Mark Dessain has now taken over from Kit Jackson as leader of our Wednesday evening friendly duplicate sessions in Holland Park. We meet every Wednesday at The Castle pub, 100 Holland Park Avenue, London W11 4UA, right next to Holland Park Tube.  There is parking available in the side streets, free after 6:30.

Duplicate bridge tournaments in our group, use instant elctronic scoring, thanks to an app called 'BriAn'. BriAn stands for "Bridge on iPhone and Android") and uses mobile phone technology to replace traditional tabletop scorers or paper scoring. Players can use their own smart phones or other devices such as iPads or android scoring tablets to record their scores.

We believe BriAn is a very player-friendly system that has advantages over other systems. When results are entered for each deal, the next screen shows the full lay-out of the deal, the available tricks in each suit and a full travelling score slip in a single screen. Results of previous boards and a full table of current rankings can be accessed via a  menu. The bridge director can create and modify games, adjust scores if necessary and create final files suitable for posting to the web.

If you have a suitable android or iPhone you can become a scorer simply by downloading the free BriAn Bridge app.  Go to the app shop on your device in the normal way and search for "Brian Bridge". It's free to install and easy to use.

You can read more about BriAn Bridge at www.brianbridge.net. Becoming a scorer is fun but entirely optional.