Details of the Championship Events & Selection Trials The formats and procedures of the following events apply from June 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014 and will be in effect until further advised.

List of Teams Championship Events:

 Edward Chok Swiss Team (Edward Chok Memorial Cup)  Lorraine Sung Team (Lorraine Sung Memorial Cup)  Open Team (Lusitano Club Cup)  Senior Bowl (Vincent Li Senior Bowl)  Team of Six (Association Cup)

List of Pairs/Individuals Championship Events:

 Andre Quan Pairs (Andre Quan Memorial Cup)  Grand Slam Individuals (CASH's Cup)  Life Master Pairs (S. S. Yeh Cup) and Non-Life Master Pairs  Open IMP Pairs (Terence Reese Cup)  Open Ladies Pairs (T. S. Chie Cup)  Open Mixed Pairs (L. A. Ozorio cup)  Open Pairs (Chinese Club Cup)  Quadruple Pairs (Y. T. Fong Memorial Cup)  Tom Wong Swiss Pairs (Tom Wong Memorial Cup)

List of Selection Trials:

 Asia Pacific Bridge Federation (APBF) / (WBF) Teams Championships Trial  Other Trials

Notice on Enrolment Procedure All Championship events require pre-registration. Details will be post on the HKCBA web site when registration begins for each event.

Guidelines on Award of Trophy and/or Master Point for Teams Championship Event and Selection Trial Trophies and Master Points (Black Points, Gold Points, etc, if applicable) are only awarded to players who have played at least 25% of the boards in the round-robin phase (if there exists) and at least 25% of the total number of hands in the knockout phase (if there exists).

1. Edward Chok Swiss Team (Edward Chok Memorial Cup) Minimum Event Entries 8 teams Number of Player per Team 4 to 6 Format Number of Session: 2 Number of Round: 6 (2 weekday evenings) / 7 (1 weekend afternoon and evening) Number of per Round: 9 (2 weekday evenings) / 8 (1 weekend afternoon and evening) Playoff: Nil Note: 1. Delayed Swiss (except for the last round) will be adopted by default, but ordinary Swiss may be adopted at the Tournament Director's discretion subject to the Tournament Operations Committee's consent. 2. Teams will not be assigned to play against an opponent more than once before the last round. Scoring TBC Overall Winner TBC Tournament Fee Flat rate: HKD 480 per team

2. Lorraine Sung Team (Lorraine Sung Memorial Cup) Minimum Event Entries 5 teams Number of Player per Team 4 to 6 Format Number of Session: 2 Number of Round-robin: 1 Number of Section: 1 Playoff: Nil Note: Multiple-team movements will be adopted by default, but direct matches may be adopted at the Tournament Director's discretion subject to the Tournament Operations Committee's consent. Scoring Victory Point (VP) Overall Winner The team accumulating the most VPs

3. Open Team (Lusitano Club Cup) Minimum Event Entries 4 teams Number of Player per Team 4 to 6 Format Number of 5 to 7 to 9 to 11 to 13 to 15 to 17 or 4 (Team) 6 8 10 12 14 16 more Round-robin (Qualifying) Number of Session 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 1 or 2 Number of Section 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (TBC) Number of Board per 28 16 12 10 10 8 6 TBC Round Break within Round 1 1 1 - - - - - Quota of Knockout 2 2 4 4 4 4 8 8 Knockout Number of Board

Quarter-final ------28 28 (2-segment) Semi-final - - 48 48 48 48 48 48 (3-segment) Final (4-segment) 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 Note: will be used in Knockout whenever possible. Opponent Selection in 1. A higher-ranked team of the upper-half qualified into the knockout Knockout have a higher priority in selecting a team as its opponent from the lower-half qualified (previously not matched if there are more than one section) after the round-robin is concluded. 2. Illustration of further advances from Quarter-final (if applicable): Number of Section in 1 2 Round-robin Knockout match Higher 1st v 3rd/4th 1st v 5th/6th/7th/8th QF-1 previously not met Knockout match 2nd v Lower 1st v 3rd/4th QF-2 5th/6th/7th/8th previously not met Knockout match Higher 2nd v 3rd/4th 3rd v 5th/6th/7th/8th QF-3 previously not met Knockout match 4th v 5th/6th/7th/8th Lower 2nd v 3rd/4th QF-4 previously not met Note: For the arrangement of Semi-final, the winner of Quarter-final involving the highest VP team of each section will match against the winner of the Quarter-final involving the 2nd highest VP team in the other section. Winner of QF involving the highest VP team v Knockout match SF-1 Winner of QF-3/QF-4 Knockout match SF-2 Winners of the remaining 2 QFs

