Club Rules

General Etiquette Guests Opening Hands Handicaps Bidding

Slow Play Tea and Coffee Prize Nights Player of the Year

 

General:

• Start time will be 7.30 sharp – please arrive at 7.25 and fill up tables starting at table 1
• Where there are 15 or more tables it may be necessary to introduce a 2 section competition
• The Bridge season will commence on the first Tuesday in September
• Annual subscriptions are due by the end of September
• Mobiles must be silenced during play with the exception of doctors on call
• Membership forms for new members are available from the secretary

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Etiquette:

• Please be courteous to your partner and your opponents
• Noise level must be lowered – hands may be discussed quietly when all boards are completed

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Guests:

• Members may bring/play with a guest (non-member) on not more than 2 occasions during the season – having first established with the matchmaker that no member is seeking a partner
• Non-member pairs may play as visitors on not more than 2 occasions during the season
• Both of the above would be on non-competition evenings and ideally a member of the committee would have been consulted beforehand

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Opening Hands:

• In the interests of enjoying social bridge, the committee request that the first set of hands dealt on the evening are considered fairly regular opening hands
• However it is requested that for opening the newly dealt hand there be a minimum of 12 points or where there are 10/11 points and a long suit, the points are in the long suit

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Handicaps:

• Handicap appeals may be made to the committee whose decision shall be final

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Bidding:

• All conventions must be alerted
• Each Pass must be displayed separately
• Each bid must be displayed in sequence
• All bidding cards should remain on the table until the opening lead is made
• Tournament Director should be called for any infringement or irregularity during play

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Slow Play:

• Players should move to next table immediately at the request of the Tournament Director
• Constant slow play may result in a 5% penalty on the score for the offending pair

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Tea and Coffee:

• Tea/Coffee are available at 50c and biscuits at 50c
• Please wash up and put your cup and saucer away

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Prize Nights:

• Eligibility for Prize Competitions:
  • 60% of overall attendance – this will be waived in the case of absence through a protracted period of ill health. This rule does not apply to competitions between the start of the season and the end of October
  • Only paid up members are eligible
  • Eligibility list to be made available prior to all competitions
• Captain’s and Christmas prizes will be based over 2 nights
• As Christmas and the Captain’s prize nights are pairs competitions over 2 nights, double money will be collected on the first night

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Player of the Year:

• Player of the Year – Grace Bruton Trophy
• This will be based on 2/3 of the total nights of which 2 results must be for “Draw for Partners” nights

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