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West Australian Bridge Club
HANDBOOK 2018
7 Odern Crescent, Swanbourne PO Box 591 Cottesloe WA 6911
(08) 9284 4144 [email protected]
www.wabridgeclub.com.au
Email Contacts
DIRECTING and RESULTS enquiries [email protected]
MASTERPOINT enquires [email protected]
LESSONS enquiries [email protected]
OFFICE & MEMBERSHIP enquiries [email protected]
PRESIDENT [email protected]
SECRETARY [email protected]
TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE [email protected]
CLUB RECORDERS [email protected]
WEST AUSTRALIAN BRIDGE CLUB Inc
OFFICE BEARERS 2017 – 2018
PATRON Mrs Helen George PRESIDENT Mrs Dymphna Elsey 0412 018 706 SECRETARY Mrs Dee Sinton 0407 383 546 & VICE PRESIDENT TREASURER Mr Richard Basham 9384 2191 SUB COMMITTEES
TOURNAMENT Mrs Margaret King 0458 048 254 FINANCE Mr Richard Basham 9384 2191 LIBRARY Mrs Valerie Krantz 9386 1447 MASTERPOINT Mr David Burn 0409 661 010 SECRETARY
COMMITTEE Mrs Sylvia Bray 9385 8920 Mrs Jan McNab 0409 109 022 Mr John Nelson 0419 948 640
Mrs Val Fleay 9272 1388 Mrs Kate Nadebaum 9387 2009
Mrs Pauline Kelly 0439 986 967 Mrs Margaret King 0458 048 254 EXECUTIVE OFFICER Mrs Sheenagh Young 0409 381 439 PARTNERSHIP Mrs Jan McNab 0409 109 022 COORDINATOR (8:30 am – 8:30 pm)
This Edition issued 21 December 2017
SESSION TIMES
Monday 9:00 – 12:15 Weekly Duplicate (Except certain public holidays)
12:30 – 3:30pm Supervised Duplicate(Except public holidays) Introduction to Duplicate Bridge directed by Peter Smith. Players may come to the supervised session without a partner.
1:00 – 4:30pm Weekly Duplicate.
Tuesday 1:00 – 4:30pm Weekly Duplicate
Wednesday 11:30 – 3:00pm Weekly Duplicate 7:30 – 11:00pm Weekly Duplicate
7.30 – 10.15pm Supervised Duplicate. Duty partner available.
Thursday 1:00 – 4:30pm Weekly Duplicate
Friday 9:00 – 12:15pm Weekly Duplicate (Except certain public holidays)
9:30 – 12:15pm
Supervised Duplicate (Except certain public holidays) Duty partner available
1:15 – 4:45pm Weekly Duplicate
Saturday 1:30 – 5:00pm 1:30 – 4:30pm
Weekly Duplicate. Players may come to this session without a partner. Duty Partner available (see note 1)
Supervised Duplicate. Duty partner available.
NOTES
1. Duty Partner - Players requiring a partner must arrive 30 minutes before start of session and need to inform the Director on arrival. Players may not make use of the Duty Partner more than three times per calendar year (Please refer to Club Duty Partner policy).
2. All players should be seated 5 minutes before the scheduled start of play to allow the Director time to set the movements.
3. Seats may be reserved for those players who have successfully applied in writing to the Management Committee explaining why a stationary seat is required. All applications must be accompanied by a doctor’s certificate.
4. Reserving seats for other players is strictly against club policy.
5. Players may not reserve seats/tables earlier than one hour before the start of the session or before the completion of the previous session or lessons.
LESSONS
Lessons are conducted at the Club by Mr Peter Smith, Club Professional. Details of each term’s programme, which covers a full selection of courses, are advertised at the Club, in the press and on the WABC website www.wabridgeclub.com.au. For further information and bookings contact Peter on 9381 5270 or email [email protected] .Lesson Times are as follows:
Tuesdays 10am – 12 noon & 7.30pm – 9.30pm Wednesdays 5.15pm – 7.15pm Thursdays 10am – 12 noon
PETER SMITH is regarded as one of Australia’s foremost bridge teachers, with the ability to explain concepts clearly and logically, along with a reputation for being very calm and patient. Peter writes the highly regarded Bidding Forum column in Australian Bridge magazine and has contributed to many of Paul Marston’s successful bridge books. As a player he has won numerous State and National titles and has represented the ACT, WA and Australia.
CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS 2017
INDIVIDUAL: Namy Bodinner Campbell-Rickie Cup
WOMEN’S PAIRS: Jan Blight & Doreen Jones Women’s Pairs Cup
MIXED PAIRS: Jay Medhat & Marie Musitano Valli Katz Shield
SWISS PAIRS: Shelley Allen & Jill Keshavjee Eggleston Family Trophy
HANDICAP PAIRS: Andrea Gaff & Michael Gaff Michael Berry Shield
CLUB TEAMS: Kaiping Chen, Tum Munro, Freedman Cup Fiske Warren, Deana Wilson NOVICE PAIRS: Andrea Gaff & Karen Moller Benson-Brown Cup
EVENING PAIRS: Ravi Soin & Geoff Yeo Firstenberg Cup
DAYTIME PAIRS: Kaiping Chen & Deana Wilson Barbara L Taylor Shield
MEN’S PAIRS: Vinod Nasta & Geoff Yeo
John & Alison Rigg Trophy
CHARLES PEARCE Above Regional Master Winners CUP: Barbara Cotton & Patti McNamara Under Regional Master Winners Chris Bradley & Craig Bradley
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: Kaiping Chen
Clements-Manford Honourboard
PATRON’S CUP: Jocelyn Parry
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Deana Wilson Rosendorff Trophy
WABC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Awarded to the WABC Home Club player who has accrued the most Masterpoints from 1st December to 30th November. To be considered for this award a member must have earned a minimum of fifteen Masterpoints, 5 of which must be Green, at WABC sponsored sessions. Kindly donated by Mr Nigel Rosendorff.
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD
This is awarded to the Club Member ranked Most Improved by the ABF Masterpoint Centre report at 30th November each year.
PATRON’S CUP
The Patron’s trophy, donated by Mabs McCulloch and the Patron’s Prize, donated by our Patron, Mrs Helen George, are presented at the AGM. This yearly competition, for the most Green Masterpoints accrued by a member at WABC sessions, runs from 1 July to 30 June.
SESSION AGGREGATE PRIZE
Best individual score for regular sessions. Members only. Players must have been a club member for at least 6 months and play a minimum of 24 sessions to qualify. Runs from December to November each year. Prizes kindly donated by various members. Thursday aggregate is for Under Regional Master only. In the event of a tie, prizes will be awarded to the player with the greater no. of sessions played.
Session Prize Donated by Winner 2017
Mon am Deborah Greenway David Egan Mon Liz Black Audrey Stokes Tue Judith Wilson Ann Youngs Wed Rose Moore Derek Pocock Wed Eve Ross Harper = Patti McNamara & Barbara Cotton Thurs Jill Mowson = Peggy & Tom Stacy Fri am Kitty George = Suzanne John & Mira Erskine Friday Gwen Wiles Vinod Nasta Saturday Mimi Packer =Joan Carter & Bobbie Mitchell
JACKPOTS
Nine Jackpot Finals are held in November. Note that only club members are entitled to qualify for the Jackpot Finals.
Monthly Qualifying Session Winners 2017
Mon am 2nd Monday Rick Camins & Mary McComish Mon 3rd Monday Jo Sklarz & Pauline Hammond Tue 2nd Tuesday Namy Bodinner & Sue Lendich Wed 3rd Wednesday Jennifer Owens & Elisa Fear Wed Eve 1st Wednesday =Steve Pynt & Dave Hughes =Dave Parham & Frans Fikke Thurs 3rd Thursday Patti McNamara & Belinda Taranto Fri am 1st Friday Kate North & Helen King Friday 2nd Friday Fran & Geoff Holman Saturday 1st Saturday Jane Henderson & Kate North
PARTNERSHIP COORDINATOR
Players wishing to find a partner can contact the Partnership Co-Ordinator via the phone number listed on page 2.