Scoring Round-robin: Victory Point (VP) Knockout: IMP, with carry-over Overall Winner The team with positive net IMP difference in the Final Guidelines on Award of Available and applicable to players who have played for at least 25% of Trial Point the boards in the round-robin phase and at least 25% of the total number of hands in the knockout phase (if applicable) Updated: 30 JUL 2013

4. Senior Bowl (Vincent Li Senior Bowl) Conditions of Entry Each player attaining at least the 57th birthday in the HKCBA bridge calendar year this event held Minimum Event Entries 4 teams Number of Player per Team 4 to 6 Format Number of Session: 2 Number of Section: 1 Playoff: Nil Note: The Tournament Director has a choice of Swiss matches, direct matches or Multiple-team movements. Scoring Victory Point (VP) Overall Winner The team accumulating the most VPs Tournament Fee Flat rate: HKD 480 per team

5. Team of Six (Association Cup) Minimum Event Entries 4 teams Number of Player per Team 6 to 8 Format Number of Session: 3 Number of Round-robin: 1 Number of Section: 1 Playoff: Nil Note: Break within a round may be imposed at the Tournament Director's discretion subject to the Tournament Operations Committee's consent. Scoring Victory Point (VP) with scale of 2 times the number of board per round Overall Winner The team accumulating the most VPs Guidelines on Award of Available and applicable to players who have played for at least 25% of Trial Point the total number of boards played by the team in this event

6. Andre Quan Pairs (Andre Quan Memorial Cup) Number of Session 2 Minimum Event Entries 8 pairs Scoring Match Point Number of Winner 1 Overall Winner The pair scoring the highest aggregated Match Points or weighted-average percentage whichever appropriate

7. Grand Slam Individuals (CASH's Cup) Conditions of Entry By invitation Note: The final winner / winners from major Hong Kong tournaments are invited in the order of: - - Grand Slam Individuals (defending champion) - World Olympiad Championships representatives (if applicable) - APBF Championships Open Series representatives - Open Team - Open Pairs - Triangular Interport Trial - Open League (limited to a maximum of 6 players, nominated by the Team Captain) - Invitational Team - IMP Pairs - Match-point Pairs - Team of Six - Quadruple Pairs - Open IMP Pairs - Edward Chok Swiss Team - Life Master Pairs and Non-Life Master Pairs - Lorraine Sung Team - Open Ladies Pairs - Senior Bowl - Open Mixed Pairs - Andre Quan Pairs - Tom Wong Swiss Pairs At the discretion of the Head of Tournament Operations, other prestigious players will be invited to make up for full tables if necessary. Number of Session 2 Number of Event Entry 8 to 20 individuals Scoring Match Point Overall Winner The individual scoring the highest Match Points

8. Life Master Pairs (S. S. Yeh Cup) and Non-Life Master Pairs Conditions of Entry Players with the status of Life Master or above are only allowed to compete in Life Master Pairs, otherwise, they are only allowed to compete in Non-Life Master Pairs. Important Note: 1. Both players in an entry must belong to the same category. Any violation of this rule is subject to disqualification. 2. The Master status of each player is subject to a cut-off date, which is to be announced on the HKCBA web site at the time the pre-registration begins. 3. The Tournament Director has the right to upgrade one Non-Life Master pair (the pair with the highest aggregated Master Points, if no one volunteers) to compete in Life Master Pairs for the sake of facilitating the movement. Number of Session 2 Number of Section 2 independent sections (one for Life Master Pairs; one for Non-Life Master Pairs) Minimum Section Entries 8 pairs (the section cancelled if its minimum not met) Scoring Match Point Number of Winner 2 (one in each section) Overall Winner The pair scoring the highest aggregated Match Points or weighted-average percentage whichever appropriate

9. Open IMP Pairs (Terence Reese Cup) Number of Session 2 Minimum Event Entries 8 pairs Scoring Total IMP (with maximum of 17 IMPs per comparison) Number of Winner 1 Overall Winner The pair scoring the highest aggregated IMPs (with factor applied if appropriate)

10. Open Ladies Pairs (T. S. Chie Cup) Conditions of Entry Ladies only Number of Session 1 Minimum Event Entries 8 pairs Scoring Match Point Number of Winner 1 Overall Winner The pair scoring the highest Match Points Tournament Fee Flat rate: HKD 120 per pair

