Card party rotations › Duplicate bridge movements › Howell and Mitchell movement for 8 tables
8 tables seat 16 pairs. The Howell runs 15 rounds and every pair meets every other pair once; the Mitchell runs 7 rounds with N-S pairs staying put.
Pair 16 stays N-S at table 1; everyone else moves. 15 rounds of 2 boards (30 in all). 15 board sets for 8 tables means 7 sets rest on a side table each round; the guide cards say where each set goes next.
Howell · 8 tables · 16 pairs · 15 rounds · 2 boards a round · 30 boards in all
| Round | Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 | Table 4 | Table 5 | Table 6 | Table 7 | Table 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 v 1Boards 1–2 | 2 v 15Boards 5–6 | 3 v 14Boards 15–16 | 4 v 13Boards 23–24 | 5 v 12Boards 13–14 | 6 v 11Boards 3–4 | 7 v 10Boards 27–28 | 8 v 9Boards 11–12 |
| 2 | 16 v 2Boards 3–4 | 3 v 1Boards 7–8 | 4 v 15Boards 17–18 | 5 v 14Boards 25–26 | 6 v 13Boards 15–16 | 7 v 12Boards 5–6 | 8 v 11Boards 29–30 | 9 v 10Boards 13–14 |
| 3 | 16 v 3Boards 5–6 | 4 v 2Boards 9–10 | 5 v 1Boards 19–20 | 6 v 15Boards 27–28 | 7 v 14Boards 17–18 | 8 v 13Boards 7–8 | 9 v 12Boards 1–2 | 10 v 11Boards 15–16 |
| 4 | 16 v 4Boards 7–8 | 5 v 3Boards 11–12 | 6 v 2Boards 21–22 | 7 v 1Boards 29–30 | 8 v 15Boards 19–20 | 9 v 14Boards 9–10 | 10 v 13Boards 3–4 | 11 v 12Boards 17–18 |
| 5 | 16 v 5Boards 9–10 | 6 v 4Boards 13–14 | 7 v 3Boards 23–24 | 8 v 2Boards 1–2 | 9 v 1Boards 21–22 | 10 v 15Boards 11–12 | 11 v 14Boards 5–6 | 12 v 13Boards 19–20 |
| 6 | 16 v 6Boards 11–12 | 7 v 5Boards 15–16 | 8 v 4Boards 25–26 | 9 v 3Boards 3–4 | 10 v 2Boards 23–24 | 11 v 1Boards 13–14 | 12 v 15Boards 7–8 | 13 v 14Boards 21–22 |
| 7 | 16 v 7Boards 13–14 | 8 v 6Boards 17–18 | 9 v 5Boards 27–28 | 10 v 4Boards 5–6 | 11 v 3Boards 25–26 | 12 v 2Boards 15–16 | 13 v 1Boards 9–10 | 14 v 15Boards 23–24 |
| 8 | 16 v 8Boards 15–16 | 9 v 7Boards 19–20 | 10 v 6Boards 29–30 | 11 v 5Boards 7–8 | 12 v 4Boards 27–28 | 13 v 3Boards 17–18 | 14 v 2Boards 11–12 | 15 v 1Boards 25–26 |
| 9 | 16 v 9Boards 17–18 | 10 v 8Boards 21–22 | 11 v 7Boards 1–2 | 12 v 6Boards 9–10 | 13 v 5Boards 29–30 | 14 v 4Boards 19–20 | 15 v 3Boards 13–14 | 1 v 2Boards 27–28 |
| 10 | 16 v 10Boards 19–20 | 11 v 9Boards 23–24 | 12 v 8Boards 3–4 | 13 v 7Boards 11–12 | 14 v 6Boards 1–2 | 15 v 5Boards 21–22 | 1 v 4Boards 15–16 | 2 v 3Boards 29–30 |
| 11 | 16 v 11Boards 21–22 | 12 v 10Boards 25–26 | 13 v 9Boards 5–6 | 14 v 8Boards 13–14 | 15 v 7Boards 3–4 | 1 v 6Boards 23–24 | 2 v 5Boards 17–18 | 3 v 4Boards 1–2 |
| 12 | 16 v 12Boards 23–24 | 13 v 11Boards 27–28 | 14 v 10Boards 7–8 | 15 v 9Boards 15–16 | 1 v 8Boards 5–6 | 2 v 7Boards 25–26 | 3 v 6Boards 19–20 | 4 v 5Boards 3–4 |
| 13 | 16 v 13Boards 25–26 | 14 v 12Boards 29–30 | 15 v 11Boards 9–10 | 1 v 10Boards 17–18 | 2 v 9Boards 7–8 | 3 v 8Boards 27–28 | 4 v 7Boards 21–22 | 5 v 6Boards 5–6 |
| 14 | 16 v 14Boards 27–28 | 15 v 13Boards 1–2 | 1 v 12Boards 11–12 | 2 v 11Boards 19–20 | 3 v 10Boards 9–10 | 4 v 9Boards 29–30 | 5 v 8Boards 23–24 | 6 v 7Boards 7–8 |
| 15 | 16 v 15Boards 29–30 | 1 v 14Boards 3–4 | 2 v 13Boards 13–14 | 3 v 12Boards 21–22 | 4 v 11Boards 11–12 | 5 v 10Boards 1–2 | 6 v 9Boards 25–26 | 7 v 8Boards 9–10 |
Each cell is N-S v E-W.
