| George Ferrier |
Thank you all for playing and congratulations to our joint winners - Team Williams & Team Shiels.
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| Janet Kirk |
It is my sad duty to inform you of the passing of honorary member Janet Kirk. She was a friend to many in the bridge club and will be greatly missed.
Janet became an honorary member in 2017 on reaching the grand old age of 90. She had been a member of Arbroath Bridge Club for many many years and she loved her bridge.
Former president Alan Young summed Janet up perfectly when he said " She was a lovely person and a great pleasure to have as a bridge opponent".
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| Summer Bridge |
We will be running a BBO bridge session on each Wednesday over the summer. Come and join us.
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| Honorary Membership Conveyed upon Helen Niven |
Dear Members,
Sheila Brunton proposed the idea that we make Helen Niven an honorary member of our club. This was put to the committee and agreed.
I would love to present the award face to face to Helen, but due to Covid-19, this is not possible.
Helen has been a member for 62 years, was president 3 times as well as taking on the combined role of secretary and treasurer for an extended period. For a further 15 years she served as an ordinary committee member.
Helen has now retired from committee work, but remains a very active member of the club. When setting up the hall she is always early and willing to get wholeheartedly involved in the regular functioning of the club.
I bought a glass award from Tannadice Trophy shop in Forfar and an image of the inscribed memento is shown below.
On behalf of Arbroath Bridge Club, we would like to say a huge thank you, Helen. All the members wish you many more years playing with us at Colliston Hall.
Your President
Ann
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| Soutar Cup, Handicap Trophy & Hilda Primrose Salver |
Running totals can be viewed by clicking on the competition name under the Competition Status BBO tab.
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| An Update from the President |
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It has now been 7 weeks since we started our virtual club, the first 2 weeks providing practice and familiarity with BBO, then the following 4 providing some competitive bridge with the Soutar Cup. Last Wednesday we held the Ken Ward Individual, which I believe makes us the first club locally to run an Individual on BBO - I am sure you will all agree that the support has been great.
Alan and Matthew are doing great jobs: Matthew running our tournaments and training new BBO TDs; Alan, keeping our website up to date not to mention all the other jobs that we do not think about that are vital for our effective running.
I know BBO will never replace face-to-face bridge, and it does not look as if we will get back to our lovely hall in the near future, however I do feel we are all getting used to BBO and hopefully having fun with it along the way!
See you all on Wednesday for round five of the Soutar Cup. Meanwhile stay safe and stay healthy.
Your President
Ann
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| Arbroath Bridge Club |
 Arbroath Bridge Club was formed in 1952 and meets from the first Wednesday in September to mid-April.
Due to Covid 19 restrictions Arbroath is currently playing online using the SBU club platform. Play commences at 6.45pm and members are asked to register by 6.30pm.
Should you wish to join our online game you may do so, as long as you are an SBU member. Please use the Contact Us button within the Information tab to enquire about playing online.
Arbroath Bridge Club is the only club in Arbroath that is affiliated to the Scottish Bridge Union.
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| Ken Ward Individual |
We are indebted to Sarah who has worked her magic to get a result that can be uploaded to Bridgewebs. There is a glitch in the display when you click on the results box on the right, but if you click on Individual in the Competition Status BBO, the result is displayed normally. You will still have to log into BBO to view the travellers but she has managed to retrieve the hand record and you can click on this message to view it as a .pdf.
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| Play Bridge Online Instructions |
Click here to access information about playing online.
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| Buying BBO Dollars |
Read this file on the best way to buy BBO$.
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| Alerts, Undos and System Cards |
Guidance on the above for online bridge can be found here.
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| Awards For All Grant |
The club has received a grant from Awards For All Scotland to fund the purchase of a dealing machine, bridgemates, a laptop, software and relevant licences, a printer and accesories, cards, card holders, boards, and reading lights. These are now in use.
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| Mempad User Guide |
You should have already received an email briefly describing the first steps to take. Now click on above heading to open a guide to the new SBU Master Point and Membership Database system. Please note that Janet Rixon is no longer Master Point Secretary and all correspondance should be directed to masterpoints@sbu.org.uk. Any problems or queries, please contact Alan Kennedy.
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