| 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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| Coming up on Thursday 30 January – TEAMS evening |
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Thursday 30 January is our next '5th Tues/Thurs' teams evening. If you've already arranged a team of four for the evening, that's fine. If not, we can join up pairs into teams on the night on a first come first served basis.
All Bath BC members (and visitors as well) are welcome to play in this event – do come along and join us.
NOTE: Pairs not in a team will be paired up on the night, but the last such pair to turn up may not find partners and may therefore not be able to play. It is therefore recommended that pairs seeking partners should email Richard Samter (richardsamter@virginmedia.com) and try to get teamed up in advance. Pairs who have emailed in advance will be treated as having arrived first.
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GD week 16: Revokes 1 – Established Revokes
It happens at least once every session: someone revokes – ie mistakenly fails to follow suit. What happens then depends on when it’s spotted ...
Click here to read on
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| Congratulations to ... |
... Keith Williamson & Pat Davies, winners of the annual WCBA Mixed Pairs, played at Devizes on Sunday 12 January, with 64.5%.
Click here for the full result.
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| We'd like to wish our members ... |
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... a very happy new year,
and remind you that annual membership fees of £15 are now due.
You can pay
- by direct electronic payment, as detailed in your renewal email (preferred)
- by cheque - payable to Bath Bridge Club, with your name on the back
- in cash - in a clearly marked envelope.
Cash and cheques should be given either to Neil or to that evening's director.
Please renew your membership as soon as possible. Thanks!
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| If scoring's a headache, why not take a tablet? |
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If you've ever played bridge at Queen's Square, Box Pavilion or Chippenham BC (or Paignton, for that matter), you'll have seen BridgeTabs in action. The system uses tablets, rather than Bridgemate handsets, to enter the scores, providing a much larger and friendlier full-colour display that everyone can read.
In order to give all our members a chance to try tablet scoring – just in case we want to move in that direction some time in the future – we'll be using BridgeTabs at Bath BC for most of the sessions in the week beginning Monday 13th January*. Could be fun.
Apparently, BridgeTabs can also be used for the auction, replacing bidding boxes – the end of the line for insufficient bids? – and we might be able to try out that function as well. Could be even more fun ...
Our thanks in advance to Christine and Stuart for allowing us to use their software and hardware – and for all the hard work entailed in setting up and running the trial.
* There is a delay - the trial will be run asap, and the date will be announced HERE in good time.
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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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