We have three on line Duplicate Pairs earning master points. On Monday evenings we now run a 20 board Duplicate Pairs on BBO (Bridgebaseonline) starting at 7.15pm. On Thursday  evenings we have Duplicate  Pairs on Real Bridge at 7.15pm. On Friday afternoons we now run an 18 board Duplicate Pairs on BCL(Bridgeclublive) starting at 2.15pm. We have a NEW guided play session on Wednesday morning at 10am on Real Bridge (no master points). All events will cost £1.50 per player for members who have renewed their subscriptions and £2.50 for all other players. Detailed instructions on how to play in each event can be downloaded from the links below. Members will be invoiced monthly in arrears for each game played.

BCL Olicana Club link

How to play in BCL club room

How to play in BBO club room

How to play on Real Bridge

Host pair guidance

Note direct links to the Real Bridge sessions will be posted on the calendar entry at least 24 hours before the event to simplify login.

We have a well established individual club area under Bridgeclublive (BCL) which you can access by following this link.

 Bridgeclublive

BCL is essentially a private on line club and  as from 31/12 the EBU has terminated their special relationship to award master points. 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.

If you are new to on line bridge 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. You can also set up a private table in the Social Room see Private Table  NOTE THERE IS NOW AN OPTIONAL AUDIO/VIDEO FEATURE IN SOCIAL AND TEACHING ROOMS. DO TRY IT OUT. IT IS A RED ICON AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE SCREEN.

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 26th January matches

Match 1

Team Clifford WON v Team Wharmby by  1 IMP

Team Andrews WON  v Team Ebbutt by 3 IMPS

Team Edwardson LOST v Team Hopkins by 34 IMPS

Match 2

Team Ebbutt WON v Team Edwardson by 26 IMPS

Team Hopkins WON v Team Wharmby  by 22 IMPS

Team Andrews WON v Team Clifford by 18 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 20th January.

We are now offering a weekly Olicana only Duplicate Pairs event on BBO on Monday evenings at 7.15pm. If you have not played in these sessions before please register with your BBO user name to tdatilkleybridgeclub@gmail.com by the previous Sunday evening.

If you have not already signed up on BBO (it is free to join) please see these helpful guidelines put together by the EBU BBO guide  To look at your results and conduct a review see Post mortem (with thanks to John Blackett from Ripon Bridge Club).

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.

There are some very entertaining videos from Czech player MILAN MACURA who was Junior World Champion in 2009. These are free on You Tube where Milan takes a hand from Funbridge tournaments and works through the bidding and then the declarer play or defence. He has a free Livestream each week too. You might also like to look out for the Australian Pete Hollands on You Tube, he has a lot of interesting bridge teaching videos and also plays the weekly free 8 board solitaire bridge on BBO (five card majors, strong NT with robots).

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 $2 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.

A further option to entertain and hopefully enlighten bridge Club members is a daily series of bridgecasts from the well known teacher and international bridge player Andrew Robson. There are three channels each 6 times per week entitled  beginner, intermediate and advanced. Each costs £7.99 per month plus VAT (so just under £10). If interested, please click BRIDGECAST to subscribe to the channel of your choice or multiple channels as appropriate.  Andrew robson also has lots of books, flippers etc available BOOKS

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!