CLUB MASTERPOINT SECRETARY
Queries regarding ABF No., masterpoint ranking, allocation of points etc. should be directed to the Masterpoint Secretary, David Burn.
INTERCLUB TEAMS OF 4
Interclub Teams of 4 provide the only interclub competition in the Western Australian Bridge community. Teams of 4 are run monthly from February to November between participating metropolitan Clubs, alternating on a home and away basis during normal club sessions. It is a red point competition. There are three levels of competition, Restricted, Intermediate, and Open. The requirements for participation for each level are set out in the BAWA regulations and are available at www.bawa.asn.au (follow Information/Regulations in the menus). Note that qualification rankings are determined in the ABF Masterpoint Rankings list on the 1st January of the year of the competition.
There is no cost involved to the player other than providing a light supper for home matches. The club pays all entry fees, provides the venue, drinks, and the Director. Club policy is that as many members as possible play in “Interclub Teams” so members do not usually play every match.
To register your interest or to get more information, contact the office.
EVENTS FOR EMERGING PLAYERS
WABC welcomes less experienced players to all sessions. However, players who feel that they might not yet be ready to face the seasoned may prefer to play initially in supervised sessions on Monday at 12.30pm, Wednesday Evening at 7.30pm, Friday at 9.30am and Saturday at 1.30pm. These provide an excellent ideal introduction to club duplicate. In addition, the Club runs several competitions with entries restricted to players with limited Masterpoints. Some of these are open to all players from the Bridge community and some are restricted to Club members. These events will be clearly advertised.
BAR OPERATIONS
The bar is managed by volunteers who have approved “Responsible Service of Alcohol” qualifications. No other member may enter the bar area. The bar will not be opened on Good Friday.
CLUB WEBSITE
Where details are advertised as being on the club web site, and a member does not have access to a computer, a printout will be provided, upon request, by the office.
CLUB LIBRARY
WABC has a comprehensive and up-to-date library of more than 700 books, DVD’s and five periodicals on all aspects of playing bridge. Levels range from beginners to advanced and there is an Archives section for books of historical interest. A computer is also available for use by Members.
Books are arranged on the shelves by author and most are available for loan. An Author, Title and Subject catalogue is provided in the library and on the Club’s website. A small committee runs the library and any committee member will help you to use it.
It works on an honour system. Borrowers must fill in the book card in the pocket of the book they wish to borrow, leave it in the Library Loans Box and return their book to the Library Returns Box. ONLY WABC members may borrow books for up to three weeks and renew through a Library Committee member if they wish to keep them for longer.
The library also collects a number of bridge periodicals, some of which are freely issued, others purchased. Bound copies of Australian Bridge and Trumps Plus are available for loan as with the books. Single issues of these and of Bridge Magazines may be borrowed for a week only on request.
PIANOLA
Your membership fees include a subscription to Pianola. If you have supplied the club with a valid email address you will have access to their website which gives your personal results history, allows you to analyse your performance by partner and by role, gives you personal reports and helps you find new partners. You can also find other club members if they have authorized their information to be public. Your information, by default, is private. Once the session results are uploaded Pianola will send you your results by email. You can choose to opt out of receiving these if you wish. Pianola Plus is not included in your fees. Members must arrange their own subscription to this additional feature.
ABF MEMBER BENEFITS
TBIB offers members an exceptional Travel Insurance policy. They insure travelers up to the age of 90 and you insurance period is for 12 months no matter how many trips you take. The insurance year commences 1 March. More information is available on their website www.tbib.com.au/abf-travel-insurance.php or phone (07) 3252 5254.
