♠ ♥ ♦ ♣  Midland Counties 6 High Teams ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 

Many congratulations to 2 teams that took part in this Midland Counties event at the weekend, 19th/20th June 2021.

Caroline Sutton, Peter Wormersley, Sue Peel and Louise Shickle came second on +42 imps with the team of Hilary Shelley, Bunny Leonard, Ann Welch and Dayl Wallace finishing in 6th place on +12 imps. The winning team from Warwickshire accrued +65 imps with 15 teams taking part.

Well done all!

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ New '9 High' Session ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 

The 9-high session is aimed at less experienced players and shortly we will be using this session to introduce those currently in the beginner classes to duplicate bridge.  Consequently, the session will be run with Simple Systems only - that is basic ACOL bidding. This permits all the standard ACOL strong and weak 2 openings.  You can make any conventional bids after the first round of bidding has completed.  It specifically excludes the use of Multi-2D openings and the Multi-Landy defence to 1NT as these are first round bids that can have multiple meanings and do not define at least 1 specific suit.  

We are going to retain the 9-high criteria for taking part as this is being set as a standard across many counties for this type of session.  Whilst not making it a formal constraint on attendance we suggest that this session is best suited for those who are up to and including 'Master' in the Master Point rankings, to emphasise the focus on the expected level of experience.

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣  Club Weekend Away FULL ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣  

MAXIMUM NUMBER FOR BRIDGE TABLES HAS BEEN REACHED.

We are sorry but we cannot take any more bookings. 

Supervised play sessions are aimed at helping players to develop their confidence with bidding and playing.  These sessions are not a replacement for lessons and it is not intended that new conventions are taught.  The supervisors will help participants get the best of out of the systems that each participant plays.  Each session offers the opportunity to play up to 12 pre-dealt hands with a supervisor giving advice on each of the hands.  

Supervised Play sessions take place every fortnight and will be run on RealBridge but with an option for occasional sessions to be run on BBO for those who are unable to use RealBridge..   If you wish to join a session click on the link next to the appropriate calendar event which will take you to the payment website where you can purchase a ticket for the event.  An email with a link to the RealBridge session will be sent to you.

After the session a set of notes will be available from the website.

Supervised play sessions will be taking a break during July and August 2021. Back in September. 

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣  Information on Session Results ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 

John G has created an Information document to help you get more detail from your results.  Please click here to view.

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These sessions will be run on either BBO, or RealBridge.  To play in BBO sessions, you need to enter your BBO username through the BBO Names link on the website; you only need to do this once. Then for BBO sessions on the day of choice, up to 2 hours before the scheduled start, register on BBO with your partner online at the same time.  (Log on - go to competitive and search for Basingstoke).  You can only register as a partnership.  There is a partnership matching service for Wednesday (Bunny Leonard) and Thursday (Sam Golding).  Sessions cost BB$3 and will be directed by a Basingstoke Director.  More information is provided under the BBO Duplicate link.

For RealBridge sessions click on ‘more info’ on the appropriate event in the calender which will take you to the events section of the shop where you can purchase a place on the event.  The cost is £2 for members and £2.50 for non members.  An email with a link to the RealBridge session will be sent to you.  Please see further information on this website about RealBridge.

Please remember to be polite and tolerant and introduce yourself before you start to play the hands

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