ASE 9 released

ASE Computing has announced the release of ASE Scorer 9, providing the following information. The most important feature is the full support of the new ABF masterpoint scheme. Clubs not involved in the ABF will find that ASE version 8 is still quite adequate.

It includes these features in addition to the original ASE Scorer 8 version:

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Arrow Switching

At the Manly Leagues Bridge Club, we have often had difficulties achieving balanced NS and EW fields by seeding - there are often pairs who "need" to sit NS or EW for medical or strong personal preference reasons. Consequently we have begun using arrow switches to achieve a fair result across the entire field rather than seeding to achieve balance between the two directions.

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Australian Bridge Directors Association

The Australian Bridge Directors Association (ABDA) exists to establish minimum standards, and to work for the maintenance and improvement of these standards, for tournament directing at all levels of competitive bridge in Australia. The ABDA is generously supported by an annual grant from the Australian Bridge Federation.

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How many rounds in a Swiss teams?

An issue that has come up at the Manly Leagues Bridge Club is the appropriate number of rounds in a Swiss Teams event. In particular is there a problem with playing too few or too many rounds - in terms of accuracy of the results and being able to use standard scoring programs such as ASE 8.

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Apeals rulings for info

Directors might be interested in this coverage of the Appeal Committee rulings at the 2010 North American Bridge Championships. Unauthorised and mis-information feature highly!

Updating the ABF Members File

The following note from Ian McKinnon (the writer of the ASE Scorer program) explains how to update the reference National  file of ABF members that is used by ASE when you are trying to add a new player to your club's database.

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