Chippenham Bridge Club

The Chippenham Bridge Club offers its members a variety of duplicate bridge tournaments each week. On Mondays starting at 1.30pm there are parallel face-to-face and online BBO sessions each playing the same boards with the scores from each merged to provide a single result. The face-to-face session is played at the Chippenham Sports Club and paticipants are asked to arrive by 1.10pm to ensure a prompt start.

On Wednesday starting at 7.00pm the club plays a Realbridge tournament, while on Friday, starting at 10.00am it plays a second BBO tournament. Online players can login from one hour before the start times.

For face-to-face and Reealbridge tournaments, participants are asked to pay in advance using the club's online payment system. Full details can be obtained from the Treasurer, Ray Hatherly on 01249 720925.  BBO participation requires the purchase of BB$.

Further details can be obtained from Bob Raggett on 07789 005975 or email: raggettbob@gmail.com.    Please come along and meet a group of friendly people, keen to enjoy their bridge in a relaxed atmosphere.

BBO events are held on Mondays and Fridays and To play in an event you and a partner need to be registered on BBO and have some BB$ in your account 

Members are requested on Mondays to register by 1.00pm in readiness for a prompt start at 1.30pm and Fridays by 9.30am  in readiness for a prompt start at 10.00am.  

PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER TO PLAY WITH A ROBOT WITHOUT THE DIRECTORS PERMISSION 

Both you and your partner need to be online.  Go to Competitive/All Tournaments and search for "Chippenham", select the Chippenham club pairs event from the list and enter your partners name.  They will get an Invitation Pop up to accept and once they do, the pair of you are registered.

When the event starts BBO will automatically log you into the event and you will remain logged into it until the event finishes so if you lose connection for any reason just log back into BBO  and you will rejoin the event. If you are absent for a while, the directors substitute a robot who will finish the play of the board and you will rejoin at the start of the next board.

Please introduce yourselves through the 'Chat' area, advising the opposition what your basic conventions are at the start of each round and if they ask the meaning of an 'alert' please provide an adequate explanation. 

To access BBO Online instructions click  HERE and wait about 10 seconds.                To access BBO click HERE        

If you need a partner, use the Find a Partner instructions shown below.

18 board events are held on Wednesdays.   Members are requested to register at 6.30pm in readiness for a prompt start at 7.00pm

Enter 'Useful Links'  in the L/H menu, click on login, now click on the first line 'Realbridge Login Link' and you will be taken straight into RealBridge provided you have sufficient funds in your account.

To access the Realbridge Players Guide click HERE   and wait about 10 seconds for document to load.

 Find a Partner

Access by clicking on  Members Only  then click on 'login' after which you will able to mark the event where you require a partner, for either BBO or Realbridge  then you must  'Confirm'

Players identify themselves on the website and then contact each other to arrange/discuss the partnership