Tommys Proposal to Regionalise the BICC
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Tommys Proposal to Regionalise the BICC
Couple of days late but its worth a discussion
We will probably deciding whether to regionalise the County structure once again at the BDO AGM. Although no one ever comes up with a viable situation. If you split the counties into 10 groups with the group winners of each section (MA, MB, LA, & LB) going to a grand finals. Would this be less travelling and expense incurred. Play each other home and away each season. 8 Matches + 1 to grand finals 9 fixtures.
Group 1
Cumbria
Northumberland
Co Durham
Tyne & Wear
Cleveland
Group 2
Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
Nottinghamshire
Derbyshire
Humberside
Group 3
Oxfordshire
Hertfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Middlesex
Northamptonshire
Group 4
Norfolk
Suffolk
Cambridgeshire
Bedfordshire
Leicestershire
Group 5
Sussex
Kent
Surrey
London
Essex
Group 6
Isle of Wight
Hampshire
Wiltshire
Dorset
Berkshire
Group 7
Cornwall
Devon
Somerset
West of England
Gloucestershire
Group 8
Staffordshire
Shropshire
West Midlands
Warwickshire
Worcestershire
Group 9
Glamorgan
Gwent
Mont & Radnor
Pembrokeshire
Breconshire
Group 10
Lancashire
Merseyside
Cheshire
Clwyd
Gwynedd
Im sure Humberside will love the fact that to save a few quid they would now have to play Lincolshire home and away and will finished bottom every season without winning a game.
We will probably deciding whether to regionalise the County structure once again at the BDO AGM. Although no one ever comes up with a viable situation. If you split the counties into 10 groups with the group winners of each section (MA, MB, LA, & LB) going to a grand finals. Would this be less travelling and expense incurred. Play each other home and away each season. 8 Matches + 1 to grand finals 9 fixtures.
Group 1
Cumbria
Northumberland
Co Durham
Tyne & Wear
Cleveland
Group 2
Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
Nottinghamshire
Derbyshire
Humberside
Group 3
Oxfordshire
Hertfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Middlesex
Northamptonshire
Group 4
Norfolk
Suffolk
Cambridgeshire
Bedfordshire
Leicestershire
Group 5
Sussex
Kent
Surrey
London
Essex
Group 6
Isle of Wight
Hampshire
Wiltshire
Dorset
Berkshire
Group 7
Cornwall
Devon
Somerset
West of England
Gloucestershire
Group 8
Staffordshire
Shropshire
West Midlands
Warwickshire
Worcestershire
Group 9
Glamorgan
Gwent
Mont & Radnor
Pembrokeshire
Breconshire
Group 10
Lancashire
Merseyside
Cheshire
Clwyd
Gwynedd
Im sure Humberside will love the fact that to save a few quid they would now have to play Lincolshire home and away and will finished bottom every season without winning a game.
Re: Tommys Proposal to Regionalise the BICC
The idea of regionalising it is a sound one but not like the above.
Premier League
Division 1 North/Division 1 South
Division 2 North/Division 2 South
Relegation and promotion from both, after the promotion and relegation are done each year they look at the 20 teams in each of the 1st and 2nd divisions and split them with the 10 furthest north in the North league and the other 10 in the south, in order to keep an even split. Means some teams in the middle of the country may flit between North and South leagues but this already happens in lower football tiers who do similar.
Job done.
Premier League
Division 1 North/Division 1 South
Division 2 North/Division 2 South
Relegation and promotion from both, after the promotion and relegation are done each year they look at the 20 teams in each of the 1st and 2nd divisions and split them with the 10 furthest north in the North league and the other 10 in the south, in order to keep an even split. Means some teams in the middle of the country may flit between North and South leagues but this already happens in lower football tiers who do similar.
Job done.
Last edited by Ginge on Wed May 23, 2018 2:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Big Jock Knew
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Makes absolute sense to me to regionalise the county structure. I have been asked to play county and I cannot justify forking out the £200 + for every away game.
