Selection

The CA Selection Committee chooses the CA teams for international matches, players for the "Eights" and the seeding for major championships as defined in the CA Selection Policy. See the Fixtures Book for details of selection events and how to notify your availability for them - an up-to-date schedule is available in the tournament section.

Availability for most events can be indicated on-line in the members' section.

Selection Events

	Event	Selection Criteria
Eights Week	President's Cup	The best eight available players
	Chairman's Salver	The second best eight available players
	Spencer Ell Cup	The third best eight available players
	Treasurer's Tankard	The fourth best eight available players
	Selectors' Weekend	The best of those who do not normally qualify for the other events
Ladies Week	Barlow Bowl	The eight best available women players
Ladies Week	Longman Bowl	The second best eight available women players

Past Results

An Archive of all Previous Winners is available.

The latest news from this year's eights week may be found in the Championships part of the news section.

Background to Eights Week

The selection (formerly invitation) events used to be run from Monday to Friday, except for the President's Cup, which was Tuesday to Saturday, to allow the lesser mortals to come and spectate! They each have eight competitors, hence eights week.

For a long time there were just two eights: The President's Cup (donated by the President) and the Surrey Cup. The latter was stolen and replaced by the Chairman's Salver

Spencer Ell donated a trophy for the a third eight. The selection committee then asked for an event, the selectors' weekend, for those who could not spare the time for the Eights, or who were on the verge of selection.

Most recently, the Treasurer's Tankard was introduced as a 4th eight, since the other events were so oversubscribed.