| Preece RoseBowl 2014 |
The 2014 Preece Rosebowl, the Ladies Pairs competition staged annually by Blundellsands Bridge Club on behalf of the Merseyside & Cheshire Contract Bridge Association, was held on Sunday 27th April 2014. On a bright sunny day we enjoyed our bridge in a good natured but competitive contest which was won by Sue Fjortoft and Margaret Ainscough, pictured below receiving the trophy.
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| Subscriptions |
The club year started on 1st July 2014 If you have not renewed your subscription please do not delay. All of last year's competitions have now been finalised and full details can be found on the Honours Board |
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| Table Money |
Charges for our regular sessions are presently:-
- Duplicate - £4 per head for members (£5 for visitors)
- Rubber - £2.50 per head for members (£3.50 for visitors)
Entry includes free refreshments served at the table. Additional drinks are available for a nominal charge.
Additional charges will apply for certain events such as Simultaneous Pairs and party nights.
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| Dealing Machine |
 Pre-dealt computer generated hands:
Pre-dealt boards are used for our Duplicate Bridge sessions on Wednesday and Friday evenings. Not only does this relieve players of shuffling and dealing but it means that we can provide full details of the boards that have been played both on our website and in printouts available after play has finished.
The dealing is facilitated by using Dealmaster Pro® software and a Dealer 4® card dealing machine
After dealing, the hands are analysed by a computer program called Deep Finesse which looks at all four hands and calculates with absolute accuracy the outcome from the play of each potential contract from every position at the table. This analysis is based on knowledge of all four hands (double dummy) and optimum play. It can be a valuable guide to the hand although it can sometimes produce an answer that is unlikely to be achieved at the table where players do not have the benefit of playing double dummy.
Some players feel that there is a difference between hands that are dealt by hand and those that are computer generated. We endeavour to ensure that all of our computer generated hands are properly random. We do not specify any criteria about point counts or hand shapes and, to keep everything random, do not seek to prevent hands that might be passed out. If there are any differences between our computer generated hands and those that one gets with hand shuffling, it is because they are more properly random. Hand shuffling is often less thorough than it should be to produce a random deal and in consequence tends to produce flatter hands.
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| Blue Points |
On 1st January 2013 the EBU introduced a new grade of masterpoint designated as Blue Points. These are intended as a half-way house between the existing masterpoints awarded for club play (Local Points) and the Green Points awarded in national tournaments. Each Blue Point will be worth 100 Local Points or ⅓ of a Green Point. A full expanation is given in the EBU press release which is linked to this item.
We will be awarding Blue Points in our annual one-day contest for the the Eileen Webster Shield from 2013 onwards.
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| Simultaneous Pairs events |
We have a comprehensive page with details about our participation in both forthcoming and previous Simultaneous Pairs competitions
click here to be redirected
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Updated 29th July 2024 – Effective 1st August 2024
Announcements:
- only apply on the first round of bidding i.e. the first (non-Pass) bid and the next three calls
- apply equally over intervention and to advancer’s bids i.e. partner of overcaller
- never apply to overcalls
- do not apply to opening bids above 2NT – transfer pre-empts are alerted not announced
- always extend with fuller description where appropriate
Please be tolerant if opponents alert when they should announce or announce when they shouldn’t.
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Opening Bid
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Description
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Announcement
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1♣ / 1♦
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Non-forcing,
may be fewer than 3 cards
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“May be X” where X is 0, 1 or 2.
Extend e.g. “May be X and may have up to 5♦ ”
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1NT
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Natural, non-forcing
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“12 to 14” (or appropriate range) and extend e.g. “may contain a low singleton”
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2 suit
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Natural, may or will have just one suit
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“Weak”, “Intermediate”, “Strong, non-forcing”,
“Strong, forcing”
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2NT/3NT
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Natural, strong, non-forcing
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No Announcement (or Alert)
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Response
to 1 suit
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Description
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Announcement
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New suit
(including jumps below game)
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Natural, forcing (not a jump bid)
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No announcement or alert
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Natural, non-forcing (not passed hand, not over 1NT overcall)
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“Natural, non-forcing”
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Natural, game forcing
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“Natural, game-forcing”
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Jump bid: natural, (game-) forcing
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“Natural, game-forcing” or “Natural, forcing”
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Artificial or natural, with support
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ALERT
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Artificial, showing another single suit
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Announce: name the suit shown
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1♣ – 1♠ : denying a major
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“No major”
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1NT
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Non-forcing, up to 10 HCP
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No announcement or alert
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Non-forcing, may be > 10 HCP
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“Up to 11”, “Up to a bad 12”, etc.
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Forcing – does not show specific suit or suits
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“Forcing”
Extend e.g. ”may have weak raise”
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Artificial, showing another suit
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Announce: name the suit shown
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Response to 1NT / 2NT
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Description
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Announcement
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2♣ / 3♣
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Asking for 4-card majors
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“Stayman” Extend e.g. “at least invitational”
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New suit
(including jumps below game)
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Natural, non-forcing
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“Natural, non-forcing”
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Natural, forcing
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“Natural, forcing”
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Artificial, showing another suit
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Announce: name the suit shown
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DOUBLES
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Bid that is doubled
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Meaning of double
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Announcement / Alert
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ONLY ON THE 1ST ROUND OF BIDDING:
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Natural 1NT opening bid
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Not penalties
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ALERT
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Penalties, but may be based on a balanced hand with less than 15HCP
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ALERT
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Suit bid showing the suit
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Penalties
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ALERT
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1NT response
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Penalties
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ALERT
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ANY
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Shows a single suit
(different from the suit bid i.e. a Proxy)
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Announce: name the suit shown
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AFTER THE 1ST ROUND OF BIDDING:
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ANY
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Takeout or Penalty
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No announcement or alert
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AT ALL STAGES OF THE AUCTION:
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ANY
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An unexpected specific message e.g. number of controls; relates to another suit; shows weakness in bid suit; Lightner
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ALERT
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REDOUBLES
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Bid that is redoubled
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Meaning of Redouble
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Announcement / Alert
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ONLY ON THE 1ST ROUND OF BIDDING:
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ANY
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Shows a single suit
(different from the suit bid i.e. a Proxy)
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Announce: name the suit shown
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AT ALL STAGES OF THE AUCTION:
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ANY
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General strength or desire to play
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No announcement or alert
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Other
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ALERT
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ALERTS
Unless mentioned above, below 3NT continue to alert artificial calls and those with a specific unexpected meaning. In addition alert:
- Natural opening bids, or responses in a new suit, that have a second suit or support for partner
- Lead-directing Passes above 3NT
© The English Bridge Union 2024.
Updated 29th July 2024 – Effective 1st August 2024
Click here to visit the EBU site for the original PDF
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| Feedback |
It would be useful to know how you feel about this website and any suggestions you may have for its future development. There is now a feedback form on our Home Page and we welcome your comments.
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| Current position regarding redevelopment |
 have implied that they do not have any plans for re-development of Crosby Village at present.
Plans were submitted at the end of April 2014 for redevelopment of the derilect "Villas" in Moor Lane by McCarthy and Stone to provide 46 retirement flats.
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