Rugby Bridge Club welcomes Bridge players of all standards. We operate
duplicate sessions, teach newcomers and improvers and run four sessions per week
at different venues. If you have played Rubber Bridge we can give you a short
conversion course and you will be playing Duplicate in no time. We have our own
monthly tournament alternating between pairs and team events. Many of our
members join teams and play in the Rugby and District Bridge League and there
are opportunities to represent the Club in higher level competition. The Club is
affiliated to the English Bridge Union via the Warwickshire Contract Bridge
Association and for Bridge at Bilton participates in the EBU Masterpoints
scheme. It is optional for Club members to belong the EBU and a minority of
members do so.
ª©§¨ª©§¨ª©
|
Learn To Play Bridge New Beginners Classes start Saturday 4th October Held at Townsend Memorial Hall Clifton CV23 0BH Full course runs for 16 weeks, Cost £2.50 per week Come and try it! Details from Val on 01455 552544 Improvers lessons and practice run concurrently at the same venue. Details from Chris 01788 561779
|
Play League Bridge A New Season for Rugby and District Bridge League is about to start. Rugby Bridge Club sponsor 10 teams in the League. Teams can have up to 8 players registered, although only 4 will be playing in one match. The teams and their players are registered with the Fixtures Secretary In order to make sure that Teams can cover for unforeseen player unavailability the Fixtures Secretary is holding a Pool of reserves who can be called upon. if you think you might like to play league bridge but don't want to commit yourself right away, try it out from the pool. Pool players will be allowed to play two matches each. Ring Christine on 01788 810553. |
Chris Malthouse and Rugby (Rokeby) Lions Club are pleased to announce their thirteenth annual Duplicate Pairs Bridge Competition for the "Salt Cellars" and a purse of £100, Sunday 5th October 2008 at 2pm
Latest Averages can now be seen under Tuesday Summary
Precision pays off with Dennis and Alan regaining the top spot. Chris and Jean surge into third place.
|
|
Players |
Played |
Average |
|
Highest and Lowest scores |
|||||
|
1 |
Dennis Angove & Alan Webb |
24 |
56.19% |
|
65.87% |
64.32% |
63.89% |
47.65% |
45.67% |
45.60% |
|
2 |
Marion Dixon & Chris Malthouse |
20 |
55.92% |
|
73.61% |
66.20% |
63.46% |
47.84% |
46.88% |
46.63% |
|
3 |
Chris Rowles & Jean Soulier |
25 |
54.62% |
|
65.38% |
61.78% |
61.11% |
44.21% |
43.40% |
41.45% |
NEW! What Happens to SIMS after pay 2 play?
For those of you interested in Simultaneous Pairs, now that the EBU has decided to progress with the "pay to play" strategy, you may like to know that their events will be restricted to EBU affiliated clubs. However, we are assured that the BGB events and certainly all the Charity events will, as normal, be open to all comers, and master points will be awarded.
NEW LAWS
The World Bridge Federation have introduced a new set of Laws that come into effect on the 1st August 2008. TD's are invited to attend introductory briefings at local venues such as Leicester and West Midlands Bridge Clubs. Details can be found from the ebu at:
http://www.ebu.co.uk/lawsandethics/td-training/Training_course/Trainingonnewlaws.htm
The Week's Roundup
First Jean Soulier and Chris Rowles with
63.69%
Second Graham Clarke and Richard Holland
with 60.61%
Third John and Rita Lord with 59.23%
The tournament was directed and scored by Peter Iredale.
On Thursday 18th September at Ashlawn, 16 pairs also took part in an 8 table three quarter Howell movement over 26 boards. The final result was
First= Alison and Peter Crowhurst with
58.73%
First= Ann Burrage and Patti Jarvis with
58.73%
Third Wendy Pattinson and Sue Osborne with
57.41%
The tournament was directed and scored by Peter Iredale.
At Rugby Bridge Club on Tuesday 23rd September, 16 pairs also took part in an 8 table three quarter Howell movement over 26 boards. The final result was
First Marjorie Davies and Paul
Dorrington with 58.79%
Second Anne Pettitt and Patti Jarvis with
58.52%
Third Freddie Field and Michael Allman with
57.97%
On Thursday 25th September at Ashlawn, 13 pairs took part in a 7 table Hesitation Mitchell movement over 26 boards with a sitout. The final result was
First Peter Augustus and Ken Fernie with
56.67%
Second Odile Lavault and Lionel Franklyn with
55.56%
Third Wendy Pattinson and Sue Osborne with
52.92%
The tournament was directed and scored by Chris Cooper
The ABC of Rugby BridgeOur weekly Bridge Sessions take place at Ashlawn, Bilton and Clifton. Results are reported on the following blogs. Click on the link to get the full results:
A www.bridgeatashlawn.blogspot.com
B www.bridgeatbilton.blogspot.com
C www.bridgeatclifton.blogspot.com
Have the detailed results e-mailed to you
The Club uses ScoreBridge to produce detailed results for the bridge at Bilton and at Ashlawn. The ScoreBridge programme can automatically e-mail results to the participants. If you wish to avail yourself of this service, make sure that our membership secretary, Chris Cooper, has your e-mail address.
