We had planned to return to bridge sessions at the Larrapurz after “Freedom Day” on 19^th July. However, in the light of the rapidly rising number of Covid cases in the UK and the Government’s recommendation that people act with caution and continue to wear face masks in crowded internal spaces, the Committee now considers that the risk levels militate against returning to live bridge in the near future. It is disappointing but we will continue to listen carefully to Government advice and review the situation every few weeks.

Ross-on-Wye Bridge Club is now a virtual bridge club on BBO. There will be online pairs tournaments on Mondays at 7pm, starting 15th June.

These are open to Ross-on-Wye Bridge Club members and members of other local clubs, and are EBU registered events with master points and NGS.

To participate there are three basic requirements:

• You must be registered on BBO;
• You have a deposit of at least 3 BB$ in your BBO account;
• You must inform Chris Chowney at chris@chowneyflint.net that your partnership intend to play AND supply your BBO log-on names.

This is an easy and straightforward process but there is also a step by step guide which can be viewed by clicking here: RBC BBO Guide

Choose the menu item "Online Bridge" to find more detailed documentation.

There are also YouTube videos that show the various processes being used. Click on the descriptions to link to the videos, then press the start button to play.

The difference from face-to-face bridge that most people struggle with is "self-alerting" so please check this out.

Thanks to Newent Bridge Club for providing most of the documentation, and to Suffolk Bridge Association for the videos.

Although we have been unable to hold an AGM in 2021, as would have been our normal practice in May our Treasurer, Keith Ray, has produced the final audited accounts for the club for the year 2020-2021  These can be found under the menu item on the left.