| STANSFIELD TEAM WINS SUFFOLK EVENT |
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Some 'Reserves'!
Four club regulars who dubbed themselves the 'Stansfield Reserves' proved to be anything but when winning the Suffolk Club Teams of Four on Sunday.
Jayne & Susan and Caelia & Paddy saw off the best in the county to finish first ahead of sides from Bury St Edmunds and Colchester.
The event on RealBridge attracted 12 teams. A cracking result...and congratulations all round. Another reason to celebrate when 'normal times' return.
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| LARGE RESPONSE TO KEY QUESTIONS |
 Club survey: your views
More than 100 members respond
Responses from members to the club's future post pandemic are in and provide plenty of food for thought.
The questions focused on what type of bridge the club should offer when 'normal times' return, Face to Face, online or a mixture of both, and when the club should meet - during the day and/or evening.
The survey was sent to 'established' members who played at the club prior to last March and, separately, to newer members who have joined in recent months and played online. A total of 109 replied out of a membership of 198.
The club's committee will study and discuss the findings in the forthcoming days.
Click on SURVEY to see the answers provided by 'established' members, and RESULT to see the responses from 'newer' members. Then Click on "Responses" at the top of the page.
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| ANDREW ROBSON & REAL BRIDGE |
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The four sessions on RealBridge with Andrew Robson have been completed but Andrew's bridgdecasts and an explanation of the four topics are still available.
Here are the links fir the sessions, which offer an explanation of each topic and anlysis of all four hands: WEAKS TWO SPLINTERS FOURTH SUIT FORCING COUNTNG & CARD PLACEMENT
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| NOVIA SCOTIA PLAYER JOINS |
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Stansfield goes international!
Steve Johnson has been a familair presence at the club over the past year - partnering his cousin, Pam Pope, who landed the Stansfield Handicap Pairs last year.
However, what members may not know is that Steve lives 2,895 miles away... in Nova Scotia.
Now he has become a member to give the club an international flavour.
Brought up in England, he moved to Canada when he was 20.
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| ANDREW ROBSON FEATURES HAND FROM STANSFIELD IN THE TIMES |
A hand played at Stansfield featured in the Andrew Robson bridge column in The Times recently.
Dave Walker submitted Board 14, played back in August, and asked the country's top player and teacher to check it out. "I’m very glad I did — fun and games were had by all," commented Andrew.
North-South had a combined tally of 19pts but, in theory, 7♥ was 'cold'. Several members bid 6♥. To read Andrew's column in full click on ROBSON
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| ONLINE PLAYING SCHEDULE |
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RealBridge attracts 20 tables
After a couple of trial runs, RealBridge had its first proper test on Thursday with 20 tables and appeared to go reasonably smoothly.
The online platform developed in Cambridge will continue to be used for members-only evenings on Thursday (7pm)
The inbuilt video and audio also makes it useful vehicle for social bridge, so RB will be used on Wednesday afternoons (2pm) for Relaxed Bridge sessions. At the request of some players, next week (Feb 10) will feature stationary tables so groups of four can sit together for the afternoon.
BridgeBaseOnline will continue to be used for the time being for Tuesday duplicate afternoons (4pm)
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| REGISTRATION FOR STANSFIELD BBO SESSIONS |
Register your interest in playing Stansfield bridge club's duplicate sessions on Bridge Base Online
You only need to do this once - not for every event.
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| STANSFIELD H'CAP PAIRS 2020 |
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| Pam Pope & Heather Catling (above) pipped Kate Chapman & Sue Bentley |
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Heather Catling and Pam Pope who are regulars at Abbeygate won the third running of the Stansfield Handicap Pairs on Sunday from the mother and daugher combination of Sue Bentley & Kate Chapman of Heritage bridge club.
The outcome was a testament to the skills of the EBU handicapping system with 'top wieght' pair of Andre Gray and David Willson finishing with the highest overall score - but they were giving the best part of a 10% start to the pairs immediately behind them and up to 16% to some other partnerhships.
The event attrtacted 18 tables with entries from far away as Berkshire. To see the Handicap results, click on SCORES and then click on the Handicap Tab at the top to see the full handicap order
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| GETTING GOING ON BBO |
Stansfield bridge club is now virtual with 'normal' Tuesday (4pm) and Thursday (7pm) sessions on Bridge Base Online (BBO)
Click on INSTRUCTIONS to see how you join either event.
An increasing number of club members have set up an account with BBO, have a Username and have provided it to us.
Once you have given your BBO Username to us, there is no need to do it again.
The key BBO bits you need to know
For those who haven't set up an account and obtained BBO Username, click on BBO for a YouTube clip explaining what to do. Click on TOUR to see how BBO works.
Click on $$$ to see how you deposit BB$s into your BBO account. Click on SELF-ALERTING to see who alerts a conventional bid and how to do it.
If you need any help at all, contact Richard who will point you in the right direction.
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| FUNBRIDGE |
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FunBridge club events on Tuesdays and Thursdays have proved invaluable over the past month but they will cease after this Thursday to make way for BBO sessions. However, there are still a variety of FunBrtidge games available on the site: the daily 5-board game and Suffolk's 28-board challenge on Wednesdays (see Suffolk Bridge website for more details)
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