2008 District 8 Winter STaC week 

February 4 – 10, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

District 8's year 2008 Winter Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC) will be February 4 - 10, 2008.

 

The sanction number is ST0802006.

 

 

 

 

  director in charge (DIC):

       Betty Bratcher - phone: 760-724-1222

                email: d8stac@yahoo.com

          

  event coordinator:

   Mike Tomlianovich –

           phone: 309-825-5823       (new number)

           email: mjtomlia@gmail.com (new email)

           address: P.O. Box 5864    (new address)

                    Bloomington, IL  61702-5864

 

 

 

postings: http://mikesbridge.info/district_8_stac.htm    (new web site name)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conditions of Contest (CoC):

 

1. 12 events, 2 events each of Monday through Friday

   (1 dayside & 1 evening), plus 1 event

       each of Saturday dayside and Sunday dayside, will be held. 

Results submitted for a Saturday or Sunday evening game will be returned.

 

   All events are stratified open pairs or swiss teams:

      A: open   B: <1500 masterpoints  C: NLM <500 masterpoints

Any game file not rated correctly will be corrected by the DIC.  The minimum number of pairs in direct competition at your club for the lowest strata level to award section masterpoints is two.  All “C: pairs at each club will be eligible for the overall awards regardless of the number of pairs in your game.

 

When scoring your game, do NOT ask for overall results.  Overall results are done ONLY by the DIC!  For swiss team events, you may enable overall ranking.

 

   No player may play in a game that will cause his/her name to be

entered in any event more than once.  The DIC will use the 1st game played to select the entered game. 

 

2. Each club field must be seeded as much as possible.

 

3. All open games will be eligible for District 8 overall awards.

 

Invitational games will be handled as single-session side games.

 

   Limited masterpoint games will be scored and ranked as stand-alone events unless a similar limited game is held during the same playing session.  If you hold a limited masterpoint game during STaC week, please make every attempt to coordinate with other clubs so fields can be properly combined.

 

   Invitational games may be OPENED if you wish to participate in overall awards.

 

   Swiss games get a full rating with each swiss site scored and ranked separately.

 

4. All masterpoints awarded will be silver.

 

5. Disputes/rulings not handled at the club level will be handled by the DIC where all rulings are final.  The DIC will

     be available by telephone during and immediately after each session for that session.

 

6. The club manager is responsible for reporting game results to the DIC within 36 hours after the game is over.  Taking time for a correction period and game auditing is encouraged.  Reporting game results can be done by:

   a..emailing to the DIC a backup copy of the ACBLScore game file

                (USE the command  “BA”  or “BACK” to create the proper game file to email to the DIC)

   b..phoning the DIC with game results

 

If your club uses ACBLScore, then emailing a backup copy of the ACBLScore game file is required.  When creating your game file, use the sanction number displayed on the first page of this document.  The subject of the email needs to have “district 8”, your unit number, and your club number.  The club level correction period is over as soon as the game file is sent to the DIC or results are reported to the DIC.  Only 1 game file is to be sent to the DIC.  Replacement game file submissions will be rejected by the DIC.

 

Final standings for each event will be posted on the web site 36 hours after the end of each event.  Since standings will be published promptly after each event, players, directors, and club managers are NOT to phone the DIC nor the event coordinator for status.  Final standings for each event will be posted on the web site as soon as possible after the end of the 36 hours reporting period.   At the end of the week's events, a masterpoint race total for the week will be prepared and posted on the web site.

 

Practice email messages to the DIC during prior to STaC week are encouraged.  Email any backup game file to the DIC.  The DIC will inspect the file sent and reply by email if the file is ok or if an additional practice message is needed.  Each emailed game file will receive an emailed response when the game file is processed.

 

7. The sanction fee is $6 per table; $1.50 per player above the regular club entry fee.  Clubs in:

               Northern Indiana unit 154

               Central Illinois unit 208

               Southern IL/Paducah unit 223

     are not to be concerned about the sanction fee since

     their respective units will pay the sanction fees. 

 

     Each other club manager is to mail a check by the Wednesday following the last event of the week, made out to "District 8 STaC" for the total sanction fees for all sessions held      during the week.  All payments are to be sent to the event coordinator (NOT the DIC!).                      

 

Delinquent payments are NOT condoned!  If any payment cannot be made by the cutoff, prior arrangements with the event coordinator MUST be made.

 

8. Club managers are encouraged to hold a STaC week game during regularly sanctioned game time periods.  Plus, club managers may hold as many additional games during the week at any time as they wish.  No special sanction is required.

 

9. Let's have the biggest & best STaC week district 8 ever has      had!  Schedule your games now!!

 

 

 

Questions: please, contact the event coordinator.