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The 2025 Woodbridge Mid Anglia Pairs is being held on Sunday June 22 starting at 11am.
This will be a Blue Pointed event of 30+ boards scored by IMPs with an entry fee of £20/pair.
As usual, the venue will be the Community Hall, Station Road, Woodbridge IP12 4AU.
Click ENTER to see the W-MAP entry form.
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And the 2025 Suffolk Summer Swiss Pairs is being held on Sunday July 20, also starting at 11am, at the Blackbourne Centre, Elmswell (IP30 9UH).
This is also Blue Pointed and will comprise six 6-board rounds with an entry fee of £24/pair.
Click SWISS to see the Summer Swiss Pairs entry form.
Each event will have a mid-session break of around 45 minutes and will conclude by 5pm.
It is recommended that you bring your own lunch.
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And then, on August 21 ... it's Cafe Bridge.
Don't know about Cafe Bridge? Click CAFE to find out.
If you like the idea, read the notice below or click ENTRY to see the entry form.
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| AGM AGREEMENTS |
In summary, the Club's 2025 AGM agreed to adopt the revised Constitution and Committee membership and to increase table money to £4/person from April 2025.
Click on 2025 AGM in the Menu on the left for more details.
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| HESITATION |
It’s OK to think, sometimes you have to and it’s not unlawful to hesitate before bidding. If you take longer than usual to bid and then decide to pass, your partner will know you had something to think about. If your partner has a choice of plausible bids, they can’t select one suggested by your hesitation.
The Director determines the list of ‘plausible choices’ by polling what people would bid with your partner’s hand without a hesitation. Their answers define the plausible choices. The result may be changed but this does not mean Partner has done anything wrong. It just means they inadvertently made a choice that is proscribed by the laws as above.
If you want your partner to bid again assuming the bidding is still at relatively low levels, a double might be a better option rather than passing after hesitation.
The way to deal with a possible issue at the table relating to hesitation is to either call the Director or simply say that you wish to reserve your right to call the Director at the end of play of that hand.
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| When we played in March ... |
The Suffolk Club Teams of Four Championship (and that includes Clubs such as ourselves in North Essex!) was played at Elmswell on Sunday March 23.
Click to see the results.
The winners, playing under a Dovercourt banner, were Martin & Debbie and Derek & Rita.
Well done to them!
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| Club Teams of 8 |
Stratford St Mary teams finished a very creditable third and sixth in the annual Club Teams of 8 event at Highwoods on November 16 which was won by a team from Woodbridge.
An excellent tea was provided as usual by the local Sea Scouts.
Results can be seen HERE.
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| Looking for a Partner? |
If you want to play but need a Partner, there are TWO ways to find one!
Members should follow the automated process detailed below, but you can also contact Elizabeth Knowlson on 01206 532839 or 07511 646730 or by email at elizabeth.knowlson@gmail.com and she will inform all club members by email that you are looking for a Partner.
To use the automated Find a Partner system on this website, click on Membership, on the left, then enter your email address and password where requested. If you don't already have a password, click on Forgotten Password and an email will be sent to you with a link allowing you to set one up. Two of you sharing an email address can still use this feature by following these instructions and setting up different passwords.
Once you are in the Membership section, click in the Partner Required box for the appropriate date.
A note will appear in the Calendar on the Home Page showing that someone is looking for a partner. When another member goes into their system, they will find your name and contact details.
If this does not appear to work, it will probably be because the email address you are using is different from the one we have on our membership list. In this case, please contact the Secretary or Webmaster (click on Where & When, then Committee) so that our list can be updated.
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| Pre-dealt Boards |
Computer-dealt boards allow you to see a record of the hands you've played, together with an analysis showing what contracts could be made, alongside the results. You can then compare what you did with what you might have done.
This may be of little interest to some players but can be very valuable to those who wish to improve their game.
Other, minor, benefits include the availability of a printed hand record so that the director can easily resolve errors such as players finding they have 12 or 14-cards and a guarantee that the cards have been well shuffled. We hope that no one still thinks that these computer-dealt hands are "fixed" - the program which generates the deals is clever, but not clever enough to know how to create extra-difficult hands!
Click here to read more about computerised dealing and shuffling.
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| Complying with Data Protection Law - Click here for details |
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