SCBA 2020 AGM – 6^th September 2020

It’s clear that we cannot hold a normal AGM this year, and so have decided to hold the AGM as an online meeting.  The meeting will start at 1:00 pm. Any documents, for instance, the annual accounts, which are normally circulated at the meeting will be made available through the county website at least one week before the meeting.Nominations for members to serve on the Executive Committee and items of any other business relevant to an AGM should be received by the Secretary by August 16th. We will use ZOOM to hold the meeting. You can attend a ZOOM meeting using any desktop, laptop or tablet computer. You do not have to have a camera or a microphone on your computer to attend the meeting – the only requirement is an internet connection. A consequence of holding an online meeting is that we will be able to record the meeting. For those of you unable to attend the meeting, we will make the recording available, either upon request or through the SCBA website.You can join the meeting by clicking on this link

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76876622600?pwd=anlsc3A3MG1mMUxrZlJRUDdhcHNCZz09

If you are already a confident ZOOM user, you can join the meeting with the Meeting ID: 768 7662 2600, and Password: SCBAAGM.
Depending on your technology and your internet connection, it can take a minute or two to join an online meeting like this. We will start the online meeting at least ten minutes before one o’clock, so that everyone can be ready to start the meeting on time. 

Scary Technical Stuff and an Offer of Help
If you haven’t used ZOOM before, or have concerns about using computers for this kind of event, Andy Ridgers has offered to help. Contact Andy on 01749 672338 or andyridgers@gmail.com, and he’ll set up a test event so that you can become familiar with the technology.

♥ THESE EVENTS ARE OPEN TO ALL AND GUESTS FROM OTHER COUNTIES WILL BE VERY WELCOME♥ 

BAROMETER PAIRS on SUNDAY JULY 26th starting at 1pm

2x 18 board sessions with a 30 minute interval. This event will be played on BBO and will cost 6BB$ payable on entry. Details of how to to get a BBO user name are on our home page under ON LINE BRIDGE GAMES . Please register your interest in playing here but actual entry is via BBO on the day.

PAUL JONES on SATURDAY and SUNDAY AUGUST 29th and 30th at 1pm each day
 

On Saturday teams of four will play three eight board matches against three other teams in their group. Each member of the team must play one match with each oif the other three players.On Sunday there will be a knock out for the group winners, seconds etc. probably involving a further 3 x8 board matches. It is essential that team captains have the ability to set up team matches on BBO. There is a helpful video here and later on we will have a ZOOM meeting to go through this process with all the captains who need it.

This event will cost £5 per player. Please enter here. Further details will be sent to the captains of teams that have entered.

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 have now been followed by Coxley, Ilminster & Crewkerne, Fivehead, Wells and Taunton. The latest club is a combination of Wedmore, Cheddar and Winscombe known as Axe Virtual Bridge Club.

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 now complete. 

Locvkdown League 3 starts in early July.

LEAGUE TABLES

DIVISION 1

DIVISION 2

ONLINE GAMES ETHICS

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

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