ALTHOUGH THE PHYSICAL BRIDGE CLUB REMAINS CLOSED THERE IS MUCH ACTIVITY ON LINE AS DETAILED BELOW AS WELL AS NEW WEEKLY QUIZZES AND BIDDING CHALLENGES ON THE WEBSITE. THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND PLEASE STAY SAFE.

We have set up an individual club area under Bridgeclublive (BCL) which you can access by following this link.

 Bridgeclublive

BCL is an EBU affiliated Club so you can earn master points if you play in certain Tournaments. You need to be a full member of bridgeclublive to participate in club sessions and in various tournaments. The cost is £12 inc VAT per month (there are various other options too) but there are no extra fees outside this. If you have not already registered please register via this BCL registration form  which should offer free membership for 50 days to existing Olicana bridge Club members (as they are also EBU members).

Once you have joined as a full member you can set up a personal profile with your preferred bidding system(s). You should also register as an Olicana member so you need to go to Members then Clubs to click on Olicana. This will enable you to see when other Olicana members are playing. You can also add other Olicana members to your Friends list.

Please try it out  (it is recommended you start in the Social Bridge section to familiarise yourself with on line bridge before moving on to match pointed Pairs and teams of four). BCL has lots of help to get you started see HELP to get started. You may want to try out social bridge with four Olicana members and using "Zoom" to meet virtually. There is now a NEW option to start a private table in the social room see Private Table

To see a step by step guide on playing in the Dropindropout daily  tourney watch this video DIDOVIDEO

To play our BCL teams of four please familiarise yourself with this Teams guidance

Teams 4th August matches

Match 1

Team Clifford  WON  v Team Ebbutt by 19 IMPS 

Team Hopkins WON v Team Collier by 25 IMPS 

Team Andrews WON v Team Wharmby by 13 IMPS 

Match 2

Team Hopkins  WON v Team Ebbutt by 41 IMPS 

Team Clifford LOST v Team Wharmby  by 27 IMPS

Team Andrews LOST v Team Collier by 12 IMPS

Please email ilkleybridgeclub@gmail.com if you would like to enter a new team for the next Tuesday  by Friday prior to that date.

We also have a regular  dropindropout (DIDO) event every Wednesday. You  can play at any time of the day but you need to play a minimum of 16 boards to qualify for the Olicana leaderboard. Here are the Olicana  results from the DIDO event on Wednesday 5th August.

There are quite a number of on line chat abbreviations which newcomers to on line bridge might like to know. They include

WPP well played partner. VWPP very well played partner. WPO well played opponents. BRB be right back. TYP/TUP thank you partner. WJO weak jump overcall. BLP/HLP bad/hard luck partner.

Thanks to Anthony Taglione for finding these from Czech player MILAN MACURA who was Junior World Champion in 2009. These are free on You Tube and are typically presented five times a week where Milan takes a hand from Funbridge tournaments and works through the bidding and then the declarer play or defence. Challenging. You might also like to look out for the Australian Pete Hollands on You Tube, he has a lot of interesting bridge videos too.

There is now a daily EBU competition at 11am for players with an NGS rating of no more than 9. 12 boards, relaxed session, cost $1.50 per player. Follow the link    9high  for more details.

Bernard Magee is a popular bridge teacher (son of Mr Bridge) and initially offered FREE on line livestreamed videos. These are designed for players at all levels. You might like to search on You Tube for his series on the Losing trick count (LTC) covered in episodes 10, 11, 12 and 13.  Episode 10 is for complete newcomers to LTC, episodes 11, 12 and 13 become more advanced. Topic 24 is on teams of four tactics. Well worth a look. From July all new presentations  will be via his new website http://Bernardmageebridge.com  and you will need to subscribe at £13.99 per month.

Congratulations to our SIX new TD's who have successfully passed their final assessments. David Goodman, Jacqui Farrar, Tom Morton and Lindsey Wharmby passed with distinctions and John Cole and John Williams passed. Well done everyone. Hopefully they will get the chance to put their training into practice some time soon!