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As is the way of things where lots of bright and dedicated people are involved, there have been lots of developments. By the turn of the century the Acol system had evolved, and there were many dialects, but all would still have been recognised by Acol's inventors. In contrast in the USA and most of the rest of the world had changed to systems that are usually described as Five Card Majors. Most of the bridge played on the web uses this type of bidding system. Bidding Claygate bridge club are always looking for new members especially young new members. Bridge clubs need new life bringing into them, so young students coming out of college or university are perfect people to enlist at a bridge club. Bridge is a brilliant pastime that helps stimulate the mind, as a consequence the mechanics in the game can keep a dialogue going for hours on just one hand alone!
Anyway, I’m sure it will a personal decision for each member—and risk aversion is pretty variable—but I for one would just love to get going again TOGETHER, UP CLOSE (ish) and fairly personal!' <Ⓜ#16>Many thanks also to the previous committee, who have guided this club out of difficult circumstances. I particularly want to pay tribute to Jaime. I'm not aware of the evolution of the club in the 17 years before I joined, but my belief is that no-one did more for the club, particularly on the technical side, than Jaime. For certain charity events (Children in Need and Surrey Charity Sim Pairs) your results are passed on to ECats Bridge and the EBU for use in its Master Points Scheme. Unsure re. mandatory masks. Depends on situation at the time. To begin with they would give extra protection and reassurance. <Ⓜ#11> Normal bridge — i.e. duplicate pairs — will follow, and the results will be lodged with the EBU as usual.
For stronger games of bridge, clubs will hold open competitions on a periodic basis where outside players will come in and play at weekends...minor prizes are available to the winners...although in general prize money is kept relatively low as in general people are playing more to test their competence against like minded people rather than trying to earn a living playing bridge. We will be increasing the number of RB sessions, whilst retaining BBO pairs for those who can’t play on RB. We are re-introducing regular monthly teams sessions, played on the 2 nd Friday of the month as before. All teams sessions will be played on RB. We are also increasing the number of pairs sessions played on RB; there will be RB pairs on the 4 th Friday of the month. So it will be BBO on the 1 st & 3 rd Fridays, and RB on the 2 nd & 4 th. There is occasionally a 5 th Friday in the month and we will aim to use these for one-off trophies and special events, which may be on BBO or RB. Most bridge clubs now bestow teaching to new members - usually for a small fee to pay a teacher who will train similar minded newbies how to take part in the best playing card game of them all. Claygate bridge club like all clubs additionally provide distinctive days / nights for different standards of play so particular nights will be stronger than others.
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Opinion seems fairly divided and, having seen all the EBU requirements, I am in favour of not being in a hurry to return.' <Ⓜ#18> Claygate bridge club in Surrey is a fantastic place where you can bump into similar like minded people who want to get together and push a few playing cards around the green felt. Clubs will suggest assorted forms of bridge such as pairs or teams as well as distinctive forms of the game within those categories such as Butler pairs or Swiss teams. The Day Centre has plenty of windows—although it may be necessary to err on the side of cryogenesis to begin with!' <Ⓜ#16>
All Members should have had both vaccinations by July (and if not, why not?!); valid exceptions may be considered.' <Ⓜ#16> I favour an early restart, being aware that some may be nervous and that attendance figures may be low initially. However, when people see that the survival rate is no worse than normal, more will feel comfortable to come.' <Ⓜ#2> Each player should be given the option of either proving they been vaccinated or taking a test on arrival.' <Ⓜ#7> Some of your data will be available for use by Bridgewebs who are acting as a Data Processor on our behalf.They are not free to pass this on to other organisations that are not connected with Cobham-Heath Bridge Club. Is a cashless-only system possible? Yes, there are cheap portable credit card readers available which buskers use. And some clubs have introduced monthly and annual table money subscriptions.' <Ⓜ#7>
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The score achieved by each qualifying pair on a Club Championship evening is the ranking obtained on that evening. For example, they score a '1' if they came first, or a '2' if they came second. The Club Championship is a Pairs League which can only be won by members. But guests and visitors may participate in any Club Championship evening. I’d like to have my own bidding box, if available to buy, but as stated elsewhere COVID transmission is not so much by touching objects as by aerosols, so not important in my view.' <Ⓜ#16> I am now 91 but I have recently had a new lease of life and I for one would return to play at Claygate once it is safe to do so.' <Ⓜ#5> I’d be in favour of opening asap. I’m sure that people would be sensible about social distancing. <Ⓜ#1>
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