PLEASE NOTE

FROM TUESDAY 14th JULY

TUESDAY & THURSDAY EVENING  SESSIONS 

WILL NOW START AT 7.15pm

(OUR DAILY AFTERNOON SESSIONS

at 2pm ARE UNCHANGED 

... as is our SESSION for IMPROVERS on SUNDAY at 11am)  

FULL WEEKLY SCHEDULE BELOW

**REVISED WEEKLY SCHEDULE**

from MONDAY 13th JULY 2020

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MAN ‘Pay to Play’ Online Games on BBO 

♥ Monday afternoon – 2.00pm

♥ Tuesday afternoon – 2.00pm

♥ Tuesday evening - 7.15pm (INTERMEDIATE PAIRS)

♥ Wednesday afternoon – 2.00pm

♥ Thursday afternoon – 2.00pm

♥ Thursday evening Swiss Pairs - 7.15pm

♥ Friday afternoon – 2.00pm

♥ Saturday afternoon – 2.00pm

♥ Sunday morning "Improvers" - 11am 

♥ Sunday afternoon – 2.00pm

^{THE BBO PLAYER INDEX (the alphabetical list of Real Names and BBO User Names) is now under the yellow tab third one down, top left of this page. - Updated July 2020}

A pre-arranged partner is preferable. However, partners can be found via the BBO Partnership Desk when you access our tournaments

Subject to a minimum of 4 tables, a Free Game is awarded to the winners. 

Every player earns a Free Game for each 8th game played.  

You cannot enter these games unless you have pre-paid.

Each game costs £3.50 to enter. Please deposit £20 (or more, by choice) into the MBC bank account  (details below).

We will reduce your balance held after each session played and adjust for any prize money by adding it back.

MBC will notify you, via email, when your ‘fund’ reduces to £8 so you can top up your account.

Manchester Bridge Club Bank details are –

HSBC   Sort Code 40-11-56   Account Number  90730807

Thank you for supporting Manchester Bridge Club

WE ARE HOLDING A CHARITY EVENT ON

SATURDAY 18th JULY at 2pm

IN MEMORY OF

MICHELLE BRUNNER

 to support  

THE CHRISTIE & St ANN'S HOSPICE

ENTRY WILL BE £15 per player (plus optional £5-10 in lieu of the usual raffle)

If you are already registered to play in MBC's online games, please ensure you have sufficient funds in your 'account' to cover the higher entry fee for this event and inform David or Paul via text or email, how much you wish to pay to enter.  

If you are not currently registered to play in MBC online games, simply send your Name, BBO user name & email address to Paul Murray or David Debbage (via email or text) and transfer your entry fee amount into the MBC Bank Account at 

SORT CODE 40-11-56 Account No.  90730807

Thank you in anticipation -

paul.murraysafc@gmail.com (07776 200962)

daviddebbage@hotmail.co.uk (07717 252114)

ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO

ST ANN'S HOSPICE & THE CHRISTIE

Our Thursday Duplicate Pairs will now start at 7.15pm!

 Many of you have asked if we can run evening games.

Previously, we have been prevented by BBO from starting games between 6pm and 10pm – mainly due to capacity issues.

However, this restriction has now been lifted so our sessions can start earlier!!

This will be an 18 board event (likely 3 x 6 boards) so we should be finished by 9.30pm

See you every Thursday evening!! 

(Our afternoon games remain unaltered)

NOW EVERY SUNDAY MORNING!

IMPROVERS ON-LINE DUPLICATE ON SUNDAYS AT 11am!

By popular demand we have arranged a weekly BBO Online Session specifically for Beginners and Improvers.

These sessions are for players who would normally play on Monday afternoon, Tuesday evening or Wednesday evening - in other words our beginners and improvers. 

These new Improver Sessions are INVITATION ONLY and will be held every Sunday Morning at 11am. 

Like our well established, daily online Club duplicates, these sessions will be £3 each to enter (with concessions for students – see Dave). You might find it convenient to lodge (say) £20 into the MBC bank account. We will let you know when your ‘kitty’ runs out so you can replenish it in good time to continue playing.

