CONGRESS / HOLIDAY / CRUISE INFORMATION FOR ORGANISERS

Organising a Congress

The following document is provided to assist organisers in the running of a congress.

Organising a Congress

Congress and State Events Coordinator

Pauline Gumby

NSW Masterpoint Secretary
(Congresses and State Events)

David Weston

Super Congresses

Super Congresses must be approved each year by the Chairman of the ABF Masterpoint Unit, David Anderson

Approvals for Bridge Holidays

It is a requirement that when a bridge event, including a Bridge Holiday, is to be held outside the state from which the event is being organised, that approval must be obtained from both the originating and host state’s Association/Federation.

For example if a Tasmanian organiser wishes to hold an event in the Northern Territory, approval of the TBA and NTBA must be sought.

• Approval of events originating outside NSW rests with the Chairman of the NSWBA Tournament Committee.
• For events originating in NSW but held outside NSW, it is the organiser’s responsibility to gain permission from that State’s designated Authority.

Directors

Congress events require a director of Grade C1 or higher. Super Congress events (Grade B3 masterpoints) require a director of Grade B or higher.

Accredited Directors List

Congress Applications

Application forms for congresses, holidays or cruises are mailed or emailed to the club secretaries in May in the preceding year. The forms should be completed and returned to the Congress Coordinator before the end of July. More details are in the Application Form below.

Forms - 2014

•   Application Letter to Clubs
• Application Form

Forms and Conditions - 2013

2013 Congress and Holiday Application Form

2013 Congress Conditions Letter

2013 Congress Report Form

Calendars

• Congress Calendar
• State Events Calendar
• 2013 NSWBA Wall Calendar

Brochures

Brochures for congresses and holidays must be mailed or emailed to the office of the NSWBA. Also, original versions of the brochures, e.g. Word, Publisher or a PDF file from your printing firm should be emailed to the webmaster at for inclusion on the Calendar page. Scanned copies of brochures in jpg format or similar will not be posted.

Online Entries

Clubs may use the Online Entry facility which is available from the Calendar page of the NSWBA website to accept entries online. They may also, via an Entry administration page, update and add to these entries. Contact the webmaster for details and a Username and Password.

Club administrators via the Entry Administration may now make changes to their events:

• Close entries
• Modify the number of tables
• Add a link to the results
• Modify the comments

Results

The instructions for submission of results for masterpointing are detailed in the Congress Conditions Letter. In addition, results should be emailed to the bulletin editor at
for inclusion in the NSWBA newsletter.
As soon as possible after the event directors should upload full results to the Congress website or a similar site or, if that is not possible, to email them to the NSWBA webmaster at

Congress Results