Your step-by-step guide!
It’s easy, it’s quick! Follow this simple step-by-step run-down of everything you need to know to enter the club playoffs and qualify for Division 4 in Season 2 of the Gauteng Supa Pro League.
1) Quick recap
The Supa Pro League (SPL) is South Africa’s televised Pool competition that gives players a pathway to the big stage and a platform to Pro status. The club playoffs give players new to SPL a chance to qualify into the SPL leagues and ultimately compete for a spot in Division 4 for Season 2 in Gauteng.
2) How to register
– Register online only at the end of this article; all entries must be completed through the website.
– Registration is quick and easy, spaces are limited to 20 spots per region.
– If you can’t make your preferred region/date you may:
Play in another region, or enter more than one region (if you didn’t qualify in your first attempt).
3) Club playoffs – Dates & Venues
Take note, dress code is smart black pants, leather shoes (plain black trainers apply), and a golf shirt.
There are two dates of club play-offs in the various regions:
First set: Sat, 27 September
– South: Venue to be confirmed
– West: 4Play Sports Bar, Roodepoort
Second set: Sat, 18 October
– East: Venue to be confirmed
– North: The Legends Billiards Room
– Central: Billiard Café, Rivonia
4) Entry fee & prizes (what you pay and what’s on offer)
• Entry fee: R300 per player to take part in the club playoffs. Tables will be open for all frames.
• Regional winner: receives up to R1000 cash (per region).
• Qualification: the top two players from each region progress to the next stage at Billiard Café on 19 October, where they will compete for the three available spots in Division 4. This is on the same day as the Divisions 1 to 4 playoff, and some matches will be livestreamed via the SPL platforms as well as photos for the website taken.
• Each Division 4 spot that a player qualifies for includes the SPL annual fee and first season fee covered (combined value of R2000).
5) Divisions 1 to 4 Weekend – Dates, Deadline, and Opportunities
18 & 19 October at Billiard Café, Rivonia.
– Sat, 18 Oct: 4 Round Robin Matches from 11am till 4pm
– Sun, 19 Oct: 3 Round Robin Matches from 11am till 3pm
– Sun, 19 Oct: R10,000 SPL Knockouts
• Deadline to confirm your division entry: 30 September (make sure your website entry is confirmed by this date).
• Why attend: apart from competing, the division’s weekend is a prime networking opportunity to secure player sponsorship. SPL shirts have plenty of space for sponsor logos — a great advertising opportunity given our reach (we had 100,000+ views on our Facebook page in Season 1). Also check the SPL YouTube channel for Season 1 highlights to see what we achieved.
• Besides the promotion and relegation happening for season 2 in the same weekend the top 2 players from each division qualify for an R10,000 Knockout Event on Sunday, 19 October.
6) Division Structure & Movement
• Each SPL division holds 8 players.
• Promotion: The top 3 players in a division move up to the next division.
• Relegation: The bottom 3 players drop down.
7) R10,000 SPL Gauteng Divisional Knockout
• The top 2 players from each division after the round-robin qualify for the knockouts.
• Played to completion on Sun, 19 Oct
• 1st Prize – R6,000 2nd Prize – R3,000. Semis – R500 each
8) Confirm & Register
Deposit R300 into the following account and send the POP to info@supaproleague.com
BCR – League & Tournaments
FNB Cheque Acc: 62916845441
Ref: Name & Number
9) Final Notes
• Venues were selected to keep travel reasonable, but you’re free to play in another region or multiple regions.
• Spaces are strictly limited to 20 players per region.
• Once SPL Gauteng is finished with Season 2, we may launch in 2 more provinces where the prize money will accumulate to more and more.
