| About Bath Bridge Club |
 The club plays duplicate bridge three times a week. We are affiliated to the English Bridge Union (EBU] via the Wiltshire CBA. Hands are computer dealt (duplimated), enabling handouts and display on the website. Bridgemate is used for scoring, so that results are available at the end of play.
The club meets in a spacious room with bar at Bath City Football Club. There is ample free parking.
Master points are awarded on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Play starts at 7.20, and players should arrive by 7.15 at the latest.
Wednesday evenings are less formal and the session starts slightly earlier at 7.15, so please arrive by 7.05. Master points are not awarded.
Visitors are always welcome.
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Reminder: 7.15 start from 3 August
A reminder that play on all evenings (Tues, Wed and Thurs) will start at 7.15 from Tuesday 3rd August. Please be seated by 7.10 to allow the Director to finalise the movement in good time. Thank you.
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|  We regret to anounce that Audrey Whitaker died peacefully in her sleep last Friday following an illness. Audrey was a member for more than 30 years, back to the time when the club met above Andrews Estate Agents. She was a long-time bridge partner of the late Tony Ballard and for over 25 years with Margaret King. She was also a committee member for many years.
We offer our condolences to her husband Bob and their son, daughter and family. All members and friends are welcome to attend her funeral, which will be at St Mary's Bathwick on Tuesday 27th at 12.00, followed by a wake at Bathwick Boatman Restaurant, Forrester Avenue, from 1.30 to 5.30. It would be helpful if you could let Margaret King know if you are likely to attend, to have some idea of numbers. Her phone number is 465 217. Audrey will be sadly missed by her friends at Bath Bridge Club. Trevor Purches Chair |
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    Thanks to all who contributed to our evening of bridge and buffet for our guests from Aix-en-Provence. Because of the extended interval, we played only 22 boards. Unfortunately, we ended up playing boards that had already been played by a number of those present, so we are consequently unable to award master points. Our apologies. That apart, it was a very pleasant evening! (09/07/10) |
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7.15 start for Tuesday/Thursday sessions
From Tuesday 3rd August we have decided to start Tuesday and Thursday sessions at 7.15. This is in line with Wednesday and will give a few more minutes of playing time. It will also give directors a little more leeway to allow the room to catch up on occasions. We have noted that virtually all players have arrived by this time in any case. Play will finish at 10.45 promptly to allow the scorers to publish results and director to clear the building by 11.
Thank you for cooperating with this.
Trevor (30.06.10)
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There have been a few problems recently with players enquiring about opponents' alerted bids and then passing - and in doing so unintentionally passing unauthorised information to their partners and thereby putting their partners (and themselves!) at a disadvantage. We asked CCTD Grant Ferrie for clarification and the result is the attached article (click here). Many thanks, Grant. (28/06/10) |
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Recording the lead: a trial
From Thursday 1 July, we'll be recording the opening lead on our Bridgemate handsets. This potentially vital piece of information will often shed light on why others got more (or fewer) tricks than you did in an identical contract, and will be included in the Results page displayed on the website.
As this only involves a couple of keypresses, it should not add appreciably to the time taken to enter the result, especially when North is dummy. We are grateful to Andrew Clarke for pointing us to a procedure commonly used in France, where opening leads are always recorded:
By way of ensuring a smooth process, when the lead player gathers her cards he/she turns over
the pile and presents the top card face up to the scorer immediately and before shuffling them.
This works very efficiently.
As time is (as always!) of the essence, please spend as little extra time on this feature as possible - if you can't recall the opening lead and the cards have already been shuffled, simply enter a 'nonsense' lead and move on.
The committee will gauge how well the trial has gone and will seek members' views as to whether this feature should become permanent towards the end of the year. (28/06/10)
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 Many thanks to Prabir Nandi for the latest Bath Replay article: Duck and get a duck. A salutary reminder to declarers to stop for a moment before playing to trick 1 ... (22/06/10) |
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