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We are very sad to report the death of Elena Jeronimidis on 22 September.
Elena was a member of several clubs in the area including SBBC
and, despite her health problems, was playing regularly until early August.
Elena's funeral will be on Friday 2nd October at 2.30 pm at the Reading Crematorium.
The Funeral Service may be viewed online
Click here for instructions
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| SBBC News |
September Competition Results
Winners of the September Competitions were:
Best Pair: Neil Crawford & Nigel Wolfendale
Best Individual: Nigel Marlow
Best Non-expert: Gulab Rastogi & Tim Davies (jointly)
Best with 4 Partners: David Owen
The October Competitions have now started
We are pleased to say that South Bucks Bridge Club will be entering a Team
in the County's new online Teams of Eight Competition. The Team will be:
Maggi Giblin (Captain), Heather Oliver, Malcolm Oliver, Dick Graham,
Mike Tennant, Jacky Tennant, Mark Prentice, Sheila McKenna,
Sue Reid, Gail Goodwill.
Matches will be played between October this year and April 2021
The number of matches and the fixture list will be decided when entries are complete.
We wish them an enjoyable and successful season
Friday Movement - an Apology
We specify movements for all numbers of tables so that pairs meet as many opponents as possible and avoid playing the same opponents more than once. Unfortunately on Friday 18th September the Director accidentally started the wrong movement. Although he quickly realised the mistake, once play has started the movement can not be corrected, so pairs met two sets of opponents twice each.
We apologise for the mistake and will try not to let it happen again
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Members or anyone making enquiries about any aspect of the Club's online bridge
are welome to contact any of the four SBBC Company Directors.
The details below show their special interests.
Evelyn Crossley
Chairman and Administration
evelyn.crossley@yahoo.co.uk
01628 630254 |
Brenda Vitty
Social Activities and Membership liaison
brendavitty@aol.com
07702 452890 |
Nigel Marlow
Finance Director. Bridge Results and Records
marlow_nigel@sky.com
07801 525147 |
David Beever
Technical Matters. Webmaster
david@beever.me.uk
01753 552717 |
It is unlikely that we will be playing bridge in the barn again before the New Year
We thank all those members who volunteer as standbys, avoiding the need for robots.
We are now seeking standby pairs until the end of the year
Please contact Evelyn Crossley (details above) if you can help.
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| Bridge Classes, 2020/21 |
New classes are starting in September for all levels of players:
Beginners, Improvers, Consolidation, Card Play and Defence.
Please contact Chrys Poole 01628 440600 or poolefamily@ntlworld.com
for further details
There will be a course to suit your needs. Currently our courses are held online,
however when the Covid situation changes they will take place at SBBC.
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| Burnham Bridge Club |
Burnham Free Seminars
Burnham BC have monthly half-hour Seminars on Zoom
at 6.45 before a Pairs session.
At the next Seminar on 21st September
Charles Chisnall will be focussing on Defensive Planning and Execution
more information on www.burnhambridgeclub.org.uk
Later this week there will be a problem to consider.
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| Psychic Bids |
The rules about psychic bids and the Club's attitude towards them apply to online bridge in the same way as in face-to-face bridge
A Psychic Bid (or psyche) is one which deliberately mis-describes the strength or distribution of a hand in a way which is very different from the system or conventions which a pair claims to be playing.
Psyching is not against the laws of bridge but our Club strongly discourages them. This applies especially to the more expert players, who must not try to take advantage of their greater experience by using such methods.
We ask all members to please call the Tournament Director at the time or at the end of a session if they consider that someone has psyched.
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| County Leagues Online |
Because of the continuing Covid virus threat, the Berks & Bucks CBA will not be running the normal League of Eight for Club Teams or the Brown Cup for Teams of Four for the 2020/21 season.
However B&BCBA will be holding simple online league competitions for both Teams of Four and Teams of Eight..
Brief information is given below. For more detail go to the County website by clicking anywhere in thie article.
The League of Four is open to any B&BCBA members. It will be divided into divisions as appropriate.
Closing date for entries September 20th
The League of Eight will be for teams representing Clubs. SBBC will not be organising a team to represent the Club but we are inviting any members who wish to play to form their own members' team. there will be no restrictions on any members who wish to do this or on the number of teams which enter on behalf of the Club
Cosing Date for Entries Sept 13th
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Session Details and Times
all sessions are weekly
2.30 p.m. Sunday SBBC Pairs.
10.30 a.m. Monday SBBC Pairs
7.30 p.m. Monday Burnham Bridge Club at SBBC
This session is also open to all SBBC members
10.30 a.m. Tuesday Gentle Bridge Pairs
2.30 p.m. Tuesday SBBC Pairs
10.30 a.m. Wednesday SBBC Pairs
7.30 p.m. Wednesday SBBC Pairs
10.30 a.m. Thursday Gentle Bridge Pairs
2.30 p.m Thursday SBBC Pairs
10.30 a.m. Friday SBBC Pairs
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