RESPONSIBILITIES OF NORTH AND OTHERS

July 2008: RESPONSIBILITIES OF NORTH AND OTHERS

Although there is no law which states that North is in charge of the table it is conventionally assumed that North is. Consequently North is responsible for

a) Ensuring that the correct boards are being, or are about to be, played
b) Ensuring that the correct pairs play them
c) Filling in travellers correctly and neatly so that they are easily readable
d) Ensuring that the lead card column is completed
e) Not putting a question mark by a queried score but bringing the anomaly to the Director’s attention during the session so that the matter can be sorted out by the relevant pairs
f) Showing each traveller to partner and opponents so that they can confirm the result
g) Passing the boards to the next playing or relay table.

Opponents (conventionally East) are responsible for checking that actions a) to f) are carried out.