11. Open Mixed Pairs (L. A. Ozorio cup) Conditions of Entry Each entry must consist of one lady and one gentleman Number of Session 1 Minimum Event Entries 8 pairs Scoring Match Point Number of Winner 1 Overall Winner The pair scoring the highest Match Points Tournament Fee Flat rate: HKD 120 per pair

12. Open Pairs (Chinese Club Cup) Minimum Event Entries 8 pairs Format 38 or Number of Entry (Pair) 8 to 21 22 to 29 30 to 37 more Number of Session

Qualifying - 2 2 2 Final 2 2 2 2 Number of Winner

Qualifying - 1 1 or 2* 1 or 2* Final 1 1 1 1 Quota of Final - 12 16 20 * At the Tournament Director's discretion subject to the Tournament Operations Committee's consent Note: Screen may be used in Final (TBC). Scoring Match Point Overall Winner The pair scoring the highest aggregated Match Points in the Final Award of Available and applicable in this event Trial Point

13. Quadruple Pairs (Y. T. Fong Memorial Cup) Number of Session 3 Minimum Event Entries 4 teams Number of Player per Team 4 Partnership Requirement No partnership in a team is allowed to play for more than one session. Scoring Match Point Number of Session Winner 2 Overall Winner The team scoring the highest aggregated Match Points obtained by all partnerships

14. Tom Wong Swiss Pairs (Tom Wong Memorial Cup) Number of Session 2 Minimum Event Entries 8 pairs Format Number of Round: 18 Number of Board per Round: 3 Note: Scoring and matching reassignment will be made once in 3 rounds by default, but ordinary Swiss may be adopted at the Tournament Director's discretion subject to the Tournament Operations Committee's consent. Scoring Match Point Number of Winner 1 Overall Winner The pair scoring the highest aggregated Match Points

15. Asia Pacific Bridge Federation (APBF) / World Bridge Federation (WBF) Teams Championships Trial Conditions of Entry HKCBA members (Registered Players NOT included) only Category Open / Senior / Ladies Number of Player per Team 6 Format 9 to 15 or Number of Entry (Team) 2 3 4 to 6 7 to 8 14 more Round-robin (Qualifying) Number of Section - 1 1 1 1 2 Number of Round-robin 3 (6 - 2 1 or 2 1 1 (RR) Trios)* Number of Board per 16 or 16 or - 16/Trio* 16 16 Round 20 20 Quota of Knockout** - 2 2 4 4 8 Knockout Number of Board

Quarter-final - - - - - 48 (3-segment) Semi-final - - - 48 48 48 (3-segment) Final (4-segment) 96 96 96 96 96 96 * VP calculation once in 2 trios (having 2 16-board VPs against 2 opponents for each team) ** No Knockout in case of a trial selection of 2 teams or more Note: Screen will be used whenever possible. Opponent Selection in 1. A higher-ranked team of the upper-half qualified into the knockout Knockout have a higher priority in selecting a team as its opponent from the lower-half qualified (in the other section if there are two) after the round-robin is concluded. 2. Illustration of further advances from Quarter-final (if applicable): Knockout match 1st in Section 1 v 3rd/4th in Section 2 QF-1 Knockout match 1st in Section 2 v 3rd/4th in Section 1 QF-2 Knockout match 2nd in Section 1 v 3rd/4th in Section 2 QF-3 Knockout match 2nd in Section 2 v 3rd/4th in Section 1 QF-4 Note: The team with the highest VP is entitled to select the winner of QF-3/QF-4 as the opponent for the winner of its QF right after the above schedule is determined. Knockout match Winner of QF involving the highest VP team v SF-1 Winner of QF-3/QF-4 Knockout match Winners of the remaining 2 QFs SF-2

Scoring Round-robin: Victory Point (VP) Knockout: IMP, with carry-over Overall Winner Selection of 1 team: The team with positive net IMP difference in the Final Selection of 2 teams or more: The teams accumulating the most VPs, up to the available quota

16. Other Trials Note: The following is intended to describe the general procedures only, the Tournament Operations Committee reserves the rights to impose different treatments. Conditions of Entry HKCBA members (Registered Players NOT included) only Number of Player per Team 4 to 6 Format Number of Session: 4 Number of Round-robin: 1 Number of Section: 1 Playoff: Nil Note: Screen may be used (TBC). Scoring Victory Point (VP) Overall Winner The team(s) accumulating the most VPs, up to the available quota