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Sunday 19th September Held online on BBO, 8 rounds of 7 boards played in 2 sessions of 28 boards with a 90 minute break -BBO$15 per person Red pointed with 10 points for the winners, bonus red points for the top 25% and also 0.25 red points for a win, 0.13 red points for a draw Silver and Bronze prizes if sufficient entries in these categories Enter here https://www.sbu.org.uk/events/event-booking -  we look forward to seeing you

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images/users/10590/SBUTrialsGCoC202122.pdf  images/users/10590/CamroseTrialSCoC2022.pdf The following 8 pairs have qualified for the first of 2 consecutive weekends at the beginning of October:- McGowan & Matheson, Smith & Bennett, Diamond & Diamond, Menzies & Penman, Bouverie & Marshall, Maiolani & McMenemy, McPaul & Duncan and McKinnon & Ferguson - Milne & Milne will be reserves in the event that any pair drops out.  The 8 pairs exempted through to WE2 are Ash & Ferrari, Short & Goodman, Sime & Murdoch, Shenkin & Levinson, Barton & Nakamaru-Pinder, Adamson & Sanders, Punch & Peterkin and Hay & Peden.  The bottom 4 pairs at the end of WE2 will drop out, and the...

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SBUEGM31stAugust2021MinutesJF2.pdf These minutes have been approved by the council and will be presented for ratification at the next general meeting.

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At its meeting last week, BGB decided that the 2 Camrose weekends, the Lady Milne and the Senior Camrose will all be planned to be face to face in the coming season.  The Junior Camrose & Peggy Bayer will be online on Realbridge amid concerns that not all that age group will have been doubly vaccinated by February. International Committee

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Following on from the recent article, Damien Byron, manager at the new Melville Bridge Centre, has produced an excellent Video at: https://youtu.be/BjeiXK8rUsY on how to set up and score Hybrid Club games- both on line and f2f using either BBO or RealBridge as the on-line platform.  A number of Clubs have confirmed that they have, or are reopening in the near future. Other Clubs are keen to learn from others’ experiences. As it is for each Club to undertake and execute their own risk assessment, in the knowledge that it is for them to satisfy their Insurers and other relevant parties, it is probably best that we compile, with their agreement, a list of the...

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The next round of SOL starts on 13th September - returning teams and new teams welcome. There are some changes for this iteration: Teams can have up to 8 players registered and  Matches can be played on any day.  Closing date for entries to SOL5 is Sunday 29th August - new teams should enter using the form on the SOL5 homepage, existing teams wishing to continue should contact the Tournament Convenor  Pairs/teams looking to join a team/add members to an existing team should also contact the Tournament Convenor and we can put people in...

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Guidance for players Instructions for players Etiquette Conditions of Contest BBO Terms and Conditions Registering for Swiss Teams Guidance for Clubs and Districts Guidance_for_Clubs_and_Districts_on_Running_Tournaments_v2 Instructions for downloading results and masterpoint files Running Swiss Teams Online Bridge Unethical Behaviour Online Bridge -...

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From August, the SBU Monthly Charity Pairs wil be moving from the first Tuesday of the month to the last Tuesday of the month. The August event will now be held on Tuesday 31st August. All proceeds from this tournament will go to the charity named by the winners on the night - why not put the date in your diary?

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The SBU have taken the decision, together with Simon Kelly of GEBOS, to cancel this year's overseas congress in Crete. We are very disappointed to have to cancel this congress but the uncertainty regarding overseas travel has made this the only possible decision. Hopefully the world will return to normality next year in time for our congresses in Peebles in March and Majorca in May. GEBOS will refund any payment you have made for the Crete congress.

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The supplementary CoC for the trial for the 2022 Lady Milne and Senior Camrose is attached here - images/SC&LMSuppCoC2022.pdf  Entries close on October 31st 2021. The International Committee held a meeting recently to discuss plans for trials for the 2022 Europeans due to be held in Madeira next June.  Please see the attached minutes for a summary of the decisions taken.  images/InternationalCommitteeMinutes260621V1A.pdf   

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