CHAPTER 4 — THE CLUB SANCTIONED BRIDGE GAME
CHAPTER 4 — THE CLUB SANCTIONED BRIDGE GAMESECTION ONE: ACBL CLUB MASTERPOINT GAME SANCTION . 1I.ELIGIBILITY . 1II. SANCTIONED GAME PROVISIONS . 1A.B.C.D.E.Scheduling Masterpoint Games . 1Adding Games . 2Canceling Sessions . 2Non-exclusivity of Sanction . 2Clubs in Good Standing . 2III. COST OF A SANCTION . 2A. New Club Games . 2B. Annual Fee . 3C. Table Fees. 3IV. OBTAINING A SANCTION . 3A. Waiting Period . 3B. Allowable Objections to a Sanction . 3C. Duration of a Sanction . 4D. Cancellation of a Sanction . 4V.SANCTIONED CLUB GAME REQUIREMENTS . 4C.A. Manager . 4B. Identification Numbers . 5Sanction Renewal . 5D. Arbitration Agreement . 6E. Monthly Report Form . 6SECTION TWO: TYPES OF CLUB MASTERPOINT GAMES . 6I.OPEN GAME . 6A.B.C.D.E.F.Allowable Masterpoint Restrictions . 6Allowable Restriction of Conventions . 6Open Games in Clubs with Membership Fees . 7Number of Boards . 7Mentor/Novice Game . 7Eight is Enough . 7II. INVITATIONAL/RESTRICTED GAME . 7III. NEWCOMER GAMES . 8A.B.C.D.Players with 20 or More Masterpoints . 9Loss of Ranking . 9Table Totals . 10Three-Member Pairs . 10IV. SPECIAL FUND GAMES . 10Chapter 4, Page i
A.B.C.D.E.Junior Month . 10Charity Month . 10i. Beneficiaries. . 11ii. Charity Fund Game Awards . 11iii. Reporting Charity Fund Games . 12International Month . 12Educational Month . 12Grass Roots Fund Month . 12V. OTHER CLUB GAMES . 12A. ACBL Introductory Games . 12B. Handicap Games . 13C. Stratified Pairs . 15D. Home-Style . 15E. College Program . 16F. High School Games .17G. Pupil Games .17H. Bridge Plus . 18I. Cruise Ships . 19J. Land Cruises . 20K. Sanctioned Online Computer Games . 20L. Penal Institutions . 20VI.GAME MOVEMENTS. 20A. Pair Movements . 21B. Individual Movements . 21C. Team Movements. 21SECTION THREE: GENERAL CLUB GAME REGULATIONS . 22I.MASTERPOINTS . 22A. Net Points . 22B. Black Points . 22C. Silver Points . 22D. Red Points . 22E. Gold Points . 22F. Platinum Points . 22II. INCENTIVE PROGRAMS FOR CLUBS . 22A.B.C.D.E.New Member Recruitment . 22Newcomer Games Incentives . 23Club Highlights . 23Reduced Price Memberships and Rates . 23Cooperative Advertising Program . 23III. GAME DIRECTOR . 23A. Club Director . 24B. Non-Playing Director . 24C.Cancellation of Accreditation . 24IV. OPERATION OF CLUB GAMES . 25A.Systems and Conventions . 25Chapter 4, Page ii
B. Seeding . 26C. Margin for Ranking Finishers . 26D. Cash Prizes . 26E. Scheduling Conflicts . 26F. Cancellation of a Regular Game Session . 27G. Club Records . 27H. Club Discipline . 27I. Disabled ACBL Members . 29J. Participation in Club Activities . 29V.OTHER CLUB INFORMATION . 29A.B.C.Information for Travelers . 29Insurance . 29Club Supplies and Director Manuals . 29SECTION FOUR: CLUB MASTERPOINT AWARDS . 29I.CALCULATING THE AWARDS . 29A. Open Game Awards . 30B. Invitational/Restricted Game Awards . 30C. Newcomer Game Awards . 30D. Bridge Plus Game Awards . 31E. Awards for Tied Positions . 31F. Overall Awards for Club Gameswith Two or More Sections . 31G. Series Games for Clubs . 31H. Board-A-Match and Knockout Teams . 32II. ISSUING THE AWARDS . 32A.B.Computerized Scoring . 32Non-Computerized Scoring . 32SECTION FIVE: CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS AND SPECIAL EVENTS . 33I.ALLOCATION OF CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SESSIONS . 33A.B.Weekly Clubs . 33Non-Weekly Clubs . 33II. SCHEDULING CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS . 33A. Calendar Quarters Scheduling . 33B. Playing Site Changes . 33C. Playing Time Changes . 33D. Number of Boards . 33E. Two-Session Club Championships . 34F. Regular Game With Different Club Championship Time . 34G. Back-to Back Plan . 34III. TYPES OF EVENTS . 34IV. SEEDING . 35V.AWARDS . 35Chapter 4, Page iii
