The World Rankings

Here are the current rankings in the Extreme Boule World Championship....

1. J. Murray ........................... 5 Rattenbury Points



2. S. Murphy .......................... 2.5



3. M. Hopkins ........................ 2.5



4. D. Woolridge ...................... 2



5. T. Wort ............................... 0.5



6. S. Moss ............................... 0

How it works...

As befitting the complex, emotionally draining game of Extreme Boule, here's how the rankings are decided, in a suitably complex, emotionally draining way. Never to be explained ever again...
a) A point is awarded for each opponent defeated. For example if you win a four man game, you get three championship points as you have defeated three opponents. If you finish second in this game you get two championship points for defeating two opponents and so on.
b) A bonus three championship points is awarded to the winner of the game.
c) A bonus two championship points is awarded to anyone who reached the magic boule number of 21 during a game.
d) Every point a player scores during a boule match will be added up as the season progresses. For every 10 match points the player obtains (whether in one game or added up over a number of games), the player will recieve one bonus championship point. For example if a player has scored over 10 game points during the season they will obtain one bonus championship point, if they pass 20 game points they obtain another bonus championship point.
e) Once all the championship points are added up for the player, this number will be divided by the number of games played by the player to get an average championship point score, otherwise known as Rattenbury Points. This score will be used to decided the rankings.
f) If players have the same Rattenbury Points and are therefore tied in the rankings, then the number of games played will be used to decide who has the higher rank (the more games the better). If players are still tied, then the rank will be decided on the ancient Extreme Boule Law of second letter of surname reverse order (i.e. Z is the best, A is the worst.)
g) If a player wishes to question this system please contact the Extreme Boule Administration Department using the following email: deardeidre@thesun.co.uk or by writing to the following address: Jack Rattenbury, The Rob Roy of the West, Smugglers Cave, Beer, Dorset.