Relay Mitchell problems

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There are several areas in the relay Mitchell that need close attention. The first of these is the moving of the boards on and off the relay table. The second is the placement of the relay table in the correct position; occasionally even the most experienced director slips up. If this does happen, then it is possible to correct the error by the following procedure. If the bye stand table is misplaced, hopefully it will only be by one table higher or lower than the correct position.

If the bye stand table has been placed one position too low then the players will notice the boards are incorrect on the (N/2+1)^th round at which point the correction will have to take place.

With the change into the (N/2+l)^th round having been made:

·   Move the bye stand up one position to its correct position

·   Exchange the sets of boards on the bye stand and the N/2th table (Board set one now will be on the bye stand)

·   Have the N-S pairs at tables N and N/2 swap places for this round only, returning to their original tables for the rest of the movement

·   For this round (N/2 +1) and subsequent rounds the highest numbered table (N) should share boards with he second highest table (N-1) rather than table 1.

If the bye stand has been originally placed one position too high it will also be noticed on the (N/2+1)^th round at which point the correction will have to take place.

With the change into the (N/2+1)^th round having been made:

·   Move the bye stand down one position to its correct position

·   Exchange the sets of boards on the bye stand and the (N/2+l)th table (Board set one will now be on the bye stand)

·   For this round and subsequent rounds table 1 will share boards with table 2 rather than the highest numbered table (N)

·   On the last round have the N-S pairs at tables 1 and N/2+1 swap places.