| Walter Scott Memorial Trophy. |
(The Walter Scott trophy is now an annual event for our club. But the cup has quite a pedigree. Walter founded the Taunton Duplicate Bridge Circle over thirty years ago and several of our current members were taught to play bridge by him. When Walter died his wife asked that a cup be played for in his name. John Gibbs set this up and ran it for years at Sweethay and then continued by Marjorie & John Dilworth who reverted the club's name to The Taunton Bridge Circle. The conditions of the trophy are respected – it is for teams of four with at least two members - below the rank of Regional Master.)
After much consideration, your committee has decided to change the entry qualification for The Walter Scott Memorial Trophy to be held on Wednesday ..... September. Your team of four must have at least two of it's members - not necessarily playing together - below the NGS ranking of nine. This is intended to balance the strength of the teams. Only qualifying teams may play. Not sure of your NGS ranking? It may be found in the Member's Area.
To enable you to arrange your team, the decided cut off date for NGS rankings is 31st. July and a list has been posted on the board. As usual, please enter your team on the entry list to help our directors arrange the movement.
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| The Fairlamb Cup |
The Fairlamb Cup was donated years ago in 1956 - by the Fairlamb family - and their stipulation was that this event must be played over two events, each with a different format, on the same day! We all contributed goodies for tea and settled for a long session on a Saturday! Over the years this became unfeasable and the cup went into mothballs. In 2014 our committee decided to resurrect the event and was able to re -arrange the format slightly. We now play this event over two consecutive Wednesdays, with our normal duplicate format - and no goodies!
Players wishing to enter, need to play with the same partner on both nights and your pairing must be either a Ladies pair, or Mixed. No men's pairs can enter, but of course, as always, everyone is welcome to play even if not entering. The first is on Wednesday ....... July, followed on the ......... As with all club competitions, there will be no spare partner on either night.
We look forward to seeing you.
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| PAUL JONES 2019 (Copy) |
It's time to start getting your team organised for this year's Paul Jones style competition on Friday 1st. February. The Captain of your team will partner each member of the team in rotation - the number of boards will depend on how many teams we have. As we would like to keep the teams fairly evenly matched, no more than two players in your team are allowed an average over the past twelve months of over 52%. It will help us organise if we have some idea of numbers, so please sign the list on the board. There will be no spare pair or spare partner, but we will do our best to put pairs together if you let us know in advance. There is also list of all qualifying members annual averages on the board too so you can check or go into The Main Menu > Competitions > Paul Jones.
This will be a light hearted evening - it will be fun!
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| STEELE TEAMS OF FOUR. |
On........we will be holding The Steele Teams of Four. Any combination of players may participate. It will be helpful if you sign up your team on the board..........this will enable others to know who might still be available to form a team, and help the director to out a suitable movement.
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| SWISS TEAMS |
This year our annual club Swiss Teams Competition will be held on................ Your team of four must only have two players with an average of more than 52% over the past twelve months - not necessarily in the same partnership! You can find your average (and others of course) by looking on the Main Menu, and going into Our Club Competition > Swiss Teams. The cut off date for your assessment will be three weeks before the event, but as a guide, a current average for you in this competition is available to view at any time prior to this date. It will help if you would add your team to the list on our club board as it will make the evening's organisation easier for our director.
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| Michael Coda County Simultaneous Pairs |
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This year, our club will be holding our heat of The Michael Coda Cup on ............. It is a Charity event held in memory of Sheila's father, Michael, who was a 'leading light' in both our club, where he was treasurer for many years, and the County. Sheila has nominated......................... Don't forget it's a Simultaneous Pairs Competition, being run using the same boards throughout the County during the entire week, so you will only be able to participate once. Choose Wednesday please!
Can't make it? Meg would love to see you!
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| County Inter club Pairs - Three Tiered Event. |
Don't be put off by the title. Read on......
This County Event is an inter-club competition which is tiered, so players compete against others of a similar standard. Points are accumulated for the club in each tier - 3 altogether - and the overall winning club is declared Champion Club!
It is divided into three separate sections. Categorie 1 is for players with a ranking below National Master, and Categorie 2 is Open to all other players. There is a Categorie 3 section as well but it doesn't apply to our club. It is for players who belong to non-affiated clubs. The County is anxious to encourage everyone to join in.
We are anxious for everyone to join in as well and represent Taunton in this re-structured Inter Club Competition. We welcome as many pairs as we can find for this interesting competition. Don't worry about your ranking, or which tier you fit into, we will find that out for you. Just let Sheila know who your partner for the day will be and she will put in your entry. Use the members Area to find out your EBU ranking. The more people we have, the more chance we have of winning the Championship! Go on......have a go. It's a chance to enter a County event and play against players with similar standard to you. You don't need to have played in a County event before - don't let that 'C' word put you off!
Good news....the club will pay your entrance fee, you just pay for tea/administration!
