Bristol Masters

The Bristol Masters is an annual event, entry to which (from qualification in 2012 for 2013) is achieved by any of the following means:

(a) Being the holder of the Bristol Masters Trophy;
(b) Winning the main flight of one of the four Lesters Trophy tournaments;
(c) Winning the main flight of the seven (out of eight) best attended Ł10 Bristol Grand Prix tournaments, (where a tie-break is needed, the players' final OGP positions will decide);
(d) Being the highest finisher in Bristol Premier League One not to have qualified via (a) (b) or (c) above;
(e) Being the highest finisher in Bristol Premier League Two Blue not to have qualified via (a) (b) or (c) above;
(f) Being the highest finisher in Bristol Premier League Two Red not to have qualified via (a) (b) or (c) above;
or (g) Being the highest finisher in the Bristol Conference not to have qualified via (a) (b) or (c) above, with the proviso that enough points have been won to gain promotion;

Additional criteria

(1) (DURING QUALIFICATION) Should (A) any player qualify more than once through (a), (b) and/or (c) above or (B) the Conference high finisher fail to meet the necessary criteria, then the vacancies will be filled as follows:
## (i) to the main flight Bristol Grand Prix winner not qualifying via (c) above;
## (ii) to extra high finishers from whichever league the multiple qualifiers participate in (limited to one additional place for each of Premier Two Blue, Premier Two Red, and the Conference, and none at all for non-league. Note that where these limits apply, substitutes will be Premier One players);
Note 1: In (ii) the multiple qualifier substitute to miss out (in order to accommodate (i) above) will be (in order of preference):
## (iii) the lowest ranked substitute (in terms of final league position for the year of qualification) for a non-league multiple qualifier, should there be any;
## (iv) the lowest ranked substitute (in terms of final league position for the year of qualification) for a league multiple qualifier.
(2) (AFTER THE COMPLETION OF QUALIFICATION) Vacancies which may arise (through players not taking up their rightful positions) are filled by high finishers in the OGP who have not otherwise qualified.

From 2012 the Conference high finisher needed to fulfil the "20 points" criterion.

In 2008 (for 2009) the unlucky monthly grand prix winner was the first reserve after the completion of qualification.

In years prior to 2008 (for 2009) the qualification criteria were as follows:

(a) Being the holder of the Bristol Masters Trophy;
(b) Winning the main flight of a monthly Bristol Grand Prix tournament;
(c) Being the highest finisher in Bristol Premier League One not to have qualified via (a) or (b) above;
(d) Being the highest finisher in Bristol Premier League Two not to have qualified via (a) or (b) above;
or (e) Being the highest finisher in the Bristol Conference not to have qualified via (a) or (b) above;

In addition, had any player qualified more than once through (a) and/or (b) above, then there was an extra high finisher included, from whichever league the multiple qualifier participated in.
Where such a player was not a league player, the extra place would have gone to a Premier One player.

Multiple qualification has occurred several times over the years.
But when the Conference supplied no fewer than five players for the 2008 Masters, the rules were changed to avoid a recurrence.

Click on these related links:

The 2013 Bristol Masters
2014 Bristol Masters qualification
Bristol Masters history
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