WEDNESDAY EVENING COMPETITIONS 2024

Convenor: Julie Elliott 

Partner Finder: Sue Solomons.  An APP is available.  Please contact Sue.

It is stressed that ALL members are entitled to play at the Club every Wednesday evening of the Bridge Year.

Members may either select their partners in accordance with the various competition rules in order to qualify, or alternatively, they may play with whomever they wish and not qualify.

The Anniversary Pairs Tournament, Three Night Matches and the Presidents events are primarily intended to foster a better club spirit by encouraging members of any ability to play together in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

RULES GOVERNING COMPETITIONS

Although Senior and Junior Pairs play together in the same group they are placed separately and awarded separate trophies for the Premier Pairs, Plate Pairs, Individual and Overall Individual competitions. Whereas for the Three Night Matches all partnerships (Junior, Senior or Mixed) participate in the same competition.

PREMIER PAIRS

15 ROUNDS. 11 to qualify, all rounds played with the same partner, who must be a different person from the Plate Pairs partner. If more than 11 Rounds are played with the same partner, all such rounds will be counted.   Progressive results will be posted after each round.  After three rounds the top 8 Pairs will be seeded.. 

PLATE PAIRS

12 ROUNDS. 9 to qualify, all rounds played with the same partner, who must be a different person from the Premier Pairs partner.  If more than 9 rounds are played with the same partner all will be counted. Same rules apply as for Premier Pairs.

In both the Premier and Plate Pairs competitions:

• Trophies are awarded 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 Premier Pairs and Plate Pairs competitions are regarded as having equal status. 

INDIVIDUAL

5 ROUNDS. 4 to qualify, each round to be played with a different partner. If more than 4 Rounds are played, all such rounds will be counted except when more than one round has been played with the same partner, in which case only the first such round will be counted. If a pair consists of a Senior and a Junior player the pair will be regarded as a Senior Pair and consequently the score will not count towards the Junior partner's qualification in the Junior competition.

Senior and Junior Pairs trophies are awarded to the winners in this competition.

OVERALL INDIVIDUAL

To qualify, a player must qualify in each of these competitions - Premier Pairs, Plate Pairs and Individual.  To determine the Overall Individual winner the sum of all the scores in the three compettitions is divided by the total number of sessions played..

A Junior, playing with a Senior in either Pairs competitions will be regarded as a Senior in the Overall Individual Competition.

Senior and Junior trophies are awarded to the winners in this competition.

PRESIDENTS COMPETITION

Senior/Junior Mixed Partnerships

5 Rounds.  4 to qualify for trophies.  Each round can be played with a different Senior/Junior partner, who must not be their Premier or Plate Pairs partner. If more than1 round is played with the same partner only the first such round will count. If more than 4 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 committee 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.

Senior and Junior trophies are awarded to the winners in this Competition.

THREE NIGHT PAIRS MATCHES

These matches are played on 3 consecutive Club nights. To qualify, a player must play all nights of a match with the same partner, (and each match with a different partner), who must not be their Premier Pairs or Plate Pairs partner. One substitution will be allowed for each 3 night match. Double substitution is not permitted. (ie A player who is already playing or who has played as a substitute in he competition cannot be a substitute for another pair).  Substitute partners must be declared on the table slip before play starts each night.

MOST IMPROVED SENIOR PLAYER

This is a Wednesday-only award to recognise the senior player who has improved most in the last two years.  A minimum of 30 sessions per year must be played in two successive years to qualify.  All scores will count and the winner will be the senior player with the largest average score increase.

TEAMS OF FOUR, TOURNAMENTS and GRADED Nights

Refer to Teams, Graded, Tournaments tab.

 

JANUARY		JULY
10	Summer 3 Night Match	3	Premier Pairs 8
17	Summer 3 Night Match	10	Premier Pairs 9
24	Summer 3 Night Match	17	Winter 3 Night Pairs*
31	Premier Pairs 1	24	Winter 3 Night Pairs*
		31	Winter 3 Night Pairs*
FEBRUARY		AUGUST
7	Premier Pairs 2	7	Plate Pairs 7 **
14	Premier Pairs 3	14	Plate Pairs 8
21	Presidents 1	21	Plate Pairs 9
28	Plate Pairs 1	28	Individual 3
MARCH		SEPTEMBER
6	Plate Pairs 2	4	Premier Pairs 10
13	Plate Pairs 3   AGM	11	Premier Pairs 11
20	Presidents 2	18	Premier Pairs 12
27	Individual 1	25	Presidents 5
APRIL		OCTOBER
3	Autumn 3 Night Pairs*	2	Plate Pairs 10
10	Autumn 3 Night Pairs*	9	Plate Pairs 11
17	Autimn 3 Night Pairs*	16	Plate Pairs 12
24	Presidents 3	23	Individual 4
		30	Premier Pairs 13
MAY		NOVEMBER
1	Premier Pairs 4	6	Premier Pairs 14
8	Premier Pairs 5	13	Premier Pairs 15
15	Premier Pairs 6	20	Individual 5
22	Plate Pairs 4	27	Christmas 3 Night Pairs
29	Plate Pairs 5
JUNE		DECEMBER
5	Plate Pairs 6	4	Christmas 3 Night Pairs
12	Presidents 4	11	Christmas 3 Night Pairs
19	Individual 2	18	Christmas Party
26	Premier Pairs 7

 *  Handicap scoring. (see page 3)

** Discussion about 2025 programme.