TFE HOTELS offers members discounted accommodation in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Europe. Booking instructions are on the ABF website www.abf.com.au
2018 WABC CALENDAR
JANUARY
Monday 1 Open Red Point afternoon – 1.00pm New Year’s day
Tuesday 2
Wednesday 3
Thursday 4
Friday 5
Saturday 6
Sunday 7
Monday 8 Open red point morning – 9.00am Open red point afternoon – 1.00pm
Tuesday 9 Open red point afternoon – 1.00pm
Wednesday 10 Open red point morning – 11.30am Open red point evening – 7.30pm
Summer Festival starts - Canberra
Thursday 11 Open red point afternoon – 1.00pm
Friday 12 Open red point morning – 9.00am Open red point afternoon – 1.15pm
Saturday 13 Open red point afternoon – 1.30pm
Sunday 14
Monday 15
Tuesday 16
Wednesday 17 Open Red Point Barometer Pairs – 7:30pm
Entry required. No side session
Thursday 18
Friday 19
Saturday 20
Sunday 21 Summer Festival ends
Monday 22 Tuesday 23
Wednesday 24
Thursday 25
Friday 26 Open red point afternoon – 1.15pm Australia Day Holiday
Saturday 27 Mandurah Congress
Sunday 28 Mandurah Congress
Monday 29 Tuesday 30
Wednesday 31
FEBRUARY Thursday 1
Friday 2
Saturday 3 Red Point Anniversary Pairs: Scored across the room. Trophy awarded to best WABC pair.
Open event
Sunday 4 Nedlands Birthday Congress
Monday 5
Tuesday 6
Wednesday 7 Red Point Individual Championship 1 of 2 – 7:30pm Members only
Thursday 8
Friday 9
Saturday 10 Rockingham Congress
Sunday 11 Rockingham Congress
Monday 12
Tuesday 13
Wednesday 14 Red Point Individual Championship 2 of 2 – 7:30pm Members only
Thursday 15
Friday 16 Gold Coast Congress starts
Saturday 17
Sunday 18 Red Point New Member's Party Members only, by invitation
Monday 19
Tuesday 20
Wednesday 21
Thursday 22
Friday 23
Saturday 24 Gold Coast Congress End
Sunday 25 WABC Novice/Super Novice Congress – 10am start Open event
Monday 26
Tuesday 27
Wednesday 28
MARCH
Thursday 1
Friday 2 Albany Congress
Saturday 3 Albany Congress
Sunday 4 Albany Congress
Monday 5 Red Point Afternoon Duplicate only – 1:00 pm start Labour Day Public holiday
Tuesday 6
Wednesday 7
Thursday 8
Friday 9
Saturday 10 Melville Congress
Sunday 11 Melville Congress
Monday 12
Tuesday 13 Women’s Pairs Championship 1 of 3 – 1:00pm Members only
Wednesday 14
Thursday 15
Friday 16
Saturday 17 Kalamunda Congress
Sunday 18
Kalamunda Congress
Monday 19
Tuesday 20 Women’s Pairs Championship 2 of 3 Members only
Wednesday 21
Thursday 22
Friday 23
Saturday 24
Sunday 25 WABC ANC Restricted Butler Heat – 10.00am start Open event
Monday 26
Tuesday 27 Women’s Pairs Championship 3 of 3 Members only
Wednesday 28
Thursday 29
Friday 30 Good Friday – 1:15pm only – Bar Closed South Perth Congress
Saturday 31 Easter Saturday South Perth Congress
APRIL
Sunday 1 Easter Sunday South Perth Congress
Monday 2 Red Point Afternoon Duplicate only – 1:00 pm start South Perth Congress
Tuesday 3
Wednesday 4
Thursday 5
Friday 6
Saturday 7
Sunday 8 Restricted Swiss Pairs Congress – 10:00am start Open event
Monday 9
Tuesday 10 Handicap Pairs Championship 1 of 2 – 1:00pm Members only
Wednesday 11
Thursday 12
Friday 13
Saturday 14
Sunday 15
Monday 16
Tuesday 17 Handicap Pairs Championship 2 of 2 – 1:00pm Members only
Wednesday 18
Thursday 19
Friday 20
Saturday 21
Sunday 22
Monday 23
Tuesday 24
Wednesday 25 Red Point Morning Duplicate only – 11:30am start Anzac Day (Anzac Biscuit Day) No Evening session
Thursday 26
Friday 27
Saturday 28 Bunbury Congress
Sunday 29 Bunbury Congress
Monday 30
MAY
Tuesday 1
Wednesday 2
Thursday 3
Friday 4 Red Point Charity Day – 1:15pm start Regular session
Saturday 5 Gold point GNOT heat 10.00am start
Sunday 6 Undercroft May Congress
Monday 7
Tuesday 8
Wednesday 9
Thursday 10
Friday 11
Saturday 12 Gold point GNOT heat (if required)
Sunday 13 Mothers’ Day
Monday 14
Tuesday 15
Wednesday 16 Open Red Point Barometer Pairs – 7:30pm Entry required. No side session.
