60+ Club

Town centre car park  

Welcome 

We meet every Tuesday

Be seated at 19.15, play starts 19.30

Above all, avoid any behavior that would make anyone (especially beginners) feel uncomfortable.

TABLE MANNERS  Cards should not be taken out of the board before all players are at the table. Before you look at your cards count your hand and ensure that you have exactly thirteen cards. Do greet your opponents at the table and treat them with respect and courtesy. Do not indulge in post-mortems with your partner directly after a hand is finished. (Save it for after the game.) Not only could a post-mortem undermine partnership confidence, but it may communicate information to players who have not played the hand at other tables. Do not criticize partner. (Keep it to yourself until after the game. You will have cooled down by then.) And you may also have figured out that you share some of the blame. Do compliment your opponents for fine bidding or play. (Especially beginners) Do not gloat! (It is ugly) Be modest. Do say 'Director Please' in a pleasant tone. Keep your hand up so that the Director can quickly determine who called. Do support your partner at all times. She/he is the only player in the room that is on your side.

The auction Bidding boxes are designed to reduce the possibility of information being communicated between partners by voice intonation or other mannerisms such as eye contact. When using a bidding box, decide what your bid is going to be before reaching for or touching cards in the bidding box. An extreme example of this impropriety is when you touch a 2H card and then pull out a pass card. Do not ask for information from your opponents unless it is your turn to bid. Do not ask what a bid means unless you are intending to bid. Asking for explanation without bidding could in certain circumstances be construed as passing unauthorized information to one's partner. If one doesn't intend to bid, questions of the opponents, should be made after the auction has concluded. Play of the hand Do say ‘Thank you’ to your partner when he/she puts the Dummy on the table. (Even though you are thinking to yourself ‘where the heck is the hand my partner was bidding?’) Do, when you are on opening lead, lead first and then write the contract on your score sheet. When you are on opening lead, detach a card from your hand and lay it face down on the table. This prevents irregularities...such as leading when it is not your turn to do so and allows questions about the auction and any alerts to be answered. All players, except dummy, may now request a review of the auction and an explanation of any alerted calls. You, as the opening leader, may ask for any review of the bidding 2 before you make your first lead. Other players may also ask for a review of the auction at their first opportunity to play.