Reading the league table

The league table for each division is on the competition's public page. Tap the division name to open its table.

What the columns mean

A typical league table looks like this:

| # | Team | P | W | L | RW | RL | PP | Pts |

|---|-------------|----|---|---|-----|-----|-----|-----|

| 1 | Trowbridge A| 12 |11 | 1 | 78 | 30 | 0 | 78 |

| 2 | Chippenham A| 12 | 9 | 3 | 71 | 37 | 0 | 71 |

| 3 | Salisbury A | 12 | 8 | 4 | 65 | 43 | 1 | 64 |

The columns:

• #: current position in the division.
• Team: team name, links to the team's profile.
• P (Played), matches played so far.
• W / L (Won / Lost), match-level wins and losses. A match is "won" if the team won the majority of rubbers.
• RW / RL (Rubbers Won / Lost), the rubber-level totals across all played matches.
• PP (Penalty Points), penalty points applied to this team (see Penalty rules).
• Pts: final points, used to rank the table.

How "Pts" is calculated

The default for league competitions is the rubber count system:

Pts = Rubbers Won - Penalty Points

That's it. Every rubber a team wins is one point. Penalty points subtract directly.

Some leagues use alternative point systems set by their organising committee:

• Win only: 3 points per match won, 1 per draw, 0 per loss. Used in low-rubber-count formats.
• Point difference: Rubbers Won minus Rubbers Lost. Penalises lopsided losses more than rubber count does.

You'll see which system applies on the competition's overview page.

Tie-breaks

Two teams on the same Pts are split by, in order:

1. Head-to-head rubbers won. Whoever won more rubbers in the matches between the two teams ranks above.
2. Head-to-head matches won. As a fallback if rubbers were equal.
3. Total rubbers won across the stage. RW from the table.
4. Total rubbers lost across the stage (fewer = higher).
5. Alphabetical as a final fallback (only used in true edge cases).

The tie-break is recalculated every time a result posts, so positions can shift even when the points totals haven't changed.

When does the table update?

Within roughly a minute of a result being confirmed, contested-and-adjudicated, or auto-confirmed. The materialised view that drives the table refreshes on a 60-second timer.

If you submitted or verified a card and the table hasn't moved, refresh the page after a minute. If after a few minutes it's still not updated, ping your committee, there may be an issue with the result's state.

Provisional vs final results

A result is provisional until verified. The table shows provisional results immediately, they count toward the standings, but they're flagged on the match detail page. If a provisional result is later contested and adjudicated to a different score, the table updates accordingly.

This means the table can shift mid-week as old results get verified or adjudicated. End-of-stage standings are based on the state at the close of the stage, with any open contests resolved before the stage is officially closed.

Promotion and relegation

The number of teams that promote or relegate from each division is set by your league committee, see Managing divisions for the admin view. Typical district-league pattern: top 2 promote, bottom 2 relegate.

Promotion / relegation is computed from the final standings at stage close. It is not a live calculation; it doesn't appear on the in-season table.

Knockout brackets

For knockout / cup stages, the league-table view is replaced by a bracket view. Teams either advance or are eliminated; there are no rolling points. See the competition's bracket page for the live tree.

Tips

• The PP column matters. Teams sometimes lead on Rubbers Won but trail on Pts because of penalty points. Always read both.
• Tie-breaks are not arbitrary. They follow a strict order. If you think a ranking is wrong, check the head-to-head between the tied teams first.
• Subscribe to your team's updates (from your team page) to get notified when the table moves.

Related

• Captain match-card
• Verification
• Penalty rules (admin)
• Managing divisions (admin)