[blml] Psyches & deviations [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Grattan Endicott]

from Grattan Endicott
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[also gesta at tiscali.co.uk]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <richard.hills at immi.gov.au>
To: <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 5:43 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] Psyches & deviations [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]


> Nigel Guthrie:
> 
> >Is the EBU unique in monitoring and recording "psyches"?
> 
> Richard Hills:
> 
> One of Sydney's most prestigious bridge clubs, the
> Lindfield Bridge Club, has a regulation which requires
> the psycher themself to complete a psyche form as soon as
> the session finishes.  By requiring the psycher rather
> than the TD to complete the form the Club management has
> a hope that the number of psyches will be reduced (since
> those who might otherwise choose to psyche will avoid the
> paperwork taking up their post-session socialising time).
> 
> At ABF national championships (such as the forthcoming
> Summer Festival of Bridge) there is an official Recorder
> system.  Any unethical practices, including Concealed
> Partnership Understanding pseudo-psyches, may be reported
> to an official Recorder.
> 
+=+ It is possible that the EBU's procedure has a longer 
history and development than some. It goes back some 
30 to 35 years, and could now be thought mature - or 
some might suggest ripe.
                               ~ Grattan ~   +=+
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