Thursday 17
Friday 18
Saturday 19 ABF Western Senior’s Pairs NO REGULAR SESSION
Sunday 20 ABF Western Senior’s Pairs
Monday 21
Tuesday 22
Wednesday 23
Thursday 24
Friday 25
Saturday 26 ANC Restricted Butler WA Final – AM only if required
Sunday 27 ANC Restricted Butler WA Final
Monday 28
Tuesday 29
Wednesday 30
Thursday 31
JUNE
Friday 1 Winter Super Congress – see flyer for details No Regular sessions
Saturday 2 Winter Super Congress – see flyer for details No Regular session
Sunday 3 Winter Super Congress – see flyer for details No Regular session
Monday 4 Winter Super Congress – see flyer for details No Regular sessions
Tuesday 5
Wednesday 6
Thursday 7
Friday 8
Saturday 9
Sunday 10 Fremantle Congress
Monday 11
Tuesday 12
Wednesday 13
Thursday 14
Friday 15 Geraldton Congress
Saturday 16 Geraldton Congress
Sunday 17 Geraldton Congress
Monday 18
Tuesday 19
Wednesday 20
Thursday 21
Friday 22 Under 50 points Novice Pairs Championship 1 of 2 Members only 9:15am
Saturday 23 WABC Swiss Pairs Club Championship – 10am start Members only
Sunday 24
Monday 25
Tuesday 26
Wednesday 27
Thursday 28
Friday 29 Under 50 points Novice Pairs Championship 2 of 2 Members only 9:15am
Saturday 30
JULY Sunday 1 WABC Masters in Teams of 3 – 10am start Open event
Monday 2
Tuesday 3
Wednesday 4 Charles Pearce Cup 1 of 4 – 7:30pm start
Thursday 5
Friday 6
Saturday 7 Club Teams Championship – 10am start Members only
Sunday 8
Monday 9
Tuesday 10
Wednesday 11 Charles Pearce Cup 2 of 4 – 7:30pm start
Thursday 12
Friday 13 Daytime Pairs Championship 1 of 2 - 1:15pm start
Saturday 14 Mandurah Winter Congress
Sunday 15 Mandurah Winter Congress
Monday 16
Tuesday 17
Wednesday 18 Charles Pearce Cup 3 of 4 – 7:30pm start
Thursday 19
Friday 20 Daytime Pairs Championship 2 of 2 - 1:15pm start
Saturday 21 GNOT City final & Provincial
Sunday 22 GNOT City final & Provincial
Monday 23
Tuesday 24
Wednesday 25 Charles Pearce Cup 4 of 4 – 7:30pm start
Thursday 26
Friday 27
Saturday 28 ANC starts - Hobart
Sunday 29 ANC
Monday 30 ANC
Tuesday 31 ANC
AUGUST
Wednesday 1 ANC
Thursday 2
ANC
Friday 3 ANC
Saturday 4 ANC
Sunday 5 ANC
Monday 6 ANC
Tuesday 7 ANC
Wednesday 8 ANC
Thursday 9 ANC ends - Hobart
Friday 10
Saturday 11
Sunday 12 Nedlands 1 Day Congress
Monday 13
Tuesday 14
Wednesday 15 Open Red Point Barometer Pairs – 7:30pm Entry required. No side session.
