IT IS LIKELY THAT BRIDGE CLUBS WILL NOT REOPEN FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND DURING THIS PERIOD ONLINE BRIDGE IS REALLY THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN.  WE CAN HELP YOU SET UP AS A VIRTUAL CLUB AND NOW HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO TRAIN YOUR CLUB TO RUN AS A VIRTUAL CLUB SO PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH TONY TO GET INVOLVED OR TO ORGANISE TRAINING.

The Clevedon & Portishead Bridge Club was the first Somerset club to take up the launch of a virtual bridge club on BBO and others are in the pipeline.

The EBU is promoting the idea of virtual clubs to enable clubs or maybe clusters of clubs to run their own tournaments on line whenever they wish. Various options are explained if you click this article. The cost per player is $BB3 but the club gets 70% returned for the club to use to pay the director and UMS leaving something over for the club  probably.  CLICK FOR THE EBU DOCUMENT

There is a series of videos here giving the full low down on how to enjoy Bridge Base Online. Thanks to Paul Gipson for these.

The second edition of the summer lockdown league is shorttly to start. Teams of four are welcome to join by contacting Tony.     This is a fun league and players of all abilies and from all clubs or no club are encouraged to join. 

Lockdown League 1 is now almost finished  and the Slam Dunkers have already won the first division. It is extremely tight at the top of division 2 with three teams in contention fior promotion.

LEAGUE TABLES

DIVISION 1

DIVISION 2

TEAMS

ONLINE GAMES ETHICS

♥ SCBA ON LINE TOURNAMENTS HAVE STARTED♥ 

FOR SOMERSET PLAYERS AND THEIR FRIENDS

FOUR GAMES PER WEEK
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS AT 1.00pm.
 

201 REGISTERED TO DATE

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If you would like to play you  need to obtain a BBO name and this is how to get a user name:

Having chosen your user name please send an email to Tony  with your real name, BBO user name and EBU number if you have one.

Games cost £1.20 per person and  will consist of 18 boards with an EBU director in charge. 

These games are open to all regardless of EBU membership. Master points will be available to EBU members.

If you need help please send an email to  scbachair@icloud.com 

The constitution of the SCBA allows for an annual general meting to be held at any time  between May 1st and September 30th. In view of the current situation the annual general meeting of the SCBA has been postponed from May 24th until Sunday September 6th at noon and will be followed  by an event for mixed pairs at which all will be welcome. The Swiss Teams event planned for May 24th has been cancelled. 

We have now arranged to hold a course in Somerset leading to the EBU Club Directors' Award. This will be held at Bruton in  July and you can find all the details here.  

This course is open to members of affiliated and non-affiliated clubs from Somerset and surrounding counties. Participants do not need to be members of the English Bridge Union. 

Use the Menu - Bruton weekend for details / entry

THE EVENT IS POSTPONED UNTIL JULY 10th-12th

If you need help using EBU score then our county scorer, Andy Ridgers, is available to help. He may be contacted at andyridgers@gmail.com

Click here for the first draft of the SCBA calendar for the 2020/21 season. 
 

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