| Championship Pairs 29th March |
This green pointed event takes place on Sunday 29th MARCH 2026, starting at 11 a.m at NEWCASTLE Bridge Club, 6 King Street, Newcastle, ST5 1EL. Click for details and entry form
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| Ranked Masters Pairs - played 21st/22nd February 2026 |
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| Dawes match vs Nottinghamshire |
On Sunday, 8th February we played a Midlands Counties League teams-of-eight match against Nottinghamshire. The first team lost 3-17 VPs, the second team won 13-7 and the third team won 19-1 VPs. Our highest ranked pair in the cross-IMP comparisons was Karen Kinsey and Sandy Calder, who were top with an average score of +1.97 cross-IMPs per board. Well done to them, and thanks to all who took part. The full results can be found here.
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| Dates for your diary 2025-26 |
| Save the Date The Committee have decided the dates of our County Championship 2026 events Subject to final confirmation these are: |
| Sunday March 29th |
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S&SCBA Pairs |
| Sunday April 26th |
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S&SCBA Teams of 4 |
| Sunday May 10th |
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S&SCBA Mixed Pairs |
All are proposed as being hosted by Newcastle Under Lyme Bridge Club. Please get these dates in your diaries and plan to play there.
For more information on these please read Tony's newsletter of 27th September, for the general calendar of events over the coming year click here
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| Staffs & Shrops Online Bridge |
Wednesday Evening 7 pm BBO duplicate session
Good News: Numbers playing in the Wednesday on-line duplicate sessions have now built up to a sustainable level to continue. More players always welcome so please join the group if you have not already done so, click here for information on how to join the group. All players wishing to play in this session must be registered with John Withers, to register (email John with details of BBO alias, EBU number and contact details or phone 01384 271089)
AN INVITATION TO ALL MEMBERS of S&SCBA TO PLAY BRIDGE IN A FRIENDLY CLUB ATMOSPHERE ON LINE
Regular SSCBA Virtual Bridge
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).
Rulings and scoring queries
If you have any queries about the scores during the play, try to bring it to the attention of the director by making a director call in the usual way. If you can't do that before the game ends, either contact the director, or James Vickers on jvickerstd@gmail.com or 07759 151748, giving as much detail as you can about what the problem is.
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.
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Wednesday Evening 7 pm BBO duplicate session
Good News: Numbers playing in the Wednesday on-line duplicate sessions have now built up to a sustainable level to continue. More players always welcome so please join the group if you have not already done so, click here for information on how to join the group. All players wishing to play in this session must be registered with John Withers, to register (email John with details of BBO alias, EBU number and contact details or phone 01384 271089)
AN INVITATION TO ALL MEMBERS of S&SCBA TO PLAY BRIDGE IN A FRIENDLY CLUB ATMOSPHERE ON LINE
Regular SSCBA Virtual Bridge
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). ..........
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| Find a Partner |
Please note that all players who take part in the BBO Wednesday evening session must be registered with John Withers (email John with details of BBO alias, EBU number and contact details or phone 01384 271089) to gain admittance to this online group run by SSCBA. Registration should be done a few days in advance of the session to ensure registration completed in time. If you advertise for a partner this way via the website please ensure that any you arrange to play with have also registered with John.
One member has met with success using the "Find a Partner" feature available on this website, a great way to add to the numbers taking part in the Wednesday session, however John had very little notice to get the player on the system, many thanks John
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