Thursday 16
Friday 17 TBIB South Perth Congress
Saturday 18 TBIB South Perth Congress
Sunday 19 TBIB South Perth Congress
Monday 20
Tuesday 21
Wednesday 22
Thursday 23
Friday 24
Saturday 25 ABF Swan River Swiss No Regular session
Sunday 26 ABF Swan River Swiss
Monday 27
Tuesday 28
Wednesday 29
Thursday 30
Friday 31
SEPTEMBER
Saturday 1 Mixed Pairs Championship 1 of 2 – 1:30pm start Members Only
Sunday 2 Father’s Day
Monday 3
Tuesday 4
Wednesday 5 Territory Festival
Thursday 6
Friday 7 Members Only
Saturday 8 Mixed Pairs Championship 2 of 2 – 1:30pm start Albany Restricted Congress
Sunday 9 West Coast Congress
Monday 10
Tuesday 11
Wednesday 12
Thursday 13
Friday 14
Saturday 15 ABF Hans Rosendorff Tournament No Regular session
Sunday 16 ABF Hans Rosendorff Tournament
Monday 17
Tuesday 18
Wednesday 19
Thursday 20
Friday 21 Kalgoorlie Congress
Saturday 22 Kalgoorlie Congress
Sunday 23 Kalgoorlie Congress
Monday 24 Afternoon duplicate only – 1:00pm start Queen’s Birthday holiday
Tuesday 25
Wednesday 26
Thursday 27
Friday 28
Saturday 29
Sunday 30
OCTOBER
Monday 1 NZ Nationals start
Tuesday 2 Red point bridge 1:00pm WABC Annual General Meeting 4:30pm
Wednesday 3
Thursday 4
Friday 5
Saturday 6 Men’s Pairs Championship – 10:00am Members only
Sunday 7
Monday 8
Tuesday 9
Wednesday 10 Evening Pairs Championship – 7:30pm 1 of 2 Members Only
Thursday 11
Friday 12 Nedlands Congress
Saturday 13 Nedlands Congress
Sunday 14 Nedlands Congress
Monday 15
Tuesday 16
Wednesday 17 Evening Pairs Championship – 7:30pm 2 of 2 Members Only
Thursday 18
Friday 19
Saturday 20 Busselton Congress
Sunday 21 Busselton Congress
Monday 22
Tuesday 23
Wednesday 24
Thursday 25
Friday 26
Saturday 27 Undercroft Congress
Sunday 28 Undercroft Congress
Monday 29
Tuesday 30
Wednesday 31
NOVEMBER Thursday 1
Friday 2
Saturday 3 Kendenup Restricted Congress
Sunday 4 BAWA Super Vets Congress
Monday 5
Tuesday 6 Melbourne Cup Red point duplicate 1:00pm
Wednesday 7
Thursday 8 Thursday Jackpot Final Qualifiers Only
Friday 9 Friday am and pm Jackpot Finals Qualifiers Only
Saturday 10 Saturday Jackpot Final Qualifiers Only
Sunday 11 BAWA Masters in Teams of 3
Monday 12 Monday am and pm Jackpot Finals Qualifiers Only
Tuesday 13 Tuesday Jackpot Final Qualifiers Only
Wednesday 14 Wednesday am and pm Jackpot Finals Qualifiers Only
Thursday 15
Friday 16
Saturday 17 ABF Golden West - Mandurah
Sunday 18 ABF Golden West - Mandurah
Monday 19
Tuesday 20
Wednesday 21 Open Red Point Barometer Pairs – 7:30pm Entry required. No side session
Thursday 22
Friday 23
Saturday 24
Sunday 25
Monday 26
Tuesday 27
Wednesday 28
Thursday 29
Friday 30
GNOT Finals starts-Tweed Heads
DECEMBER
Saturday 1 GNOT Finals
Sunday 2 GNOT Finals
Monday 3 GNOT Finals end
Tuesday 4
Wednesday 5
Thursday 6
Friday 7 Christmas Congress – see flyer for details No regular afternoon session
Saturday 8 Christmas Congress – see flyer for details No regular session
Sunday 9 Christmas Congress – see flyer for details
Monday 10
Tuesday 11 Christmas Party duplicate 1:00pm Prize-giving & party from 4:30pm
Party is Free for Members Non-Members pay $30
Wednesday 12
Thursday 13
Friday 14
Saturday 15
Sunday 16
Monday 17
Tuesday 18
Wednesday 19
Thursday 20
Friday 21
Saturday 22
Sunday 23
Monday 24
Tuesday 25 CLOSED
Wednesday 26 Red point Boxing Day bridge - 11:30am start No evening session
Thursday 27
Friday 28
Saturday 29
Sunday 30
Monday 31 Afternoon Red Point duplicate only – 1:00pm start New Year’s Eve
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
Club championships are open only to currently financial club members.
