| BRIDGE UPDATE MAY 2021 |
Another month has gone since the last email and we are still playing online. The EBU have a statement about face-to-face bridge on their website.
We hope next month to start to be able to give more information about returning to bridge at the Club as the situation becomes clearer although realistically this is probably still a little way off.
| St James and RAC |
Sunday 11.00am |
| Reform Club |
Monday 1.00pm (Please note change) |
| Dutch Club |
Tuesday 1.00pm |
| RAC |
Thursday 1.00pm |
The Swiss Teams on the last Wednesday of the month has proved popular. We had 12 teams in April. Many thanks to Nicole and her friendly helpers. The most recent Swiss Teams evening was much smoother than March since everyone stayed online so all teams were correct. We do need everyone online at 6.30pm please so we can get off to a prompt start at 6.45pm. The directors are working hard in those 15 minutes. Please remain online once you log back in at 6.30pm.
The event in May is on Wednesday 26 May. Please register as a team from 5.00pm and well before 6.30pm. Then be back online by 6.30pm ready for the start. The joining instructions are the same as last time and are on bridgewebs. Please fill in your team names in advance on the list on bridgewebs.
If anyone cannot get a team I will try and act as facilitator but cannot promise that I will be successful.
The fee for all sessions including team session is £5.00 per player per session or it is included in £35.00 fee for all bridge sessions listed above. The link to pay is here.
It is great to see some of our Intermediates coming through and more than holding their own in online Club sessions. Many thanks to Anne Catchpole, our teacher, for continuing to work with them. Your hard work is certainly paying off, Anne.
Please can I remind everyone that we need to self alert on BBO regardless of explaining systems in advance. Recently people seem to be alerting less often. Remember any bid which is not natural should be self alerted on BBO. This includes stayman, transfers, point range of no trump opening bids as well as more complicated bids like Jacoby, Michael’s, fourth suit forcing etc.
I look forward to seeing you online soon and hope you can begin to enjoy slightly more freedom as we come out of lockdown.
Sally
Bridge Activity Committee, Pall Mall
bridge-pmcommittee@royalautomobileclub.co.uk
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| Last updated : 29th Apr 2021 19:47 BST |
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| RAC Swiss Teams 26th May 2021 JOINING INSTRUCTIONS |
 Please register below so we know you are coming. And if any of your players have not played in a STJ game before please email Nicole with the BBO new BBO usernames 24 hours before the game.
Then agree a time for all four players to login to BBO after 4.45pm and before 6.30pm.
- All Players login to BBO as normal.
- Pair A registers as usual to the tournament: …RAC SWISS TEAMS. Registration will look just like any pairs tournament.
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After both pairs have registered choose tab SELECT TEAMMATES. Click on it, locate your teammates partnership and click INVITE. When your teammates accept you are done (the player who invited from pair 1 should get the invite to accept).
Close the window and click the event title and you should see your four players as a team.
When you have successfully registered online as a team, you can all log-off.
4. Thereafter please login again as usual by 15 minutes to game time. BBO has one quirk – it will re-assign teams if any pairs are offline – so make sure you are ONLINE and in the competitive area at game time.
Good luck and play well.
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| Last updated : 6th May 2021 21:33 BST |
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