBSA bank account via e-transfer at obsa.ont@gmail.com We encourage members at
registration to pay their fee also to ease the adminstative burden on our board members.

5.1.1 Players will be removed from the draw if no payment has been received by the deadline.

5.2 A full refund will be issued back to any player that has to pull out of the event prior to the deadline for
payment. No refunds will be issued once the deadline has expired and the draw is made, no exceptions.

6: Late Rule

6.1 Players must show up on time for our first-round matches, no exceptions. The following penalty will
apply for players arriving late:
Matches that start at 10:00AM, if a player is late and arrives within a 15-minute window, a frame will be
conceded to their opponent, no exceptions. If the 15 minutes has elapsed and the player has not arrived,
the player will concede another frame to their opponent. After 31 minutes has elapsed, the match will be
over if the player has not showed up and a 3-0 win will be awarded.

6.1.1 All players must be aware of the roll on roll off basis once the first matches are finished, the OBSA Tournament Directors will announce that all players will make themselves available at a certain time to be ready to play their match. At the tournament director discretion, the late rule will take effect if the player has not shown up and a table is open for their match with all other matches already started. Please use Cloud Snooker live updates to see how the tournament is progressing as a guideline.

7: Black Ball or Blue Ball shootout:

7.1 Due to our hosts business operations and tournament director(s) time constraints at
the venue, the black ball re-spot or Blue Ball shootout will be in place for the first day of play. All matches
will be the best of 5 unless there is a tie at 2-2, refer to 7.1.1.

7.1.1 Any match that it tied at 2-2 on the Saturday play, the winner will be decided with the best of 3 black
ball re-spot or the Blue Ball shootout, no exceptions.

8: Miss Rule
A player must make a genuine attempt if snookered and it will be at the tournament directors discretion if the shot is called a miss, please call the tournament director before the shot is played and not after.

8.1 There will be 3 genuine attempts to hit the object ball with the cue ball going back a maximum of 2 times

9: Concession Rule

If a player requires 4 snookers with only the colours remaining the frame will be conceded

10 Cloud Snooker Scoring App

10.1 all players will use the the OBSA scoring tablets unless otherwise instructed by the Tournament
Director(s)

10.1.1 All players will use the normal mode while the opponent is at the table, the player at the table will
spot their own balls.

11: Breaks

11.1 All players can take a 5-minute break as the same time after 3 frames or more have been completed.
If a player needs to use the washroom, please wait until it is their turn and place the cue on the table and
let your opponent know.

12:1 Use of Cell phones is not allowed when playing your match, please put on silence and speak to a TD
if you need to use it for an emergency.