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Farnham Bridge Club is regarded as one of the premier clubs in the area with members from other towns in the Waverley Borough, West Surrey and North East Hampshire. It is affiliated to the Surrey County Bridge Association (SCBA) and the English Bridge Union (EBU). Visitors and potential new members are always welcome. Email our secretary Mary Nolan (farnhambc@gmail.com) in advance for details.
Members can enjoy playing duplicate Contract Bridge in accordance with the EBU rules and EBU membership is now included.
Bridge is currently being played online using RealBridge for our main club sessions (see notice on the right for details). BCL can be used for those who wish to play individual pairs or club league games.
FARNHAM BRIDGE CLUB HAS CANCELLED ALL FACE TO FACE BRIDGE SESSIONS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
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| SYLVIA ROSE 2023/24 TEAM COMPETITION INFORMATION |
This season's Sylvia Rose Team Competition started. Teams are playing online matches using Realbridge, on dates mutually agreeable to both team captains, unless both teams agree to play F2F. In the event of any disagreement about arrangements, team captains should consult Mike O'Donnell. There are 5 matches in section 1, which dates from Oct 9 - Jan 14th (with Jan 21st the final date for catch up matches). The schedule allows a 3 week period for each match to be completed. CLICK HERE for CURRENT RESULT STATUS.
CAPTAINS might like to record your agreed DATES using this link . Team members can use it as a reference.
If you have not yet paid - the cost per team is £32 and team captains should pay this into the Farnham bridge Club account with REF: "SR Team captains name".
Full details for this competition can be found on SRose Teams Information 2023 - 2024.pdf.
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| RealBridge IMPORTANT INFORMATION |
1. If you LOSE YOUR LINK or you have to switch device during the session, You MUST login with the SAME "FULL NAME", this includes capital letters i.e "jane" or even "jane Doe" instead of "Jane Doe" will not let you back in.
2. If you LOSE YOUR LINK permanently in the first half of the match, your scores are all removed from the session and you will not appear in the final ranking lists.
3. If you LOSE YOUR LINK permanently in the second half of the match, you retain your scores on the played boards but you will score just 40% on all the boards you miss, your opponents will score 60%.
4. UNDOs. NOT permitted during play. UNDO's permitted during bidding for misclicks or late alerts & not for change of mind or inattention."
5. RB matches on Mondays that have 12 or more tables will have both North/South and East West winners and will have a random start. Wednesday matches will continue to have only 1 winner and will not have a random start.
6. As a courtesy to others, at the beginning of each round, please PASTE your basic system in the chatbox. First Copy (ctrl/C) and then Paste (ctrl/V) everytime a new pair appears at your table.
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| Erica Currie & Richard Currie Pairs Charity Competition DEFERRED |
Due to a low sign up, FARNHAM BRIDGE CLUB and the BOURNE BRIDGE CLUB, FARNHAM have postponed The Erica Currie and Richard Currie Swiss Pairs, until Sunday, February 11th, 2024. You will be emailed with further details.
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| CAFE BRIDGE GUILDFORD - MAY 8 2024 |
Cafe Bridge Guildford
Wednesday 8th May 2024 10:30 - 16:30, Price £90 / pair - includes bridge and lunch
In aid of Halow www.halowproject.org.uk (Registered charity No 11167 - 73 Carroll House, 11 Quarry, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3UY)
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| TRAIN TO BE A BRIDGE TEACHER |
Have you or any of your club members ever thought about becoming a bridge teacher?
Why not join one of the upcoming Club Teacher Training courses run by English Bridge Education & Development (EBED).
The next course date is Horsham 27/28 April 2024.
The 2-day courses give aspiring bridge teachers the skills to teach bridge effectively. As an EBU affiliated club, you are eligible for discounts or concessionary places. If you are interested, please contact Clive Turner on 01296 317 212 (clive@ebedcio.org.uk).
Any questions please ask douglaswright@3countiesbridge.com 07801 989630
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| FBC MEMBERS WELCOMED at BOURNE BRIDGE CLUB FARNHAM |
Farnham Bridge club members are invited to play bridge with The Bourne Bridge Club Farnham F2F on Thursday evenings.
Details for Bourne Bridge Club Farnham: F2F evenings are held in the hall of the Methodist Church, central Farnham. Start time is 7pm, with a view to finish by 10pm.
The venue can happily accommodate at least 15 tables, is light and airy, has excellent kitchen facilities for tea/coffee making, is just 50 yards or so walk from Sainsbury's central car park (part of the Spire church in South Street, Farnham, on the same side of the road as Sainsbury), and has good disabled access and toilet facilities.
Register with Shuna King (Shuna.bournebridge@yahoo.com) in advance. Cost is currently £2 per session. Payment preference is for a bank transfer -DETAILS: Farnham Bourne Bridge Club. Sort Code: 60 23 40 A/C No. 88393712. However cash is accepted if you prefer.
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