MONDAY AFTERNOON COMPETITIONS 2024

Convener: Penny Fisher 

Partner Finder - Sue Solomons  - An APP is available - please contact Sue

The following Competitions will be played:-

RIMU PAIRS

12 Rounds, 9 to qualify for trophies. All rounds played with the same partner, who must be a different person from the Rata Pairs partner. If more than 9 Rounds are played all such rounds will be counted. There are Senior and Junior competitions.  If a junior plays with a senior they are counted in the senior competition. Progressive results will be posted after each round.  After 3 rounds the top 8 pairs will be seeded.

RATA PAIRS

10 Rounds, 8 to qualify for trophies, all rounds played with the same partner, who must be a different person from the Rimu Pairs partner.  If more than 8 rounds are played all such rounds will be counted. As with Rimu there are Senior and Junior Competitions. If a junior plays with a senior they are counted in the senior competition.

In both the Rimu and Rata Pairs competitions

Trophies are awared to the Senior and Junior winners.

If a pair consists of a Senior and a Junior it will be regarded as a Senior pair

The committee may approve a permanent substitute for anyone unable to continue in the competition owing to long term illness, moved away, resigned or has passed away.

NOTE: The Rimu Pairs and Rata Pairs competitions are regarded as having equal satus.

INDIVIDUAL

5 Rounds, 4 to qualify for trophies.  Each Round to be played with a different partner. If more than 4 Rounds are played all will count except when more than one has been played with the same partner and then only the first such Round will count.  If a pair consists of a Senior and Junior player, the pair will be regarded as a Senior pair, consequently the score will not count towards the Junior partner's qualification. 

PRESIDENT'S COMPETITION

Senior/Junior Mixed partnerships

4 ROUNDS. 3 to qualify for trophies. Each round can be played with a different senior/junior partner who must not be their Rimu or Rata Pairs partner. If more than 1 round is played with the same partner only the first such round will count.  If more than 3 qualifying rounds are played all will be counted. 

The competition is intended for juniors to benefit from the experience of playing with seniors and the committee would like ALL seniors to partner a junior player.  The convenor, partner finder and commitee will provide active support to enable pairing of seniors and juniors.  Please seniors, ask a Junior.

For those members who do not wish to participate in the competition for trophies there will be a separate section played with the same boards.

OVERALL INDIVIDUAL

To qualify, a player must qualify in each of these competitions:- Rimu Pairs, Rata Pairs and Individual. To determine the Overall Individual winner, the sum of all the scores in the three competitions is divided by the total number of sessions played. A Junior, playing with a Senior in any of the competitions will be regarded as a Senior in the Overall Individual Competition.

TWO & THREE DAY MATCHES

These matches are played on 2 or 3 consecutive Club days. To qualify, a player must play all days of a match with the same partner, and play each match with a different partner,who must not be their Rimu or Rata Pairs partner. However, one substitute is allowed for each 3 day match.  Double substitution is not permitted (ie a player who is already playing or who has played as a substitute in the competition cannot be a substitute for another pair).  Substitute partners must be declared before play starts each day.  

OPEN DAYS

These are Non-Competition days when there are no partnership requirements and members may play with whomever they wish. Open days which fall on Public Holidays are subject to sufficient numbers of players signifying an intention to play.

TEAMS OF FOUR, TOURNAMENTS and GRADED Nights

Refer to Teams, Graded, Tournaments tab.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING on Wednesday 13th March.

 

 

JANUARY		JULY
8	New Year 3 Day Match*	1	Winter 3 Day Pairs *#
15	New Year 3 Day Match*	8	Winter 3 Day Pairs *
22	New Year 3 Day Match*	15	Winter 3 Day Pairs *
29	Individual 1	22	Presidents 4
		29	Rata Pairs 7
FEBRUARY		AUGUST
5	Open Pairs	5	Rata Pairs 8
12	Rimu Pairs 1	12	Rata Pairs 9
19	Rimu Pairs 2	19	Rata Pairs 10
26	Rimu Pairs 3	26	Individual 3 **
MARCH		SEPTEMBER
4	Presidents 1	2	Spring 3 Day Pairs
11	Autumn 2 Day Pairs	9	Spring 3 Day Pairs
18	Autumn 2 Day Pairs	16	Spring 3 Day Pairs
25	Rimu Pairs 4	23	Individual 4
		30	Rimu Pairs 7
APRIL		OCTOBER
1	Easter Open Pairs	7	Rimu Pairs 8
8	Rimu Pairs 5	14	Rimu Pairs 9
15	Rimu Pairs 6	21	Individual 5
22	Presidents 2	28	Labour Day  Open Pairs
29	Rata Pairs 1
MAY		NOVEMBER
6	Rata Pairs 2	4	Rimu Pairs 10
13	Rata Pairs 3	11	Rimu Pairs 11
20	Presidents 3	18	Rimu Pairs 12
27	Individual 2	25	Summer 3 Day Pairs
JUNE		DECEMBER
3	King's Birthday - Open Pairs	2	Summer 3 Day Pairs
10	Rata Pairs 4	9	Summer 3 Day Pairs
17	Rata Pairs 5	16	Christmas Party Pairs ***
24	Rata Pairs 6

 # Matariki, special afternoon tea

* Handicap scoring. (See page 3).

**Discussion about 2025 programme

*** Pot luck lunch.