Assisted/Supervised Play Sessions Temporarily Suspended

These events are set o take on a new look and moved to different days and times.

 Clive & Des will not only be offering expert advice but you will all have the opportunity to partner them, with the overall scheme designed to not only, help all members improve and advance their game, by showing you how ''the experts'' identify a problem, come up with a solution and then execute the plan!! The idea is still a work-in-progress, but we are aiming to advise the format soon and have it up and running, sometime during November. 

Watch this space for further details

Enjoy your bridge!

There are now THREE REGULAR FOBC DUPLICATE PAIRS EVENTS taking place on BBO every week as follows:

Sunday at 7.15pm 

Monday at 7.15pm

Wednesday at 10.45am

Guests & visitors are very welcome to compete. All we need is your BBO username, and EBU No. if you have one, in advance. Which should be emailed to; LCA_1_6_20@yahoo.com

There is an FOBC standby/Host System at all of our Duplicates, therefore you do not need a partner

The Monday evening will often be used with pre-dealt hands to represent the topics discussed in the FOBC seminar/lessons (please look out for the announcements)

You can refer to the FOBC Duplicate Section on this website for further details by following this link.... FOBC (DPS)

Congratulations go to the following FOBC members who have been promoted to a higher rank through the EBU master points scheme:

Phillip Webb - has been promoted to the rank of 1 Star Master

Sue Kos - has been promoted to the rank of District Master

Pam Houghton; Lynne Hempstead; David Harfield; Nora Campbell; Helen Abel - have all been promoted to the rank of Local master

EBU master points can be earned by competing in any of the weekly FOBC duplicate events

If you would like to become a member of the EBU through the FOBC (it is all free of charge), then please contact Elsie Hay via email: LCA_1_6_20@yahoo.com

If you are still waiting to spend your BB$ (awarded to all existing members who re-joined the club) and would like to know more about playing in the clubs duplicate then follow the link below....

HOW TO ENTER FOBC DUPLICATE EVENTS

FOBC IS HERE TO STAY

Formed by a group of like-minded bridge enthusiasts located in the North West of England during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent 'lockdown', our members have continued to learn, play and enjoy their bridge every day since.

Now with the FOBC membership you too can continue to learn and play bridge whenever and wherever in the world you choose.

FOBC is definitely here to stay as it continues to grow at a much faster rate than the virus ever can and just like the virus itself: The FOBC bridge bug is very contageous: there are mutant formats and: it keeps on spreading and growing!!

So sit back in the comfort of your own surroundings, 'log on' and enjoy the experience.

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Pairs League Season 3 (PL3) has now started. This is a free to enter competition for all FOBC members click on this link for further detais.... PL3

We now have a dedicated email address for results for Pairs and Team competitions.

Please now send all match results to

results.fobc@gmail.com

Please also use the revised score sheets below.

Please add the competition and division to the subject line in the email (eg Pairs, Division 2 or KO if a knock out match)

SCORE SHEET Pairs (12 Boards).doc

SCORE SHEET Teams of 4 (8 Boards).doc

These score sheets should open on a PC and an iPad.

To edit the score sheet on an iPad, first download the file, then edit it using Pages (free app with all iPads).

Tap on edit, top right of screen. You then need to double tap in a box on the score sheet to get the keyboard to display.

It then needs to be exported in Word format for Sharman to open it.

Click this link for instructions using Screenshots