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ALWAYS HAPPY TO LIST YOUR CLUB/COUNTY EVENT 

WOODSPRING SWISS PAIRS ORGANISED BY KINGSTON SEYMOUR AND CLEVEDON & PORTISHEAD BRIDGE CLUBS, SUNDAY 24th MARCH 2024

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DAY LONG TOURNAMENTS ON BBO

The Acol Daylong Tournament on BBO. It's an 8-board game with robots that don't use the GIB 2/1 system, but instead play a simple and friendly version of Acol. So, if you've been putting off playing against the robots because you're not comfortable with the 2/1 system, then this is for you.

You can play whenever's convenient, at your own pace and you don’t need a partner as you're playing with and against advanced robots. Everything is alerted and explained. Click the bids to see what they mean before making a move.

With Daylongs you can take your time and have a break if needed, as long as you finish your boards by midnight GMT.

Further details

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Relaxed Games on BBO

Every Wednesday at 2pm Hosted by the English Bridge School on BBO (Bridgebase-online).
The entry fee is just $3.50 per game and it is ideal for players still learning, or those who have completed Beginning Bridge Book One.

For each game:

  • Help finding a partner
  • Relaxed pace – help available throughout
  • An ideal introduction to duplicate pairs and online bridge

After play:

  • 12 Pre-dealt hands with commentary, suggesting recommended bidding
  • Follow up - review the hands with an instructor-led Zoom discussion (free)

You can register, find out more and see previous game results and get the Zoom link for free follow up advice at
English Bridge School Relaxed duplicate web page.

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Team Competition Event Details
 
 

TEAMS’ EVENTS

Please read in conjunction with the general regulations here.

 

COUNTY LEAGUE

THESE RULES ARE SUPERSEDED BY ANY ONLINE COUNTY LEAGUE RULES

Date: Specified Fridays at Woolavington Village Hall

24 board matches are played in four divisions and scored by imps converted to VPs.

Clubs may enter as many teams as they wish. A player may only represent one club during the season.

To try and avoid match dates having to be rearranged due to unavailability, it is suggested that each team has a pool of up to eight core players on which to call. A player in the team’s core group cannot play in one of the club’s other teams However a club can form a non core group of players who can be available to play for any of the club’s teams, if and only if a team is unable to fulfil a fixture with players from its core group. A player from a club’s non core group can play up to three times for a single club team during the season

When the league organiser knows how many teams have entered and allocated teams to divisions he will notify each club of the total entry fee for all the club’s teams which should be sent to
Richard Feetenby by BACS (30-98-45   03080007) or to  Bramble Court Barn, Whitehill Road, Newton Abbot TQ12 6PR. The club secretary (or other club official) must confirm that all members of each team being entered are bona fide members of the club.

The entry fee will vary according to the number of rounds to be played by the team in their respective leagues as shown below.

Rounds

Entry Fee

7

£40

8

£45

9

£50

Full rules can be seen here.

 

TEAMS OF EIGHT

Clubs may enter any number of teams of eight bona fide club members who need not be SCBA members but must be members of the EBU.

 

CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS OF FOUR

Green points are awarded at all stages for this our principal knockout team’s event.

It should be noted that no more than two specified members of the team can have primary allegiance to another County at the time of entry and then throughout the entire period the team is participating in the event.  A player may not be a member of more than one team.

The event is a knockout competition and entries must be made by the closing date announced on the SCBA website. Payment should be made to Richard Feetenby (30-98-45   03080007) at the time of entry.

Matches will be played privately by arrangement. If there are problems Frank Coltman must be contacted. He has the ultimate right to dismiss one or both teams if he reasonably believes that insufficient effort has been made to ensure a match is completed by the round’s play by date.

Early rounds will be played over 24 boards exactly as in the county league. The final will be extended to 32 boards and played ovcr 4 stanxas of 8 boards. Matches may be played on either BBO or Realbridge by agrrement between the captains- realbridge being the default platform.

In the event of a tie, extra boards equivalent to one eighth of the scheduled match are played and the procedure repeated until a victor is decided.

Seating Rights. The captain winning the toss may take the first choice or pass the right to his opponent. 1st choice: select one stanza with seating rights (i.e. how to place own pair after the opponents have seated). The choice then alternates, each captain selecting two stanzas (but not the last two at one turn).

INTER-CLUB COMPETITIONS

The entry fee for the Teams of Eight and Club Championship competitions is £4 per player payable on the day. If this entry fee is paid by the club then a cheque for the appropriate amount made out to "SCBA" should be presented to the director on the day.

PAUL JONES

A teams of four event in which each player partners each of the other three in turn. 

AGM SWISS TEAMS

Played at Woolavington after the AGM which starts at 1pm.

Partnerships will draw for team mates from two pools of players - the ‘Lions’ and the ‘Tigers’. The ‘Lions’ will be the pool of pairs with the highest NGS rankings in the field. Their ‘Tigers’ team mates will be from the pool of pairs with the lowest NGS rankings in the field. During each round the teams’ pair from the Lions pool will play against each other, and consequently the teams’ pairs from the Tigers’ pool will also play against each other.

There will be prizes for first place and for the best ascending team in the second half.

Swiss Teams, Paul Jones and Mixed Teams all played at Woolavington starting at 1pm.

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