Mini-games for 2009 Western Region A Prelims

1. Mini-games if required will, will be scheduled at 7 AM or 9 AM Sunday morning for Junior, Belle and Open. Tween mini-games, if required,will be scheduled Sunday afternoon. All mini-game decisions will be reached after the last round robin game for each age group. It is the responsibility of all teams involved to be in attendance at the mini-game meeting immediately following this game.

2. It is the responsibility of the teams involved to be ready to play at the scheduled time. Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of the mini-game(s) by the offending team(s). Any team forfeiting a mini-game will be eliminated from medal round play.

3. A team required to play in a mini-game will be given a minimum of 10 minutes rest before starting the medal round game or another mini-game.

4. Teams involved in mini-games will be seeded by the Ranking of Tied Teams Procedures, during the tie-breaking meeting immediately following the last round robin games of teams involved in the tie.

5. Each mini-game will consist of a one ten (10) minute, fully played, stop time period. If the score of a mini-game is tied at the end of regulation time, successive sudden victory overtime periods of the same duration will be played until a winner is declared. Free pass award and choice of ends for each overtime period will be as outlined under the normal tie-breaking procedure.

6. Playing rules for mini-games will be applied as though the game was tied at 0-0 with ten (10) minutes remaining in regulation time. The home team will be awarded the free pass to start the mini-game and the choice of ends.