 Southport Bridge Club is affiliated to the English Bridge Union and the Lancashire Contract Bridge Association
Use the menu on the left to navigate the site for full information about the club and its activities. If you wish to contact the Club or would like any further information please use this E-mail link:-
SouthportBC@aol.com
or contact our Manager, Malcolm Fyne on:-
01704 530411/01704 567831/07790 485535
after visiting the site please forward your email address to:-
SouthportBC@aol.com
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Introduction
Changes affecting players
Changes affecting directors
Every ten years, or so, the World Bridge Federation redrafts the laws of the game. They don’t do it just to keep players and tournament directors on their toes. There have been many developments in the game over the past ten years and there are no signs that these changes have stopped. So the WBF Drafting Committee has to ensure the laws keep up with the changes. The new laws give TDs considerably more discretionary powers. There are fewer automatic penalties which have been replaced by the concept of rectification of situations that have unfortunately arisen. The laws also give more power to the Regulating Authorities to control regulations. In England the Regulating Authority is the EBU and the EBU has made certain decisions where the laws give a choice or where a decision has to be made.
Most players will not notice much change! We do notice, however, that the word Contract has been dropped from the title. A large number of the proprieties have been moved to the section of law they more appropriately deal with. There should be less cross-referencing to laws in different parts of the book. Many laws have been tidied up to prevent possible misinterpretations (and interesting TD questions!)
There are some Regulating Authority (RA) options – which basically means there is a choice that the EBU has to make when interpreting the new laws. These will be listed separately on the EBU website but you should not be alarmed – they nearly all confirm common practice.
There are no changes to the scoring table.
Click the links for details of changes affecting players and tournament directors.
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| Duplicate Results |
Hand records can be seen if a result has the card symbol next to it.Click on Scorecard or travellers. |
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| New Members Only Page |
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Need a partner ?
Want to pass on news?
Have a moan?
Post a message on "Members Only "page
see top right, click and post !
contact MF for password details |
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| LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE |
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Beginners Bridge Classes
at Southport Bridge Club
Contact Malcolm for further details
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Requirements for Strong bids - Orange Book update 1st August 2007
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Please note the EBU requirements relating to Strong bids (e.g. Benji 2 Clubs) have changed on 1st August 2007. A summary (.pdf file) can be found by clicking here.
In summary, a hand can be described as "strong" if it contains either
a) 16 HCP, or
b) meets the "extended rule of 25" (i.e. add the hcp points to the length of the two longest suits), or
c) has 8 clear playing tricks.
So a hand containing as little as 10 points and a solid 8-card suit (e.g. AKQJxxxx, xx, xx, x) can once more be described with a strong 2 bid.
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You are very welcome to play here
We welcome new members and visitors
Tuesday and Thursday evenings (simple systems only) are run on a "Host" system, but we do ask that you arrive before 7.15 p.m. so that we have enough time to arrange a parter before the start of the session at 7.30 p.m.
Please refer to the Information ( Where and When, How to find Us) |
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Revised Strategy Document
A strategy to achieve the objective stated in paragraph 3E of the EBU’s Memorandum of Association…to elevate and maintain the status and procure the advancement of the game of Bridge in England…
There is a revised Strategy Document together with a summary of the revisions, and these, together with further information about the Strategy, can be obtained by clicking here. |
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| Have you bridge books to donate to our Club library? |
Please give to Malcolm so that we can help others !! |
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Pay to Play
Past comments and discussions now largely irrelevant as original proposals have been completely changed
Original Proposals |
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| Errors & Omissions |
If you think a result/score may be wrong please contact The Club. There is a five day period following publication for this to take place. |
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| Orange Book Changes 2006 |
Southport Bridge Club use the new Announcing and Alerting regulations which came into effect from 1st.August 2006.We accept that it takes time to become familiar with the changes and therefore for the first 12 months there will be no penalty for failure to announce, nor for alerting incorrectly,but Directors will advise and encourage members to use the correct alerts and/announcements in future. |
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| Team Captains !! |
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Please forward your results by email so that they can be displayed on our web site
unable to update details till results are received
Webmaster |
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