Make sure you
have 2 convention cards!
Each player is required to have a convention card legibly filled out
and on the table throughout the session. Both cards of a partnership
must be identical and include the first and last names of each member
of the partnership. If a director determines that neither player has
a substantially completed card, the partnership may play only Class
A conventions and may use only standard carding. This restriction may
be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round after convention
cards have been properly prepared and approved by the director. Further,
the partnership will receive a 1/6th-board matchpoint penalty for each
board played, commencing with the next round and continuing until the
restriction is lifted. In IMP team games penalties shall be at the discretion
of the director. If the director determines the partnership has at least
one substantially completed convention card but has not fully complied
with ACBL regulations, then the director may give warnings or assign
such penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the circumstances.
The objective of these warnings and penalties is the encouragement of
full compliance with ACBL regulations.
Turn 'em off
Cell phones, audible pagers or any similar communication equipment
may not be operated or operable in the playing area during a session
of play at NABCs except for health-related equipment or by permission
of the director-in-charge of the tournament or event. This is the resolution
passed by the ACBL Board of Directors, meeting before the start of the
2000 Summer NABC in Anaheim. While the resolution applies only to NABCs,
the board urged that Asponsoring organizations of other ACBL-sanctioned
events are strongly encouraged to adopt this policy.
Bid Box Alerts and Announcements
When using bid boxes, ACBL suggests that players tap the Alert strip
and say ÒAlertÓ at the same time. When making an announcement, use the
announcement word Ñ such as ÒtransferÓ Ñ and tap the Alert strip at
the same time. A player who Alerts or announces a bid should make sure
his opponents are aware that an Alert or announcement has been made.
The Vanderbilt Trophy
The Vanderbilt Trophy for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams was donated
in 1928 by Harold S. Vanderbilt, who won the event in 1932 and 1940.
The Vanderbilt was contested annually in New York -- as a separate championship
-- until 1958 when it became part of the Spring North American Championships.
Vanderbilt winners receive replicas of the trophy - - a practice initiated
by Vanderbilt from the first running of the event and perpetuated by
a $100,000 trust fund administered by ACBL under the terms of Vanderbilt's
will. On display at ACBL Headquarters in Memphis are replicas donated
by the families of Caroline Taylor, who won the Vanderbilt in 1928,
and Helen Sobel Smith, a Vanderbilt winner in 1944 and 1945. |