The Charles Pearce Cup is played in the Club’s regular Wednesday Evening sessions throughout the month of July. The winners will be the pair with the best aggregate from 3 results. Separate prizes will be awarded for the best pair above and below Regional Master ranking. Green Masterpoints will be awarded for this event.
System cards are obligatory for all Club Championships and Congresses.
ABF Alerting Regulations apply at all club sessions. See the ABF website and the club noticeboard for these regulations.
Substitutes for Club Championships must be Club Members. Substitutes are not permitted for two session events. Approval for the use of a substitute must be obtained from the Tournament Director 24 hours prior to the start of the applicable session.
Entries for Club Championships should be made on the Club website. They can also be made in the Club Tournament Book. The Tournament Director reserves the right to close entries to an event early to ensure an equitable movement.
PROCEDURES AND ETIQUETTE
The following guides should be adopted when playing bridge at the West Australian Bridge club:
Always welcome your opponents to the table.
Make sure the board is placed in the correct direction.
Count your cards before looking at them. It is the responsibility of the individual to make sure they have the correct number of cards.
Do not make comments about the bidding or play until the end of the round. “Post Mortems” should be saved for the end of the session.
Play quickly and in tempo. A reasonable time is allowed for the play of each set of boards. Slow play inconveniences all players in the movement, and the Director may award penalties for consistent slow play.
Keep a poker face. Convey information to your partner only with your calls or plays; not with gestures, mannerisms or hesitations. Do not touch your bidding box until you know what you intend calling.
Wait until it's your turn to play; it is improper to play before then.
When making the opening lead put your card face down first rather than face up, and ask your partner’s permission to show it. This gives time for partner to ask any questions that they may have about the bidding.
Once you have turned your card over you cannot look back at the whole trick, only at your own card (without showing anyone else) e.g. to see which hand you are in. TIP: Do not turn your card over until you have remembered the cards played.
"Claiming" without playing out the whole hand is encouraged to save time, but declarer should state her or his intentions when doing so, e.g. "Drawing trumps, then the rest are mine", or "I will give you the ace of clubs", etc. If there is any doubt about the accuracy of a claim the Director must be called. The hand cannot be played out once a claim has been made unless all four players agree to it being played out.
Agree on the number of tricks before collecting your cards to put back into the board.
Where travelers are used, do not adjust any score on the traveler. Call the Director if you believe a score to be incorrect.
North looks after the boards and does the scoring. East-West should check the score and move the boards at the end of the round.
PERSONAL SCORE SHEETS
Players using personal score sheets must ensure they remain closed from view except when recording scores. Play of the cards must take precedence over the recording of details.
THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR
The Director is the referee and must be called if anything goes wrong. Don't try to fix things yourself. The director will give a ruling according to The Laws, a standard procedure which ensures fairness and equity. Any player except dummy may call the director during the play. There is no stigma attached to the Director being called; it is merely correct procedure and is your duty.
CLUB RECORDER
The Club has a panel of four Recorders. The role of a Recorder is to hear, and deal with as they see fit, complaints by players relating to behavior and decorum that do not fall strictly within the province of the Director. The Recorders are persons of high standing in the Club. Members who would like to clarify appropriate behavior or clear up an incident that concerns them, can approach one of the Recorders in person, by phone or by email. Alternatively, the member can consult the Chairman of the Tournament Committee for advice as to how to contact a Recorder.
Terms of Reference for the Recorder are available on the Documentation page of the Club’s web site.
Club Recorders: Val Fleay 9272 1388
John Aquino 0434 608 834