The following have all been endorsed at Management Committee meetings held in March and April 2008:-
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Sessions:
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(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.
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Timing of rounds:
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1. Will depend upon the number of boards per round:
- 2 Board Rounds - 14 minutes
- 3 board Rounds - 20 minutes
- 4 board Round - 27 minutes
- 5 board Rounds - 32 minutes
2. At all times, the director may choose to alter the timing as necessary.
3. Players should not move from their current table until the movement bell has rung. The set of boards should not be moved until the end of the round. Players should then move promptly to their next table.
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Warning Bell:
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1.The warning bell is set for three minutes.
2. If no-one at the table has made a bid by the time the warning bell sounds, then the board should not be played.
3. The director may award an adjusted score if the board cannot be played. A late board may be played.
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Systems:
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Only blue and green systems are permitted during normal club sessions. All players should have a system card on the table throughout play, identical to that of their partner. At other events, the entry form, and the director, will indicate which systems are permitted.
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General:
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Cards are to be played face up on the table, and not held in the hand. Discharged tricks should be laid out so that they can be clearly seen.
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Sitouts:
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Should be limited to a maximum of three boards.
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Scoring:
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1. The director will score the session as soon as convenient, posting the results on the noticeboard and downloading to the Club's webpage.
2. With red point events, the allocation of red points will be delayed until approval for their issue is given by the Club's Masterpoint Secretary.
3. The time period for date entry corrections will be until the tea-break at the same session one week later.
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Zero Tolerance:
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The Club will actively apply the Zero Tolerance policy.
Any member who feels that the policy may have been infringed should call the Director immediately, stating that rule 74 has been broken.
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