The first the new national Online One-Day Green-Pointed events will take place later this month (Saturday, 25th March) on RealBridge.
There will be ten events a year for those who enjoy playing one-day green-pointed Swiss games online. They will start at 11am, playing approximately 48 boards. The finish time will be approximately 6pm, with a break for lunch.
27th to 30th December at ILEC, London
Or – Rossie’s “thought for the day” on a little local difficulty.
You may have seen some of my Blogs over the summer on the Eastbourne Summer Meeting, and latterly on Year End. What I have attempted to do in my ramblings is to encourage you back to Face to Face Bridge. And you have been coming, at club, county and National level, so thank you.
We have run a series of popular online seminars on the subject of building or rebuilding club membership following the change in play over the last couple of years.
In the latest instalment of the "Day in the Life" series of blog posts, EBU Competitions Administrator & Selection Committee Secretary Louise Crisp describes her typical work day:
I wake up at 7:30am, while having breakfast I like to catch up with the daily news and have a snuggle with my cat Jess on the sofa. I leave my house at 8:45am to make the 5-minute journey to the office in Aylesbury.
Before we delve into the bridge chronicles of the day, let’s take a step back to yesterday evening.
The weather has cooled down considerably last night and we managed to get a decent night of sleep.
The first three opponents of the day, Turkey, Norway and Bulgaria, proved not to be the toughest competition. Our players played very solid bridge throughout and waited for the IMPS to come their way. And they duly deed; we punished all of their mistakes (and we made a couple of our own) and in the end we scored over 54 VPs out of the three matches
After a night where the horrible heat has made sleeping uneasy, we were finally at the table playing bridge.
And by “we” I mean “they”. I wish I could play a few hands. Being a Non-playing captain is a bit of a torture.
I describe it to my non bridge playing friends as walking in a room where the best food in the world is on display; you are starving; everyone else around you is eating and you are not allowed to do so.
