It's not clear to me how the rounds should be arranged, so would you give more details please? With 18 teams there are 153 possible pairs of 2 teams, and therefore 153 matches to play, so I think you are asking for 26 rounds (1 round would be short with only 3 pits, since 153 = 25*6 + 3). But if there are 6 weeks in the schedule, how are these rounds arranged in time, is it one round per day, or do you have multiple rounds on the same day? Thanks, Ian.