| MONDAY 24TH JUNE - LOCAL CHARITY EVENING |
MONDAY 24TH JUNE.
WENDOVER DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP
Thank you so much for all your donations last night.
The total at the moment is £465.50 but this might increase with on line payments.
I was made aware of this charity as a former member, Roger Lennard,
had asked for donations to go to the Wendover Dementia Support when he died recently.
They had helped him and his carers.
Thank you from Mary and the committee.
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| FREE ONLINE INFORMAL TEAMS |
Wednesday 10th July - Please contact Mary Baker for seats
Log in to BBO by 7:10pm and wait in the Lobby
Please do not wander off into other areas as you may become invisible to the organiser.
Please check and accept the invitation to play as soon as possible. Multiple invitations may be issued if someone does not accept in time.
Play will usually start around 7:15pm, but may be earlier if everyone is ready.
Explaining bids
If you do not understand an opponent's bid, or want further explanation, simply click on the bid. They will receive a pop-up box, where they can explain what their bid means. This is not visible to their partner, only to you and your partner (so no additional information is passed between them).
If you are asked to explain your bid, please do so promptly using the pop-up box, not in the table chat (as the chat can be seen by all players).
Online play with BBO uses Self-alerting
Before you bid, if your bid is not a natural bid, enter the meaning of your bid in the message box, and click the alert button.
This is not visible to your partner (who should already know what your bid means), only the opponents.
Using Undos
During bidding, if you genuinely mis-click a bid, you can immediately request an undo, which should normally be granted by your opponents.
Undos are not normally allowed during card play, so be careful when playing.
Chris has started an automated email notification service for updates to this section - the service runs from 7am to 10:55pm - if you would like to subscribe, please email Chris
(If you want to notify members of your own similar event here, please email David Barker)
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| Hand of the Week 1st July |
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Two excellent solo slams caught my eye this week. First, a quick look at Board 14 where, in an otherwise completely flat board with everyone making exactly 3NT+3, one pair took a punt on the slam. Hmmm. Just 31 points between two balanced hands is not the recommended recipe for 6NT so it was a stretch to bid. Nothing in the play however, so a qualified well done to Liz and Quentin. However, I prefer Board 11 where just one pair brought off 6 Hearts on just 25 hcp. Not easy to bid. West will almost certainly open 1S and North has to choose between double and 2C. My choice was the double as you need to force and 2C doesn’t get the strength across. South will show his hearts, establishing the great fit, but it’s hard to know that the clubs are working hard too. Blockweed is no good for North as the 1 ace response will not tell him if the club loser is covered. Just one pair found their way to this great slam, so well done, Stephen and Peter
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| ALERTING AND ANNOUNCING RULES |
EBU Announcing Rules can be found under the EBU Information menu item
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