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The regional idea is great and ideally you want to end up with around 8 maybe 16 winning teams, what you then do is organise a weekend at Bunn Leisure or Pontins the grand finals of the county along with a couple of opens, teams play Friday night down to 8, Saturday down to two and the final on the Sunday. As long as you play on four boards (Ma MB WA WB) simultaniously it will take no time at all and Opens play after the county games have finished. Get Bunn to sponsor it and maybe even stream the finals.
21st April 2016 7:01amGinge wrote:the cancer has been cut from the BDO
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If you are going to do anything like the proposal in the OP, you would have to change the groups each year. Seeded draw with 5 pots, 10 teams in each based on previous years performance.
At least each group would then be of a similar strength each year(in theory) and you play different teams each year rather than the same 4 all the time.
At least each group would then be of a similar strength each year(in theory) and you play different teams each year rather than the same 4 all the time.
Big Jock Knew
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Geographical makes sense imo, the whole point is to cut down on travelling and overnight costsGinge wrote:If you are going to do anything like the proposal in the OP, you would have to change the groups each year. Seeded draw with 5 pots, 10 teams in each based on previous years performance.
At least each group would then be of a similar strength (in theory).
21st April 2016 7:01amGinge wrote:the cancer has been cut from the BDO
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In which case my proposal makes more sense as you wouldnt be playing the same 4 sides year in, year out.nikkiboy wrote:Geographical makes sense imo, the whole point is to cut down on travelling and overnight costsGinge wrote:If you are going to do anything like the proposal in the OP, you would have to change the groups each year. Seeded draw with 5 pots, 10 teams in each based on previous years performance.
At least each group would then be of a similar strength (in theory).
Big Jock Knew
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Well yes as long as the area has enough teams for two leagues.Ginge wrote:In which case my proposal makes more sense as you wouldnt be playing the same 4 sides year in, year out.nikkiboy wrote:Geographical makes sense imo, the whole point is to cut down on travelling and overnight costsGinge wrote:If you are going to do anything like the proposal in the OP, you would have to change the groups each year. Seeded draw with 5 pots, 10 teams in each based on previous years performance.
At least each group would then be of a similar strength (in theory).
21st April 2016 7:01amGinge wrote:the cancer has been cut from the BDO
Re: Tommys Proposal to Regionalise the BICC
Ginge wrote:The idea of regionalising it is a sound one but not like the above.
Premier League
Division 1 North/Division 1 South
Division 2 North/Division 2 South
Relegation and promotion from both, after the promotion and relegation are done each year they look at the 20 teams in each of the 1st and 2nd divisions and split them with the 10 furthest north in the North league and the other 10 in the south, in order to keep an even split. Means some teams in the middle of the country may flit between North and South leagues but this already happens in lower football tiers who do similar.
Job done.
Thats how it was when I started playing county mid 90's or as good as
Re: Tommys Proposal to Regionalise the BICC
I explained in depth how that works. Outside the PL there would be 20 teams at each level after the relegations and promotions. 10 furthest North play in the North the following season, the other 10 play in the South. Football has a similar system from the 6th tier down.nikkiboy wrote:Well yes as long as the area has enough teams for two leagues.Ginge wrote:In which case my proposal makes more sense as you wouldnt be playing the same 4 sides year in, year out.nikkiboy wrote:Geographical makes sense imo, the whole point is to cut down on travelling and overnight costsGinge wrote:If you are going to do anything like the proposal in the OP, you would have to change the groups each year. Seeded draw with 5 pots, 10 teams in each based on previous years performance.
At least each group would then be of a similar strength (in theory).
Means some sides may find themselves in Div 2 South one year, but then Div 2 North the next, but these will be teams in the middle of the country anyway.
And judging by the post above they already did something like this in the past anyway.
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Re: Tommys Proposal to Regionalise the BICC
I think the problem is even the premier league teams cant afford it at the minute, you would just end up with teams refusing promotion becasue they dont want to travel.Ginge wrote:In which case my proposal makes more sense as you wouldnt be playing the same 4 sides year in, year out.nikkiboy wrote:Geographical makes sense imo, the whole point is to cut down on travelling and overnight costsGinge wrote:If you are going to do anything like the proposal in the OP, you would have to change the groups each year. Seeded draw with 5 pots, 10 teams in each based on previous years performance.
