This page is just raising options being considered for what happens during what would be out 2020-2021 season.

There is considerable doubt that we will see face to face bridge this side of Christmas, and perhaps not until well into summer of 2021.  These are therefore plans for online bridge, the need for which might disappear or might not.

Principles

• We want to hold quality events to keep the top players playing and to help the remainder develop.
• A fixed time for these sessions saves players a lot of thinking and planning, and Monday evening seems the obvious candidate.
• We need to provide a mix of pairs and teams, the former for ease of attendance and the latter to balance out the pairs provision from clubs.

Proposal

1. We run alternate sessions as Swiss Teams and Swiss Pairs (with 4 6-board matches).  We run the Swiss Pairs as matchpoints at some points, cross-imp pairs at others.
   1. Each session will be independent of the others (scoring-wise) and in both pairs and teams the first round of the evening has to be a random assignment.
2. We treat each three month segment as distinct giving either 6 or 7 sessions in a pairs and teams series in each quarter.
3. We assign POINTS to the top 6 places in each teams game and to the top 8 places in each pairs game, and the season's winners will the those who collect the greatest number of points.
4. We will charge for all these games at a BB$4 rate.

Any thoughts please by email to gcba-planning@gcba.org.uk 

Alternatives : 

1. We can run the Knock Out much as usual, with head-to-head matches throughout.
2. We could run the County League possibly with one Monday a month as the default date - and shared boards for those who play that evening
3.  ?? 
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