Competitions - NGS Grades

EBU Affiliated Clubs Only

There is a feature in Bridgewebs to retrieve the NGS Grades from the EBU

NGS Grades

You will first need to go to Web Admin - Settings - Site Details

Once these have been entered Bridgewebs will automatically obtain the NGS Grades for the club at the start of each month.

NOTE: Bridgewebs will update the Bridgewebs Membership database for any Members on the Membership database with an EBU Number (See Below)

Technically, each time any results are uploaded or the site updated, then Bridgewebs will check that the NGS Grades have been downloaded for the current month and, if not, retrieve them from the EBU site. This is for efficiency reasons to avoid unnecessary downloading of the same file.

Displaying NGS Grades

You can display the NGS Grades in your web site.

or let Bridgewebs add a page automatically to the Members Only Tabs.

Using NGS Grades in Competitions

These can be used in the "Competitions" feature and allow you to apply Handicaps according to the Grades. The grades are:

67+ Ace ♠
65 - 67 Ace ♥
63 - 65 Ace ♦
61 - 63 Ace ♣
59 - 61 King
57 - 59 Queen
55 - 57 Jack
53 - 55 Ten
51 - 53 Nine
49 - 51 Eight
47 - 49 Seven
45 - 47 Six
43 - 45 Five
41 - 43 Four
39 - 41 Three
under 39 Two

Handicap Competitions

You can choose to generate Handicaps dependent on the Member NGS Grades.

Select "Handicap" type "NGS Grades" and [Save]
Then a list of Grades will show and you can enter the Handicap to be applied to each grade.
Remember, for the top handicap, e.g. Ace, enter this as minus
For each event in the Competition Bridgewebs will look up the Grade for the player from the NGS Grade table for the month and apply a handicap according to your competition handicap set up.

NGS Rank Percentage

Bridgewebs will calculate the average NGS % for the event using the NGS Percentage for each player downloaded at the beginning of the month. This is an indication of the strength of the event and is not as comprehensive as the EBU Calculation which takes into consideration the latest information and Strength of Field, split by direction for Straight Mitchell.

NOTE: Only includes players on the Bridgewebs Membership database with an EBU Number (Member or Visitor) and Registered at the EBU as a Member of the club. If you find the NGS rating or anything else is not as you expect, please check that the EBU Number is correct for each player.