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| About Bath Bridge Club |
 The club plays duplicate bridge three evenings and two mornings a week at Oldfield Old Boys Rugby Club:
Monday evening 6.35 for 6.45: Mini-lesson + Assisted Play
Tuesday morning 9.45 for 10: Social Duplicate
Tuesday evening 7 for 7.15: Duplicate Pairs
Wednesday afternoon 2.15 for 2.30: Duplicate Pairs NEW
Wednesday evening 7 for 7.15: Social Duplicate
Thursday morning 9.45 for 10: Gentle Duplicate
Thursday evening 7 for 7.15: Duplicate Pairs
Visitors are always welcome, and there is ample free parking.
Bath Bridge Club, Registered Charity 1150133
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Bath Bridge Club, Oldfield Old Boys Rugby Club, Shaft Road, BA2 7HP
Directions and a map link are on the Information page.
email bathbridgeclub@gmail.com | phone 01225 834135 (club hours only)
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GD week 19: It's not your lead!
The revoke is probably the most common reason for calling the director, but the opening lead out of turn comes a close second.
And a lot of fun it is, providing declarer with plentiful options. But first things first …
Click here to read on
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| Coming up – ECATS Charity Challenge Sim Pairs |
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Our next Simultaneous Pairs event will be in aid of the RNLI.
It will take place on Thursday 5th March, starting at the normal time of 7.15 pm. Table money will be £6 (£4 for students, £7 for guests), of which £2.50 will go to the RNLI. As always, extra donations are gratefully received.
All welcome – we look forward to seeing you there!
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| BridgeTabs trial – your feedback welcome |
 We would like to thank Christine and Stewart MacFarlane for giving everyone a chance to try out BridgeTabs last week. This involved not only giving up an enormous chunk of their time but also the use and setting up of their equipment, for which we are truly grateful.
It seems that quite a few of our members, not having read the announcement on the website, imagined that this was some kind of tutorial before we all throw away our bidding boxes ... Nothing could be further from the truth. The main intention was to demonstrate the widely used scoring function of BridgeTabs, and at the same time try out the much less widely used bidding function en passant.
So now everything's back to normal, we'd be interested in getting your feedback – positive as well as negative, please! – on the experience via the form below. Your input will be treated with strict confidentiality. Thanks!
Chris Jones, for the committee
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| Good news and bad news |
85%  15% 
The good news is that by Valentine's Day, 85% of our 300-odd members had renewed their annual subscriptions, as requested.
The not so good news is that 15% had not. And that's in spite of the best efforts of the committee members concerned – all volunteers, by the way.
If you're among the 15%, please take the trouble to pay your £15 subscription as soon as possible. This can be by cash or cheque (in a suitably labelled envelope) or by direct transfer using the bank details emailed to you at the beginning of January.
As well as saving you £1 per session, it will also save us having to spend time chasing you up.
Many thanks.
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| National Pairs Heat |
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Bath Bridge Club will be holding a heat of the National Pairs in conjunction with the Wiltshire CBA. It will be held at Devizes Bowls Club, Long Street, Devizes SN10 5BY on Sunday 15th March at 11:30 am.
The entry fee is £15 (£7.50 for juniors), which includes tea between sessions and on-site parking.
Click here for further information and the entry form.
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| Do you know your NGS ranking? |
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Most of us know (at least roughly) our rank as determined by the masterpoints we've accumulated. But do you know your NGS ranking?
The National Grading Scheme provides a picture of your current skill level and offers a mine of information about how well you (and your partners) are doing.
As well as being a handy and accurate measure of your progress (especially if you're an up-and-coming 'improver'), the NGS will be the basis of our upcoming switch to 'stratification' scoring in our Gentle Duplicate sessions on Thursday morning, so it's well worth knowing what it's all about.
To find out how it works – and how to tap the information it provides – click here.
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| Which systems & conventions can I use? |
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As we're an EBU club, we use the EBU Blue Book to determine which bidding systems and conventions we are permitted to use.
For most of our sessions, we comply with Level 4, which allows most systems/conventions that most players are likely to be familiar with.
For our Thursday morning Gentle Duplicate and Monday evening Assisted Play, however, we are limited to Level 2, which limits players to fairly simply bidding systems and common conventions: Stayman, transfers and Blackwood are all fine.
If you're not sure about the suitability of any parts of your system, ask any experienced Club Director for guidance. Alternatively, click here for a link to the Blue Book on the EBU website.
What to do if this issue comes up at the table? See our guidance in Doing things right ... (you can find this in the menu, left).
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What level is right for me?
With the growing choice of daytime and evening sessions now available at Bath BC, newer members and visitors may not be sure which options best suit their level of ability and experience.
If you're in doubt, click here to consult our Guide to levels. (It's also available via the menu, left.)
And, of course, feel free to consult any committee member if you need further advice.
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