At what point is a card deemed to be signed?

[Region3]

If don't know if they're doing anything wrong by doing this, but if a committee member is checking the cards and finds an unsigned one, they will bring it to the player's attention and allow them to sign it if they're still in the bar.

Might be against the rules - I don't know - but seems like common sense to me.

There's still nearly always at least one 6-6 dq per comp though.

 

[Colin L]

If don't know if they're doing anything wrong by doing this, but if a committee member is checking the cards and finds an unsigned one, they will bring it to the player's attention and allow them to sign it if they're still in the bar.

Might be against the rules - I don't know - but seems like common sense to me.

It's not against the rules if the committee has defined the time when a card is considered returned to the Committee as being when the player has left the clubhouse. See post #4. The common sense has to be written into the conditions of competition.

 

[Tommo21]

Why? For some competitions (eg at my club this would include seniors' competitions and Open Competitions) you hand your card to a person. We need to define when the card has been submitted in those competitions as well as when a card is put in a box. It could be that the moment you put your card in that person's hand, it has been submitted; it could be, if you are being a bit more reasonable, that it is after you leave the room/tent in which that person is located ie "the scoring area". It seems to me reasonable to give the Committee member receiving the cards the chance to take a quick look at a card and pick up on any omission before it is too late. We do not necessarily want, as has been said, to be needlessly disqualifying players for technical errors.

Why, because the OP was on about a card being put in a box. You are talking about another situation.

 

[Colin L]

You are talking about another situation.

Merely responding to and developing from your statement, "Forget the scoring area" and in fact talking about the same situation - submitting a card to the committee.

 

[williamalex1]

If don't know if they're doing anything wrong by doing this, but if a committee member is checking the cards and finds an unsigned one, they will bring it to the player's attention and allow them to sign it if they're still in the bar.

Might be against the rules - I don't know - but seems like common sense to me.

There's still nearly always at least one 6-6 dq per comp though.

Its sad but common sense doesn't stand a chance , when the rules people are involved .:ears:

 

[Colin L]

Its sad but common sense doesn't stand a chance , when the rules people are involved .:ears:

As I said, you write the common sense into the rules of the competition and then apply the rules.

 

[williamalex1]

As I said, you write the common sense into the rules of the competition and then apply the rules.[/QUO .Make it so , who can do that because common sense it IS needed .