Malcolm's Memo
our monthly reminder of rules and procedures is carried on it's own blog
EBU Strategy Proposals Approved by Shareholders at EGM
At the English Bridge Union's EGM on 4 June, 2008, the resolution stating:
‘that the Shareholders accept the principle of Universal Membership and approve the Board proposals for replacing the current Annual Subscription and Master Point income by a pay to play fee as outlined in the “Strategy for the future of the EBU and Duplicate Bridge in England” dated April 2008. If so approved the Board will commission the changes necessary to the Bye-Laws of The English Bridge Union and request a future General Meeting to accept those changes’
was passed by a vote of 52 in favour, 31 against. There were also 2 abstentions and 1 not present. All three of Warwickshire's Shareholders voted against. Warwickshire is a relatively large county as it incorporates Coventry and a large part of the West Midlands. As with many other sports Bridge chose to ignore the creation of the West Midlands.
At the moment membership of the EBU is a matter of choice for individual bridge players, who can play at any club of their choice. In the future there will be EBU clubs and non-EBU clubs. To play at an EBU club means that you will automatically become a member of the EBU. Existing Clubs are now faced with the choice of whether to join the EBU and contribute to the funding of Bridge at County, National and International Level, or simply continue in their present way but without having to contribute to the funding of the EBU. Individuals will be able to play at either type of Club just as they do with present Clubs, at some they will contribute to the EBU through pay to play, at others they will not.
Rugby Bridge Players will have to choose whether we are in or out
In June/July of next year the Club will receive a package from the ebu detailing our obligations to them if we sign up. This will include a contract agreeing to collect and pay p2p fees to the ebu for the forthcoming season. It is predicted that some clubs will split in two, part in and part out.
Read the comments of Warwickshire Chairman Colin Lang at:
http://www.bridgewebs.com/warwickshire/page3.html
Latest! see Pay to Play Communication to EBU Affiliated Clubs
CONVENTIONS
At the committee meeting on 30th March 2008 a decision was taken to restrict the Conventions used in Rugby Bridge Club's events to Level 3. What this means can be found in the ebu's Orange Book: http://www.ebu.co.uk/lawsandethics/articles/orangebook/default.htm
County Bridge
There is Bridge beyond Rugby and through Rugby Bridge Club you can go on to represent the Club in County Events. See our new County Bridge Page.
CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOUR
The EBU are promoting a guide to courteous behaviour, which they see as an exceptionally important part of the enjoyment of the game of bridge. The EBU are promoting this as Best Behaviour at Bridge or the: BB@B code
-
Greet others in a friendly manner prior to start of play on each round.
-
Be a good "host" or "guest" at the table.
-
Make bridge enjoyable for yourself, partner and opponents.
-
Give credit when your opponents make a good bid or play.
-
Take care of your personal grooming.
-
Ensure that your mobile phone is turned off.
-
Enjoy the company as well as the game
Remember that it is rude to criticise your partner or opponents in public, to be less than polite at the table, to gloat over good results or object to a call for the tournament director or to dispute or argue about a director’s ruling.
|
Please inform the Director if you think you may have been affected by bad behaviour, you will be helping others as well as yourselves. |
As in all games that are governed by rules and regulations, bad behaviour will be penalised.
If a player at the table behaves in an unacceptable manner, the director should be called immediately. Annoying behaviour, embarrassing remarks, or any other conduct which might interfere with the enjoyment of the game is specifically prohibited by Law 74A. Law 91A gives the director the authority to assess disciplinary penalties. This can include immediate disciplinary board penalties, and if a future violation is incurred at the same event, disqualification from future competition in that event. Any further violations may result in a disciplinary hearing where a player's future participation in tournaments will be considered
|
RANK |
MEMBERS |
|
Premier Grand Master |
|
|
Grand Master |
|
|
Premier Life Master |
|
|
Life Master |
|
|
Premier National Master |
Barbara Cooper, Chris Wormleighton |
|
National Master |
|
|
* Premier Regional Master |
|
|
Premier Regional Master |
|
|
* Regional Master |
David Lashley, Julia Lashley |
|
Regional Master |
Jim Shoesmith |
|
* Premier Master |
|
| Premier Master | |
|
* Tournament Master |
Helen Foster, Peter Iredale |
|
Tournament Master |
Syd Cooper, Vera Iredale |
|
***** Master |
Chris Cassin, Marion Dixon |
|
**** Master |
Chris Malthouse |
|
*** Master |
Richard Holland, Jean Soulier, |
|
** Master |
Mike Allman, Les Tottman, |
|
* Master |
Christine Cooper, John Lord, Eileen Walker, Val Wormleighton, Freddie Foster, |
|
Advanced Master |
|
|
Master |
Alan Webb, |
|
County Master |
Pam Southern, Clive Toll, Trudy Calero, Graham Lightfoot, |
|
District Master |
Nicky Cook, Chris Rowles, Jean Wilson, Stella Gill, Hugh Williams |
|
Area Master |
|
|
Club Master |
Rom Ecker, Kathy Lightfoot |
| Local Master | Anne Carrington |
|
Unranked |
Jane Carrington, Maureen Hagan, Cassie Shaw, Robert Spencer, |
We are affiliated to the English
Bridge Union and our Tuesday Session awards Master Points. Click on the emblem to go to the
EBU website
Under the EBU's new Strategy (to be introduced in 2010) there will be no membership fee to pay. Does this sound too good to be true - of course it is, members will pay approximately 40 pence every time they play, so if you play 3 times a week, you will pay £1.20 a week or £60 a year. All right, you say, I am not in the EBU, but here is the real rub, the EBU says you will not be able to play in an EBU affiliated club without paying the "pay to play" fee.
Are you down to Direct, Steward or Host? Changes have been made so click Here to Check the Officials List