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GREEN-POINTED SWISS WEEKEND

26th and 27th October
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in Worcester WR3 7RR

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Welcome to Staffs & Shrops Contract Bridge Association

An E.G.M.

of the
Staffordshire & Shropshire Contract Bridge Association

will be held at 5 p.m.on ZOOM

Tuesday 8th October 2024.

 

In order to ratify the proposals put forward at the AGM, click here for EGM Notice.

Teams of Four leagues held during the winter months, started in September, matches being played on BBO 2nd Thursday in the month from September until March. There are 7 teams this year in just one division, see here for website result, and here for EBU result, information displayed slightly differently.  Click here for timetable and VP scale and here for notes for captains 2024/25

Holders:  James Vickers' team see https://www.ebu.co.uk/results/leagues/STA-000013-01

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 still regularly around 7 or 8 tables each week even though some clubs have opened up. Click here for information on how to join the group.

From Online Membership Secretary's Newsletter of 29th November 2021

Robots:  We believe that when we set up the online club on Wednesdays we stipulated that robots would only be used in an emergency:  loss of partner or to complete a full table (BBO can’t cope with half-tables). No one likes to meet a robot at the table so we have asked our current TD to tweak the rules of our game to exclude starting to play with a robot. The county has to pay the BBO fees and the P2P fees for stand-in players and robots. 
“Partnership Desk”:    If you are without a partner for the evening, I understand that this site is a place you could try to find one. Such a partner has to be a member of our club though: so that means other members have to use that system too. Alternatively, if you are prepared to play with another person or a robot, the TD might invite you to be part of that standby pair.
Alerts & Explanations:   These are much improved, but don’t forget to add an explanation if you click on Alert.
System cards:   You can complete any number of convention cards, one for each partner, and your opponent can look at yours by clicking on one of the white lines in the blue box at top left. A shorter version can be completed under Account to the right of the page, and opponents can look at that by clicking your user name.
Names:   How nice and friendly it would be if we had a name for each player rather than a blank. Someone might greet you by name! You can presumably delete it if you are playing elsewhere and you want to remain anonymous.

Three SSCBA Clubs have moved

Border, Stafford and Wolverhampton have either moved or are about to move from premises that they have had a long association with.  Please note the new venues that may or may not be better for you.

  Move  New Address Start time (normally to arrive at least 15 minutes earlier)
Border 1st May 2024 Bicton Village Hall, 71 Church Lane Bicton, Shrewsbury,  SY3 8EL Friday 7:00
Stafford 3rd June 2024 Haling Dene Centre,  Cannock Rd, Penkridge, Stafford ST19 5DT Monday 1:30, Tuesday 7::00, Friday 7:00
Wolverhampton July 2023 Windmill Community Church Centre, Henwood Road, WV6 8PG Tuesday 7:00, Thursday 6:30, Friday 12:40

 

Results
Pairs Staffs and Shrops
Scorer: Stephen Kennedy
Pairs Staffs and Shrops
Scorer: Stephen Kennedy
Pairs Staffs and Shrops
Scorer: James Vickers
Calendar
10th October 2024
League Round 2
13th October 2024
MCOL vs Ox
Away
16th October 2024
Pairs Staffs and Shrops
6:45 for 7 p.m.
Welcome
Welcome

Welcome to Staffordshire and Shropshire Contract Bridge Association (S&SCBA). The area covered by the Association ranges from the Welsh border in the West to Burton on Trent in the East, Newcastle under Lyme in the North to Ludlow in the South. Our objectives are to promote duplicate bridge in the counties, to encourage inter-club, etc., competitions and to employ the funds in the best interests of the game.

The County has teams of eight entered in the Midland League (Dawes, Porter and Markham) and annually enters a team in the EBU Tollemache competition. The Midlands league covers Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire in addition to ourselves. The County also participates in the Edgar Foster Cups and Midland Teams Challenge Bowl, events for the six counties of Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and ourselves.

During the winter months teams of four league matches for County members are held on the second Wednesday of the month, and there is also a team of four knock-out competition.  Inter Club Sim Pairs are run regularly, and, various pairs competition events are held annually.

County clubs affiliated to the EBU are Border, Eccleshall, Nantwich, NewcastleOswestry, StaffordTettenhallWolverhampton (note new address July 2023) and Wrekin

Heats for the SSCBA Summer Sim Pairs were played at 3 clubs, Eccleshall, Newcastle and Wrekin with a total of 20½ tables. A minor correction was made and so close were the top three the order has changed if you looked earlier, apologies.  Winners Jan & Ronnie Bhageerutty playing at Wrekin  with joint second Michael Metcalf & Alan Codling also playing at Wrekin and Keith Healey & Judy Healey playing at Newcastle.