| Monday afternoon start time from o October 7th 2024 |
Earlier Monday Afternoon Start - 1:00 for 1:15 from Monday 7th October 2024
There now seems to be a consensus among players and the Committee that we should try bringing the Monday afternoon session start time forward to 1:00 for 1.15 pm start. Michael proposes that we do this from October 7th.
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| Shelley 2024/25 Season |
 There are 5 teams entered in the Shelley for the 2024/25 season. The competition will be running on the third Thursday of the month from October at Haling Dene. Please be sure that David has your email address if you are down as a team member or a reserve as David would like to be able to pass relevant information direct to all players taking part.
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| Morning Lessons, 10 a.m. Thursday and Friday mornings |
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Lessons are now at Tixall village Hall, ST18 0XT at 9:45 for 10 a.m.
Lessons:
- Robin's intermediate lessons: Thursday morning lessons. On 1st Thursday of the month this will will normally be played as a duplicate session.
- Terry's Improvers lessons: Friday morning lessons. On 3rd Friday of the month this will will normally be played as a duplicate session.
Robin has produced plenty of material for the website, including one on Splinter bids, Gambling 3NT, CRO, Redoubles, Trial Bids, Jacoby and his all time most read page on McKenny signals and Discards. Summary of his lessons can be seen here with links to the individual lessons.
Robin's Thursday morning popular lessons for intermediates start at 10 a.m. (please contact Robin if you would like to attend) as do Terry's Friday morning lessons for improvers (please contact Terry if you would like to attend those). Please contact Ann if you would like to join beginner's lessons.
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| Results emails from EBU |
The EBU is introducing a new service for members, by which members will receive an email after each game submitted to the EBU within 3 days of play provided the EBU has a current email address for them. This email will include both their results and information on master points awarded, NGS impact, and other statistics such as how many times they have played and how their performance compares with others at the same club. It is a fun and friendly email and the EBU congratulate all players regardless of how well they score. Stafford Bridge Club has opted in to this new system; members can individually opt out via "Account" button on myEBU page.
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| OnLine Bridge |
If you would like to give Bridge Club Live a try click here for the basic instructions, around 35 SBC members are active on BCL. A Stafford BCL virtual SBC club runs on Thursday evenings and a friendly BCL club runs on Tuesday mornings. The SSCBA set up a County wide Bridge Base Online virtual club that meets on Wednesday evenings, see here for advice on how to get started with BBO. A new third option is RealBridge where Newcastle Under Lyme, EBU and Midlands regional events take place. Please don't see these as either/or options but rather as different ways of enjoying online bridge which add variety to your game.
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| Bridge Timer |
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Timer has had a bit of a change after Flash was withdrawn but back in action now ready for long suffering Friday night players to test!
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