[blml] a matter of moment [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Tim West-Meads]

> *From:* Manuela Mandache <mandache at free.fr>
> *To:* twm at cix.co.uk
> *Date:* Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:26:00 +0100
> 
> Quoting Tim West-Meads <twm at cix.co.uk>:
> 
> > For example if I hear players at a
> > table discussing what to do after an IB I will go and give a ruling
> > (attention has been drawn - I should have been called).
> >
> 
> You pass by a table and hear, "It's an IB." - "Ooops, sorry.", and 
> the time you turn you find on the table 2N pass 3D pass... and of
> course Os play transfers on 1N and 2N. What do you do?

NOS has condoned the change and potentially forfeited the right to 
penalise.  Had NOS requested a ruling (and it wasn't a basic L25a 
correction) and asked that I waive the penalty because 2D and 3D mean 
the same thing I would have granted their request.  I'll attend the 
table check that it wasn't a case of OS telling NOS that a deliberate 
bid can be corrected without penalty.
 
> For the first "federal" tournament I was directing (about 14 months 
> ago...) I passed by a table and heard defender 1: "It's Clubs,
> pard." -  defender 2: "Oh, I still have Clubs." - declarer: "I was
> starting to get worried...", and they went on happily. Should I have
> brought the law upon them?

I'd attend the table.  I'd approach slowly to give NOS time to condone 
the correction of the revoke should that be their desire.  81C6 requires 
me to rectify damage from irregularities - it doesn't require me to 
impose penalties.

Tim