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Entries now called for this year's

GREEN POINT SWISS PAIRS

See link to poster in upcoming event article on right. This will require you to ask for an entry form from the Secretary so you can register and pay. Please note pre-registration & payment are essential to play in this event: unlike most online games
you will not be able to join just prior to start.

Current entries: see panel below

SWISS PAIRS ENTRANTS

Click here to see the current list of registered entries for the Green Point Swiss Pairs on Saturday 31st October.

If your name is not formally registered in advance with the Secretary, you will miss this great event so please send in your entry form NOW!

A West Wales Game

A weekly game for you

on Bridge Base Online (BBO)

Although this is not a formal WWBA session, it was started to give all players continued access to this compelling game despite the current madness! Any club members in the region are welcome - you are warmly invited to join in. This aims to be a friendly and competitive game of typically 18 hands. If you are not already familiar with how BBO works there is help available to guide you through the process.

The cost is $3 (£2.50ish) per person/game, so is less than the cost of a typical club night.

♠ ♥ MONDAYS @ 7:30pm ♦ ♣

(logon from 5:30 to 7:15 at latest)

You will need to tell the organisers in advance of your wish to play, but once the relevant details are sorted out the 'registration' process to join a session is normally easy. For details please contact Steve Jarvis or Anthony Stevens. Come and play with many familiar faces from the local club scene!

[click on this panel for further details]

Pembroke invites...

Irene Delahunty has done a fantastic job of making online Bridge available for many players in Pembrokeshire through the dark days. There are three sessions of play per week and an online tuition session too. If you may wish to join in, for more details click on this link.

Welcome to the West Wales Area web site

FORTHCOMING EVENTS!

At the start of the emergency all face-to-face events were cancelled, but the Bridge world cannot stop...

The following events are online games, so please support as many as you can!

WWBA Swiss Pairs: Saturday 31st October, 11am prompt start on Stepbridge
This is a WWBA Green Point Open Pairs event with entries open to all members of the WBU. The cost of entry is £6pp with a likely play of around 42-48 boards with a one-hour break (details of play tbc). Event summary: Swiss Pairs Poster Pre-registration and entry payment is essential. Please note entries will not be accepted by any other way than return of a completed entry form: click here to download a docx Word file [ or to open an older format Word file, click here] or contact the Secretary for an email form. To see the list of confirmed entrants, see link in the panel on left (below 'Stop Press').

Porthcawl Congress: Friday 27th, Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November, played on BBO
This is a WWBA Green Point Congress with entries open to all members of the WBU. Details tbc, but it is anticipated that we will attempt to play similar sessions to those played in previous FtFmeetings - ie, Ladies' Pairs, Men's Pairs, and Teams.

The arrangements for the Congress events will be fleshed out with full details soon, so please check back shortly.

Anthony Stevens
Hon Sec
24th October 2020

VINCE BEVAN CUP 2020

Congratulations to Anthony Stevens and Peter Milewski, pictured here with WWBA Chair Gareth Jones, winners of the 2020 online Vince Bevan Cup. See Resuls panel for full details of the event scores.

Welsh Cup and Cambria Cup

The Welsh Cup and Cambria Cup knockouts for 2019/20 have continued online and there are only two matches outstanding. The dates for the finals have been fixed - see calendar.

Click here to see the draws on the WBU results page.

Area Mixed Pairs Champions 2020

Congratulations to Area Mixed Pairs Champions Keith Richards and Eleanor Price

Playing Online

Perforce many of you will be turning to the internet to play your favourite game.

To help you on your way, Dave Lea and Tony Haworth have produced a couple of "how-to" guides to the largest and arguably most comprehensive site for watching and playing bridge online, bridgebase.com. These are available via the home page of the Bridgend club's Bridgewebs site and for convenience also here. Simply click on the links below to access the documents.

BBO Overview

Playing Bridge On BBO

StepBridge User Guide

Bridge under the Microscope

Many will be aware that there is an ongoing academic project based in Glasgow studying bridge and bridge players. An update on recent progress has been released and may be read by clicking on the link below:
Bridge and Covid-19