Since we have limited capacity in the venue,
all registration should be done through the e-mail or phone to the
person-in-charge at least 12 hours before the tournament starts. All walk-in registrations are still accepted
if there are vacancies in the venue.
Free Game Policy
of this bridge year (2008)
Normal Policy for all players:
Every registered player of the winning a year-round match will be
individually eligible to claim a free game in the immediate next year-round
event match held by the Bridge House.
These Free Games will be only applicable in the following year-round
events, including Ladder Team (Bridge Friends Cup), Pool Team (TK Lum Memorial Cup),
Free game policy for full time secondary school students:
Any full time secondary student will be free-of-charge in any event in
Main Hall.
However, in order to have a better venue preparation for the non-year-round events including Chiu Ming Cup, SP Chan Cup and SK Luk Cup, their pre-registration are requested.
Discount policy for full
time university students:
Any full time university student will enjoy a $20-discount for any event
in Main Hall. In other words, the tournament fee for university student is $30
per head.
Tie-breaking
Policy of this bridge year (2008)
In principle, there is no tie in each individual team match. Traditionally, in case of tie, direct
comparisons will take priority in the tie-breaking teams. Failing that,
The formats and procedures for the Cup Events
are applicable for the bridge year 2008 only.
A simple Scrambled Mitchell movement will be
used for all sessions with more than 7 tables. 2 or more sections will be made if there
are more than 16 tables. The pair
accumulated the highest match-points (across the sections if necessary) is the
winner. Trophies will be given to
the first 3 ranks.
It will be held together with
A single round-robin, direct matches or multiple
team movement will be played over 3 sessions without a final. The team accumulated the most victory
points (VPs) will be the winner.
Trophies will be given to the first 3 ranks.
A 2-session pair movement (probably a
Mitchell and an Inter-woven Howell, whenever appropriate) will be used. The pair accumulated the highest
match-points (or percentage, if necessary) is the winner. Trophies will be given to the first 3
ranks.
A simple Scrambled Mitchell movement will be
used with more than 7 tables. 2 or
more sections will be made if there are more than 16 tables. The pair accumulated the highest
match-points (across the sections if necessary) is the winner. Tentatively, free game coupons will be
given to the first 3 ranks.
Only the council members of the local bridge
clubs and bridge clubs of post-secondary institutes will be invited. A simple
Scrambled Mitchell movement will be used with more than 7 tables. 2 sections will be made if there are
more than 16 tables. The
pair/player accumulated the highest match-points (across the sections if
necessary) is the winner. Trophies
will be given to the first 3 ranks. The HKCBA Cup will be presented right
after the end of the match. Scores will not be adjusted after the presentation
of trophies.
The formats and procedures for the
Year-round Events are applicable for the bridge year 2008 only.
Ladder Team (Bridge Friends Cup)
TWO sessions of qualifying rounds will be
played without a final. A single
round-robin, direct matches or multiple team movement will be used in these 2
sessions to identify the teams in Ladders A, B and C in the first Ladder Team
event.
A quartet (4 teams) will be qualified into
Ladders A and B. The Ladder A and B
will maintain a quartet, if possible, throughout the year. They will play with direct matches of 9
boards each, without half-time.
There is NO Ladder D or below.
|
No. of teams |
Ladder A |
Ladder B |
Ladder C |
|
2 – 4 |
2 – 4 |
Nil |
Nil |
|
5 – 7 |
Ladder A will play
together with Ladder B in a combined section |
Nil |
|
|
8 |
4 |
4 |
Nil |
|
9 – 11 |
4 |
Ladder B will play
together with Ladder C in a combined section |
|
|
12 – 15 |
4 |
4 |
4 – 7 |
|
16 or above |
4 |
4 |
Divide evenly into
Ladders C1 and C2 |
In Ladder C(s) and combined section, the
format will depend on the number of teams participated:
|
No. of teams |
Format |
No. of boards played |
|
4 |
Direct matches (no half time) |
27 (9 boards/round) |
|
5 |
Multiple team |
24 (6 boards/round) |
|
6 |
Multiple team |
25 (5 boards/round) |
|
7 |
Multiple team |
24
(4 boards/round) |
If there are 4 or less teams in the Ladder,
WBF VP scale will be used and a bonus of 5 VPs will be added for each direct
match won and 2.5 VPs for a tie. If
there are 5 or more teams in the Ladder, Swiss VP scale will be used without
extra bonus VPs.
The last 2 teams in Ladder A will be demoted
to Ladder B and the top 2 teams in Ladder B will be promoted to Ladder A in the
next Ladder Team event. Similarly,
the last 2 teams in Ladder B will be demoted to Ladder C (to separate Ladder C
if there are Ladders C1 and C2) and the top 2 teams in Ladder C (or the winning
teams in Ladder C1 and C2) will be promoted to Ladder B in the next Ladder Team
event. For ties, direct matches and
then
Moreover, all teams should have 2 anchor
players. Ranking point will be given to the each team in the following basis:
Ladder A :
20, 17, 14, 12
Ladder B :
14, 11, 9, 7
Ladder C(s) : 9, 7, 5, 3, 1, 1, 1 …
The overall
winner is the team accumulating the most ranking points from the best
6 out of the 9 Ladder Team events, excluding the qualifying rounds. Trophies will be given to the first 3
ranks. For ties, all 8 Ladder Teams events will be taken into
account.
