Surfers Paradise Bridge Club Incorporated

TWO SEPARATE FIELDS OF PLAYERS

Novice division - Under 100 Masterpoints

Restricted Division - Under 500 Masterpoints

Masterpoint cut off as at 31 December 2023

HOW TO ENTER, ENTRY FEE

• Enter via MyABF (this site) 
• Entry fee: $60 per pair ($30 per player). Payment (via MyABF) can be made for one or both entrants. 
• Entries close on (and payment must be received by) 5 pm Thursday 21 March 2024.  Late entries and refunds at the discretion of the director.

CATERING

• BYO Lunch.
• Tea/coffee will be available all day.
• Complimentary drinks and savouries at end of play

EVENT FORMAT

• Swiss Movement. 
• The director may vary the anticipated format if there is a change from the expected number of tables.

PRIZES

• Generous cash prizes

CONDITIONS

• This Congress is QBA approved and conducted under QBA regulations.
• RED Masterpoints at B4 level for each match win or draw, plus the top third of overall field.
• Green, Blue and Red systems and Brown Sticker conventions and treatments permitted in the Restricted Division
• Green, and Blue systems permitted in the Novice Division
• Each pair must have two systemically identical ABF system cards at the start of each round. Players are responsible for ensuring the correctness of their system classification.
• Wellness guidelines - Players and officials are asked not to attend any event if they are infectious, or if they are supposed to be isolating or quarantining.  Those who come to play and, feeling unwell, self-diagnosed that they may be infectious, should inform the Director and leave the venue.

Ample parking is available at the club.

Tea and Coffee available

BYO Lunch

Drinks and nibbles available and conclusion of play