ACBL Knowledge Base

For Club Director

17 articles across the Knowledge Base tagged for Club Director.

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Club Managers & Directors

ACBLmedic: Restoring Bridgemate–ACBLscore Compatibility on Windows 11

ACBLmedic is a patch utility that repairs Bridgemate compatibility with ACBLscore after a Windows 11 update broke the connection.

ACBLscore: The Club Scoring Program

ACBLscore is ACBL's downloadable scoring program for scoring club (and tournament) games and producing the result files that feed masterpoint reporting.

Becoming a Certified Club Director

The Club Director certification course qualifies you to direct club and bridge-cruise games; it is a two-day online program with a test.

Club Manager's and Club Director's Handbooks

The two reference handbooks that document club operating procedures and directing responsibilities, with direct download links.

Local Sectional Director Certification

The next step up from Club Director: a self-study course, with optional tutor sessions and an online exam, that qualifies you to direct Local Sectional tournaments.

Matchpoint Scoring: Travelers, Recaps, and Ranking

How to hand-score a duplicate game with traveling score slips and recap sheets: awarding matchpoints, using check-totals, and ranking the field.

One-Winner Movements: Howell and Three-Quarter

When and how to use Howell and Three-Quarter movements so the whole field competes as one group with a single overall winner.

Running a Mitchell Movement

Step-by-step directions for the Mitchell movement — the simplest duplicate movement — including odd/even table counts, bye-stands, and half tables.

Special Games and Their Masterpoint Awards and Sanction Fees

The catalog of special club games (championships, appreciation, membership, fund/foundation, and ACBL-wide games) with their masterpoint colors, allowed frequency, and 2026 per-table sanction fees.

Stratifying Your Club Games

How stratified pairs games work — intermixed strata that play as one open field but are ranked separately by masterpoint level, so lower-strat pairs can still win higher-strat awards.

Submitting and Posting Club Game Results

How clubs get game results to ACBL and to their players using the Club Results Manager and the Live for Clubs result-posting service.

Suggested Movements When Using Hand Records

A quick-reference table of boards-per-round, rounds, and starting instructions by table count when the club plays pre-dealt hand records, plus half-table guidance.

The Mechanics and Equipment of Duplicate Play

What makes duplicate different from rubber bridge, and the minimal equipment a new club needs to run a game.

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