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The English Bridge Union have reissued the Blue Book with revisions from the 1st September 2022. The new book can be found here: - https://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/laws-and-ethics/blue-book/blue-book.pdf

The new announcing and alerting chart can be found here: - Fulbourn Bridge Club, Fulbourn, Cambridge (bridgewebs.com)

Thank you to all those who made our Ukraine Day a success.

The committee are pleased to report that together with contributions from the club and The Fulbourn Centre we have raised £1,000 for  Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal at the Disasters Emergency Committee, https://www.dec.org.uk/  

If you would still like to donate please you can do so here: - https://www.dec.org.uk/  

Following the success of our online games the club have made a presentation to Macmillan and The Royal British Legion of £650.00 each. We would like to thank all of you who supported our online games to make this possible. 
Many of you will be aware that in normal times the club run an Andrew Robson day, the proceeds of which are donated to Macmillan, hence one donation to them.We made the other donation to The Royal British Legion as on of our members celebrated his 100th birthday during lockdown and raised money for them by doing a skydive, see more here, so we wanted to support his efforts.

BRIDGE CLUB member John Phelps has just had his sixth book published. This time, it is a collection of short stories entitled “A Kind Of Magic” … which is the name of the first story. The collection covers a variety of genres, including crime, off-beat romance, sport, fantasy, drama, homelessness and humour … and there is even one with a bridge theme … and they vary in length and pace.

     Some of the tales are based on personal experiences, while others are purely imagination , says John, who declines to divulge which is which!

    “A Kind Of Magic” can be bought through bookshops, such as Waterstone’s or WH Smith, or directly from the publisher. Further details can be obtained via Google.

We wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year

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EBU Handicapped Pairs Event

Sponsored by the Cambridge Bridge Club

This should be a fun and relaxed event, where everyone has an equal chance of winning. It is open to all. They will play 28 -30 boards with a break at half time for tea/coffee and cake.

Details of the event and how to register can be found at EBU Handicap Pairs event on 4th September - cambridge bridge club

Following bridge on the 12th July we had 32 people for tea.

Click here to read

Just a reminder that the Fulbourn Thursday Afternoon club have their Annual General Meeting on  Thursday 28 th April 2022

All players must prove that they have been vaccinated against Covid 19 twice, the latest being three weeks before the date of play. 

Every member and guest attending the club sessions do so at their own risk. We also ask that on the morning of the session you take a lateral flow test confirming you do not have COVID.

In order to play the two things you must do are: -

• Proof of vaccination: those attending, whether club member or visitor, must register proof of two Covid-19 vaccinations, the latest being at least three weeks before the date of play. This can be registered via one of the following three methods: NHS App - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
  • In advance via a scanned/photographed vaccination certificate (or proof of vaccination from your NHS app) emailed to Sylvia. This is our preferred means of notification.
  • Production of vaccination card on the day.
  • Proof of vaccination via the NHS app on a smart phone on the day, this is not the test and trace App but the NHS App which has your Covid passport.
• The Face to Face sessions initially will be by pre booking only to enable the committee to prepare the room. You can use this link to contact us Fulbourn Bridge Club, Fulbourn, Cambridge (bridgewebs.com) to advise if you are playing. The session will commence at 1.45 pm with entry to the centre and Bridge Room from round about 1.35 pm.

Click HERE to see the deal from the Moonraker book

Registering with BBO

Starting a Table on BBO

Alerts

Registering to Play in our games

How to add friends, chat and join a table

Chat Manager (Allows you to store standard messages)

There are lots of tutorials on You Tube, you will find what you are looking for on the You Tube site

Many of our members will know that Don celebrated his 100^th birthday on the 10^th August and to mark the occassion he signed up for an indoor sky diving challenge. 

Don is raising money for the British Legion so to read Don’s story and support him in his cause please visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/selina-keiller1

All we can say is well done Don.

Play Online Bridge with Fulbourn Bridge Club.

We run our online duplicate bridge on Bridge Base Online our current sessions are at 2.00 pm every Tuesday and Thursday. The cost per game is $3 (BBO dollars). Profits made from the duplicate sessions will be shared between Macmillan and The Royal British Legion, (See Don's story here).

If you are interested in playing click HERE to get more information. Check the calendar for details of our sessions.

We look forward to "seeing" you soon.

Want to play and need a partner, click here.

We will need your BBO user name to be able to register you to play.

Friends of members are more than welcolme to play

In light of the recent advice and public health comment, the committee has taken the decision to suspend all bridge with immediate effect. As soon as the committee feel it is safe to recommence bridge we will of course let you know.

With best wishes to you and your families at this difficult time.

