| CLUB REOPENING |
1) The Government's plan B restrictions are being removed on Thursday. This means masks are no longer required (but the government does still advise wearing them indoors). The club suggests that, as a courtesy, you check with other players at your table whether they would prefer you to wear a mask.
Naturally the club will continue with the other measures that were put in place to protect against COVID such as hand santiser, ventilation etc
2) Sundays afternoon sessions will restart 6th February and they will be hosted for at least the first month.
3) The new NGS 8 and below Monday evening session (similiar to what used to be Room 2 and 3 on a Tuesday evening) will start on 7th February. It will be hosted for the first 2 weeks.
As a trial it will start at 7 pm rather than 7 30pm.
3) Wednesday Easy Play will re start February 9th (7 30pm). No partner required but we would request that players try and make their own arrangements.
4) The Tuesday evening and Thursday afternoon sessions at the club and the LOP online sessions will all continue.
We look forward to seeing you back at the Club
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| BRIDGE LESSONS |
We continue to provide a service to all our members both Online and F2F.
Monday Advanced Class 10 15
This is an advanced class where we play a Teams match and then meet on Zoom to review the boards.
Monday Beginners 10 30 at Southport Bridge Club
This will restart on 24th January - New Beginners Welcome
Wednesday Morning 10.30 Play and Discuss
Will recommence January 12th; This is open to all to play some set hands and discuss the bidding and card play after. If you are interested join Zoom 760 012 2475 Password bridge at 10.20.
Thursday 9.45 at Southport Bridge Club
Will recommence 3rd February; click here for more information (members and non members welcome)
Focus Friday 1.30
This will restart Friday January 21st. Will focus on a set topic with boards to follow. All welcome no partners needed.
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| LANCS BPS BECOMES LOP |
Lancashire BPS is no more but don't worry the schedule of tournaments is continuing unchanged under the Lancashire Online Pairs (LOP) banner. ALL members registered as Lancs BPS members Southport Section will be registered and eligible to play in LOP tournaments from day 1. There is no need to register again.
The main differences will be:
- When you are searching for the tournament use LOP rather than BPS as the search term.
- Payment will be made to LCBA who will use the BrianMAS system, the same as Southport use, to administer the accounts. So instead of going to SBC website to request a statement, you will go to the LCBA website.
We have deliberately set out to be as light touch as possible regarding regulations, so it is important that we all respect the few regulations that we have. We would therefore be grateful if everyone would try to remember the following:
Please don’t request carding Undos;
For our restricted sessions, please make sure before you play, that both players meet the defined NGS restrictions;
LOP is a community and it’s nice to know who you are playing against, so please can everyone make sure their first name and surname are completed on their BBO profile;
Robots are meant for occasional use – not as regular partners
Please explain what bids mean rather than just giving them a name e.g Multi – weak 2 in a major or 19-20 balanced, Landy – both majors usually 5/4
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