ACBL Club Director Handbook

Gives basic information necessary to run a really good duplicate game. Required for Directors class. Most current and only version available.

Table of contents:

Resources for Club Directors

Running a Club Game

• Tips for Running Really Good Bridge Games
• Run All the Games Your Club is Entitled to Run
• Administration of Your Game

Starting Your Game

• Stratifying Your Club Games
• Handicapping Your Club Games
• Pair Game Movements
• Running Swiss Teams
• Swiss Team Movements

Scoring the Game

• Scoring Your Game
• Matchpointing

Rulings

• How to Make Good Rulings
• Common Rulings
• When a Director Makes an Incorrect Ruling
• Appeals

Conventions

• Overview
• Opening 1NT or 2NT with a Singleton
• Alerts and Clubs
• Announcements
• Alerts, Announcements and Reviews of the Auction
• Definitions

ACBL Regulations

• Active Ethics
• ACBL Zero Tolerance Policy
• Use of Bidding Boxes
• Slow Play
• Club Discipline

At Your Club

• Tips for Creating a Pleasant Game Atmosphere
• Setting the Stage at Your Club Game
• Dealing with Difficult Players

Newcomer Program

• Overview
• New Players
• Intermediate/Newcomer (I/N) Program

Bridge on Cruise Ships

Overview

Appendix

• ACBLscore Commands

Spiral bound 100 pages: Revised 2023