| Bridge is available online NOW! |
We have established two regular sessions now on BBO. Thursday at 1.30pm and Sunday at 11am - All-You-Can-Play members please look on the St James Calendar for other games to join in as you wish as well.
If you have not yet registered your BBO username please use this form to do so now!
Then we look forward to seeing you online soon. Stay safe and well please! Nicole
Bridgebase is where we meet to play matches in a weekly teams league. Joining Bridgebase How-to video and first hand (5mins) nonYouTube version.
So what do you need to do? - 1. Watch the video - 2. Decide if you need more before you try it- 3. Get yourself online - 4. Tell me your username 5. Turn up and register with your partner or at the Partnership Desk (Registration 30-60minutes before play). NB PLayers not online at start tine will be DEREGISTERED AND WILL NOT PLAY.
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| Last updated : 4th Apr 2020 21:59 BST |
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| BBO Dollars Buyback |
 STOP BUYING BBO DOLLARS TO PLAY ST JAMES GAMES NOW. BUY GAMES HERE INSTEAD.
If you have have already bought BBO Dollars - please email Nicole with your BBO Username and how much you want refunded. I need to make a list to send to BBO to arrange it.
I suggest you keep a bit - in case you want to play and EBU event sometime or buy a .25c robot partner (they are pretty good partners!) some time.
Nicole
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| Last updated : 4th Apr 2020 21:49 BST |
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| Bridge is available online NOW! |
UPDATE - Thursday 2/4/20 at 11.00am
We are delighted to report that we will now be offering our members and their friends lots of opportunities to play Duplicate Bridge with players from the RAC and clubs in St James and similar. The RAC will host sessions on a Thursday evening (4-6pm) and Sunday morning (11-12.30pm). The Reform invite us to their April Inter-club on Monday 6th April at 4-6pm. The Cumberland invite us to join them on Friday 3rd April. To find all the times and host clubs have a look at the St James Bridge Diary I have created.
We will issue masterpoints and there will be a TD host to play - so come on your own or as a pair. We have decided to charge to cover costs of this activity. Please select the option that suits you best. (£15 once a week in April, £4 one night or £25 to play in any "St James" hosted session in April)
To play you need to pay at this link, please be sure to put your BBO username instead of your street address when you checkout. On the day registration opens 30 minutes before game time only - so turn up to register in the tournament area (see image below) - search STJ.
Then wait to play!
To play online games at the RAC you now need to sign up to BBO (Bridgebase How-to video and first hand (5mins) nonYouTube version), then email me your username so I can add you to the inclusion list. The game will be included list ONLY so you MUST email me to get your BBO username registered. As always if you need help email, whatsapp or phone me. Stay safe & healthy - hugs Nicole
Then turn up on BBO 30minutes before a session and register with your partner (or come on your own and pair up with someone else at the partnership desk). See image for how.
BBO have changed the way we charge - so if you have BBO dollars you will never use email Nicole and I will sort it out.
Spread the word to your RAC and St James friends please.
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| Last updated : 4th Apr 2020 21:51 BST |
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| Ross Cope Swiss Teams Evening NOW ON 17TH SEPTEMEBER |
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Pall Mall
Thursday 17TH SEPTEMBER, 6.00pm
On Thursday 17TH SEPTEMBER we shall remember our friend Ross Cope by playing his favoured format of bridge, a Swiss Teams Night. The event will start at 6.00pm with a similar high tea to that sampled at the Championship pairs, followed by 24 boards. The Ross Cope Cup has been donated by the Royal Automobile Club Bridge Circle.
Members and guests: £25.00
Includes: A buffet high tea
Please click here for an entry form.
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| Last updated : 1st Apr 2020 16:51 BST |
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| Cotton Cup 2020 - Save the date |
Tuesday 9th June 6.30 for 6.45.
The first round of the Cotton Cup, our rubber bridge competition, will be played in the Mall room at Pall Mall. Sandwiches and tea and coffee will be provided free of charge.
Further details about booking will follow soon
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| Last updated : 7th Mar 2020 15:08 GMT |
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| RAC v MCC Annual Team of 8 Match |
No matter how hard we try we don’t seem to be able to overcome the MCC team of 8 in our annual bridge match. This must be about the 5th year running that we have come second. At half time we were down 26 IMPs and in the second half we did pull back 6 IMPs to lose overall by 20. The Marina, Andrew, Tony and Paul team of 4 managed to win their bit by a single imp and the Bailey, Lester, Howard and Colin a small loss by 21 IMPs. The MCC were competitive and were gracious and took delight in beating us which I take as a compliment. Next year Marina is planning an earlier 4.00pm start for the match at Lords so maybe this will benefit our old stagers more than our opponents.
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| Last updated : 5th Mar 2020 13:25 GMT |
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| Bridge Circle Christmas Dinner, honours and thank yous |
12 December 2019
Michael Bailey presenting Sally with the Hero/Heroine Plate.
Michael Bailey presenting the Brigitte and Andrew Kisiel with Joyce Goldstein Trophy for Top Partnership.
Michael Bailey presenting Robin with the Debbie Goldstein Trophy for Our player of the year with highest aggregate points (second to Marina Chaning Pearce). Robin and Frank also won the Cotton Cup for rubber bridge.
See more photos
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| Last updated : 18th Dec 2019 13:02 GMT |
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| Cotton Cup 2019. And the winners are... (12 December 2019) |
Frank Hollendoner and Robin Kilborn faced up to David Mannooch and Michael Bailey in the Club Room at 9.00am on the morning before the Bridge Circle Christmas Dinner to play the final of the 2019 Cotton Cup, so desperate were the four to produce a winning pair to be presented with the champagne and Cup at the dinner! After two hours Mannooch and Bailey held a 2-0 lead in the rubbers and the overall score was virtually breakeven but it was downhill for them for the final 90 minutes and Frank and Robin ran out worthy winners.
See Cotton Cup ladder
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| Last updated : 16th Dec 2019 16:55 GMT |
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Ros and Bob Bowman Swiss Pairs 2019 Championship
(3 November 2019) |
A bit like Formula one racing or Premiership Football our annual Open carves up into the top 6 or so very experienced, high quality bridge pairs, the majority of experienced Pairs who threaten a Leicester City performance and the less experienced Pairs who gain enormous know how and development by competing and one year will move up the groupings.
Played over two sessions of 24 boards per session the leading pair changed position countless times. After the first session the leading were: Marina and Terry, Gitte and Mary, Ruth and Sami. The second session leaders were: Paul and Brigid, Richard and Rhonda, Malcolm and Susi.
Leaders session 1: Marina Chaning Pearce & Terry Smith
Leaders session 2: Paul Weston & Brigid Battiscombe
The overall winners of the Cup were Gitte Hecht-Johansen and Mary Gordon-Smith with 110 VPs followed incredibly closely by joint second with 108 VPs: Richard and Rhonda Collins and Paul Weston and Brigid Battiscombe.
Overall winners: Gitte Hecht-Johansen and Mary Gordon-Smith
As a club the RAC can claim some success as Gitte is a regular friend of ours replacing Nicole as TD when she is not available and Paul Weston is home grown. Marina and Terry, last year’s winners and early leaders after session one came 5th and Andrew Kisiel and David Glass came 6th.
Thank you to the Club for making the Mountbatten Room available to us on a particularly busy Sunday in the events calendar and for the Banqueting team who provided a beautiful array of coloured sandwiches high tea.
Michael
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| Last updated : 16th Dec 2019 16:52 GMT |
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