| Trophy Rules |
| Adopted by the Board of Directors December 2008, Effective 2009 |
| Trophy Period: | All Trophy Races are based on the Calendar Year (January 1 through December 31). |
| Eligibility: | 1. Must be a member of the Washington Bridge League (Unit 147 of the American Contract Bridge League) at the time the points are won. |
Exceptions:
a. Administrative delays in transferring memberships from another unit or organization will not count (i.e., points count from the time the transfer is approved and submitted). |
| b. For first time ACBL members, points count from the first of the year. Must never have been a member the ACBL or a similar bridge organization. |
| 2. Must be a member in good standing during the entire award year. Anyone suspended by the ACBL for 6 months or more for an offense committed after January 1, 2009 will lose trophy race eligibility for life. |
| 3. Must meet the race specific elegibility below. |
| Trophys: | 1. Lovenberg: Open |
| 2. Izzy Cohen: Players who had fewer than 1500 Master Points at the start of the year (January 1st) |
| 3. Tubbs: Players who were Non-Life Masters and had fewer than 500 Master Points at the start of the year (January 1st) |
| 4. Woolridge: Players who had fewer than 20 Master Points (or the equivalent total from any other bridge organization) at the start of the year (January 1st) |
| Events: | 1. All WBL Sectional Thursday, Friday, and Saturday pair games at full MP value (except the team portion of a pair/bracketed team event). |
| 2. All WBL Sectional Saturday and Sunday Team Games at 1/2 MP value |
| 3. WBL Round Robin Team event at 1/2 MP value. (Note: the annual KO has been excluded) |
| 4. Your top 5 WBL Unit Pair Game MP awards (includes STaC overalls if won at the WBL site, NVBA sectional overalls (Thursday only) if won at the WBL site, and NAP Qualifying games but NOT WBL Sectional pair games which are already counted in 1. above.) |
| 5. If a GNT district semi-finals/finals take place during a WBL sectional the finalists receive the full difference between 2nd & 3rd/4th and 1st place half the difference between 1st & 2nd. |
| Awards: | Awards are the same for each race. Winners will be able to use the free plays at another sectional at the discretion of the Tournament Chairperson. |
| 1st Place: Name on respective Trophy plus four(4) free plays at the 2nd Sectional of the year following the race. |
| 2nd Place: Two(2) free plays at the Second Sectional of the year following the race. |
| 3rd Place: One(1) free play at the Second Sectional of the year following the race. |
| Other: | 1. Anyone who wins two or more categories will receive the awards for all categories won. |
| 2. In case of a tie in any category, the prizes will be divided and the trophy shared. |