The concept adopted by the Midlands WG early in lockdown - running NGS 9-High events open across a number of counties - has been replicated by some others, notably Kent and Cumbria.

Work is underway to  coordinate the calendars for these different (all online) events and make this into a programme which allows a game of this nature in most months of the year.  More details here.

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• You are encouraged to login early (in the hour before play) to check that your connections and your partner's all work correctly.   CLICK HERE TO LOGIN TO PLAY.

This weekend's event will come with a commentary on some of the more interest deals, prepared by .  Visit this website (results) to read it after you finish.

This is the entry only for the 19th October 2024 9-High Swiss Pairs.  The pair should have NGS grades which average at most 9 (if you have NGS as percentages then the max is 106, which could be 9+9 or 8+10 etc).  If someone drifts above the limit at the time of the event they can still play but will not be eligible for any prizes or their county score.

It runs on RealBridge and starts at 1400 hrs, and the link for the game will be placed on this webpage on the morning of the event.

Playing in this event is representing your county - the top three scores from a county combine to give the county score, so the more pairs a county has the better chance it has.

THE EVENT IS RUN AS SWISS PAIRS.  THERE WILL BE FIVE OR SIX ROUNDS IN EACH OF WHICH YOU WILL PLAY AGAINST A PAIR WHO, EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST ROUND, WILL HAVE A SIMILAR MATCHPOINT SCORE TO YOUR OWN.

The entry fee is £8 per pair.

Payment is by bank transfer to : account name "MCWG 9 High",  account number 30756938,  sort code 40-18-00