"I was very nervous about playing on line but definitely all for it now" JB

“Most enjoyable. Can’t get enough of it. No time to eat meals really. Online bridge has the advantage that my partners cannot give me menacing looks between hands or criticise me for making mistakes - which I do often! It’s also great to be able to replay the hands afterwards to see where one went wrong”. MM

"Online Bridge is obviously not the same as the real thing but is still very enjoyable. A great advantage of online bridge is that there can be no revokes, no insufficient bids, nor bids or leads out of turn" DW

"I miss the banter and the bikkies but at least I feel more in touch with my friends out there." GJ

How to join Bridge Club Live

Registering as a Fulbourn Bridge Club Member on BCL

Entering Bridge Club Live

How to start playing

How to start playing in DIDO

BCL Chat Abbreviations used in online bridge

Make sure you play with your partner

How to spectate a game

Exiting the club (PLEASE make sure you do this correctly)

Other Stuff

See the list of tips supplied by Andrew

Come back weekly to see Bernard Magee’s bidding quiz.

There is now a weekly bidding quiz on the web site kindly provided by Bernard Magee and Mr Bridge

Click here to watch

The latest news is that both Bernard McGee (Three times a week) and Andrew Robson (Everyday) are providing online broadcasts. As far as we can see Bernard M is not charging at the moment but there is a charge for the Andrew R Bridgecasts. See these links for a flavour of what's to come:-

Bernard McGee You can subscribe on this page and I think on Monday all you will have to do is log into YouTube to watch, If this is not the case we will put more information on here.

Andrew Robson to Subscribe to the daily broadcast you will need to sign up here

The New Online Bridge Magizine

The organisers (Judy Belsey, Marlene Gillson and Michael Lang) of the Robson Day, which was sadly cancelled, are pleased to announce that many of the would be participants have donated some or all of their ticket money to Macmillan.
So they are very pleased to be able to hand over a cheque for £1,130.00 to Penny Cleobury who was thrilled to accept it on behalf of Macmillan.

Macmillan thank you. (Click here to view)

We hope you are all keeping well, unfortunatly, we don't think we will be able to play face to face bridge for some time yet. The Fulbourn Tuesday Afternnon Bridge club are arranging a lockdown league to be played on Bridge Base Online (it's free). The format will be that every week you will play a game consisting of 16 boards against another member of the league, The results are then collated and see where we all stand at the end of the league. It give everyone the chance to play against other members of the club. If you are interested let us know by clicking here

• Club bridge players who wish to continue playing bridge can do so online at BridgeClubLive. Play as much as you like for £5.99 a month.
• Members can then continue playing as if in their club with their regular partner from the comfort of their own home.
• The Main DIDO (DropinDropout) Tournament Room provides a fully approved automated movement to any partnership with a minimum commitment to 4 boards at each sitting and a minimum of 16 boards during each 1 day Session to be listed on the Leader Board. All boards played are fully archived, and can be replayed at any time and compared with all others who have played the same board.
• As a CLUB FACILITY, a dedicated Ladder for each registered club will list the results for all those club members as a subset of the overall DIDO Tournament result. Each Club will have it's own single Web page with information, specific to that club and a list of players' ALIAS's who have registered online.
• All the other regular tournament rooms including a social room are also available and additional features and improvements geared towards each club will be rolled out according to demand and feasability.
• Fulbourn Bridge Club is registered with Brige Club Live.   

CLUB MEMBERS

1. To benefit from the CLUB facilities, each club member, must be a full member of BCL.
2. Go to the "CLUBS" page which is visible from the Main Menu page of BCL under "Members->Clubs". There you will see your other club members listed by ALIAS
3. Play at any time of day or night in the DIDO room, and see your results specific to your partnership and other club members on the "CLUB" page.

There will be No Bridge on the 24th, 26th, 27th or 31st December. But we will be back and ready to play again on the 2nd January 2020.

Our Bridgemates have arrived so we are now using them to score. If you want to see how they work, click on the title "Electronic Scoring" above. If you do not play at Fulbourn why not come along, we meet three times a week and you will be sure of a warm welcome.

There is currently a storyline about bridge on Coronation Street, you can read more by clicking here.

If you want to learn to play bridge courses start again in September.

Wednesday evenings are for complete beginners.

On Monday evenings there are lessons for improvers.

Lessons are from 7.30 to 9.30pm.

Call Gladys on 01223 244443 or email her by clicking “Learn to Play Bridge” above.

If you want to come and play bridge on a Thursday there is an improved partner finding service. Why not give it a try by clicking on “Need a partner on Thursday” above to email the administrator. Alternatively call him on 01223 512108

We are pleased to report that the Andrew Robson teaching day at the club raised in excess of £2,700 for Macmillan Cancer Support. A big thank you to all those who made it possible. 

We will let you know about next year as soon as the dates are confirmed.

Want and email alert when the web site is updated (Except updated results, advised separately)? If so click here to register.

Fulbourn Bridge Club launches its new web site

There is a bridge workshop on TRANSFER BIDS on the 8th June 2019 at 2.00 pm. Click here for information on Transfer Bids.

If you want to attend Call Gladys on 01223 244443 or email her by clicking here.

Tuesday Club AGM - 4th June 2019 at 1.30pm

Please arrive early so we can set up the room, have the AGM and then play bridge.

If you have any items you would like to discuss please let Judy Belsey know. Her contact details can be found on the “contact us” page on the web site under information on the left.

You have reached the new website of Fulbourn Bridge club which is still under Construction, but please feel free to browse the site.