Greater Erie Tournament (Regulation Table)

• One tournament, six divisions: AA, A, B, C, CC and a handicap event.
• Open to residents of Erie, Crawford, Warren, Ashtabula and Chautauqua counties.
• Eight-ball on regulation tables, Sunday afternoons. The season usually runs January to May, with finals in late spring.
• Every player is rated and seeded. Ratings come from match play and are confirmed by our rating committee. Final divisions are set after week five.
• One season, several titles: the open championship, a final for each division, the handicap event, and best average.
• Entry is $30 and the weekly greens fee is $8 (2026 season).
• It was the City of Erie Pocket Billiard Tournament until 2020, open to Erie County only. It became the Greater Erie Tournament in 2021.

Handicap event

• You log handicap matches through the season. A win is 3 points, a tie 2, a loss 1.
• The top of the points table goes into a handicap bracket at the end of the season.

The Schofield Event

• The qualifying rounds are quadruple elimination. You are not out until you lose your fourth match.
• About a quarter of the field goes through to the championship rounds, which are single elimination.
• Every player is seeded in the opening round. On a 128-player chart, the #1 seed plays #128.
• Races are written one per loss bracket, then the finals: 4-3-2-2 & 6 means race to 4 with no losses, 3 with one, 2 with two or three, and 6 in the finals.