[blml] hesitation, less than 20 seconds [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Laszlo Hegedus:

[snip]

>But I don't know which rule should I use?
>Is there any UI?
>Is there any infraction?
>
>WBF general condition of contest (25.3):
>"Law 16 (...) It is not considered that a
>delay of some 20 seconds is sufficient to
>convey UI".
>
>It seems to be clear. The TD's and the AC's
>decision was 7D made (deposit returned). All
>of them remarked, they didn't like it.

Richard Hills:

It does not seem so clear to me.

WBF Code of Practice appendix,
Guidelines for Rulings, number 4:

"The request that players vary the tempo of
returning the tray through the screen
'randomly' aims to avoid a situation where
a player has needed time to think and this
fact stands out because at other times the
tray has always returned at regulation
speed. At least some such situations, where
it is possible a player could have had a
judgement to make in the auction but did
not take time, should be used to defer
return of the tray in order to create
uncertainty around the occasion when
there has been a need for time to think."

Since both sides apparently failed to abide
by the WBF rule of "randomly" varying the
tempo of the tray through the screen, as TD
I would split the score, giving EW +940 and
NS -1440.


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
National Training Branch
02 6225 6285