With 8 tables (an even number) this is a skip Mitchell: after round 4 the E-W pairs move up two tables instead of one, so nobody meets the same boards twice. It runs 7 rounds and each N-S pair misses one E-W pair. Two winners: one N-S, one E-W. 7 rounds of 4 boards (32 in all).
Mitchell · 8 tables · 16 pairs · 7 rounds · 4 boards a round · 32 boards in all
| Round | Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 | Table 4 | Table 5 | Table 6 | Table 7 | Table 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 v 1Boards 1–4 | 2 v 2Boards 5–8 | 3 v 3Boards 9–12 | 4 v 4Boards 13–16 | 5 v 5Boards 17–20 | 6 v 6Boards 21–24 | 7 v 7Boards 25–28 | 8 v 8Boards 29–32 |
| 2 | 1 v 8Boards 5–8 | 2 v 1Boards 9–12 | 3 v 2Boards 13–16 | 4 v 3Boards 17–20 | 5 v 4Boards 21–24 | 6 v 5Boards 25–28 | 7 v 6Boards 29–32 | 8 v 7Boards 1–4 |
| 3 | 1 v 7Boards 9–12 | 2 v 8Boards 13–16 | 3 v 1Boards 17–20 | 4 v 2Boards 21–24 | 5 v 3Boards 25–28 | 6 v 4Boards 29–32 | 7 v 5Boards 1–4 | 8 v 6Boards 5–8 |
| 4 | 1 v 6Boards 13–16 | 2 v 7Boards 17–20 | 3 v 8Boards 21–24 | 4 v 1Boards 25–28 | 5 v 2Boards 29–32 | 6 v 3Boards 1–4 | 7 v 4Boards 5–8 | 8 v 5Boards 9–12 |
| 5 | 1 v 4Boards 17–20 | 2 v 5Boards 21–24 | 3 v 6Boards 25–28 | 4 v 7Boards 29–32 | 5 v 8Boards 1–4 | 6 v 1Boards 5–8 | 7 v 2Boards 9–12 | 8 v 3Boards 13–16 |
| 6 | 1 v 3Boards 21–24 | 2 v 4Boards 25–28 | 3 v 5Boards 29–32 | 4 v 6Boards 1–4 | 5 v 7Boards 5–8 | 6 v 8Boards 9–12 | 7 v 1Boards 13–16 | 8 v 2Boards 17–20 |
| 7 | 1 v 2Boards 25–28 | 2 v 3Boards 29–32 | 3 v 4Boards 1–4 | 4 v 5Boards 5–8 | 5 v 6Boards 9–12 | 6 v 7Boards 13–16 | 7 v 8Boards 17–20 | 8 v 1Boards 21–24 |
N-S pairs stay put. Pair numbers are N-S v E-W. After round 4, E-W pairs skip one table.
At 8 tables the Howell is long (15 rounds), so many clubs play the Mitchell instead. The even-table Mitchell needs a skip halfway, which is easy to miss; the guide cards spell out each move. Pairs arriving one short? Tick "One pair short" in the movement planner and one position becomes a sit-out.
Want different boards per round, or to score the session from the travellers? Open the planner: it keeps the same movement and adds matchpoint scoring.