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You cannot start both clocks when both players are late!

Posted By: Tom Keith
Date: Saturday, 31 May 2014, at 5:03 p.m.

In Response To: You cannot start both clocks when both players are late! (Bob Koca)

"director must also keep an eagle eye out in order to determine precisely when the first of the two laggards arrives" is still an issue if penalty points instead of time penalty.

Here's one way to do it:

When the draw master writes on the score sheet the names of two players who are to play each other, he also writes the time the match is expected to begin by. At the same time, he prepares two official score cards (one for each player) with the following information filled out:

• name of each player
• length of the match
• time the match is to begin

These score cards are available at the tournament desk for the players to pick up before they play their match. If you don't pick up your score card by the time your match is to begin (+ some grace period), you will be assessed a penalty based on how late you are.

This also helps assure you don't start a match with the wrong opponent, or play to the wrong match length.

Messages In This Thread

• Time penalty vs. Point penalty
  Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 29 May 2014, at 1:59 p.m.
  • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
    Bill Riles -- Thursday, 29 May 2014, at 3:11 p.m.
    • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
      Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 29 May 2014, at 5:08 p.m.
      • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
        Keene -- Thursday, 29 May 2014, at 5:28 p.m.
  • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
    Keene -- Thursday, 29 May 2014, at 3:25 p.m.
    • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
      Bob Koca -- Thursday, 29 May 2014, at 3:56 p.m.
      • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
        neilkaz -- Thursday, 29 May 2014, at 4:12 p.m.
      • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
        neilkaz -- Thursday, 29 May 2014, at 4:32 p.m.
        • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
          Taper_Mike -- Thursday, 29 May 2014, at 5:54 p.m.
        • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
          Robert Chow -- Thursday, 29 May 2014, at 8:56 p.m.
          • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
            Taper_Mike -- Friday, 30 May 2014, at 4:40 a.m.
        • You cannot start both clocks when both players are late!
          Taper_Mike -- Friday, 30 May 2014, at 4:47 a.m.
          • You cannot start both clocks when both players are late!
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Friday, 30 May 2014, at 5:17 a.m.
            • You cannot start both clocks when both players are late!
              Taper_Mike -- Friday, 30 May 2014, at 7:00 a.m.
              • You cannot start both clocks when both players are late!
                TarHeelFan -- Friday, 30 May 2014, at 11:26 a.m.
              • You cannot start both clocks when both players are late!
                Bob Koca -- Friday, 30 May 2014, at 12:56 p.m.
                • You cannot start both clocks when both players are late!
                  Tom Keith -- Saturday, 31 May 2014, at 5:03 p.m.
                  • You cannot start both clocks when both players are late!
                    Bob Koca -- Saturday, 31 May 2014, at 6:06 p.m.
                    • You cannot start both clocks when both players are late!
                      Tom Keith -- Saturday, 31 May 2014, at 6:25 p.m.
  • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 29 May 2014, at 7:16 p.m.
    • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
      Stick -- Thursday, 29 May 2014, at 7:19 p.m.
    • Time penalty vs. Point penalty...small correction
      Rory -- Thursday, 29 May 2014, at 7:58 p.m.
    • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
      David Rockwell -- Thursday, 29 May 2014, at 10:43 p.m.
    • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
      Michael Sullivan -- Friday, 30 May 2014, at 2:21 p.m.
  • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
    jdg -- Friday, 30 May 2014, at 4:27 p.m.
    • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
      Chiva Tafazzoli -- Friday, 30 May 2014, at 8:22 p.m.
      • Time penalty vs. Point penalty
        jdg -- Saturday, 31 May 2014, at 2:02 p.m.