Release 2.19r
Desmond Flockhart Trophy

2023-2024 winners: Welwyn Garden City BC (Mike Rawlins & Naomi Gibbs, Jacqui & David Collier, Chris Mooney & Ivan Leung, Jonathan Osgood & David Goldberg)

This is an inter-club competition for teams of eight.  All competitors must be registered members of the club, ie included in the list of members of the club which is registered with the EBU for purposes of the Universal Membership Scheme. The composition of the teams is entirely the concern of the clubs.  There is no direct limit upon the number of teams that a club may enter. 

The HBA will invite the winning team to represent Hertfordshire in the Garden Cities Trophy where the rules for eligibility may not necessarily be the same as the Desmond Flockhart.

When: 2pm on Sunday 1st December 2024
Where: RealBridge
Cost: FREE for all players whose primary county affiliation is to Hertfordshire, otherwise £4 per person.
Eligibility: All competitors must be registered members of the club that they represent.
Format:

One round-robin session with a break half way through.  The number of boards will be between 36 and 42, depending on the exact number of teams. The expected finish time is around 7:30pm.

The competition is played in two sections with the same multiple-teams movement and the same hands in each section.  Each team of eight has a foursome in each section.  The same line-up is kept throughout the competition The net score of each encounter between two teams of four is converted to IMPs before the two IMP scores are added and converted to Victory Points.

RealBridge
Sign-in details:
You will not be able to sign in until the director has opened the session approximately 45 minutes before the start time.

The session key is:    

https://play.realbridge.online/du.html?p=241201121934&q=PlayDesFlockhart

or click here

Please enter your name exactly as per your entry e.g. John Doe and then put your EBU Number in the ID field. 
The password field will be pre-set and should not be changed. 

When you log in, please sit at your team table in the position assigned by your captain

Entries:

Pre-entry by clubs no later than Saturday 30th November please. No entries on the day.

Click here to enter

 

For more information contact the Tournament Secretary at hbatournamentsec@gmail.com