Background
Prizes.
Prizes at BBC are typically a bottle of champagne though there are alternatives
where required.
Eligibility for Club Competitions.
Results only qualify for BBC club competitions if all members of the
playing partnership are members. Ineligible partnerships can play in all events
but their results will be shown in black and
excluded from relevant competition. Non-members names are
printed in upper case.
Outline of the Club Year.
The club playing year commences on June 1st when member renewals are
complete. It is divided into four quarters.
Summer Jun 1 -
August 31st
Autumn Sept 1 -
November 30th
Winter
Dec 1 - February 28th
Spring
March 1 - May 31
Each playing day has its own competitions. Both Wednesdays and Thursdays
have an Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer Ladder Competition. Both days have a
Championship Pairs Thursday has a Teams of Four Championship
whilst on Wednesdays we are experimenting with the popularity of a teams event.
Ladders
The ladder results are calculated from players scores in every pairs event in the quarter. The scores are handicapped and each player's best 8 scores are selected. The winner is the player with highest total for the best 8 handicapped scores.
In each period we use a handicap calculated
from the players results in the previous quarter. It works like a golf
handicap except that we use decimal handicaps. If you
average 47% in the Summer Ladder, your handicap for the Autumn Ladder will be
50 divided by 47% = 1.06. Conversely, if you average 53% , your handicap
will be 50%/53% = .94 Using a decimal handicap, the total of the scores in a competition
can easily be handicapped by multiplying the total by the handicap value.
You need 5 scores in a quarter to achieve a handicap. Less frequent players are
normally given a default handicap of 1.0, but the committee awards
higher default handicaps to players with high Master Point ratings.Handicaps are calculated for all players
in anticpation of possible membership..
The BBC Championship Pairs
This competition occurs in the Autumn, Winter and Spring periods of each year. It is the premier competition in the club calendar. It is unhandicapped and aims to establish the best pair in the club for the year. There are 8 events in the competiton. Each pair's best 5 positions in the 8 events are summed. (.e. g. three firsts, a second and a 5th scores 10. ) The pair with the lowest score wins the competition. In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined on the basis of the best discarded results.
The BBC Teams Championship
There are five Championship Teams events in the Autunm, Winter and Spring Quarters. One team substitute is allowed in every event. The result is computed using the best best 3 scores. The teams competition at BBC is handicapped. Using each player's average score in the previous ladder, a handicap of 3 Imps is awarded for each point over or under 50% . Say each player in the team has averaged 55% in the previous Ladder, the team's handicap will be 4 x 5 x 3 Imps = 60 Imps, for the whole competition. In the event of a tie, the winner will be the team with the best discarded results.
Finding and Printing Competitions Results on the Club's Web Site.
The competition result web pages can be reached by clicking on "Program &
Results" in the menu on the left. This will take the user to a separate
part of the web site containing the club Program for that day and the
Results of all the Competitions .
Event results are accessible on the web in two ways.
- Club Program Page; For completed events the Program page enables you
to view both the Result and the Hand Listing,which includes
the makeable
contracts for each holding.
- Competitions Results; on all the Competition results
pages, if you click on the date at the head of the results columns, the Results webpage
for the
event
is shown.