Help
For 11 tables, on a normal club night, I and other directors normally take the easy option of putting out 11 sets of 3 boards and play 9 rounds of a straight Mitchell. However, I am not 100% happy that each pair has to miss 2 sets of boards at the best of times. On a night when we play a Sims, the organisers typically supply (or rather dictate) 32 boards - so we have to play it with an extra locally shuffled board - which is possible, but even less ideal.
At some clubs I play at, but do not direct for, they have the space to play an 11 table Bowman movement that uses only 9 sets of boards with 2 pairs of tables sharing (tables 1 and 10 share and table 11 shares with different tables around the room as the session progresses). However, I do not have the space to put table 11 in a central position, our playing area being long and thin with room for two rows of 5 tables - and I can squeeze an 11th or 12th table in by using space at the ends of the room - but the middle is too narrow. So, a Bowman (Appendix Mitchell) works nicely for 10.5 tables, but it is unsuitable for a full 11.
So, I've been scratching my head to find or think of a movement for 11 full tables that uses 9 or 10 sets of boards and will play for 9 rounds without inconvenient sharing. Finally I've thought of one. It is played as if it is a 10 table share and relay (relay and bye-stand is the American name I think). Table 11 is deliberately placed between 5 and 6 and uses what would have been the spare set of boards each round. Table 1 and 10 share in the normal way. East/West 11 are a roving pair and displace other E/W pairs as the session goes along (the displaced pair goes to table 11, and then, after, rejoins the circuit where they would have been)
This is the full thing
11 Full Tables
Table Numbers/Layout
10 1 2
9 3
8 4
7 5
6 11
10 Table share+relay with NS11 using the relay and roving EW11
Pair Nos as per table no
Boards move down one including via table 11, so 6 passes to 11, 11 to 5
Table 1 & 10 share
EW Pairs move up 1, except pair 11, noted below
When moving up, table 11 is NOT part of the circuit, pairs move from 5 to 6
Master schedule:
(Columns are NS, EW, Board set denoted as letters)
=Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Rnd 6 Rnd 7 Rnd 8 Rnd 9
.1 1 a 1 10 b 1 11 c 1 8 d 1 7 e 1 6 f 1 5 g 1 4 h 1 3 i
.2 2 b 2 1 c 2 10 d 2 9 e 2 8 f 2 7 g 2 6 h 2 11 i 2 4 j
.3 3 c 3 2 d 3 1 e 3 11 f 3 9 g 3 8 h 3 7 i 3 6 j 3 5 a
.4 4 d 4 3 e 4 2 f 4 1 g 4 10 h 4 9 i 4 8 j 4 7 a 4 11 b
.5 5 e 5 4 f 5 3 g 5 2 h 5 1 i 5 10 j 5 9 a 5 8 b 5 7 c
11 7 f 11 8 g 11 9 h 11 10 i 11 11 j 11 3 a 11 4 b 11 5 c 11 6 d
.6 6 g 6 5 h 6 4 i 6 3 j 6 2 a 6 1 b 6 10 c 6 9 d 6 8 e
.7 11 h 7 6 i 7 5 j 7 4 a 7 3 b 7 2 c 7 1 d 7 10 e 7 9 f
.8 8 i 8 7 j 8 6 a 8 5 b 8 4 c 8 11 d 8 2 e 8 1 f 8 10 g
.9 9 j 9 11 a 9 7 b 9 6 c 9 5 d 9 4 e 9 3 f 9 2 g 9 1 h
10 10 a 10 9 b 10 8 c 10 7 d 10 6 e 10 5 f 10 11 g 10 3 h 10 2 i
Movement card for EW11 and card showing who NS11 expect at their table
EW 11 NS 11
Rnd Tbl Brds Rnd EW Brds
1 7 22 24 1 7 16 18
2 9 1 3 2 8 19 21
3 1 7 9 3 9 22 24
4 3 16 18 4 10 25 27
5 11 28 30 5 11 28 30
6 8 10 12 6 3 1 3
7 10 19 21 7 4 4 6
8 2 25 27 8 5 7 9
9 4 4 6 9 6 10 12
Perhaps someone has a simpler solution - I can't think of one.
Nick
