The
Ladies’ and Men’s Pairs are held on the same day.
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The venue is
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Players should be seated by
1.20 to allow us to start promptly at 1.30 pm
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Cost £6 per player.
£3 for Juniors.
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Open to members of B&BCBA
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This is a level 4 event.
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Allow 15 minutes for a two
board round, 21 for a 3 board round and 28 for a 4 board round.
However as most of the movements are Howells allowance must be made for
this.
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With more boards the Director should give warnings when players
should be playing their last board.
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The Director should take an active role in encouraging pairs who
are persistently slow to speed up.
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Players should be warned in advance that they will be penalised if
they fail to catch up. If necessary,
a board which has not been started should be removed.
A board is in play if bidding has started.
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The aim should be to have scoring completed within 10 minutes of
end of play.
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A set of travellers will be produced at the end of each session so
that the directors can check for any obvious errors.
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At the end of the 1st session players will be given
personal score cards. Note, match
points and percentages are shown by section not combined.
The director will announce how long players have to ask for corrections
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At the end of session 2 a set of personal score cards will be
produced but as many players will have gone home the correction period will
extend until midnight on the Monday following, or the day following publication
of results on the web whichever is the sooner.
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All corrections after the event should be made to the Event
Co-ordinator
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Results and prizes will be issued but these are provisional until
the end of the correction period
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The correction period is usually midnight on Monday following the
event but may be longer if there is a delay publishing results on the web.
|
Number
of Tables |
Prizes |
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5-
9 |
1st + non-expert |
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10‑15 |
1st 2nd + non-expert |
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16‑20 |
1st 2nd + best 1st session + best 2nd
session + non-expert |
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21-25 |
1st 2nd 3rd + best 1st session + best
2nd session + non-expert |
For
each additional five tables, or part thereof, an additional positional prize is
awarded.
Pairs
are eligible for the non-expert prize if both members are ranked below Four Star
Master (25,000 master points) on the day of the event. If there are fewer
than three non-expert pairs, no prize will be awarded.
The prize for
the best score in each session is awarded to the pair with the highest rank in
that session
A pair may
win only one prize. At the end of the event, the Director will allocate
positional prizes first, then the prizes for the best first and second session,
then the non-expert prize.