At least each group would then be of a similar strength (in theory).
and it doesnt really change the costs as the only thing you are saving on is petrol (that most counties cover for via the bus) your still looking at a weekend away and accomodation.
The only thing you could do is make county a 1 day event, reduce the players and have B in the morning A in the evening and then home again. Add on 5 groups of 10 instead of 10 groups of 5 and have a north south east and west division and you cut the length of travelling and cost of overnight stay down.
Might cut down of the number of divorces as well.
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Scotland manage it all in one day, dont they? Seems a reasonable suggestion. Cut it down to 2x10 mens matches and 2x4 womens matches, perhaps.
Big Jock Knew
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But that doesn't necessarily regionalise it, how is the Premier regional?Ginge wrote:I explained in depth how that works. Outside the PL here would be 20 teams at each level after the relegations and promotions. 10 furthest North play in the North, the other 10 play in the South. Football has a similar system from the 6th tier down.nikkiboy wrote:Well yes as long as the area has enough teams for two leagues.Ginge wrote:In which case my proposal makes more sense as you wouldnt be playing the same 4 sides year in, year out.nikkiboy wrote:Geographical makes sense imo, the whole point is to cut down on travelling and overnight costsGinge wrote:If you are going to do anything like the proposal in the OP, you would have to change the groups each year. Seeded draw with 5 pots, 10 teams in each based on previous years performance.
At least each group would then be of a similar strength (in theory).
I would carve the counties into 8 areas with winners and runners up going to the grand finals.
This map is as rough as hell but gives you an idea:
21st April 2016 7:01amGinge wrote:the cancer has been cut from the BDO
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The Conference Premier in football isnt regional, having 2 "premier" leagues would just look silly. I was basing the model on that. And with 50 teams the numbers fit nicely to have a 10/20/20 split.nikkiboy wrote: But that doesn't necessarily regionalise it, how is the Premier regional?
80% of the sides are in a regional division in that scenario, which is more than the 0% it currently stands at. And you just have the one top division to aim for. But as Zapp says, some may not want to bother getting promoted to it if it involves more travelling. Maybe teams winning the football Conference North and South dont want promotion for similar reasons
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Re: Tommys Proposal to Regionalise the BICC
Oche’s BICC blueprint
Premier Division then regionalised
Scrap B teams
16 Men’s and 8 ladies only
Have a knockout competition over a weekend
Premier Division then regionalised
Scrap B teams
16 Men’s and 8 ladies only
Have a knockout competition over a weekend
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Re: Tommys Proposal to Regionalise the BICC
Even when the ladies B are averaging 10 a dart.Ginge wrote:Scotland manage it all in one day, dont they? Seems a reasonable suggestion. Cut it down to 2x10 mens matches and 2x4 womens matches, perhaps.
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Sparkys proposal
Keep it as it is.
But whatever county you live in, you can play for that county only.
Keep it as it is.
But whatever county you live in, you can play for that county only.
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Re: Tommys Proposal to Regionalise the BICC
Would kill county in a year.BlueSpark wrote:Sparkys proposal
Keep it as it is.
But whatever county you live in, you can play for that county only.
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Difference Tommy’s isn’t actually a proposal if you read it properly .Ginge wrote:In which case my proposal makes more sense as you wouldnt be playing the same 4 sides year in, year out.nikkiboy wrote:Geographical makes sense imo, the whole point is to cut down on travelling and overnight costsGinge wrote:If you are going to do anything like the proposal in the OP, you would have to change the groups each year. Seeded draw with 5 pots, 10 teams in each based on previous years performance.
At least each group would then be of a similar strength (in theory).
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I would attempt to play county again (if super league form was up to it) if it was regionalised. I cant justify the cost under the current structure and was one of the reasons I stopped playing anything apart from local leagues. I know this is true for a few of my friends who are better players than myself.