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Registered charity number 1165095

Surrey County Bridge Association.

Useful information on local events, results and trainers etc.

Welcome to Dorking Bridge Club

Tuesday Reopening Face to Face on Tuesdays

We are going to re-open the Dorking Bridge Club for face to face (f2f) play on Tuesdays. We will start next Tuesday the 20th July. The Mole Valley Thursday 'on-line' BBO tournament will continue until we can manage the covid requirements. A lot of our equipment (tables, bidding boxes, computer, bridgemates etc.) if left for >3 days do not need to be cleaned but we will need more volunteers with new requirements.

To reduce the risk of Covid infection at the session, the committee and other active members have done a risk assessment and discussed it with the hall. We have agreed the following:

Pre-booking attendance for pair via eventbrite.
- Possible 2 weeks in advance. Because planning will be based on this, please book as early as possible and cancel if needed.
- Please book using this link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dorking-bridge-club-tuesday-night-session-booking-form-tickets-154445571863
- If you need a partner regularly or on the night, please contact Steve in advance
Cashless table money payment via bank transfer every month after attendance.
Subscriptions will not be asked for during the next 3 months.
Table money will increase to £3 to cover increased covid costs and having no subscription. Visitors who were not members in 2019/20 should contact Steve Hooker before booking.
Pre-Arrival
- Check you have no covid symptoms (see covid questions)
- Openers will have
  - wiped surfaces or handled bridgemates etc with gloves
  - opened windows etc to improve ventilation
  - Set up a maximum of 10 tables (max. 6 in main hall and 4 in small hall)
Arrival
- Please arrive promptly at 7:15 PM to facilitate a 7:30PM start.
- Put your mask on (a visor alone is not acceptable as it does not minimise transmission to others). The mask needs to be worn until you exit the building.
- Bring any refreshments you require for the evening
- Temperature checked
- Sanitise your hands on entry
- You will be asked the covid symptoms questions
- You will need to keep your coats etc. with you
- You will need to follow the North Holmwood Village Hall rules, including one-way system. You can use car park but entry only from front.
- If you have NHS Track and Trace on your phone, please log on.
- You will be directed to where you are playing
Play
- North will be the only person handling the bridgemate and boards, but will show bridgemate to east for agreement to the result.
- After handling cards, use sanitiser before touching your face.
- Take your bidding box to the next table
- We will use Mitchell movements to minimise movement in the hall.
End of evening
- No scrolling of results on laptop to avoid people grouping together.
- Review results on-line at home and contact scorer if issues.
- Place table cloths, bidding boxes and bridgemates in boxes
- Exit as instructed. People at last table to remove equipment. Each person to take their chair to stacks, North Bridgemate into box, another person to take table cloth and place in box and another to take table to cupboard.
Please note that, even with the precautions we are taking, you will be playing at your own risk.

Whilst these rules are not negotiable, please contact a committee member if you have any questions.

This will be constantly reviewed.

These rules are more onerous on the openers etc so we would appreciate offers to help with opening up etc. Please let Steve know if you can help open / close up.

MOLE VALLEY VIRTUAL BRIDGE CLUB

Every Thursday starting at 19:15

On BBO - 18 boards per match @ 8 mins per board. The cost will be $3 per session.

To play send Steve Hooker (email via committe on left hand menu) your BBO username, First Name, Surname, EBU No., Email address.

You can play with other people including friends but they will need to send Steve the above details in advance.

Here is some more information about playing online

Very useful article about playing on BBO from Surrey County Bridge Association.

EBU articles on playing bridge online. https://www.ebu.co.uk/node/3736

EBU latest ONLINE info. https://www.ebu.co.uk/node/3738

How to get a BBO username.pdf

How to Buy BB.pdf

Virtual-club-survey-results.pdf

There are two main choices - BBO and Bridge Club Live (UK based so more ACOL). There are also free possibilities and obviously more options with the paying services.

There is an English Bridge Union EBU tournaments every day 14:00, 15:30, 19:30 and 21:00 on BBO. These consist of 12 boards each.

I will add the usernames of Dorking Bridge members who have BBO and BCL accounts and woud like them shared. I am SteveJH

Other Dorking members playing on BBO are johnxxxx (John Kimpton), janeh1 (Jane Handley), matt1997 (Matt Piper), mptinsley (Mike Tinsley), asetch (Alan Setchell), richardpoc (Richard Pocock)

Support information / videos.

Logon and general info about BBO https://youtu.be/hLxOd87efH8

Playing with BBO robots https://youtu.be/-bU_6rcKimI

If you do not have a partner, you can play with a robot. The robots play a system called GIB which is a simple 2/1 strong NT 5 card major system. Strong 2C and 3 weak 2s.