All teams will be divided into 2 pools,
namely Pool A and Pool B. The
general direction is to have as many teams as possible in Pool A. However, the number of teams in Pool A
is depending on the total number of teams that night. The maximum number of teams in Pool A will be 6 and
it must less than the one in Pool B.
In case of 10 or more teams in Pool B, it will be further divided evenly
into Pools B1 and B2.
There is no qualifying round. For the first session, there is no Pool
A and all teams will be put in Pools B1 and B2. In the Pools, the format will depend on the number
of teams participated:
|
No. of teams |
Format |
No. of boards |
|
2 |
Direct match (with half time) |
24 (24 boards/round) |
|
3 |
Trio (with half time) |
24 (12
boards/round) |
|
4 |
Direct matches (no half time) |
27 (9 boards/round) |
|
5 |
Multiple Team |
24 (6 boards/round) |
|
6 |
Multiple Team |
25 (5 boards/round) |
|
7 |
Multiple Team |
24
(4 boards/round) |
|
8 |
Multiple Team |
28 (4
boards/round) |
|
9 |
Multiple Team |
24 (3
boards/round) |
If there are 4 or less teams in the Pool,
WBF VP scale will be used and a bonus of 5 VPs will be added for each direct
match won and 2.5 VPs for a tie. If
there are 5 or more teams in the Pool, Swiss VP scale will be used without
bonus VPs. The teams with higher
running Ranking Points will be assigned to Pool A
while the rest will be in Pool B.
Ranking point will be given to the each team
in the following basis:
Pool A :
20, 17, 15, 13, 11, 9
Pool B :
18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1, 1, 1, …
Each team should have 2 anchor players. The overall winner is the team accumulating the
most ranking points from the best 4 out of the 8 events. Trophies will be given to the first 3
ranks. For ties, all 8 events will
be taken into account.
A simple Scrambled Mitchell movement will be
used for all sessions with more than 7 tables. 2 sections may be made if there are more than 16 tables. Otherwise,
a Howell movement will be used with 7 or less tables. Total comparison of International
Match Points (across the
sections if needed) will be used in this event.
Ranking point will be given to the each pair in the following basis:
10, 8, 7, 6, 5,
4, 3, 2, and 1 (for first 9 pairs of each game only)
The overall
winner is the pair accumulating the most ranking points from the best
5 out of 7
A simple Scrambled Mitchell movement will be
used for all sessions with more than 7 tables. 2 sections may be made if there are more than 16 tables. Otherwise,
a Howell movement will be used with 7 or less tables. Simple
Match Points (across the
sections if needed) will be used in this event.
Ranking point will be given to the each pair in the following basis:
10, 8, 7, 6, 5,
4, 3, 2, and 1 (for first 9 pairs of each game only)
The overall
winner is the pair accumulating the most ranking points from the best
5 out of 7 MP Pairs events.
Trophies will be given to the first 3 ranks. For ties, all 7 MP Pairs events will be taken into account.
A simple Scrambled Mitchell movement will be
used for all sessions with more than 7 tables. 2 sections may
be made if there are
more than 16 tables. Otherwise, a Howell movement will be used
with 7 or less tables.
Both match-point scoring and total
comparison of
Ranking point will be given to the each player in the following basis:
10, 8, 7, 6, 5,
4, 3, 2, and 1 (for first 9 pairs of each game only)
The overall
winner is the player accumulating the most ranking points from the best
4 out of
6 All-rounded Pairs
events. Trophies will be given to the first 3
ranks. For ties, all 7 All-rounded pairs events will be taken into account.
The formats and
procedures for the following non-tournament events are applicable for the bridge
year 2008 only.
It is not a tournament by itself. This trophy is awarded to the player
getting the most master points at the
end of the current year.
Calculation of the master points: MP
= (N x F) / R
For the parameters: N = No. of teams / 10 for teams event
N
= No. of pairs / 20 for pairs event
F
= 6 for Ladder A / Pool A
F
= 4 for Ladder B
F
= 3 for Ladder C / Pool B or general
event
R
= Ranking in that event
Master points are only awarded to the upper
half of the field of the event. All
master points will be rounded to the nearest one decimal place. Only 50% of the master points accumulated in the previous years can be
brought forward to the current year.
It is not a tournament by itself. This trophy is awarded to the player
getting the most Special Ranking Points
during the current year.
Special Ranking Point will be given to the
each player getting the top ranking
in each tournament of those 4 year-round tournaments (Ladder Team,
10, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1
It is not a tournament by itself. This trophy is awarded to the student players accumulated 4.9 master points in this year. Each awardee
can get once throughout the life.