The following procedure, should be followed to enter the Bramhall Vilage Easy Bridge Tuesday session which starts at 10 am.

1. Login to Bridge Base Online (BBO) – not more than 2 hrs prior to start time.

2.   Click on ‘Competitive’ and then click on ‘All Tournaments’

3.   Type ‘Bramhall’ in the ‘Search’ box above the Entry fee column. 

4. Click on ‘Pairs Bramhall Tuesday’ tournament and this will give you the opportunity to enter with a partner.

5.   Either you or your partner then need to type in partner’s BBO Username (agree in advance who is going to do this). 

6.    This will send an invitation to your named partner. This person (who already should be online) then accepts the invitation by clicking ‘yes’. If the person is not online to accept the invitation, it will be quickly timed out and it will be necessary to send a subsequent invitation.  YOU WILL NOT BE ENTERED UNTIL ONE HAS INVITED AND ONE HAS ACCEPTED

The procedure is then complete but you will not be taken to a table until the start time – just wait or log back on no later than 9:50am

If for some reason your screen is blocked or you are unable to enter, you should telephone Adam Wiseberg on who will be able to help you.

When you get to the table, the Usernames of your partner and yourself, together with your opponents will be displayed.  (To enable your real name to appear when your opponents click your Username, you should enter your name real name in your profile which can be found by clicking the vertical tab called ‘Account’, at the extreme right hand side of the BBO log in screen)

Cards will automatically be dealt and the person with a yellow line under their name is the person whose turn it is to bid or play.

To bid you just click on the number and suit which will be displayed above your cards when it is your turn to bid.

If anyone does not have a partner on a particular week, please contact Julia at julia.bannister@outlook.com or phone her on 07794 168 5331 between 8 and 9.30 on a Tuesday morning who will advise of any other members who are also looking for a partner

No Cost

The cost is currently being subsidised by the Club so entry is free.

Note: You must self alert, i.e.  you alert your own bids.   This is a requirement of BBO online bridge.  If you forget then an oppponent may 'ask' in which case a yellow box pops up.  Please explain your bid and write a description which is appropriate and accurate.   You also need to self alert your no trump range when you open 1NT or 2NT together with the strength of your natural two level bids.    

Click here for a video on self alerting on BBO.  

Enjoy!