| Eccles Cup |
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2024 winners: Harpenden Duplicate Bridge Club (Jill & Geoff Horn, John Hanlon & Bob Veal, David Keith & Jo Gardner, Sue Slater & Barbara Berry)
This is an inter-club competition for teams of 4 pairs, with limits on the NGS grades that may take part - see Eligibility below.
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2pm on Sunday 16th February 2025 |
| Where: |
RealBridge |
| Cost: |
FREE for all players whose primary county affiliation is to Hertfordshire, otherwise £4 per person. |
| Eligibility: |
To be confirmed:
All players in Section 1 must be NGS Jack or less, and all players in Section 2 must be NGS 9 or less.
Team members must have a public NGS grade, and be included in the list of members of the club that they are representing as registered with the EBU for purposes of the Universal Membership Scheme.
Note: eligibility is checked on the date of entry. Once eligibility has been verified, the team will be able to play even if some players' grades have increased by the time of the event.
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| Format: |
A single session event of 24 boards played in two sections. Players will be allocated starting positions in advance. The team's result is determined by the sum of the ranks of its best three pairs. |
| Conventions: |
Players are only allowed to use conventions that are permitted under 'Level 2' systems. These include the common English systems but not artificial bids which may be weak e.g. multi two diamonds. See the EBU site for more details. |
| Entries: |
Pre-entry by clubs no later than Saturday 15th February please. No entries on the day. |
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Click here to enter
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RealBridge
Sign-in details: |
You will not be able to sign in until the director has opened the session approximately 45 minutes before the start time.
The session keys are:
Section A: Not yet available
Section B: Not yet available
Players will be emailed joining instructions on February 16th
Please ensure you use the correct key for your section, and you will be seated automatically in your starting position
Please enter your name exactly as per your entry e.g. John Doe and then put your EBU Number in the ID field.
The password field will be pre-set and should not be changed.
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For more information contact the Tournament Secretary at hbatournamentsec@gmail.com
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