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Welcome to Stoke Mandeville Bridge Club
Stoke Mandeville Bridge Club (At Aston Clinton Park, near Aylesbury) prides itself on providing a friendly and welcoming atmosphere.

We play duplicate pairs every Monday.

Pre-dealt hands are used with hand records available

Bridgemates at the table for scoring.

Play starts at 7:15, so please arrive by 7:05

Free tea and coffee are provided.

We enter three teams in the Berks and Bucks County League of 8.

THE MATCHES ARE PLAYED ON LINE USING REALBRIDGE

GUESTS: Guests, Visitors and New Members are most welcome. If you need a partner please contact Mary Baker. As we do not operate a Host System, a few days notice is appreciated.

EBU: We are affiliated to the EBU and issue master points.

EBU

CAR PARKING: There is ample car parking at Aston Clinton Park.

Latest Newsletter

The latest newsletter is available of the News Page here

Hand of the Week 16th September
 

A simple choice this week, board 11, with only one pair finding one of the two slams available in the minor suits, albeit, with only 23 points between them and missing an Ace and two Kings, perhaps not easy to bid, the 6 Diamonds would have been easier to play than 6 Clubs; well done to Robert and Jacqui

 
Bridge - its a big deal Aylesbury Aces Charity Tea - Re-scheduled

As part of a national initiative by the EBU in support of Cancer Research UK (Bridge it's a big deal) Aylesbury Aces will be holding an event on the afternoon of Saturday October 26th. This replaces the event due to be held on the afternoon of September 15th which has been postponed. Refunds or replacement tickets are being organised. Anyone who has made a donation because they could not attend will be able to use this to pay for a ticket to the new event if they wish.

FREE ONLINE INFORMAL TEAMS
BBO
 
PLEASE LET MARY KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLAY ON WEDNESDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER.
 
Log in to BBO by 7:10pm and wait in the Lobby

Please do not wander off into other areas as you may become invisible to the organiser.

Please check and accept the invitation to play as soon as possible. Multiple invitations may be issued if someone does not accept in time.

Play will usually start around 7:15pm, but may be earlier if everyone is ready.

Explaining bids

If you do not understand an opponent's bid, or want further explanation, simply click on the bid. They will receive a pop-up box, where they can explain what their bid means. This is not visible to their partner, only to you and your partner (so no additional information is passed between them).

If you are asked to explain your bid, please do so promptly using the pop-up box, not in the table chat (as the chat can be seen by all players).

Online play with BBO uses Self-alerting

Before you bid, if your bid is not a natural bid, enter the meaning of your bid in the message box, and click the alert button.

This is not visible to your partner (who should already know what your bid means), only the opponents.

Using Undos

During bidding, if you genuinely mis-click a bid, you can immediately request an undo, which should normally be granted by your opponents.

Undos are not normally allowed during card play, so be careful when playing.

Chris has started an automated email notification service for updates to this section - the service runs from 7am to 10:55pm - if you would like to subscribe, please email Chris

(If you want to notify members of your own similar event here, please email David Barker)

Results
Pairs
Director: Richard Plummer
Scorer: Bridgemate
Pairs
Director: Stephen Marshall
Scorer: Bridgemate
Pairs
Director: Mary Baker
Scorer: Bridgemate
Calendar
23rd Sep 2024
Pairs
Director: Bill Astles
30th Sep 2024
Pairs
Director: Fiona Scriven
7th Oct 2024
Pairs
Director: David Barker
14th Oct 2024
Pairs
Director: Steve Marshall
21st Oct 2024
Pairs
Director: Richard Plummer
EBU promotions for August 2024
EBU

Congratulations to the following who were promoted during August:

Jennifer Mann
County Master

Current EBU Rankings for club members (who have opted in) are available here

On Line League
Berks and Bucks Contract Bridge Association 
 
On Line League for 23/24.
We have three teams again and it is on Realbridge.
 
A team - Mary Baker (captain)
B team - David Barker (captain)
C team - Carol Harris (captain)
 
All the matches have now been completed.
The A team finished 8th in division 2, while the B team and C team finished 3rd and 8th respectively in division 3.
Well done everyone!
Thank you to all three captains for their hard work in organising the matches.
Thank you to all those that are playing in the teams.

To see the On Line League results tables click here
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