The following have all been endorsed at Management Committee meetings held in October, November, December 2005 and June 2006:-
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Sessions: |
(a) May last up to 4 hours including a tea/coffee break.
(b) Players should be seated at the tables 15 minutes before the session starts.
(c) The tea break for the afternoon sessions should be at 2pm approximately. The tea break for the morning sessions should be at 10.15am approximately. |
| Time allowed for rounds: |
(a) Will depend on the number of boards per round:
- 2 boards per round - 13 minutes
- 3 boards per round - 19 minutes
- 4 boards per round - 25 minutes
- 5 boards per round - 31 minutes
(b) At all times the director may choose to move players earlier or to delay the move if necessary.
(c) At a session for beginners, the director may allow more time per round.
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| Warning bell: |
(a) To be set at 3 minutes.
(b) If no one at the table has made a bid by the time the warning bell sounds, then the board should not be played.
(c) The director may award an adjusted score if the board cannot be played. The adjustment will depend on the reason for not having enough time to play the board. |
| Systems: |
Blue, Green and Red systems are permitted at all sessions except the Friday morning session when only Blue or Green systems will be permitted. |
| Sit outs: |
Should be limited to a maximum of three boards if possible.
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| Late play of boards: |
The late play of a board is to be discouraged unless no player has looked at their cards and no one was to blame for not being able to play the board eg a player arrived late for a session due to unforseen circumstances. |
| Scoring: |
(a) The directors should check the data entry input against the printout before uploading results to the web or posting them on the notice board.
(b) The time period for data entry corrections will be until the tea break at the same session one week later.
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| Refusal by one player to play another: |
The Director should give a report re the refusal to the Management Committee. |
| Closure of Tuesday night bridge over Christmas / New
Year period: |
Decision to be made by Tuesday night Directors in consultation with players and then the Management Committee to be notified.
(Minuted October 2005 management Committee meeting.) |
