Welcome to the website of Bridge on the Edge, based in St. John's, NL, Canada.  In 2016 we became a player owned bridge club.  We support a respectful culture, both at the bridge table and in all BOTE communications, for the enjoyment and growth of all members.  

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DUMMY'S RESPONSIBILITIES

You may not call declarer's attention to anything except that he is about to lead from the wrong hand or to ask if he is out of the suit being played. 
As dummy you may not play or touch any card in dummy (even a singleton) until declarer calls the card. If declarer designates a suit, but not the rank, he is deemed to have called for the lowest card of the suit indicated. If declarer designates a rank but not a suit, he is deemed to be continuing the suit in which dummy won the last trick.
Otherwise, be silent during the play. Dummy is not allowed to call the Director.

PRINCIPLE OF FULL DISCLOSURE

The philosophy of active ethics tells us that winners should be determined solely by skill, flair and normal playing luck. Actively ethical partnerships take pains to ensure their opponents are fully informed. A major tenet of active bridge ethics is the principle of full disclosure. This means all inforrmation available to your partnership must be made available to your opponents.

Let's take a look at “weak two” bids from the point of view of full disclosure. When an established  partnership opens a weak two bid, they have a great deal of information of which their opponents are not aware. The convention card discloses the point range, but little else. However, the partners are aware of the range of hands on which the bid can be made (discipline? suit quality requirements? five-or-seven card suits allowed? side four-card major ok? void ok? positional variations? Etc.). Full disclosure requires that all these inferences, restrictions and tendencies be made known to any opponent who inquires about their style.

If you are interested in knowing these things about your opponent's bid, merely say to the bidder's  partner, "Would you tell me more about your style?" You may use the style inquiry to ask about any bid your opponent makes.

The actively ethical player will often go beyond what is technically required in volunteering information to the opponents. Quite often, the declaring side in an actively ethical partnership will volunteer such  information before the opening lead is made. (But remember, when there has been misinformation given, such as a failure to alert or a mistaken alert, there is a LEGAL obligation on the player whose partner misinformed the opponents. He, the bidder, must give the opponents the correct information at the end of the auction if his side is the declaring side or at the end of the play if his side is defending.)

New players or infrequent partnerships usually will not have understandings about the items discussed here and, of course, it will be perfectly proper for them to reply "We have no agreement as to style."

Due to Election Day falling on Monday April 28th, there will be NO BRIDGE.

Bridge has been rescheduled to Tuesday April 29th

Here we are in April at last, winter is almost over  . . . . isn't it?  We have a few a few special things planned for April so mark them on your calendar, grab a partner and come along.  Our Open Games and Supervised play continue throughout April. It’s really encouraging how many pairs are showing up at our Duplicate Light on Thursday and enjoying the game, maybe you should give it a try?  The Wednesday game, however, needs your support!  If you have any suggestions on how to make this a go, let us know, we would appreciate feedback. 

April is Volunteer month and we at BOTE have the best volunteers that anyone could wish for, our club runs smoothly because of you all.  We are going to have a luncheon starting at noon on April 14th to express our appreciation (hooray for us!). I will send out a separate email nearer the time, but if you have helped out at the club in any way you are welcome to join us, please sign up on our website so we know how many to cater for.  

We have some special games this month, the 21st to 24th of  month we are running ABCL Charity Championship games and I heard a rumour that the Easter Bunny might be making  a special visit on Monday 21st . .  . .

Monday the 28th is Election Day so the Swilers venue is not available, instead we will be running an Open Game on Tuesday at 1:00pm.  Supervised Play will be cancelled for that week. 

Hopefully we will be welcoming our snowbirds back soon, I’m sure they have had an interesting winter.  

Any questions or concerns let us know.  

See you at the club!