Winning a Club Comp without playing a Match

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

What would your club do. Just award the trophy? I guess mine would.

I ask as the thought occurred to me as I'm in semi of our Winter K/O and whichever of us wins it could be playing someone who (other than 1st round) has, through coincidence and for a whole variety of reasons, had byes all the way to the final.

 

[fundy]

didnt someone (Patrick?) post about this actually happening a while back?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

didnt someone (Patrick?) post about this actually happening a while back?

I think you may be right - thought it chimed

 

[patricks148]

certainly did

 

[dufferman]

Crikey. Madness.

It would be interesting to see what they could do? Give it to the last person he / she beat (the FC in the 1st round)?

 

[patricks148]

the person at my club did not play a single game and there was quite a good prize for it too.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

That's a joke of organisation if someone wins a KO without playing a game - poor management of the comp. Would never happen at ours

 

[HickoryShaft]

What would your club do. Just award the trophy? I guess mine would.

I ask as the thought occurred to me as I'm in semi of our Winter K/O and whichever of us wins it could be playing someone who (other than 1st round) has, through coincidence and for a whole variety of reasons, had byes all the way to the final.

Wow ... does the variety of reasons include he is a member of the mob?

Not sure how this would be handled at our but would sure be up for some ribbing

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

That's a joke of organisation if someone wins a KO without playing a game - poor management of the comp. Would never happen at ours

I'm not sure that the club can do much about it. If folk enter a comp but then for whatever reason can't play the match and concede - what can the club do? And if coincidence upon coincidence the same thing happens 4 times in a row. Well there could well be someone in the final whose only previous match was the 1st round. Hopefully I'll get to the final and if it is he I have to play then I'll make darned sure I win - I'd hold some resentment if I lost

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I would hope (couldn't swear to it) that my club would at least insist on the final being played even if they have to give some ground on the date it was played by

 

[HankMarvin]

That's a joke of organisation if someone wins a KO without playing a game - poor management of the comp. Would never happen at ours

What would you do or should I say what would the club do to stop it from happening, do you have a rule already in place or would you just make it up as you went along ?

 

[Tashyboy]

Pal of mine won his society doubles by playing the one game in the final. Suffice to say he recieved enough Micky taking to last a lifetime.