TD Duty
At this weekends competition, I was called to a table for an irregularity (Unauthorised Information). I asked the non offenders to call me back at the end if they felt there was damage. I was not called back, but on looking at the later result, it seemed to me very likely that they had been damaged.
As a TD, is my duty to take the practical approach and do nothing, or is there a legal requirement to advise the nonoffenders of the likely damage and advise them to request a Ruling?
Comments
81C3: The Director’s duties and powers normally include: to rectify an error or irregularity of which he becomes aware in any manner
Interesting! I suspect a lot of players who are unfamiliar with the procedure following UI may not readily understand the concept of damage. On this board, the nonoffenders gained a good score of 300, but when we disallow the bid potentially based on UI, they would gain a very good score of 1100 (It was Teams)!
So effectively, the TD when aware of an irregularity is allowed to use his own expertise (skill? initiative?) to apply bridge rectification law on behalf of the players!