Scoring Confusions

Again there have been questions regarding a score of Not Played vs. a score of Average + or Average -.  An A+ or A- is a penalty score given for or against a pair that has caused an infraction.  An infraction could be 1.the play of a hand from the wrong board, 2. consistent slow play that disrupts progress of the rounds, or 3. bad behavior at the table.  The offenders receive the A- while the innocent receive the A+. Further, any pair that generally misbehaves can receive a loss of points to their final score at the end of the session at the discretion of the director.

The award of a Not Played is more complicated to explain but considered fairer.  If for some reason you don’t get to play a board, you need a score other than zero assigned. If there are 11 tables in play the top possible score for any one board is 10. At the end of the game each team receives an average score for the boards they played. It is then that the score for a Not Played board is determined. If overall you had a 50% game you would receive a 5 or 50% of the NP board’s 10 points, a 3 for a 30% game and a 6 for a 60% game, etc. The NP does NOT give a zero score on that board. It is not considered a penalty. Taking 10 as the example of a top board score, in an A+-A- situation, with 5 an average score, an A+ score would be a 6 while an A- would be a 4. If at the end of the game you had a 60% average but got an A- on a board you would get a 4 instead of a 6 on the board in question.

Winners at the May 29^th Evergreen game were: 1^st Ruth Bowles and Marie Pugh, 2^nd Judy Hurder and Wayne Pegram, 3^rd BettyBonner Steele and Stella Shadroui, 4^th Dick Brisbin and Pat Featherston , 5^th visitors Craig Poplin and Nancy Wilson.

Board #24 from May 29^th Evergreen game is featured    No one vulnerable  West dealer

NORTH:

S  A K T

H  Q T 5 3

D  K J 7

C  T 4 2

WEST:     EAST:

S  8          S Q J 9 7 6 4 3

H  A K 6 4           H  8 2

D  A Q 6 3          D  4

C  J 9 6 3            C  Q 8 7

SOUTH:

S  5 2

H  J 9 7

D  T 9 8 5 2

C  A K 5

The Goffs had the best N/S score defeating 2NTW 3 tricks, while the Rimers scored best E/W bidding and making 3SE.

Tuesday June 2^nd Women’s Club winners: 1^st Betty Bills and John McLaughlin, 2^nd Jayne Shive and Sonjiia McHone, 3^rd Dick Brisbin and Pat Featherston

PLEASE NOTE:  To view the results of our games on line, you now must go to www.centralcarolinabridge.org. Click on clubs and results, click on Salisbury. You will find what you want there.