At PPT our speciality is social touch so we emphasise even competition. As such we run grading differently to most sporting competitions.
Our season usually works like this:
- The first two weeks of mixed are grading rounds, these games are to ascertain the the standard of our teams and the results do not count towards final positions.
- At week 3 we set grades, but they are not finalised. From there to the half way point of the season (usually week 9) your team will have a grade and your teams results counts towards your final ladder position, but fixtures are based on matching the standard of competition and teams will be moved between grades every 1-3 weeks (depending on their results) and inter grade matches may occur.
- After half way through the season (usually week 9) grades are finalised, fixtures are published through to the end of the regular season, and the run to finals begins.
- Our last two to four week are finals. This will usually be structure as 1 plays 4 and 2 plays 3, but may be a round robin in a 4 week format. Most importantly our priority is participation so teams missing out on finals still play friendly matches, so if you miss finals you still play through to the end of the season.
