Club Managers & Directors
Managing a sanctioned club, directing games, movements and scoring, software and equipment.
Club Sanctions, Applications, and Renewals
How ACBL club managers apply for a new club sanction, renew an existing one, and manage club information through the MyACBL club-manager portal.
Club Manager's and Club Director's Handbooks
The two reference handbooks that document club operating procedures and directing responsibilities, with direct download links.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.