VII San Gervasio Pro Am

Junior Challange Format:

• Saturday, July 3rd (8am)
• Seeded according to IWWF Junior Ranking.
• Minimum starting line will be 16m for Girls and 14.25m for Boys.
• This is not a qualification round. Everyone will be qualified to the head-to-head final. This round is used to determine seeding.
• In case of a tie, IWWF Junior Ranking will determine seeding.

AMATEUR FORMAT

(maximum of 40 amateur skiers across categories)
Amateur skiers will ski three rounds, with the first two round happening on Friday and the third one on Sunday morning.

The order of series will be according to age groups, with young skiers first, followed by Senior and Open

Practice rounds will be available from Monday until Thursday (no Friday) at €40 per set (6 passes), to be paid cash on site.

Please send us an email ahead of time if you want to reserve practice times.

Pro Format
(maximum of 45 skiers across Women and Men)
Entries are open to anyone with minimum of a current Personal Best of 3@10.75m for Men and 1@11.25m for Women.
We will accept a maximum of 25 Men and 20 Women
We reserve the right to change these figures if one category has a waiting list and the other has not filled up.

Junior Challenge Format
Top 4 Girls and Top 4 Boys (excluding skiers born in 2003) on the IWWF December 31st 2020 Ranking will be invited to the tournament
If one withdraws, the next ranked junior will be invited
Amateur Format
(maximum of 40 amateur skiers across categories)
Prizes will be in the form oof Goodies provided by the sponsor

PRO HEAD TO HEAD
These rules are in line with the "Head to Head Final" format by Waterski Pro Tour
There will be 2 qualifying rounds (please read as rules have changed from previous years)
Preliminary Rounds
Round 1 will be seeded according to most recent Waterski Pro Tour Ranking. The defending San Gervasio Pro Am Champion (2019) will ski last.
Skiers without Pro Points will be seeded randomly.
Round 2 will be seeded according to Round 1 scores.
The best score out of the two rounds will be used to determine finalists and their seed in the Head-to-Head final.
Ties
In the event of a tie for best score between two or more skiers the superior second score from the other qualifying round will be used to organize seeding.

Perfect Ties
In the event of a perfect tie between two or more skiers (both qualifying scores are the same) seeding for the final will be determined according to the 1st round starting list (Pro Ranking).

Perfect Tie For Last Spot in Finals
If a perfect tie exists for the last finals spot(s) there will be a run-off between all tied skiers. The order for the run-off will be determined by drawing lots on the dock with all affected skiers present. Each skier will leave the dock on the last completed line length and ski until they fall or miss. In the event of a tie in the run-off there will be a second run off with the skiers continuing in the same order and starting at the most recent (uncompleted) pass. Skiers will run off in this manner until there is a clear winner.

More Than Two Skiers in Run Off
If there are more than two skiers running off for multiple spots in the final the skiers who achieve the superior scores in the run-off will advance to the final. The qualifying skier with the best score in the run-off will be seeded higher than the qualifying skier with the second best score and so on down the order. If there is a tie for two skiers that qualify for the final initial seeding (Pro Ranking) will be used for final seeding.
Head-to-Head Finals

The format for head-to-head will be the usual bracket system.
The order of events will be the following:
Women 8-skier bracket (min. start: 14.25m)
Men 8-skier bracket (min. start: 13m)
Women 4-skier bracket (min. start: 13m)
Men 4-skier bracket (min. start: 12m)
Women 2-skier bracket (min. start: 13m)
Men 2-skier bracket (min. start: 12m)

The higher seeded skier will get to choose either which order to ski (first or second) or driver.
The lower seeded skier will have the choice that the higher seeded skier did not decide upon.
For 8-skier and 4-skier brackets, the skier starting second off the dock will have to beat the opponent's score to qualify for the next head-to-head round.
For the Final (i.e., 2-skier bracket), ties will not result in a win for the first skier off the dock. In the event of a tie, skiers will be taken back to the same end of the lake and will enter the course at the most recent uncompleted pass. The skiers will ski until there is a clear winner from a superior score.
Positions 5th-8th and 3rd-4th will be determined by score in the first and second head-to-head bracket respectively.

JUNIOR CHALLANGE
Top 4 Girls and Top 4 Boys (excluding skiers born in 2003) on the IWWF December 31st 2020 Ranking will be invited to the tournament
If one withdraws, the next ranked junior will be invited.

Seeding round
Saturday, July 3rd (8am)
Seeded according to IWWF Junior Ranking.
Minimum starting line will be 16m for Girls and 14.25m for Boys.
This is not a qualification round. Everyone will be qualified to the head-to-head final. This round is used to determine seeding.
In case of a tie, IWWF Junior Ranking will determine seeding.

Head-to-Head Finals
The format for head-to-head will be the usual bracket system.
The order of events will be the following:
Saturday, July 3rd (following second round of Pros)
Girls 4-skier bracket (min. start: 16m)
Boys 4-skier bracket (min. start: 14.25m)
Sunday, July 4th (following 8-skier bracket of Pros)
Girls 2-skier bracket (min. start: 16m)
Boys 2-skier bracket (min. start: 14.25m)

The higher seeded skier will get to choose either which order to ski (first or second) or driver.
The lower seeded skier will have the choice that the higher seeded skier did not decide upon.

For the 4-skier bracket, the skier starting second off the dock will have to beat the opponent's score to qualify for the next head-to-head round.
For the Final (i.e., 2-skier bracket), ties will not result in a win for the first skier off the dock. In the event of a tie, skiers will be taken back to the same end of the lake and will enter the course at the most recent uncompleted pass. The skiers will ski until there is a clear winner from a superior score.
Positions 3rd and 4th will be determined by score in the previous head-to-head bracket.

AMATEUR FORMAT
Running orders will be randomized for first round and kept equal for the following two rounds.
The best score out of the rounds will be compared to a handicap score, which will be 6 buoys less than the skier's Top performance from the 2019 or 2020 season.
So, if someone's top performance from either 2019 or 2020 is 3@12m and the score is 2@12m, then he or she will have 5 points.
This system will lead to a three-skiers podium per age group, with goodies offered by our sponsor