Following an adverse ruling in the last match (November 2018), I thought it may be useful to set out what should happen in the event of any rules infringement in a county match.

1) if at all possible the TD should be called to the table at the time of the infringement 

2) in occasional circumstances it may be that the infringement is only apparent after the event (as you can not see all hands) - as soon as it becomes known the TD should be called (they should know the time limits, or at least can find them out) for claims.

3) you have the right to appeal if you think the ruling is wrong. This should not occur with procedural issues, but could apply to instances of unauthorised information and wrong explanations. Typically TDs should canvass opinion before making such rulings, but I have seen instances where either that has not happened, or the ruling was still dubious.

Before appealing (or even deciding not to appeal), you should talk to your team captain and the overall captain on the day (which this year is me if I am there). This allows for a slightly more dispassionate view and also takes into account the match status - if the appeal will not change the result, we generally won’t proceed.

Whilst these are competitive matches, they are played in a friendly spirit. There is not a non-playing TD, and the people giving rulings are doing their best. 

If you have any queries please feel free to have a chat.

Cheers

Mark

I recomend that you watch the following short YouTube videos by Paul Gibson.

The area that requires most care is the importing of predealt hands in to BBO

Uploading your own hands to BBO - YouTube

Setting up the match

Creating a team match on BBO (with example of pre-loaded hands) - YouTube

Please label the Teams as Notts 1, Notts 2 or Notts 3.  This helps with the creation of the Resukts web page.

Below is an example of the Options to use.

Victory Point scale for BBO matches

EBU League Tables

Then see Midland Counties League

NCBA will make a contribution towards the Travel cost for away matches.

Based on 4 people sharing a car the contribution will be

Agreed October 2016.

Instruction from Paul Hammond, amended, slightly for Nottinghamshire.

Version 3  Midland Inter County League Scoring 2 sets of boards.pdf

County Teams of 8 Table cards.docx