HOW TO USE THE CLUB WEBSITE

There are many features available for club members on the club website at bridgewebs.com/branfordmadison. To access all the membership features a member needs to logon – the fist time you access the membership site you will be asked for a password – make up your password, then click on “Set/Reset Password” – DO NOT CLICK ON “REGISTER” that is for non-members of the club (everyone that receives my emails is a club member, your name, ACBL player number and email are on the club membership list).

Menu of Features on the website:

• Home Page – Current News, Upcoming Games. Recent results.
• Calendar Month – This page lists players looking for a partner with a link so that you can email them. It also has a link to results for tournaments or games played during the month.
• Membership – (Need to login to access) “Tabs” for “Find a Partner”, ‘Messages”, “Member List” (send anyone an email from this tab), “Account” (your account where you can make changes in your profile), “Results”.
• Find a Partner Page – Under construction. 
• News Page – Former “Tips of the Week” archived here.
• Information – Club information – Where & When, Local Clubs, Directors
• Results Calendar – Full calendar of games played at the club both Face-to-Face and online.
• Document Library.
• Calendar – List of games for the current month, it will also show if there are any partner requests. To find out who needs a partner click on “Partner”.
• Useful links.

Comments? Questions? Contact dcb29director@gmail.com

Branford and Shoreline Bridge Clubs are open for "live" (Face-to-Face) play. The "Open" games are held on Monday and Thursday at 12:30 PM, a 99'er game is also held on Monday at 12:30 PM, and a "499'er" game is held on Friday at 12:30 PM. All games are held at the Branford Community House, 46 Church Street, Branford.  Entry fee for games is $10.00 per person.  Use 17 Prospect Street, Branford for GPS location, google maps is incorrect for the 46 Church Street address of the Community House.

For information or questions contact Don Brueggemann at 203-425-6600, email dcb29director@gmail.com.

ACBL membership is NOT required to play.

“BRIDGE IS BEST WHEN PLAYED WITH REAL CARDS ON REAL TABLES AND WITH HUMAN OPPONENTS ON EITHER SIDE.”

A "social" duplicate (NO MASTERPOINTS) bridge game. Come and enjoy duplicate bridge in Old Saybrook. Located on the scenic Connecticut river, in the pavilion between the mini golf and the Saybrook. Point Inn. The game is casual and fun. Your daily results are posted as soon as play ends and will be in your email inbox before you get home.  A partner is required to play in this game. 

If you need a partner or want more information, please contact Director Rick Seaburg at tillerjock@gmail.com, telephone 203-915-5987.  

ACBL membership is NOT required to play.

Play Nice!

Say hello to everyone – You might make someone's day.

Introduce yourself to people you don't know – They may be your next good friends.

Be Punctual – If you're late, you make others late too.

Acknowledge good play by the opponents – An appreciative nod lets them know that their skill has not gone unnoticed.

Smile often – You will brighten the room considerably.

Be understanding – Everybody makes mistakes.

Be kind – You will never like everybody, but you can be cordial to all.

Nobody likes to lose – Practice grace under fire.

Respect the directors – They are here for you.

Help those with less experience – We all were beginners at some point.

Look forward to the next deal – Dwelling on the last hand wastes time.

Value your partner – They are the only one on your side.

Keep your priorities straight – Diamonds are great, but hearts are more valuable.

Grace is good – Nobody likes a boastful winner.

Save your analysis and lessons for the postmortem – It would be a shame to have nothing to talk about after the game.

Enjoy! You can't win all the time, but you can always have fun.

BRANFORD BRIDGE CLUB RULE ON CHANGING GAME RESULTS

Your club directors have recently received a number of requests to change the recorded score on a board sometime after a game has been completed. Considering the use of Bridgemates and ACBL’s Live for Clubs (L4C), your directors have decided to adopt the following “Club Rule”.

It is the responsibility of the player sitting in the North seat to enter contract information and results in the Bridgemate at the table for each board. If a player does not want that responsibility they should not sit in the North seat. After the contract and score on a board are entered it is the responsibility of East/West to check the information entered, and if the information is correct to “Accept” the result. Once the “Accept” button is pushed on the Bridgemate your directors consider the result to be correct and FINAL. It is very easy to correct a result before a result is accepted – it only requires pushing the “Cancel” button one or more times.

After a game has been concluded and the result has been uploaded to L4C it is extremely difficult to change a score on a single board. Before L4C the club manager submitted a report to ACBL at the end of the month that concerned the number of tables in play, the attendance and the masterpoints won during the month, along with a payment for the amount due ACBL – no game information was submitted to ACBL. Since L4C club managers no longer submit a report to ACBL, all reporting is handled through L4C. Shortly after a game has concluded (usually before the director leaves the playing area), all of the information on the game (.ACA and .BWS) is uploaded to L4C. Once uploaded, L4C calculates the masterpoint award based on the category of the game (Open, Restricted, Newcomer), the classification of the game (regular, championship, unit, charity) the number of tables in play, the number of boards in play, and the stratification of the players. L4C prepares a report to the players with a “traveler” of information on the game and sends an email to all the ACBL active members that played in the game. To change the result on a single board at this point requires the entire procedure to be reversed and started over with a new upload. As you can tell, changing the result on a single board is a very involved process at this point, and is very time consuming for the director and L4C.

Therefore, going forward the “Club Rule” in Branford is that once the game file has been uploaded to L4C the result on all boards is FINAL.