Reviewing your play. https://youtu.be/z7CklIShnVI This also shows how you did in your tournaments.

BBO is not as good as the bridgewebs hand reviews.

Accessing convention cards. https://youtu.be/dZyd-RAvGeU

Please let me know if you need further clarification.

We are a small friendly club with currently approximately 85 members and have been granted charitable status.

We play duplicate bridge every Tuesday and Thursday evenings (7.15 pm for 7.30 pm, finishing at about 10.30 pm).

We usually have up to 9 tables each evening, and EBU Masterpoints are awarded to the highest placed players.

We play with computer dealt boards and use Bridgemate scoring equipment.

Visitors are always welcome and we have a spare partner on most evenings so if you want to come without a partner you can usually be assured of being able to play.

However, we recommend that you contact us in advance (01306 884242) so that we know to expect you.

Coronavirus

To minimise the risk of Coronavirus to our members, we will:

Maximise distances between tables
Everyone to take their bidding box and use it for the whole evening. For those who have one at home, please bring it in, use it and then take it home at the end of the evening. Some members have spare ones and will bring them in for a long term loan until this situation resolves itself.
We encourage players to bring their own hand sanitisers in and use them frequently.

We would also like to remind you to follow Public Health England advice to:

Always carry tissues with you and use them to catch your cough or sneeze. Then bin the tissue and wash your hands or use a sanitiser gel.
Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after using public transport. Use a sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
Avoid close contact with people who are unwell.

In addition, though obvious, if an individual has a high temperature or fever or has a new, continuous cough, they should self-isolate. Players who are in doubt as to whether they are a high risk should use the government screening tool https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19. Any person who is advised through that tool or by a medical practitioner to isolate themselves should not play at a bridge club.

With the lower attendance over the last week, we would like to thank members who are being sensible and careful about whether to attend or not.

All the above builds on the recent advice from the English Bridge Union (EBU) Chairman https://www.ebu.co.uk/node/3696.

Please let the committee know if you have any questions or further improvements which we can put in place.

On behalf of the committee

Promoting Dorking Bridge Club

Please help promote the club.

Christmas Party

We hope everyone had a lovely evening.

Thanks go to all those who helped by bringing food etc and Sheena, Sue, Sue, Val, Graham, David and Sandra who were instrumental in having a lovely evening.

Seasonal Greetings to everyone.

Other photos are on our Facebook Page Xmas Party Photos (If you have not liked, please Like the post or page).

EBU National Grading Scheme

If you want to know more about NGS, please see

https://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/miscellaneous/ngs/very-brief-intro.pdf

and https://www.ebu.co.uk/ngs-changes-2018

More Information

Information on our location and table money charges is available here.

Competition Change

The committee has decided to introduce a new competition aimed at widening the number of members who can win an annual prize.
This competition will be aimed at non-expert players and will generate 4 prize winners each year.
It will consist of a Spring event running from 1 April to 31 July and an Autumn event running from 1 August to 30 November. It will be open to all members not considered to qualify as experts. Each event will have 2 sections (Blue and Red) of equal numbers. The sections will be decided by ability as measured by their NGS rating at the beginning of the event.
The winner of each section will qualify for a prize to be awarded at the end of the year. The four sections will be called as follows:-
Spring Blue, Spring Red, Autumn Blue, Autumn Red.
Experts are defined as players who have an NGS rating of Jack or above (ie. An NGS rating of 55.00 or higher). At 1 April 2019 Dorking Bridge Club had 15 members with this rating. Therefore each section will consist of 35 members for the first Spring event.
The competition will be an individual event.
The winners will be the members who achieve the highest average percentage of all pairs events (including both Tuesdays and Thursdays) played during the period of the competition irrelevant of who their partners were.
To qualify for inclusion a member must have played at 5 times during the qualifying period.
If a player wins one of the Spring events they are disqualified from the Autumn event of that year. This is to ensure that we always get 4 different winners (plus ties).
Results achieved before a player becomes a member do not count.
On behalf of the Committee.

One of the EBU training key initiatives is 'Mini Bridge'. especially for kids.

Here is a link to the instructions https://www.ebu.co.uk/minibridge/11-easy-steps.

Have Fun!

EBED Sims Information

For the booklet with useful training ideas.

So frustrating to learn how you could have bid or made the best contract!

https://www.ebu.co.uk/node/3534

Cheese and Wine Evening August 2019 Photos

Continuing Bridge - Tuesday Evening's 7:30pm

The Club is running EBU's Continuing Bridge Course

For more information speak to our trainer, Sue Moss Sumoss@hotmail.co.uk

Best Behaviour

Please click on this link for more information.

Current Year Calendar

Please click here

Calendar

27th July 2021

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