Gold Coast Bridge Congress

TERMS & CONDITIONS Late Entries Online entries close 48 hours prior to event. Phone entries may be accepted up to 24 hours prior to play starting. Late entries for Ivy Dahler Butler Swiss Pairs, Seres McMahon Matchpoint Swiss Pairs and Friday Novice Matchpoint Swiss Pairs will be accepted up to 2.30 pm on Thursday 24th February. Any changes to entries to these events will be charged an administration fee of $10 per player. Refunds are automatically given to those pairs who qualify for a teams final. The QBA reserves the right not to accept late entries and reject entries without providing cause. Entry Discounts Players born on or after 1/1/2004 or before 1/1/1922 are entitled to free entry, courtesy of the Gold Coast Congress. Players born on or after 1/1/1997 are entitled to a 50% discount. Players claiming any of these discounts must advise their DOB at the time of entry (ABF Policy). GCC Prize Money Policy applies. Early Bird Prices only available if full entry payment is received by 7/2/2022. Important Points Gold Points are awarded in all events except Walk-in Pairs. A list of prizes together with System Regulations will be published on the GCC website after 1st January. Supplementary regulations will be published on website after 1st February. Seating for Pairs and Teams Championships available on website 24 hours prior to event. Gold Coast Congress Compendium updated regularly as information comes to hand. Eligibility General eligibility is based on Masterpoint awards processed as officially released by the ABF Masterpoint Centre in October 2021 (see table below). Players must individually meet the eligibility criteria to compete in events. This includes Teams/Pairs events where all players must be under the stated masterpoint range or age as per above. Overseas players may enter Novice, Restricted or Intermediate events, however they must quote their local registration number and be eligible to play in equivalent events in their own country. Grand Slam players must state their rating when entering. Eligibility includes under 54% for Novice, 56% and under for Restricted, and 59% and under for Intermediate events and 62% and under for the Under 1500 event. A player cannot have previously won two or more ABF events with the same masterpoint restriction, or higher, as the one entered. Notwithstanding, players who have already entered a restricted category at the time of winning their second such ABF event will be deemed eligible. Winners of events restricted by masterpoints cannot play in the identical event in subsequent years. At the end of Round 12 of the Teams Qualifying, the two highest placed nominated Women’s and Seniors’ Teams will qualify to a 48 board Final on Friday, February 25. Please note: Teams nominating for the Women’s or Seniors’ categories are NOT eligible to qualify to the Open Finals Series. Category General Eligibility as at 30/9/2021 NZ Eligibility as at 30/9/2021 0-10 MP’s (Rookie) < 10 MP’s Novice 0-50 MP’s < 50 MP’s Certificate of Proficiency or lower Novice < 100 MP’s Club Master or lower Restricted < 300 MP’s Provincial or lower 0-500 MP’s < 500 MP’s Master or lower Intermediate < 750 MP’s Master or lower Under 1500 < 1500 MP’s Life Master or lower Mixed Required to have at least 1 male and 1 female player Seniors’ Born prior to 01/01/1961 Youth Born after or on 01/01/1997 7