Since the Covid pandemic, on-line bridge has become much more popular. Warrington Bridge Club offers two regular sessions per week of on-line bridge, using the RealBridge platform. It's a great system: it  has video and sound, so you can see and talk to the people round your "table", much like playing face to face.   

• Tuesday evenings, 7pm Duplicate Pairs
• Friday evenings, 715pm Duplicate Pairs

In addition to organised online bridge, members might also want to have relaxed on-line games with friends. This is easy to do on BBO, using their Casual Bridge option.  To make it easier for members to find each others' details, there is a field in our Member List, showing the BBO username for those who have registered for it. Go to the Member Area tab, and log in.  To log in to the Member Area, you'll need your email address and password.  If you don't know your password, enter your email address and click on the password reset button. You'll receive a password reset email; note that, depending on your email settings, it might go in your junk/spam folder.  Open the password reset email,  and follow the instructions.  Choose Member List, and all the relevant information is displayed: Member's name, BBO username, email address, phone number, and mobile number (where members have agreed for this information to be displayed in the Member Area).

Note: The Member List also now includes EBU number, as some members have been asking where to find this. 

NO FEAR BRIDGE - the website for beginners and improvers: http://www.nofearbridge.co.uk/

This site has activities and hints, starting from showing complete beginners how to play mini bridge, through learning the essentials of the full game, and offering lots of opportunity to practice. It contains lots of sound tips on how to use the Acol system. It's well worth a look. After registering, you get a fortnight's free access, so you can decide whether you like it before committing to part with any money. 

We have quite a few Club members who love this facility, and absolutely swear by it!

BridgeClubLive is a British site affiliated to the EBU, but has members worldwide. Details on https://www.bridgeclublive.com/

There are three classes of membership:

• Guest: this is free and unlimited in duration. All registered members automatically get this level of membership free of charge. It allows unlimited play in the Guest MPS (Bridge4Free) Room and provides an easy way to evaluate the software and review the options available. Play online up to 96 boards a day for free, everyday - 8 boards gets you on the Leader Board.
   

• Social: this provides a wide range of extra benefits, and costs £36/year. Full details can be found on https://www.bridgeclublive.com/BCL_MembershipTypes.asp
   
• Full: all the benefits of Social membership, plus entry to competitons and tournaments, player ratings and Master Points. It costs £72/year. Full details can be found on  https://www.bridgeclublive.com/BCL_MembershipTypes.asp

Discounts apply for membership over a certain number of years (a loyalty discount); there is also a rebate on the next year's fees if your amount of usage of the site (number of boards played) is below a threshold. 

BridgeClubLive is a well run friendly site, with regular completions organised, as well as the ability to drop in as you please. A key advantage of choosing a paid membership is the ethics system: people are not allowed to be rude or to drop out in the middle of a hand, so you can concentrate on playing bridge. They have a useful grading system, so that after each session you can assess how well you did, considering both your score and the quality of the opposition. If you have a registered partnership, there are leagues to enter. BridgeClubLive opearte a pairs championship, a big knock out competition which starts in September, with the final in the new year.

Some BridgeClubLive players play mostly with arranged partners, while some drop in as and when they like and find someone with whom to play. Paid membership is good value if you to play there once a week or more. Several of our members can be found playing on this site.

Have you ever wondered about playing bridge with a computer? The Funbridge site  https://www.funbridge.com/ gives you the chance to experience it for free. You don’t have an option to set the standard of play but you can set (separately) the system for yourself and your opponents.

 An interesting feature is that you get a comparison of your score with other members who have played the same hands.

When you register, the first 100 boards are free, and then you get 10 free deals per week.

You can subscribe, either for unlimited play, or for packs of deals. The subscription is quite expensive, at €12.99/month, though you do not have to make a commitment to keep paying, and can cancel at any time. Packs of deals cost €3.49 for 50, or €18.99 for 400. 

The purpose of the Bridge Clues web site is to provide bridge puzzle type entertainment while giving clues for improving your bridge game. Two free hands on bidding and play are provided daily.
It's good to dip in when you have a spare moment, after answering your emails or checking your results.

You can bookmark it, so it's easy to access anytime:  https://www.bridgeclues2.com/

Another set of options for learning and playing on-line is available on the Andrew Robson website: click HERE.