Each section is set up as an even numbered table Mitchell movement, all the sections usually being the same size. All the hands are pre dealt either by hand or with the aid of a computer. Each table is given one set of boards and the slips of paper on which are printed the hands to be set.
For example, with 14 table sections, two boards per table would be distributed together with the hand records for those hands. Table 1 would get boards 1 and 2, table 2 boards 3 and 4 etc., until all 28 boards have been exhausted. A standard skip Mitchell would be used with no play taking place at the first table as the players set those boards. The last round is played against the pair with whom they duplicated the boards. When the pair is skipped at half way the boards duplicated by the players are skipped. This means that each pair plays a large majority of the boards in the set.
This type of event produces two winners in each section, except when switch Mitchells are used. This is best used in qualifying events where the winners go to the finals.
