New Handicap System

At our last Committee meeting we agreed to change to a new handicap system, based on the EBU (English Bridge Union) calculations. For the majority of our members there will be little difference to the overall results and for a small few there maybe a slight re-rank. The big difference is that the handicaps are no longer static. Each week your handicap may change, as this is a dynamic system. It is based on lots of boards (up to 2000) and each week your latest results are added to the calculation. Not only that, your results are based on the strength of your opponents. The EBU has been using this system now for a few years and NZB is looking at adopting it or something similar in the future.

This is all possible because of the scoring package we use and the fact that our results are collated by the XClub. We have looked at results using the current handicap and the proposed handicap and are confident this is a positive change to make. The amount of data included in the handicap improves the accuracy of the calculation and better reflects the current ability of each player.

We hope you appreciate this change as we look to ways of improving our processes and use technology to our advantage.

More information is provided in the attachment.