We have sucessfully played a number of F2F Online Club Sessions at Bridge Club Live.  We play 16 boards which currently takes about 2 hours. We might even improve on this time as players get more experienced.  We would love to see others join us.

Terry has kindly drafted an email with more information.

BRIDGE CLUB LIVE (BCL)

For those who have trialed the free access to BCL, we hope you have enjoyed the experience.  For those who are still deciding whether to participate in the free trial we encourage you to do so, the introductory details are on the HIBC website.  We hope to get enough of our members interested in BCL in order to create the virtual HIBC so that we can continue to play bridge together, albeit not in person.

In order to set up the virtual HIBC, we need to have a minimum of 3 tables playing each week. We expect BCL to allow us to set up the club during September. Details as follows :-

*  The weekly session does not have to be on a Thursday evening, it can be during the day for example. We will issue a questionnaire for those who are interested, in order to determine the most popular time/day to play.

*  HIBC will pay the required £100 set up fee, and after (say) 6 sessions we will review the number of participants and then ask them to contribute to the £100 outlay.  This is fair to the HIBC members who are not planning to participate.

*  Everyone who joins will be required to become a member of BCL, this will entail each  accessing the BCL website and arranging to pay a monthly fee of £10 or an annual fee of £72.  

Please let Philippa know as soon as you can by email, whether or not you are interested, we hope that we can get 12+ players to take advantage of this opportunity.

Regards

Terry

For more information and a generous free 50 day Trial, specifically for VALID EBU members, click here.

Membership of BCL starts from as little as £6 + VAT per month (annual membership) or £10 + VAT on a monthly basis. There will be a small charge for P2P etc but you will have to supply your own biscuits!

ww.bridgeclublive.com

Dear Members

There has been some talk of bridge clubs opening using masks and sanitisers.  However your Committtee feels that despite taking these precautions we cannot social distance the full meter at the tables.  As that is the current advice from the Government, until the EBU/HIWCBA condone a return to the table we cannot consider reopening.

The Committee

26th July 2020

Opportunities for Competitive Online Bridge

From Mike Kinsey (HIWCBA Chief Tournament Director)

Petersfield Bridge Club are running a laid-back Pairs on Friday afternoons.

We know there are a number of local clubs who may have insufficient active on-line members to run their own on-line events.  

So we will be making these semi-open events.

That is, you will only be able to play if I have your BBO alias.

I have these for PBC Members and Improvers, but we will welcome members of local clubs, friends, family, etc.

If you or your members would like to play please register your name and BBO alias on the PBC website.

https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwon/bw.cgi?pid=display_page15&sessid=728030686120457&wd=1&club=petersfield  

(Or send me a list by e-mail) mike52kinsey@gmail.com

Start time 14:00 

18 Boards

BBO

BB$3 registration

You will need to register for the event on BBO after noon on Friday.

Log-in, select 'Virtual Clubs', 'EBU - England' and PBC Afternoon should be in the pending list. Select title (not host) to register.

(NB The host will be VEBU204878)

Newsletter 18 May 2020

Romsey is virtually back! In reality Romsey hasn't been anywhere, but now you can enjoy most of the thrill and experience of an afternoon event at the Crosfield Hall from the comfort of your own home. Mike Kinsey our Chief TD has successfully trialled running pairs events on BBO and will be setting up regular events. When better than the traditional 14:00 start on a Sunday. The first event will be held this coming Sunday 10th May. To enter please use the usual entry form on the website here: be sure to provide your BBO aliases. Most unfortuately we have not yet found a way of providing one of Anns' plated teas virtually, so you will need to make your own! Any questions or queries please e-mail Mike Kinsey, wmkinsey@yahoo.co.uk. Details of other online events will be made available on the County website here

• Until 31st March, Face2Face club bridge players who wish to continue playing bridge can do so online at BridgeClubLive at a special introductory rate of just £1 for 30 days.
• Club Secretaries are now invited to Register their Club so their members can then add their Club affiliation to their Profile. 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 an automated movement to any partnership with a minimum commitment to 4 boards at each sitting. 96 boards are available throughout every day, and all players who complete 16 or more boards will appear on the next day's Leader Board. All boards are fully archived, and can be replayed at any time and compared with all others who have played the same board.
• BCL has a code of ethics covering politeness and fair play which is actively enforced.
• 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.

CLUB MEMBERS

1. To benefit from the CLUB facilities, each club member, must be a full member of BCL. There are many incentives to join right now.
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.
4. When online, you can now press a new 'LOCAL CLUB' button, and see just those members of your local club and whether they are online or playing or just waiting for a game.

Duplicate Bridge played every Thursday evening in a competitive yet friendly manner. EBU Affiliated.Visitors and new members welcome but please phone the Chairman or Vice Chairman first, click for contact details Committee. 

There is a host system operating on rubber bridge evenings. If you don't have a partner, just turn up.

If you need a partner for Duplicate Bridge click here or phone Philippa, contact details under Committee page.