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CCSTACS.033 (PAGE 1)
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GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONTEST AND GUIDELINES
FOR SECTIONAL TOURNAMENTS
AT CLUBS (STaCs)
Sectional Tournaments at Clubs (STaCs) provide
bridge players with the
opportunity to win Silver Points at their local
clubs. All of the
ACBL's rules, regulations, and procedures for
running a Sectional
tournament apply to the organization and
management of a STaC. ACBL's
current STaC guidelines and fees will apply.
Sponsoring organizations may, with ACBL
approval only, amend these
conditions for a specific event. Such
amendments should appear in all
printed tournament schedules and be posted
prior to the start of
event.
The final decision on any item in these
conditions shall be made by
the Director in Charge. Furthermore, any issue
not specifically
covered will be resolved by the Director in
Charge.
I. SPONSORING UNIT
a) A STaC may be scheduled for up to seven
consecutive days, but may
include only one weekend -- however,
Management may grant an
exception to the weekend requirement for
cause. A sanction
application must be sent to the appropriate
District Tournament
Coordinator at least 12 months prior to the
scheduled tournament
date. The ACBL may sanction a STaC when it
receives the sanction
application with fewer than 12 months
advance notice if there are
no scheduling conflicts and the STaC can be
advertised in "The
Bulletin" calender schedule at least one
month prior. No STaC may
be sanctioned to conflict with any ACBL-wide
event.
b) While only Units may apply for a sanction to
hold a STaC there is
no objection to a Unit nominating a District
or Districts to
conduct the tournament. In District-wide
STaCs all Units within
the District(s) must be offered the
opportunity to participate.
participation is at the Unit level. If a
Unit chooses to
participate all clubs within that Unit must
be invited to
participate.
c) A sponsor may schedule morning, afternoon
and/or evening sessions.
For the purpose of determining in which
session a club should
participate use the standard club session
designations. Many STaCs
schedule only two sessions per day. The
local sponsor must
designate the sessions to be scheduled. As
an example: Morning
games would be those starting prior to 12:00
local time, afternoon
games start prior to 17:00 local time, and
evening games 17:00 and
later.
d) STaC sessions may be scheduled at any
participating club for any
session that the club has a regularly
sanctioned game at that
club. Additional games may be held at the
option of the
sanctioned club. However, when a scheduling
conflict exists
preference shall be granted to the club that
holds a regularly
scheduled game at the time in question.
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e) Each Sponsor must develop a schedule of
games and Conditions of
Contest. This schedule and the CoC must be
sent to all clubs
participating in the STaC. The types of
events normally scheduled
at a regular Unit Sectional are permitted.
Open/Stratified Pairs
are easiest for most club directors to run.
All pair events are
single-session events. Team games shall be
stand alone events at
the site played.
f) All masterpoints awarded are silver and
sectionally-rated.
Overall awards are based on the total entry
in each event except
that Swiss Team overall awards are based
only on the entry at each
individual site.
g) The use of hand records is encouraged but
not required. For a
STaC using hand records, the DIC may permit
games at sites not
using hand records to enter the main event
or to enter as a side
games for ranking and masterpoint awards.
II. PARTICIPATING CLUBS
a) Any club within the area of the
participating Unit may hold a StaC
game in lieu of its regularly scheduled club
game. Additional
games may be held, as noted above.
b) The ACBL General Convention Chart will be
used unless the sponsor
specifies and advertises otherwise.
c) A minimum section size of 10 pairs is needed
to be included in the
Championship session. Sections with fewer
than 10 pairs may be
reported, combined, and included as a
Sectionally rated
Championship. This restriction may be
modified or waived, prior
to the start of the tournament, at sponsor
option.
d) Invitational games will be scored and ranked
as stand alone
sectionally rated Championship event with 1
restriction unless
these games are opened to all players and
advertised as such.
e) Limited masterpoint games will be scored and
ranked alone unless a
like limited masterpoint game is held at one
or more other STaC
sites. In this case, these games will be
scored together for
overall rankings and masterpoint awards.
f) Playing directors may not duplicate the
boards in games using hand
records. The club director of such a game
may play only with the
consent, in advance, of the DIC of the STaC.
g) Non-playing directors are encouraged but not
required for games
with no more than one section of 17 tables
or less. Non-playing
directors are required in games larger than
17 tables or with two
or more sections.
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h) Each club must report its results to the(DIC)
within the
designated time limit. The time limit is 36
hours from the end of
its game unless the sponsor specifies an
earlier time limit. In
no case may this time limit be less than 24
hours from the end of
the game. Club games not reported within
the time limit will be
scored, ranked, and issued masterpoints as a
sectionally rated
side game if received prior to the final
reporting period.
I) Reporting will be by e-mail attachment of
the gamefile.
Arrangements may be made with the DIC to
report by FAX or voice.
Reporting procedures will be distributed to
the clubs with the
STaC Conditions of Contest.
j) The final reporting period for the STaC ends
24 hours after the
last event ends. Later reports will be
returned to the club, to
be reported as a regularly scheduled club
session.
k) The correction period at each club is 24
hours after the
completion of the session. A club must post
a copy of the recap
for inspection at the end of each session.
III. Director-in-Charge
a) The DIC of a STaC must be an ACBL Tournament
Director or higher
rank.
b) The DIC of a STaC, with the approval of the
sponsor, will develop
reporting guidelines.
c) The DIC will organize and provide results to
participating clubs.
d) The DIC will create reports at the end of
the StaC as requested by
the sponsor.
e) The DIC will provide standard Sectional
tournament reports.
f) In addition to the expected functions of a
DIC, the DIC may be
asked to perform a variety of additional
tasks. Typical tasks may
include distribution of hand record
printouts, pre-tournament
advertising, or a post-tournament bulletin.
The DIC and the
sponsor will determine the time and fees for
these tasks.
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