The Hertfordshire Bridge Association, Herts

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Charity for 2019-20 Season

Having raised the sum of £1280.68 we received the following note of Thanks from Vicky Flynn at HERTS YOUNG HOMELESS

"Apologies for my delayed reply, my finance officer was off towards the end of last week and was just waiting on some confirmation that your donation arrived. Very pleased to say that it now has!
Thank you so much! In normal circumstances, I would send a thank you card but as you know we are in strange times and working from home means I don’t have access to our cards.
Instead, I would just like to reiterate how grateful we are for your support. Your contribution will help us to make a fantastic impact in the lives of the young people we work with."

To learn more about this charity see the attached link : https://www.hyh.org.uk/

Master Point Promotions

Congratulations to all those achieving new master point promotions. Click here.. to see the August list.

HBA Committee Meeting

Key points from the Committee Meeting of January 27th are available here..

Club Directors - click here for useful information on training courses and updated flowcharts.

Youth - new handbook and safeguarding policies also applicable for vulnerable adults,

EBED are here to help you.

Click here to see the HBA Privacy Notice for Data Protection

This website provides details of all bridge clubs that are affiliated to the County Assoc and the EBU

Extraordinary General Meeting Sunday 25th October at 12 Noon

Notice is given that this meeting will take place as stated above. This Extraordinary General Meeting is called following the failure to achieve a quorum at the Annual General Meeting called on 20th September. In accordance with our constitution, this meeting must be held 28-42 days following an aborted meeting. It is extremely important that this meeting takes place and a quorum achieved to enable us to conduct our formal business of electing our new chairman and committee and to make changes to the constitution. In order to ensure this meeting achieves a quorum we have instituted a signup sheet. Please signup to attend the EGM and enable us to carry out the formal business of the Association (click here..).
Robert Teesdale
HBA Secretary

For the Zoom connection details and the Officers' Reports & supplementary documents, click here..

Nomination for Officers and Committee members & Motions for Debate

No additional nominations or motions have been received. There are two proposals for changes to the constitution submitted by the committee.

Constitution Change
There are two proposals for separate changes to the constitution.

Amend paragraph 3.5 to allow electronic banking. The amendment is shown in red in draft attached.
An amendment to add two paragraphs to Section 2 of the Schedule. These paragraphs make clear the HBA’s role in any disciplinary matters occurring in its member clubs. The added paragraphs are shown in red on page 5 of the draft document.

Online Bridge

Online classes for Beginners and Improvers are commencing this autumn! The Welwyn and Watford clubs are offering courses and they would be delighted to welcome new students from across the county - click here for more details.

In addition to many Hertfordshire clubs are providing on line bridge, the HBA has also become a Virtual Club and has launched some new bridge opportunities as listed below. These are available to all Herts members.

Marjorie Lukyn

This event is the annual HBA charity competition. As not all clubs will be able to hold their usual club heat this year and to try and maximise their contribution to charity, the HBA has decided to make four of our Sunday monthly Open Pairs events heats for the Marjorie Lukyn. The relevant dates are July 12th, September 13th, November 8th and January 10th.

The contribution to charity from club heats is £2 per player and to maintain this amount, the entry fee for the Herts Open Pairs on Sunday 12th July will be 6 BB$. BBO are amending their financial model and the entry fee for the other three events is under review as a result.

Players can compete in as many heats as they like, with the top 50% from each heat eligible to enter the final in March next year.

Forthcoming HBA Events

Due to Coronavirus, HBA Face-to-Face events are being suspended until further notice and all sessions noted below will be online on BBO.

Open Pairs
These are 18 board Pairs competitions held on the second Sunday of every month at 15.00. Entry will be on the day via BBO in the usual way with a cost of 3BB$. A partner will be needed.

7 High Pairs
On the fourth Sunday of every month, starting at 15.00 HBA will host a 15 board Pairs competition for players whose NGS is no higher than 7. Playing 15 boards will allow for a slightly slower pace of play. NB It is necessary to pre-register for these competitions by sending an e mail to ajwo56@hotmail.com. You only need to do this once and then you are eligible for all the HBA NGS7 events.

Extraordinary General Meeting Sunday 25th October at 12:00

For more information, click here..

Mixed Pairs - Friday October 30^th at 7:00pm

A 24 board session with a 15 minute break at the half way stage. Click here.. for details and entry forms.

Club Champions Cup - Friday November 13^th at 7:00pm

A 24 board session with a 15 minute break at the half way stage. Click here.. for details and entry forms.

Other Forthcoming Herts Events

Many Herts clubs are now running open sessions, available to all HBA members. These include Teaching, Gentle Duplicates aimed at newcomers & improvers and normal duplicate events. Click here.. for the details.

Further Afield

Surrey is staging Green Pointed Swiss Pairs and Teams events over the weekend of 26 - 27 September and a Blue Pointed pairs event with qualifying on 14th November and the final on the 15th.

This year the Suffolk County Congress will be online, taking place over the weekend of October 2nd - 4th. Friday: Relaxed Pairs, Saturday: green pointed Pairs, Sunday green pointed Swiss Teams. For details, click here..

For links to other counties' websites - click here