The Midland Counties Congress report  "Following the success of, and feedback from, our recent Eight-High and Nine-High Swiss Teams, we have decided to run further events while we are unable to return to face to face bridge. The next event, on 19th June, will be 6-High and it is planned to publish a programme of further events in due course. Once again, the event will be run on RealBridge, giving you the opportunity of seeing and talking with your partner and opponents and there will be both individual team and also county rankings."

SSCBA entries by email to Paul Cutler please, including names of all the team members, by Monday 14th June 2021.  See poster for more details on https://www.bridgewebs.com/staffsshrops/6High%20No%20Fears%2019-06-21.htm.

Bridging Academia, Policy and Practice Online Conference: Monday 28 June – Thursday 1 July 2021 Free international conference for academics, bridge players, teachers & administrators Join Bridge: A MindSport for All (BAMSA) – a global network – and share best practice Case studies from: Australia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Madeira, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, South Pacific, UK, USA More than 60 presenters and panelists from 20 countries

• ·       Day 1:  Bridge as a Mindsport
• ·       Day 2:  Digital Bridge: Opportunities and Challenges
• ·       Day 3:  Healthy Ageing, Intergenerationality and Gender
• ·       Day 4:  Education, Development and Marketing

For more information or to register for any of the sessions go to: https://bridgemindsport.org/bridging-academia-policy-practice-conference/

Bridge: A MindSport for All (BAMSA) | Prof. Samantha Punch Faculty of Social Sciences, Colin Bell Building, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA  Email:​ bamsa@stir.ac.uk 

COMPETITIONS   SECRETARY  for Staffordshire & Shropshire Contract Bridge Association
We need a volunteer to succeed Jeff Jones to organise and promote competitions within our County. 

During the first year, at least, the organisation of the Leagues and the Staffs Cup will be undertaken (with help from the Competitions Secretary with promotion) by Paul Cutler. During the past season he has organised these because both were held on line and are very likely to be on line next season, and with that experience he has volunteered to carry on for another year.

The other events may well be on line rather than face to face for the time being, but the new Competitions Secretary, with help from predecessors if need be, would be in charge of the Championship Pairs in particular and be involved with Midland Counties Challenge (Teams) and Edgar Foster Cups (Pairs), and perhaps with the re-introduction of the No Fears Pairs Day, Mixed Pairs and County Simultaneous Pairs, etc.  Expenses are reimbursed!    In due course when competitions can safely be held face to face, they will be held at Wolverhampton Bridge Club, our County headquarters.

Please nominate yourself or recommend another to Judy Mitchell.

Further details from  Judy Mitchell on 01743 235374 or mitchellmj@btinternet.com. 
 

AN INVITATION TO ALL MEMBERS of S&SCBA TO PLAY BRIDGE IN A FRIENDLY CLUB ATMOSPHERE ON LINE

Wednesday Evenings 7 p.m.

Regular SSCBA Virtual Bridge Club

SSCBA  set up a virtual “Club” with the help of the EBU and Bridge Base Online (BBO), holding sessions on Wednesday evenings (a traditional County night). The first SSCBA Club on line session was on  Wednesday, 10th June 2020, at 7 p.m. There are regularly from 10 to 12 tables each week.

Click here for information on how to join the group.