I think I added all new info and alterations, please check the 1st post and let me know if something is missing.

Early slot: 1100 UTC
Rebekahm & DrAculea

Later slot: 1900 UTC
Rebekahm & Rober t

Hi Rebeka, pls let us know system/carding for each pair and the team name?

Are we ready for the next battle?? 
Right now IAC is in the lead, yay!!! We have won 4 against ACOL's 3 victories, and I am sure they will fight hard in the next one!

This month we'll hold the event on Sunday, October 2nd, 2022.
Deadline for registration is Wed, September 28 @ 2359utc, after which we can not accept new registrations.
We'll have 2 starting times:
*  1100utc, 7am NY, noon London, 16:30 New Delhi, 11pm Auckland
*  1900 utc, 3pm NY, 8pm London, 7am Auckland
All boards are random, but previously saved in sets of 10 hands, so that all those starting at 1100utc will play the same boards, and all those starting at 1900 utc will also play the same boards, but different from those at noon.
Each match is of 20 boards, played in two stanzas of 10, changing opponents at half-time. Scoring is by IMPs.

How to register:
Please form your teams and choose a captain, who should mail IAC.at.BBO@gmail.com (and please CC me: sanja@sapo.pt), stating your team name, BBO usernames of the pairs in the team, and which session you prefer (earlier or later, either or both). If you want, you can play in both sessions, assuming we have enough opposing ACOL teams.
Each team can have more than 2 pairs, but there will be only 2 stanzas, the captains should inform us which pair plays in which session.
Important: Captains, please get basic CC from each pair, and or include system notes when registering the team. They can be as short as "2/1 udca" or "modified precision with journalist leads", rest will be explained at the tables.

You can also register here in forums, just make a post as a reply to this topic, but please do not edit old posts or we might miss any new information. There is limited number of teams we can accept, and first registered is first served, so make sure you reserve your place. Even if you do not have full team, register and let us know later players' usernames.
Even if you are just a pair, please post here on forums and match up with another pair to form the team. Or as a single player, just say you'd like to play, and in which session, we'll try pair you up with another single member : )


Early slot: 1100 UTC

TEAM: Double Down
CAPTAIN: Esji (with djc11)
Esji & Rtadep (2/1 udca)
Annwann & Vanja01 (sayc std)

TEAM: RUX Across the Border
CAPTAIN: Rebekahm
Rebekahm & Draculea (2/1 std)
Salty1945 & BLUbayou (2/1 udca)



Later slot: 1900 UTC

TEAM: 7NT
CAPTAIN: Wackojack
Masse24 + CCR3 (2/1)
Wackojack + Veeree (2/1)

TEAM: RUX
CAPTAIN: Rebekahm
Rebekahm & Rober t (2/1 udca)
Fredklein & Durban_sa (Sayc std)

TEAM: Kampala
CAPTAIN: antepa
nespola & mde (2/1)
yo_yo & trampe123 (2/1)

TEAM: OCP
CAPTAIN: Brian_m
iamadeus & p0stm0rtem (OCP precision)
brian_m & morvix (OCP precision, Rusinow leads, odd/even signals and discards)

TEAM: Across the Border
CAPTAIN: BLUbayou
BLU + FleuretteD
Salty 1945 +  RCP4

Hi all
Changes are noted, Fleur's got new partner in "Across the border" team, and team "7NT" had changes.
The registrations are closed now, thanks all!
I'll soon mail all captains with names of your opponents, please share with your players.

And I'd so much appreciate if for next registrations, you always say system/carding/leads that each pair will play. It does not have to be detailed, but min info as "2/1 standard" or "modified precision, udca, codded tens"  will suffice.

Thanks again, Good Luck IAC! 



Confirmed registrations:

Early slot: 1100 UTC
TEAM: Double Down
CAPTAIN: djc11
djc11 & brejan
Bernt 5 & Gesie 5

TEAM: RUX
CAPTAIN: Rebekahm
Rebekahm & DrAculea
Annwann & Vanja01


Later slot: 1900 UTC
TEAM: Across the Border
CAPTAIN: blubayou
RQ4mulae & blubayou
Fleuretted & p0stm0rtem

TEAM: RUX and Avengers
CAPTAIN: Rebekahm
Rebekahm & Rober t
jojah45 & thornbury

TEAM: Kampala
CAPTAIN: antepa
trampe123, antepa, yo_yo and olsoys

TEAM: 7NT
CAPTAIN: Wackojack
CCR3 & Wackojack
Masse24 & YleeXotee

Sorry, no OCP team this month, I just can't get enough players. We'll be back next month!

We look forward to it, Brian, feel free to come watch the challenge and cheer for our IACeres!

RQ4mulae and BLU  will pair for the later slot; 

TY ! Added 

some of our usual suspects  will give in and join pretty soon, unthe slaughter from last month  has discouraged them

Oh, I do NOT wanna hear that!! You guys won so many times, and beat opps so hard, that you scared THEM to participate! LOL
Come on guys, not every day is our best day, and none, even the greatest do not always win.

Thomas Edison: “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

One of the good things about theese challenge matches from the iac pov is the exposure that iac players get to unfamiliar bidding situations.

That's so true Jack : ) And I hope everyone is having fun, regardless of the results.
Funny coincidence in 1st session, where each Club won one match with exactly + 65 imps!!


Thanks to all that participated in 6th AUGUST Challenge : ) Warm Cudos to IAC winning teams:
* Double Down & Goldie (Captain: djc11): djc11 & V2008 + Esji & Rtadep and Rebekahm & DrAculea + Annwann & Srdjandj
* Avengers (Captain: jojah45): jojah45 & thornbury + Rebekahm & rober t

Big thanks to good sportsmanship of all players from Double Down and Goldie's team that merged into one, so that everyone could play.
PDFs of all matches, as well as travellers, can be found in IAC Drive, the link is: https://tinyurl.com/mrycy7fz

With this number of teams, should we organize IAC teams championship?
Like round robin over few months?
Sorry for off topic

We used to have Team and Pair League, but tools to keep all automatic stopped working, and we simply can not find anyone to make a working tool for it.
And some years ago, we did have Team series, where week after week IAC teams would play Round Robin. Same here, the tool stopped working. Setting this up is not hard, but keeping clear scores and who opps whom next week is not as easy if done manually.

Too bad - we need someone to make a tool.