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The Club runs a number of different competitions through out the year, from One Day events to the Scratch and Handicap Pairs Competitions which run throughout the Season.
The One Day Competitions are :
The McRae Trophy for Scratch Teams of Four and the Sam Short Trophy for Handicap Teams of Four. These two events are played on a Sunday afternoon, one in October / November, the other in February / March.
The Anniversary Trophy for Handicap Pairs is played on a Club night in February, but is a stand-alone competition.
We also play one Individual Match on a Club night, this season on the 19th of January 2010.
The rolling Competitions are :
The Club Teams of Four, will be played over two Club nights, and is a handicap competition.
The One Day Competitions are :
The McRae Trophy for Scratch Teams of Four and the Sam Short Trophy for Handicap Teams of Four. These two events are played on a Sunday afternoon, one in October / November, the other in February / March.
The Anniversary Trophy for Handicap Pairs is played on a Club night in February, but is a stand-
We also play one Individual Match on a Club night, this season on the 19th of January 2010.
The rolling Competitions are :
The Club Teams of Four, will be played over two Club nights, and is a handicap competition.
The rest of the Club nights are played as Pairs competitions.
We will be playing both Aggregate and Match Pointed Pairs. The Aggregate Pairs competition will be a scratch competition played for the Club Pairs Trophy. The Match Pointed Pairs competition will be a handicap competition and will be played for the Metcalfe Trophy as before.. It is the CardMaster’s intention to play eleven rounds of each, with each pair’s best seven results to count towards the Trophy. ( These numbers may change once the programme is finalised )
Skill at bidding slams is not ignored. The Mara and Olivio Cup is awarded to the player with the greatest number of slams at the end of the season. Slams are credited to both members of a Pair, one point is awarded for a Small Slam, and two for a Grand Slam, and all slams bid and made in all Club competitions count.
A new competition has been introduced -
Handicaps are calculated on the basis of a Pair’s performance in the previous season. An estimate -
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