Variety Pairs Rules

The Variety Pairs Competition runs from January to December. It will usually be played on the second Monday of each month - but watch the Club's calendar, as it could change. Each month the competition will be run as a one-winner event using either a Howell or a Scrambled Mitchell movement. The idea is that each month you will play with a different partner and only the first time you play with a particular partner in the calendar year will count towards your annual score.  Playing with a visitor or a non-member will not count.

Points will be awarded to pairs coming in the first 10 places with 10 points for the winners, 9 points for the runners up, 8 points for the third place and so on down to 1 point for tenth place. Half points will be awarded to tying pairs.

The winner of the Trophy will be the member who scores the highest total in the year taking into account their 9 best monthly scores.

From January 2017, there will also be a handicapped version of the event, using your NGS rating.  We hope this will encourage even more members to take part in this popular competition.