IAC vs ACOL - Challenge #10 Sunday December 4th

[Curls77]

So, the last battle of the year is approaching!
IAC remains on the lead, yay!!! But do not relax, ACOL will fight hard to win the next one!

This month we'll hold the event on December 4th.
Deadline for registration is Wed, November 30th @ 2359utc, after which we can not accept new registrations.
We'll have 2 starting times, as usual:
*  1200 UTC, 7am NY, noon London, 17:30 New Delhi, 1am Auckland
*  2000 UTC, 3pm NY, 8pm London, 01:30 New Delhi, 9am Auckland
All boards are random, but previously saved in sets of 10 hands, so that all those starting at 1200utc will play the same boards, and all those starting at 2000 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, without barometer.

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", the 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. Furthermore, 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 to pair you up with another single member : )

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Confirmed registrations:

Early slot: 1200 UTC - 2 teams needed

TEAM: Double Down
CAPTAIN: djc11
Players:
djc11 & V2008 (modified prec, udca, multi 2D)
Annwann & Housechan (sayc, std)

TEAM: Rux Across the Border
CAPTAIN: Blubayou/Rebekahm
Players:
Blubayou & Palych   ShawnT & Palych (2/1)
Rebekahm & Draculea (2/1 std)


Later slot: 2000 UTC - 3-4 teams needed

TEAM: Across the border
CAPTAIN: Blubayou
Players:
Blubayou & FleuretteD
CCR3 & Peuco(WackoJack)

TEAM: Kampala
CAPTAIN: antepa
Players:
antepa & trampe123 (sayc + gadgets)
sanjnas & nekthen (2o1)

TEAM: OCP
CAPTAIN: brian_m
iamadeus & p0stm0rtem
brian_m & morvix

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Last updated: Dec 03 * registrations are now CLOSED
Good luck IAC!

[annwann]

Hello  Sanja.    Annwann is avaiable for teams early and later sessions Nov Sunday 4th.  I have no p now  May be find later.  See U

[annwann]

Hello again  Have a p Sunday4th Nov   Housechan  OK ?

[annwann]

housechan  can just play early 

[blubayou]

CCR3 and Peuco will team with BLU--and somebody "from across the border"  for the late set.
Palych and I will be glad to  team with  Annwan and House  for the dawn patrol

[Curls77]

CCR3 and Peuco will team with BLU--and somebody "from across the border"  for the late set.
Palych and I will be glad to  team with  Annwan and House  for the dawn patrol

Blu, I registered your team for later session.
Ann is on djc's team in earlier session, I added you as a new team, needing a pair.

EDIT - Across the Border is now filled for early session, thanks all!

[rebekahm]

Hi,

for early slot

Rebekahm & Draculea (2/1 std)

ty

[Curls77]

Thanks Rebeca !
You are in the Across the border team, GL !

[brian_m]

I can be fairly sure of getting an OCP team together for the late session. I should know for sure by this evening (USA Eastern).

Aravind (iamadeus) & Douglas (p0stm0rtem)

Myself (brian_m) and either Oliver (OliverC) or Jeff (morvix).

[brian_m]

I can confirm that I have an OCP team for the late session. The only unknown is my partner, Oliver if available, Jeff if not.

[Curls77]

Thanks Brian, GL OCP team ! 

[brian_m]

Team update, Oliver is on the late shift this month, it's Jeff and myself.

[Curls77]

All updates noted and registrations updated.

I'll send the mail to captains, with usual instructions, but wont harm repeat here:

Please be sure all your players are online and ready to start playing 10 minutes before scheduled start time. Also, please tell players to NOT be engaged in another game, BBO changed team matches setup, and now we can NOT invite any player that is playing elsewhere, even solitaire. If you need any changes in your team, add subs etc, please message bbo_iac online timely on sunday.

Have your system, leads, carding agreed and announce when you meet the opponents. Emphasize to your players that they must alert all artificial bids, not by convention name, but by what it means to their partner. Do not forget ACOL players are unaware that 1M-2m is GF in 2/1, that's artificial and must be alerted, as well as 1M-1N as 1 round forcing, just to mention few.

See you all on Sunday, wishing IAC teams best of luck and lotsa fun for all!


Hugs, Sanya (Curls77)

[Curls77]

Last moment updates on several teams, major on Kampala, pls check the first topic.

[Curls77]

Thanks to all that participated in Decemeber's Challenge : )
CONGRATULATIONS ACOL - well deserved victory!

But IAC has not done bad, we won 2/5 matches, and some scores were so close! Warm Cudos to the winning teams:
     * Kampala  (Captain: Antepa): antepa & trampe123 + sanjnas & nekthen
     * Across the Border  (Captain: BLUbayou): Blubayou & FleuretteD + CCR3 & Peuco + CCR3 & ylexootee(wackojack)


IAC is still in the lead, with 6 challenges won against ACOL's 4 - WGT guys!!!   

PDFs of all matches, as well as travellers, can be found in IAC Drive, the link is: https://tinyurl.com/mrycy7fz
(choose the month, ie 2022 12)