For excellence at Ripley

• This competition applies to the pairs evenings held at Ripley on a Monday. 
• It is an annual competition.
• The winner is the individual with the highest average percentage over the year (January - December). 
• All duplicate results at Ripley are included, except the pairs championship (in September). So QED and the mixed pairs results are included, as well as ordinary duplcate nights.
• The entry requirement is that the individual should have played in  60% or more of the possible competition nights in the year (rounded to the nearest whole number). 
• Results with a non-member as partner are included. 

            For progress at Ripley

• This competition applies to the pairs evenings held at Ripley on a Monday.  (Where previously it was a monthly award, it is now an annual competition.)
• The winner is the individual with the mosti mproved average position over the year compared with the previous year's average position.  The positions are averaged over the period of January - December each year . 
• All duplicate results at Ripley are included, except the pairs championship (in September). So QED and the mixed pairs results are included, as well as ordinary duplcate nights.
• The entry requirement is that the individual should have played in at least 60% of the possible competition nights in each year.
• Results with a non-member as partner are included.

The Jean Hough and The Andrew Parkin Handicap Pairs Competitions

• The competitions will be held annually on one evening and is open to all club members.

• The Jean Hough competition will be held on a Thursday evening

• The Andrew Parkin competition will be held on a Monday evening..

• The trophy for each event will be awarded to the top scoring pair at the subsequent AGM.

• Pairs must sign up for the competition in advance to enable a handicap for every pair to be determined.

  The handicap will be a positive or negative percentage added to each pair’s current playing score. It will be calculated based on each player’s NGS level, with a maximum adjustment of +/- 10%

• If a player does not normally attend on a Monday or Thursday session, the handicap will be based on other available data or as otherwise determined by the event organiser in consultation with other TDs.

• There will be no normal duplicate nor host for these sessions.

•  The competition will begin at 6.45pm.

• The handicapped scores will not be uploaded to the EBU ie. the NGS level will not be affected.

   

Teams of 4 Competition

• All players must be members of RBC.

• This is a pivot teams of 4 league competition.

• As a pivot team event, you play 3 sets of 8 boards each with a different member of your team as a partner.

• There are currently 3 divisions with 2 teams being promoted / relegated at the end of the season. (This may be adjusted if teams drop out of the competition.)

• New teams entering the competition will be placed in the second or third division depending upon the team's standard as judged by the Event Organiser.

• Matches are played on 7 nominated Monday evenings over the winter at Ripley. A team may have 1 or 2 byes depending on the number of teams in the division.

• On any one evening a team will play one match against one other team.

• One team will be nominated as the “home” team and the other as the “away” team. The two captains will play against each other all evening. The “home” captain will go to the “away” captain's table.

• Scoring takes place after each set of 8 boards. Each board is scored in imps. The winner of the match is the team with a net positive number of imps. The winning team gets 2 points in the league table. In the event of a tie there is 1 point each.

• The league division is won by the team with the greatest number of points. In the event of a tie, the position of a team will be decided by the net imps.

Substitutes

• A maximum of 2 substitutes may be used per team per match.

• Substitutes should be available for a missing team member from the team(s) that have a bye for the match. A substitute from the same or lower division does not need the approval of the opposing team captain, but it is polite to inform her/him beforehand. A substitute is permitted from the division immediately above, or one who is not a member of any team, but must have prior approval from the opposing team captain before s/he is played. A list of contact numbers will be provided for team captains before the start of the event.

• If a match cannot be played on the appointed date because of extenuating circumstances the Event Organiser must be informed. With the agreement of all parties, including the Event Organiser, the match can be rearranged and played under the supervision of a T.D. at Riddings on a Thursday evening before the end of March.

Unplayed matches

• If a match is not played because a team or part of a team fails to turn up or a match has not been rearranged before the end of March (see above) then the opposing team will be awarded 2 points and a number of imps assigned by the Event Organiser.

 2019 SPRING CUP RULES

The 2019 Spring Cup is a team of four competition to be played on a MULTIPLE TEAMS basis over three evenings.

Teams will self-select BUT, in order to try to achieve more equality amongst the competing teams, they cannot contain more than two players ranked NGS Queen (or higher).  NGS rankings will be taken at the point of the entry deadline and will then not be adjusted throughout the competition. Thus, if a player subsequently achieves a Queen or higher ranking this will be ignored for the purposes of the competition. The scoring will be undertaken on an IMP basis and will provide a cumulative score at the end of the competition. The highest score will of course determine the winner.

Each night, teams will against all the other teams competing on that evening. This is what is known as a multiple teams format so that, in simple terms, each E/W pair from every team will move around the room playing each N/S pair from the other teams. The number of boards to be played in each round will be determined by the tournament director depending on the number of teams involved.

A team can be made up of four to six principal members but there is no restriction on bringing in a substitute in an emergency, providing the Queen or higher ranking limitation is observed.

If any team cannot attend on one evening, they will be awarded an average minus score based on their cumulative performance on other evenings. If the same team then has to miss a second week, their score will be recorded as zero.

• The competition is held at Ripley on 10 nights throughout the year.
•  Originally running from May to April, the competition now runs over the calendar year,.  Starting in January, it is held once per month, except in August and December.
•  The winning pair is determined by the average of the 6 best scores.
• Anybody can play on a Harold Westhead competition night, whether competing for the trophy or not.   

A competition sponsored by Richard Horsley, which first ran in July 2008

The competition format has changed.  This trophy is now awarded to the winner of the Ripley/Ringwood Awayday Pairs event in ca October

This trophy is awarded to the most improved player on a Wednesday morning. It was first awarded in 2025 for the most improved player from 2023 to 2024

To qualify a player must have played in at least 60% of the possible events in each of the qualifying years.  Their increase in average percentage from the 1st year to the 2nd is calculated. The player with the highest increase wins the trophy

  For excellence at Pentrich.   

• This competition applies to the pairs evenings held at Pentrich on a Thursday. 
• It is an annual competition.
• The winner is the individual with the highest average percentage over the year (January - December). 
• All duplicate results at Riddings are included.
• The entry requirement is that the individual should have played in  60% or more of the possible competition nights in the year (rounded to the nearest whole number). 
• Results with a non-member as partner are included. 

• The RBC pairs championship is held annually over two Monday nights in September. 
• Pairs wishing to enter must play on both nights of the competition.
• Only pairs playing in the competition can play on those two nights.
• Both players in a pair must be members of the club in order to enter the competition.
• Scoring is normal pairs scoring with the winner being the pair with the highest combined score  (match points) from the two nights.
• The play will be arranged so that, over the two nights of the competition, each pair will play all the others (unless the numbers entering are too many for this to be easily arranged).
• An alternative arrangement is to use the 1st round as a qualifier and the leading pairs go forward to a qualifier on the 2nd night. Those not qualifying from the 1st night plus any players wishing to play on the 2nd night who weren't available for the first, will play in an ordinary duplicate.

• A one evening event open to mixed pairs who are members of the club. 
• Non-mixed pairs  may play in the event but are not eligible to win the trophy

            For progress at Pentrich

• This competition applies to the pairs evenings held at Pentrich on a Thursday.  This is an annual competition
• The winner is the individual with the most improved average position over the year compared with the previous year's average position.  The positions are averaged over the period of January - December each year. 
• All duplicate results at Pentrich are included..
• The entry requirement is that the individual should have played in at least 60% of the possible competition nights in each year.
• Results with a non-member as partner are included.