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2002 AUSTRALIAN TEAM PLAYOFF -
SENIOR
SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS
1. VENUE, DATES AND SESSIONS
1.1. The Playoff venue is
the Sir Stamford Hotel, double Bay, Sydney from Friday to Sunday
26-28th April 2002.
1.2. Session and Round times
are expected to be those shown below; they may be varied by the
Convener.
|
Date |
Time |
Session |
Round |
|
Friday 26th
April |
10:00-11:50 |
1 |
1 |
|
Friday 26th
April |
12:00-13:50 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Friday 26th
April |
15:00-16:50 |
2 |
3 |
|
Friday 26th
April |
17:00-18:50 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Saturday 27th April |
10:00-11:50 |
3 |
5 |
|
Saturday 27th April |
12:00-13:50 |
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Saturday 27th April |
15:00-16:50 |
4 |
7 |
|
Saturday 27th April |
17:00-18:50 |
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sunday 28th April |
11:00-12:50 |
5 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sunday 28th April |
14:00-15:50 |
6 |
10 |
|
Sunday 28th April |
16:00-17:50 |
|
11 |
2. OFFICIALS AND
DIRECTORS
2.1. The
Sponsoring Organisation (Law 80) for the 2002 Playoff is the Australian Bridge Federation
Incorporated (ABF). The Playoff is conducted in accordance with the ABF
Tournament Regulations in force as at 31/03/89, since amended but not
republished, and as modified by these Supplementary Regulations.
2.2. The
Chief Tournament Director (CTD) is R.Grenside
The
Tournament Sub-Committee is convened by D.Stern.
The
Appeals Sub-Committee is convened by D.Stern.
The
ABF Tournament Committee representative is D.Stern
The Recorder is
N.Moses.
2.3. Monitors
may attend any table during the Playoff to carry out duties assigned by the
Tournament Sub-Committee and/or the CTD.
3. COMMITTEES
3.1. Sub-Committees are
constituted with at least three members except in an emergency when a
Sub-Committee may be constituted with only two members.
4. SCREENS, DEALING AND HAND
RECORDS
4.1. Screens and written
bidding are used throughout the Playoff.
4.2. Boards are pre-dealt by
an ABF-approved computer program and hand records are provided.
5. SYSTEMS
5.1. All systems
(including specialised defences to particular systems) are allowed, provided
they are circulated in accordance with the directions of the ABF Tournament
Committee.
5.2. Players may not refer
to their own system cards or notes, but may refer to notes of their defences to
opponents' systems during the bidding or play of the hand.
5.3. Players may alter part
or all of their system only with the consent of the CTD who may, at his
discretion, disallow the change or permit it, or part only of it, or permit it
only after a period of time has elapsed sufficient to allow the opposing team to
prepare fresh defences.
6. FORMAT AND
DRAW
6.1. The Playoff format is a
round robin of 14-board matches.
6.2. The field, seeded and
drawn by the CTD and the ABF Tournament Committee representative, is shown in
the Appendix
7. SCORING, TIES AND
APPEALS
7.1. On each board the score
for each pair is compared with the score for every other pair in the opposite
direction and converted to IMP.
7.2. The maximum score for a
pair on any one board is 70 IMP (14IMP multiplied by 5 comparisons but there is
no minimum.
7.3. All matches are scored
by IMP; pairs rank in the order of their total IMP; any portion of an IMP
constitutes a win.
7.4. The maximum number of
IMPS that can be scored by a pair in one match will be limited to the minimum
number of IMPS required to achieve a score of 25VPs using the relevant WBF VP
scale multiplied by the number of comparisons.
7.5. The maximum loss that
can be incurred by a pair in one match will be limited to the minimum number of
IMPS required to achieve a score of 0 VPs using the relevant WBF VP scale
multiplied by the number of comparisons.
7.6. Ties occur when pairs
score exactly the same number of IMP.
7.7. When necessary, ties
are broken by cancellation of procedural penalties then total IMP of the
match(es) between the tied pairs then lot.
7.8. The Correction Period
(Law 79C) and Time of Appeal (Law 92B) for a session expire 30 minutes after the
score for that session is available for inspection.
Notwithstanding this regulation the director
may at all times correct scoring errors resulting from an error in his
application of a board or match limit.
8. FOULED BOARDS
8.1. A ruling that a board
is "fouled" must be sought within the correction period.
8.2. A board that does not
tally with the hand record is not ipso-facto a misboard.
8.3. Law 87 determines that
a board is "fouled" when "the Director determines that one or more cards were
misplaced in the board, in such a manner that contestants who should have a
direct score comparison did not play the board in identical form".