Three Tiered Pairs Event on Sunday ...... November, arriving no later than 12.45pm to start play at 1pm.
Still not sure? - speak to David, Sheila or Jackie M and we'll try and help....and try and convince you to play!
We need YOU for this event! Please join in!
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| Butler Scoring |
A Butler scored event gives the feel of team scoring but is played just like an ordinary pairs evening. On each hand a par is calculated which is the average score for all those playing the board. Then all pairs score in imps assuming their team mates would have the par score. All the sums are done by the computer so there is no extra work for those playing.
It means overtricks are less important (they are only worth 1 imp), but making a dodgy game which other pairs aren't in will be worth 10 imps depending on vulnerability.
There is one refinement - to avoid freak scores distorting the par (a 1700 penalty for example), the largest NS score and the largest EW score are removed before averaging. |
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| Kennedy Plate |
To qualify for the Kennedy Plate, both players in the partnership must be ranked County Master and below. Anyone is welcome to play on the night, but unless both partners qualify, they will be discounted from the competition. Learn about your ranking by looking in EBU Ranking in the left side of the Home Page .
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| Mixed Pairs. |
Our Club's Mixed Pairs event will take place on ............. Any combination of pairs is welcome to come along and join in, but won't of course, be eligible for the competition. We'd like to see as many pairs as possible for this fun evening, so find a partner of the opposite sex and have a go - even if you haven't played together before. Need help finding a partner - ask Colin or Lesley, and they'll be glad to help!
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| County Three Tiered Pairs |
Don't be put off by the title. Read on......
This County Event is an inter-club competition which is tiered, so players compete against others of a similar standard. Points are accumulated for the club in each tier - 3 altogether - and the overall winning club is declared Champion Club!
It is divided into three separate sections. Categorie 1 is for players with a ranking below National Master, and Categorie 2 is Open to all other players. There is a Categorie 3 section as well but it doesn't apply to our club. It is for players who belong to non-affiated clubs. The County is anxious to encourage everyone to join in.
We are anxious for everyone to join in as well and represent Taunton in this re-structured Inter Club Competition. We welcome as many pairs as we can find for this interesting event. Don't worry about your ranking, or which tier you fit into, we will find that out for you. Just let Sheila know who your partner for the day will be and she will put in your entry. Use the members Area to find out your EBU ranking. The more people we have, the more chance we have of winning the Championship! Go on......have a go. It's a chance to enter a County event and play against players with similar standard to you. You don't need to have played in a County event before - don't let that 'C' word put you off. Good news....the club will pay your entrance fee, you just pay for tea/administration!
Three Tiered Pairs Event on Sunday 4th. November, at Woolavington, arriving no later than 12.45pm to start play at 1pm.
Still not sure? - speak to David, Sheila or Jackie M and we'll try and help....and try and convince you to play!
We need YOU for this event! Please join in!
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| Club Percentage |
In order to qualify for the Dilworth Cup, our Club Percentage 2014, members needed play with at least three different partners over the season and furthermore only three scores with a given partner were counted. The percentage was gained from the results in our Club Percentage nights, which were designated dates throughout the season from January until September this year. The best seven scores from fifteen counted.
This year.......
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| Individual Championship |
--------will be our Individual Competition night. Players will play just one hand with everyone else in the room. Even if you are playing with a regular partner, only simple systems are requested - that will add to the concentration! There's no need to arrange a partner for this fun event - just come along and enjoy a game with people you haven't played with before.
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| Knock Out Teams |
This is a good chance to play in a Knock Out Teams event, and still be able to play for the entire evening! Colin's 'magic formula' worked a treat last year. Turn up as a team or a pair or come for a spare partner as everyone will be accommodated. But a request from our Chairperson, Colin, please don't make your team too strong. Spread the talent around! It's a great fun evening.
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| Handicap Pairs. |
Member's individual percentage scores for all duplicate nights over the past twelve months, have been averaged. In our Handicap Pairs Competition, the average of the two players in partnership are also averaged. If this gives say 53%, then 3% is taken from their score for the evening. If it was 46%, then 4% would be added! Select your partner carefully!
Our Handicap Pairs competition is being held slightly earlier than usual this year on Friday 5th. October. Member's individual percentage scores for all duplicate nights over the past twelve months, will be averaged. The averages of the two players in partnership are also averaged. If this gives say 53%, then -3% is taken from their score for the evening. If it was 46%, then +4% would be added! It all works around the magic 50%. All club members are eligible and you will have needed to play at least six times during the year to get your average for this competition, otherwise you will be allocated -5% automatically. Don't worry, nearly all our regular members have played at least six (three?) times and we will address that shortfall if necessary. Your handicaps will be posted on the board just prior to the night as they will be updated at the last moment. ( Probably not because of rolling averages changeing until the last minute)
This competition is designed to give all members a level playing field, so please join in and enjoy it.
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