Team Match Directors

[hallway]

I can quite see that the Team Captains can between them take care of any 'housekeeping' issues

 

but

 

in the case of a team match between two Beginner / Intermediate Teams

 

do we have to appoint a Director to be present or can we call upon a Yellow to the rescue in the unhappy event that one appears to be needed ?

 

Thx

Maureen :)

[hallway]

Well as no one has answered my question for me I can only presume that I did not make myself clear ! :-[

 

Woe is me - the joys of aging !!

 

I had read in the Help File - and I quote:-

 

director does not know what to do or there is a dispute

Send a chat message to a BBO host, a "Yellow".

 

To me 'Director' = the person with the Blue Book (well it is at my Club), the s/he who must be obeyed.

 

In a Match between two Beginner/Intermediate Teams there simply is NO such being. :'(

 

so my query was in OUR case do we have to have a fair dinkum Director on hand ?

 

or do we harrass the already overworked Yellows for every little thing ?

 

OR SHOULD I have assumed Director = Team Manager - in which case we shall manage ourselves and yes ANY question to do with the Law would result in a - Yellow Help Please

 

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO future generations of Beginner/Intermediates to know the answer .

 

I am teachable - it just takes time to sink in :)

[keylime]

I for one want to aid in the solution of this problem. I think there should be certain people that would volunteer if asked upon to mediate an irregularity if a director was either missing, or if one of the players involved is by default the director. I will give myself to the membership for this cause. :)

[hallway]

THANK YOU Dwayne :)

 

I now have you listed as the official Honorary Director (without honorarium - sry :) ) of the

 

The Team from DownUnder (aka The Terrible Tuataras)

 

and as such you will be made privy to our schedule of official Matches as and when they are to take place.

 

You have taken a great weight of our shoulders because some of our upcoming opponents are of the higher echelon of player (with Blue Book knowledge). ::)

 

We are undaunted, though, because we have a handicap for them to overcome BUT now they will know that we cannot/will not be cowed in matters of Law. A 'level' playing field 8)

 

Thank you :)

[keylime]

Maureen,

 

You'll be happy to know that I am versed in both the ACBL and WBF policies. I would strongly recommend that you hold any contests under WBF regulations because that's what the best play under (Monaco anyone?).

 

I want to give you some comfort if I could. Recently we held the Summer NABCs (North American Bridge Championships) in Long Beach, CA. The winner of the Life Master Pairs were Nick Nickell and Richard Freeman. These two players are known for their team exploits (they play with Jeff Meckstroth-Eric Rodwell and Bob Hamman-Paul Soloway), but this was Freeman's 1st pairs victory and Nickell's 2nd. Their system: believe it or not, a pretty basic SAYC!

 

Something to think about when you go against so-called "better" competition...

 

By the way, when notifying me, please convert any local times into GMT, since I am in the wonderful state of Florida. :)