HKCBA

Halcyon Inter-Professional & Inter-Hong Bridge Championship

2016-05-15

On behalf of the Hong Kong Contract Bridge Association, I extend our invitation to your participation in Halcyon Inter-Professional & Inter-Hong Bridge Championship to be held on July 26, 2016 at Regal Hong Kong Hotel in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

Halcyon Inter-Professional and Inter-Hong Bridge Championship is an invitational event organised for Bridge Players from different fields or professions. With the welcoming yet exciting atmosphere, we hope all the participants will have a wonderful bridge night with their partners and opponents.

Players of each team must be:

‧   Current Staff / Retired Staff / Consultant of a same company or corporation
‧   Member / Staff / Consultant of a same registered professional association*
‧   Current Staff / Retired Staff / Consultant of government entity or public organization

*not including contract bridge club / organization

Each party may send up to 3 teams to participate. Along with the application form, please also enclose the relevant proof, e.g. Business Cards, Websites, Staff / Membership Cards. A confirmation will be sent within 3 days upon the receipt of your application.

Schedule is as following:
6:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Registration
6:45 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. Tournament
10:30 p.m. Prize award

Prizes will be given to top scoring three teams.

Each organization may send up to 3 teams to participate. The entry fee per team is HKD1000. Pre-registration and payment is necessary by July 10, 2016.

We look forward to your participation in this tournament and your continuous support of the development of this challenging sport in Hong Kong. Please contact Leo Cheung via email: hkcbaadm@hkcba.org or telephone 9312-7033 for any queries you may have.

On behalf of the Hong Kong Contract Bridge Association, I extend our invitation to your participation in Halcyon Inter-Professional & Inter-Hong Bridge Championship to be held on July 26, 2016 at Regal Hong Kong Hotel in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

Halcyon Inter-Professional and Inter-Hong Bridge Championship is an invitational event organised for Bridge Players from different fields or professions. With the welcoming yet exciting atmosphere, we hope all the participants will have a wonderful bridge night with their partners and opponents.

Players of each team must be:

‧   Current Staff / Retired Staff / Consultant of a same company or corporation
‧   Member / Staff / Consultant of a same registered professional association*
‧   Current Staff / Retired Staff / Consultant of government entity or public organization

*not including contract bridge club / organization

Each party may send up to 3 teams to participate. Along with the application form, please also enclose the relevant proof, e.g. Business Cards, Websites, Staff / Membership Cards. A confirmation will be sent within 3 days upon the receipt of your application.

Schedule is as following:
6:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Registration
6:45 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. Tournament
10:30 p.m. Prize award

Prizes will be given to top scoring three teams.

Each organization may send up to 3 teams to participate. The entry fee per team is HKD1000. Pre-registration and payment is necessary by July 10, 2016.

We look forward to your participation in this tournament and your continuous support of the development of this challenging sport in Hong Kong. Please contact Leo Cheung via email: hkcbaadm@hkcba.org or telephone 9312-7033 for any queries you may have.

Special offer to Secondary students in the bridge year 2016-17

2016-05-12

In order to encourage more young players to play bridge, the HKCBA Council has proposed a trial run on a special offer for full time secondary students. If a secondary student would like to play in any HKCBA pairs events, his/her tournament fee will be waived if:

(1) He/She is a youth member (i.e. pay $100 membership fee for 2016-2017 bridge year)

(2) He/She presents his/her secondary school full time identification such as student card, student handbook

This special offer is not applicable to Mixed Pairs and Ladies Pairs.

In order to encourage more young players to play bridge, the HKCBA Council has proposed a trial run on a special offer for full time secondary students. If a secondary student would like to play in any HKCBA pairs events, his/her tournament fee will be waived if:

(1) He/She is a youth member (i.e. pay $100 membership fee for 2016-2017 bridge year)

(2) He/She presents his/her secondary school full time identification such as student card, student handbook

This special offer is not applicable to Mixed Pairs and Ladies Pairs.

Tournament Director Training Programme 2016

2016-05-11

Objective

To conduct a training programme including lectures and practical for interested members to become

HKCBA qualified tournament directors.

Programme details

Basic knowledge and techniques adequate for running a typical event will be covered in 4 main

aspects, including Laws, Movements & Tournament Administration, Scoring and Ethics &

Proprieties. Unless otherwise exempted by the Board, all candidates shall attend ALL lectures.

They will then be allowed to sit in a written examination. The passing mark of each of the 4 parts

and the practical will be 75%.

Candidates passing the written examination will be assigned appropriate practical training sessions

as apprentices to allow them to apply their learning to obtain hands-on experience under

supervision. Apprentices will be assessed on their performance for 6 practical sessions on all 4

aspects covered in the lectures. Apprentices who have successfully completed the practical training

programme will be qualified by the Board as HKCBA tournament directors. A certificate will be

presented to each qualified director.

The training programme is only open to bona fide members of the HKCBA who have an interest in

serving as tournament directors, and should have good knowledge of duplicate bridge techniques.

Texts

Required texts: Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge 2007

References: Director’s Companion

APBF Conditions of Contest

WBF Code of Practice

Appeal Committee Cases

ACBLSCOR User Manual

Eligibility

Candidates should be members or registered players of HKCBA with interest in the tournament

operation.

Board of Tournament Directors

Members of the Board currently appointed by the HKCBA Council are Mr. Derek Zen (ex-officio),

Mr. YC Lai, Mr. Charlie Lee and Mr. Ronald Hui.

Mr. Lee and Mr. Hui will serve as the lecturer of this Tournament Director Training Programme.

Teaching Venue

Lectures and Practical sessions:

3/F, Mariners’ Club, Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

Medium of Instruction

Cantonese (supplemented by English)

Fee

HK$500 per person (including the copies of lecture notes, but not Laws book). Fees will be

collected in the first session.

Undertaking

All participants in the session are expected to serve as Tournament Directors in some regular events

for the HKCBA. Details will be announced by Tournament Operations Sub-Committee.

$300 will be refunded if the participant can pass the examination and participate in sufficient events

assigned by the Tournament Operations Sub-Committee.

Registration

All interested bridge lovers please send the contacts to Mr. Ronald Hui at huisir@hotmail.com.

Deadline for registration: 25 May 2016.

Training Schedule

There are totally 6 sessions of 4-hour lectures. Breaks for dinner will be provided between sessions,

if necessary.

Session	Topic	Date/Time	Lecturers
1	Introduction Laws and Conditions of Contest	29 May 2016 (2pm – 6pm)	Ronald Hui Charlie Lee
2	Law Cases & Appeal/Review handling WBF Code of Practice	5 June 2016 (2pm – 6pm)	Charlie Lee Ronald Hui
3	Law Review Laws involving screens	12 June 2016 (2pm – 6pm)	Ronald Hui Charlie Lee
4	Law Cases	19 June 2016 (2pm – 6pm)	Charlie Lee Ronald Hui
5	Movements & Tournament Administration	TBC	Ronald Hui
6	Scoring Techniques & Computerized Scoring	TBC	Ronald Hui
Exam	TD Examinations	To be arranged	Ronald Hui
Practical	6 sessions	To be arranged	To be confirmed