Look at a typical traveller at the end of play. ~~~~Pair
Number | ~Contract | ~By | ~Tricks | ~North-South | ~Match
Points | ~~| NS | ~EW | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~+ | ~- | ~NS | ~EW | ~~| 2 | ~5 | ~3NT+1 | ~N | ~10 | ~630 | ~ | ~8 | ~2 | ~~| 3 | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~~| 4 | ~3 | ~4S | ~S | ~10 | ~620 | ~ | ~6 | ~4 | ~~| 5 | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~~| 6 | ~8 | ~2NT+1 | ~N | ~9 | ~ | ~150 | ~4 | ~6 | ~~| 7 | ~1 | ~4S+1 | ~S | ~11 | ~650 | ~ | ~10 | ~0 | ~~| 8 | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~~| 9 | ~10 | ~6S-1 | ~S | ~11 | ~100 | ~ | ~2 | ~8 | ~~| 10 | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~~| 11 | ~12 | ~6S-2 | ~S | ~10 | ~200 | ~ | ~0 | ~10 | ~~First work out what is a ‘top’. This is the number of times the board was played less 1, times 2. ~Here that is (6-1) x 2 =10. North-South are given scores 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 0 in order depending on their result. East-West scores are obtained by subtracting the North-South score from 10. Each row totals 10 and each column totals 30. ~Well done to pair 7 who deserve their North-South top as they beat all other North-South pairs and to pair 12 who had the best defence to score the East-West top. ~In the next example not all the scores are different, the board was played 5 times and on one occasion it was passed out. ~~~~Pair
Number | ~Contract | ~By | ~Tricks | ~North-South | ~Match
Points | ~~| NS | ~EW | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~+ | ~- | ~NS | ~EW | ~~| 1 | ~7 | ~2S-1 | ~N | ~7 | ~ | ~ 50 | ~4 | ~4 | ~~| 2 | ~6 | ~1H | ~N | ~7 | ~80 | ~ | ~8 | ~0 | ~~| 3 | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~~| 4 | ~3 | ~Passed | ~Out | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~6 | ~2 | ~~| 5 | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~~| 6 | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~~| 7 | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~~| 8 | ~5 | ~1NT | ~E | ~7 | ~90 | ~ | ~1 | ~7 | ~~| 9 | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~~| 10 | ~9 | ~1NT | ~E | ~7 | ~90 | ~ | ~1 | ~7 | ~~The top on this board is 8 but two East-West pairs got the same best score. They share the scores 8 and 6 and thus both get 7, their North-South opponents getting a shared bottom of 1. The average score on this board is 4 and passing the hand out turned out to be an above average score for North-South. ~If a pair is asked to take an average to catch up on time they are given the average score on the board not played. This appears as 50% N-S and 50% E-W on the traveller. ~When all boards have been scored the scores for each pair are added together and converted to a percentage of the total possible score. e.g. if 24 boards were played, 6 boards 5 times with a top of 8 and 18 boards 6 times with a top of 10, the maximum possible score is (6 x 8) + (18 x 10) = 228. If your partnership has a total score of 120 your percentage will be 52.63%. If a pair sits out 3 boards their percentage will be calculated out of a lower maximum score. The results sent as an email and on the website show the positions, the percentages achieved and the scores for each pair on each board in the form of a matrix. The travellers are also reproduced. Keeping a scorecard for the evening gives you an opportunity to see what other scores were obtained on particular boards and helps you become more comfortable with scoring. You can view your personal scorecard on the website. |