| Swiss Pairs dedicated to Keith |
Your committee has decided to dedicate the Abingdon Swiss Pairs on the 30th March to the memory of Keith Sadler. For many years Keith was the organiser in chief of this annual event. He did everything from liasing with the EBU and the hall management to making sure that the bridge and the catering ran smoothly. He was involved in the initial planning of this event before he became unwell. This, of course, was in addition to all the tireless work that he did in all capacities on the committee to provide a warm, wellcoming and stimulating bridge environment at the club.
We will also donate all profits from the event to Sobell House in appreciation of everything they did to help and comfort Keith during his stay.
To enter click here
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| On-line Pairs, Tuesday evening 7.00pm |
Our normal on-line pairs sessions continue on Tuesday evenings at 7pm on Real Bridge. To play you must book and pay using the Bookwhen system. Go to https://bookwhen.com/abingdonbridgeclub Detailed instructions can be found here
Please alert as in face-to-face bridge.. It is a requirement that each pair posts a brief description of their system and carding arrangements at the start of each round.
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| Abingdon Blue Point Swiss Pairs, Sunday 30th March |
Traditionally in the spring the club has run a Swiss Pairs event which qualifies for Blue EBU master points. This year's event will be held on Sunday 30th March face to face at the Community Support Service Centre. Details are on the flyer that you can access here . Please enter and pay at the OBA web page which you can find here. Scroll down the page until you find the Abingdon Swiss Pairs entry and flyer box.
In a Swiss Pairs event you play in the first round a six board match against a pair chosen at random. The match is scored over the whole field by Match Points converted to Victory Points. In subsequent rounds you play pairs that have about the same number of VPs as you. You are thus always playing against pairs who are doing as well (or badly) as you
Tea and refreshments are included and there will be prizes for the winners, ascenders and non-experts.
Please contact peterlitch@gmail.com or 07930 630315 if you have questions or problems.
Peter
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| Joint sessions with Central Yarnton, Thursday 9.45am |
Our joint RealBridge sessions with Central Yarnton Bridge Club are on Thursday mornings at 9.45am. All club members are welcome, please contact John Rowe ( john53rowe@gmail.com ) if you would like to play..
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| Club Competitions |
The OPEN and HANDICAP PAIRS will be played on the first Tuesday of the month. Your score for the Open Pairs will be the average of your six best results between the 1st January and the 31st December There is no need to enter, your score will be calculated auttomatically.
Your score for the Handical pairs will be your Open pairs score adjusted by your handicap which will be the average of your pair's NGS scores at the first session. Your NGS score must be available on that date to take part.
The second Tuesday will be a normal pairs session
The club cup competitions will be played on the third Tuesday of the month. The Spring cup will be on the third Tuesday in March. The two session Simpson cup will be hald in August and September. The Autumn cup will be on the third Tuesday in November. Otherwise the session will be a normal pairs session.
On the fourth Tuesday we will play our teams competition. You must register your team with Peter Litchfield who will also assist you to make up a team if you need help. Unfortunately you need to be in a registered team to play.
On the fifth Tuesdays we will play pairs with Imp scoring
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| New Alerting and Announcing rules |
In our increasing complicated game it is only fair that your opponents should know the meaning of any of your unusual system bids. To this end the EBU imposes a system of alerts and announcements that must be followed by players in our sessions. This system was revised in August this year. A table giving a complete summary of the system can be found at https://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/laws-and-ethics/convention-cards/announcements-table.pdf
Please follow this system. I suggest printing it and keeping it by your side for a few weeks.
If you are playing on-line it is important to provide a brief summary of your system and carding in the chat box at the beginning of each round, particularly covering the basic system and the opening round of bids. Thus something like
"Acol, 4 card majors, 3 weak 2's, 12-14 NT, standard leads, HELD"
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"SAYC, 5 card majors, 1C may be 2 cards, 15-17 NT, 3 weak 2's, standard leads, reverse attitude, McKenney discards"
will be sufficient. I suggest typing these once then copy and paste for each session.
Thank you
Peter
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| Booking and links with Bookwhen |
Please read the instructions for using Bookwhen, our only method of paying for and obtaining the links to our on-line Real Bridge sessions here To make a booking go to Bookwhen The Real Bridge link will be sent to you by e-mail. Please book and access the link at least 20 minutes before the start of the session.
There has been an occasional problem when people have cut and pasted the link from the Bookwhen e-mail, probably a feature of their browser. Please just click on the link in the e-mail.
If you find you cannot play in a session you have booked please do not cancel your booking as we cannot refund your booking fee. Instead please transfer your booking to another session as described in the instructions.
If you have played in a session but not paid you may make a late payment here
Peter
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| Good behaviour at the bridge table |
As a Club we have a well-deserved reputation for being welcoming and friendly. However, the normally high standards of behaviour at the club can be undermined by occasional lapses. Can we remind members of the ways in which we can all help to make sure that bridge is an enjoyable game for everyone who comes to Abingdon:
- greeting others in a friendly manner prior to the start of play on each round
- being polite to opponents and partners
- giving credit when opponents make a good bid or play
- making your convention card readily available to your opponents and filling it out completely.
Please click here if you would like to see the EBU's guide to best behaviour at the bridge table.
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