1st Mavericks Summer National Bridge Championships, 2023
Release 2.19q
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:

  • Participation in this tournament is open to all resident bridge players of Indian Nationality. Teams with one or more non-resident or OCI card holder Indian bridge player(s) or players of other NBO’s of foreign nationality are also eligible to participate.

  • However, the non-resident Indian / OCI Card holder Indian / foreign player(s) or an Indian resident player partnering a non-resident Indian / OCI card holder Indian/ foreign player will not be eligible for the ranking points from this tournament. In case, if the non-resident / OCI card holder / foreign player has played with 2 or more Indian partners in the team event, then all of them will be ineligible for the ranking points.

  • In case there are more than one pair of non-resident Indian / OCI Card holder Indian / foreign player playing for a team in the team event, the whole team will be disallowed any ranking points.

  • In a ranking point Pairs event, an Indian resident player partnering a non-resident Indian / OCI card holder / foreign player will not be eligible for the Ranking points for the event. However, they will be eligible for the prize.

  • In case of a non-resident Indian / OCI Card holder Indian / foreign player(s) secures a rank in an event, that rank will not get substituted for ranking point. For eg. If we are giving ranking points up to 8 positions and the 5th rank is secured by a non-resident Indian / OCI Card holder Indian / foreign player(s), then no ranking points will be allocated to any Indian players for that rank.

  • TRIOS are not allowed in any of the Pair events.

  • All participating players should be registered under BFI Master Point Scheme and also registered with the World Bridge Federation (Annual Registration fee of Rs. 200/-) and in good standing and should meet the requirement of participation of the particular event, as specified by BFI.

  • By participating in this championships, each member Association/ Organization and contestants agree that all or portions of every championship event may be filmed, recorded or otherwise documented or publicized at the discretion of the BFI.

  • By participating and /or intending to participate in this championship each contestant agrees that he/she shall not claim for any loss in earning for any reason connected with the event, against the organizers and /or BFI.

  • All participants are to play as per the schedule drawn up by the Chief Tournament Director (CTD) or his representative. Refusal to play against any player(s) or any team or withdrawal from an event at any stage, without the consent of the CTD shall result in disqualification for further participation in that event. CTD and the Tournament Committee, in addition, may take further disciplinary actions against the offending player(s).

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENTS:

  • Teams participating in Tolani Gold / Tolani Silver Trophy can have a minimum of four and maximum of 8 players in the team.  
  • In Tolani Silver teams, maximum two player of the team can be of the rank of National Masters or above and they should not be playing as a partnership. Rest should be of below the rank of National Master.
  • There is no rank restriction for participation in Open MP / Mixed / Ladies Pairs.
  • TRIOS are not allowed in any of the Pair events.
  • For Tolani Gold / Silver teams, there is a minimum play criteria to be followed. See Chap 25 for details.
  • Teams participating in Beginners event can have a minimum of four and maximum of 6 players in the team. 
  • The players participating in Beginners Team / Pairs event should not be having more than total 50 MPs (Including Local + Federation MPs) in their name. The Tournament committee reserves the right to reject an entry, in case they feel that the player is not a beginner.
  • The winner & runner-up teams / pair in the Beginners Team / Pairs event will be given Trophies. There will be no cash prizes for them, as per the BBO policy.