A.Computation of Club Championship Awards . 35VI. MEMBERSHIP GAMES . 37A.B.C.D.E.F.Scheduling a Membership Game . 37Type of Event . 37Eligibility to Play . 37Membership Game Director . 38Point Awards . 38Conflicts in Scheduling . 38VII. OTHER FREQUENT CLUB EVENTS . 38EA. Grand National Teams . 38B. North American Pairs . 38C. Upgraded Club Championships .40D. North American Bridge Championship Promotional Games .40Sectional Tournaments Held at Clubs .40F.Club Appreciation Games . 41G.State, Province, County (SPC) Championships . 41H.Inter-Club Championship Games . 41I.Canadian Bridge Federation Simultaneous Pairs . 41SECTION SIX: CLUB TEAM EVENTS . 41I.TYPES OF TEAM EVENTS . 42A. Board-a-Match Teams . 42B. Swiss Teams . 421. Win Loss (W/L) . 422. Victory Points (VPs) . 433. Board-a-Match (BAM) . 43C. Round-Robin Teams . 43D. Knockout Events . 44E. Masterpoint Awards . 45F. Conditions of Contest . 45II. SCHEDULING CLUB TEAM EVENTS . 46A. Open Clubs . 46B. Invitational Clubs and Intermediate or Newcomer Games . 47C. Industrial Leagues . 47III. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM GAMES . 47B.A. Round-Robin and Knockout Team Championships . 48Board-a-Match Team Championships . 49C. Swiss Team Championships . 49SECTION SEVEN: CLUB-UNIT RELATIONSHIPS . 49B.A. Unit Relationship to the Club . 49Unit Sponsored Club . 49Chapter 4, Page ivI.
--------------------Chapter 4 - THE CLUB SANCTIONED BRIDGE ------------------------ACBL issues sanctions that authorize the holder to run duplicate bridge games at which ACBLmasterpoints are awarded, thus permitting ACBL members and others to compete on a regularbasis in their own community. This chapter presents ACBL rules and regulations pertaining tothese sanction holders (clubs) running sanctioned masterpoint games.It is the responsibility of the club to comply with all local, state and federal laws.SECTION ONE: ACBL CLUB MASTERPOINT GAME SANCTIONAn ACBL club sanction grants the right to an entity to conduct bridge games at regularlyscheduled times and locations and award masterpoints at those games in accordance with specificACBL rules and regulations.There are approximately 3,200 clubs that conduct ACBL sanctioned games. Some operate only amonthly game, while others operate as many as 21 games a week. Altogether, over 3 million tablesof sanctioned games in clubs are played annually throughout ACBL territory.Games must be conducted in accordance with both the letter and the spirit of ACBL regulations aswell as the Laws of Duplicate Bridge. The success or failure of games conducted by a club is theresponsibility of the club manager. The club manager is free to operate the club as he or she seesfit, as long as the operation of ACBL s
Chapter 4, Page 2 D. NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF SANCTION ACBL sanctions are not exclusive. ACBL encourages open competition among clubs and will sanction two or more club games simultaneously in the same community but usually not at the
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