8.4. A "fouled" board is
scored by:
"8.4.1. including one or more of its results in the calculation of the score (7.1) when
the CTD rules that the fouling was of no consequence
"8.4.2. treating the board as two separate entities and calculating separate scores for
the pairs that played the board in its different forms
"8.4.3. cancelling one or more of its results and awarding a score of average (0 IMP) to
those contestants whose score was cancelled or average minus (-7.5 IMP) when the
CTD determines that the "foul" was caused by the pair(s) at that
table.
8.5. Average plus, average
and average minus are: +7.5, 0, -7.5 IMP
8.6. Pairs denied the
opportunity to play a board through no fault of their own receive 7.5
IMP.
8.7. The CTD may issue a
procedural penalty (7.5 IMP) to pairs responsible for or
irregularities.
9. SUBSTITUTION, PROCEDURAL
PENALTIES
9.1. Substitution is a not a
right but a privilege allowed for cause at the discretion of the CTD.
9.2. The maximum
substitution allowable for cause pursuant to 9.1 for any player is 20% rounded
up (3 rounds). Breach of this regulation renders the pair ineligible but they
are expected to continue; their scores are included in the determination of
results.
9.3. The time allotted for
each segment is calculated on the basis of 8 minutes per board plus any grace
period(s) that the director in his discretion may allow.
9.4. Procedural penalties
are not subject to appeal but the CTD may be requested to review the
assessment.
9.5. Procedural penalties
for late arrival are:
from 5 to 10 minutes
late 7.5 IMPS
from 11 to 15 minutes
late 15.0 IMPS
from 16 to 20 minutes
late 22.5 IMPS
from 21 to 30 minutes
late 30.0 IMPS
over 30 minutes late more severe
penalty including disqualification.
9.6. In cases of slow play
the director considers any monitor's reports and his own observations then
assesses the time by which each pair is deemed responsible for failing to
maintain the required rate of play.
9.7. Procedural penalties
for slow play, for the time that the director assesses as the responsibility a
pair, are:
First offence (<10 min) warning
or loss of grace period
First offence (>10 min) 2 IMP
per minute or part thereof beyond 10 min
Subsequent
offences 4 IMP per minute or part thereof.
9.8. It is possible for a
pair, considered responsible for excessive slow play, to be warned (lose its
grace period) and be fined in a session that finished within the allotted
period.
9.9. The procedural penalty
for a mobile phone offence is 7.5 IMP
10. FORFEITS
10.1. In case of forfeit, the
non-offending pair score the greater of
the mean of their score in all other rounds
or
the mean of the offender's score in all their
completed rounds or
100 IMP.
10.2. In case of forfeit, the
offending pair scores -50 IMP
11. MISCELLANEOUS
11.1. In accordance with ABF
policy smoking and mobile phones are not permitted in the playing area but the
Convener may designate other areas where smoking is permitted.
11.2. The three pairs ranked
highest are the Australian Seniors Team for 2002.
11.3. The reserves, who
replace any withdrawals, are the remaining pairs in rank order
APPENDIX
Draw and Pair Numbers
|
|
Table
1 |
Table
2 |
Table
3 |
Table
4 |
Table
5 |
Table
6 |
|
Rd |
NS |
EW |
NS |
EW |
NS |
EW |
NS |
EW |
NS |
EW |
NS |
EW |
|
1 |
12 |
1 |
11 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
9 |
4 |
8 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
|
2 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
11 |
10 |
5 |
9 |
6 |
8 |
7 |
|
3 |
12 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
11 |
6 |
10 |
7 |
9 |
8 |
|
4 |
12 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
11 |
8 |
10 |
9 |
|
5 |
12 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
11 |
10 |
|
6 |
12 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
10 |
1 |
11 |
|
7 |
12 |
7 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
3 |
11 |
2 |
1 |
|
8 |
12 |
9 |
8 |
10 |
11 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
|
9 |
12 |
10 |
9 |
11 |
1 |
8 |
7 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
|
10 |
12 |
8 |
7 |
9 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
11 |
12 |
11 |
10 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
8 |
3 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
|
SEED |
PAIR |
|
1 |
Ron
Klinger and Alan Walsh
|
2 |
Zoli
Nagy and Tim Seres
|
3 |
Mike
Hughes and Barbara McDonald |
|
4 |
Margaret Bourke and Eric
Ramshaw |
|
5 |
Carol
Rothfield and Jessel Rothfield |
|
6 |
Roger
Januske and Bill Westwood |
|
7 |
Hashmat Ali and George
Riszko |
|
8 |
Joan
Kent and Michael Kent |
|
9 |
Roger
Curnow and David Hoffman |
|
10 |
Victor Muntz and Boris
Tencer |
|
11 |
Arie
Meydan and Charlie Schwabegger |
|
12 |
Bye |
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