Please submit this form using the team captain's email address account. We will assume the email address recorded by this form belongs to the team captain.
Format:
Each team can have up to 8 players.
Preliminary: Full Round Robin, played during the preliminary weekend to determine the ranking for the main event.
Date: Sat 4 Oct 2025 - Sun 5 Oct 2025
Time: 10 am - 1pm, 2.30 pm - 6 pm (both days)
Location: SCBA Clubhouse at Bishan CC
- If one team signs up, that team will be the winner and be seeded highest in the Main Stage after the Defending Champion.
- If two teams sign up, they will play four sets of 13 Boards on Saturday to determine the higher seeded team (basically like a Main Stage event), with the refund going to the winner. They will not need to play on Sunday.
- If three or more teams sign up, the full weekend will be utilised and the refund going to the winner.
Registration closes at 6pm on Thu 2 Oct 2025.
Main Event: Consists two phases of KO.
Registration closes at 2359 on Sun 15 Feb 2026.
Phase I KO will start in Jan/Feb 2026 with the two lowest ranking teams playing each other. The winner will face the next higher-ranking team, until the last winner faces the defending Champion. The winner of the match will hold the title of Interim Champion.
Phase II KO will begin in Feb/Mar 2026. Elimination matches will be played again until the winner meets the Interim Champion in the Grand Final, and the winner of the match will be the winner of the HS Ho Challenge 2022/2024.
All KO matches consist of 2x26 boards, to be played in one day over two sessions. No matches shall be broken up into two parts that are played on separate days. A postponement of match is possible but all boards must be completed on the same day. The Grand Final shall consist of 4x26 boards, to be played on a single weekend, 2 sessions a day. All matches must be played with a screen.
Systems: This is a WBF Cat I Event. HUM and Brown sticker conventions are allowed but all such system summaries must be submitted upon registration.
Scoring:
IMPs converted to VPs. Standard SCBA General Conditions of Contest apply.
Entry Fee:$300/team
$225/team with half at least youth*
$150/full youth* team
Non-member adults will pay $20 extra per person, and non-member youths* will pay $10 extra per person.
Youth: Defined as U25
