All fully paid-up members of the Club are entitled to play in all of the Club competitions.

In a Pairs competition no substitutes are allowed but in a two session Teams event up to two 2 replacements are allowed as long as they have not already played for another team which is taking part in that event. It is up to the Team Captain to make sure that a team is complete for each week of the event. If a team is not complete then the Team Captain should inform the Director of this as soon as possible.

The Club Competitions will be scored for the whole of the Club season from 1st September to 31st August. 

The Peter Cooke Trophy is awarded to the highest ranking pair in the Championship Pairs competition in which both players hold the rank of Master or below.

The Shirley Wimbles Handicap Pairs will use the players' current NGS scores to determine handicaps.

The Random Seeded Teams event will use the pairs' average current NGS scores to determine their ranks. The ranked bottom half of the pairs will be randomly chosen to form teams with the top half of the pairs.

All teams competitions (with the exception of the Random Seeded Teams) are two session events which will normally be played on successive weeks. The two sessions will be merged to provide an overall result.

The Championship Pairs is normally played as a first session qualifier and a second session two section final and open. If less than 20 pairs are available to play in the qualifier, then it will be changed to a two session event. The second session will be open to any pair. The winner will be determined by the best average matchpoint score for the pair who play in both sessions. 

All pairs in the Individual Championship must use a simple standard Acol bidding convention. Cards will be provided to players on the day.