If you would like to join in please contact Dave Debbage by email / text to inform him of your BBO User Name and email address.

email: daviddebbage@hotmail.co.uk           

text: 07717 252114

In due course and subject to demand, we will add another Improvers Session to our Monday-Friday schedule.   

To join the ‘Improvers duplicate’ you need to: 

♠ Register with BBO to obtain a BBO User name

♥ Inform Manchester Bridge Club of your User name & email address (we control entry to these games via this data)

When you’ve done this and you want to enter the session: 

♠ Log on to BBO and click "Play Bridge"

♥ Click "Competitive"

♦ Click "All Tournaments"

♣ Click "MAN" into the Search box at the top right of the screen. 

♠ Click on the Manchester BC tournament

♥ Enter your Partner’s User name

( If you don’t have a Partner, join the Partnership Desk and wait – we can see you and will get in touch and/or arrange a Partner )

What a treat to be able to have the chance to continue playing bridge.,,,and thankyou again to all the people "behind the scenes" who work so hard to make it all happen.

Please don't forget that the rules for table etiquette still apply - more especially in these unusual times.

......and HAVE FUN!

Dave Debbage.

"DON'T FORGET YOU GET A FREE GAME AFTER EVERY 8th GAME PLAYED!!"

ONLINE BRIDGE FOR MEMBERS

We are now offering duplicate pairs sessions for club members online.

The first two Online games are free and start tomorrow Sunday 5th April at 2:45pm and Monday 6th April at 2pm.

The first paid Online game will be Wednesday 8th April at 2:30pm.

Please be online on BBO at least 20 minutes before the start.

You must have registered on Bridge Base On-line (www.bridgebase.com) with a UserName & Password and then sent us your name and BBO UserName so we can add it to the list of players for that tournament. New members wanting to sign on with Manchester BC should send an Email with their BBO UserName to Paul Murray at paul.murraysafc@gmail.com

There is a help page at https://berwickbridgeclub.co.uk/bbo

To play in a duplicate, please login to BBO a few minutes before the start. Click on "Competitive" under "Play or Watch Bridge".  Then Click "All Tournaments" and, in the search box above the list which appears, type "MAN" or  "Manchester BC".  The tournament will appear and you can click on it to register.  Your partner will need to be online at the time you register and you need to enter their BBO name. There will normally be a £3.50 charge for the session which will be collected using your pre-paid contribution into the Manchester Bridge Club account. 

A BIG THANKYOU FOR ALL WHO  "HAD A GO'' AT ONLINE BRIDGE  AND HAVE SUPPORTED THE CLUB. 

THANKS TO PAUL MURRAY,  JEFF SMITH AND ANNIE CURTIS WITHOUT WHOM THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE

DAVE

HOW ABOUT SOME ON-LINE LESSONS

or some

PRIVATE LESSONS ON BBO?

What a great way to keep up with your bridge!

Give Dave Debbage a ring and sort things out.

Tel: 07717 252114

One of our Tuesday night students Sam Knox has offered to go shopping or run errands for any of our members who live in the Fallowfield, Withington or surrounding areas if they would be glad of some support.
His telephone number is 07494863444

RAY ASHLEIGH'S AMAZING RETIREMENT  "JOG"

https://exrayraylejog.home.blog

"I wanted to do some walking after I retired and, in what may turn out to be a mad moment, I thought it would be a good idea to walk from Lands End to John O’Groats (LeJog).  This is a well known charity walk, often done on roads (e.g. by Ian Botham).  There are a number of books and blogs that describe the walk cross country which increases the distance from 874 miles to 1100 or more depending on the route. The route can be done, of course, from South to North or North to South (becoming JogLe!).  The advantages of LeJog include walking with the prevailing wind and (rain!) coming from behind the walker, hopefully I will be fitter by the time I get to the Pennine Way and the Highlands and a new walking route between Inverness and John O’Groats should be complete in 2020 (currently most walkers use the A9)."