2017 World Crokinole Championship Fantasy Pool

It’s that time of year again to pull out your nail file for your best shooting finger, adjust your sleep schedule for an early morning, and begin hydrating for a humid (and hopefully) long day. 

But it’s also once again time to refresh your crokinole stats files and algorithms and think about who you will select for the 2017 WCC Fantasy Pool. Last year Roy Campbell edged out Jon Conrad by only 10 points for the 2016 Fantasy title, as he joined 2015 winner, Clare Kuepfer, on the distinguished list of champions.

So will a new victor emerge in 2017? You will get to play a part in deciding if that is the case.

The rules are simple (and the same as last year): 

1. Pick the best 8 player team consisting of:

    - 2 players from Group A

    - 2 players from Group B

    - 2 players from Group C

    - and 2 players from Group D.

2. The higher up your players finish, the more points your team earns.

3. Whoever has the team with the most points will win the coveted title of Crokinole Fantasy Champion, and bragging rights until their title is challenged next year.

NOTE: Fantasy Pool results are limited to the Competitive Singles category.

The separation into 4 different groups is designed to spread out the talent, so a the winning team will require a strong showing from many different players who outperform their expectations.

This year, the groups were divided based on CrokinoleCentre rankings and the 2016 WCC results. 

• Group A - The top 4 CrokinoleCentre ranked players. 
• Group B - All of the players who are either ranked in the top 10 by CrokinoleCentre, or who finished in the top 10 in the 2016 WCC.
• Group C - The top 25 from CrokinoleCentre’s rankings, or anyone who finished in the top 25 in the 2016 WCC.
• Group D - Any player not listed in Groups A, B or C. As a guide, a list of notable players have been provided.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Justin Slater	Jason Beierling	Dwayne Campbell	Lloyd Wiseman
Ray Beierling	Fred Slater	Rex Johnston	Dave Brown
Nathan Walsh	Tom Johnston	Howard Martin	Robert Weeks
Jon Conrad	Andrew Hutchinson	Rueben Jong	Peter Tarle
	Roy Campbell	Ezra Jantzi	Nathan Jongsma
	Clare Kuepfer	Dale Henry	Alex Protas
	Raymond Kappes	Bev Vaillancourt	Rueben Jong
	Eric Miltenburg	Ab Leitch	Jennifer Carstairs
	Robert Bonnett	Gregory Pinel	Peter Ryan
	Roger Vaillancourt	Cathy Kuepfer	Dave Meijer
	Randy Harris	Wayne Scott	Douglas Neill
	Brian Simpson	Barry Kiggins	Peter Carter
		Kevin Brooks	Jacob Westerhof
		Lawson Lea	Daryl MacDonald
		Rob C Mader	Christina Campbell
		Matt Brown	Connor Reinman
		Kevin Bechtel	Jeremy Tracey
		Merv Wice
		Wilfred Smith

NOTE: For Group D, you are allowed to select anyone not listed in Groups A, B or C. The players listed here are simply a small collection of notable players eligible to be selected.

Points will be awarded as follows:

1st - 100

2nd - 90

3rd - 85

4th - 80

5th-8th - 70

9th-12th - 65

13th-16th - 60

17th-20th - 50

21st-25th - 45

26th-30th - 40

31st-35th - 35

36th-40th - 30

41st-45th - 25

46th-50th - 20

51st-60th - 15

61st-70th - 10

>71st - 5

To solve the issue of not knowing who is attending the event, there will be printouts provided at the tournament to set your Fantasy team at the last minute. Entries will be accepted until 1:30pm EST on June 3rd, 2016. 

That being said, feel free to comment below on your strategy and current picks to get a discussion rolling.

Good luck and have fun!