How to play bridge on BBO from home (with Easts members)

You will need a computer or tablet and an internet (wifi) connection.
You can also play bridge on a large mobile phone but it is awkward.

You are in your browser (Chrome, Safari) to read this.

When you click on the link below, you will be taken to the BBO site.

http://www.bridgebase.com

Click red top left button to Log in or Register.

To create an account, click on Register.

If you have an account just log in with your User Name & Pwd.

If you don’t have an account, click “Become a member” button; choose a Name and Pwd and you become a member of the BBO community.

Now you can Play or Watch

I recommend, if you are new to BBO, choose Casual, rather Competitive.

“Help me find a game” OR “Find your own game”

Suggest you go to Relaxed Bridge Club, players are nicer, there are no experts to criticise or bully you.

You can find a table with 2 or 3 players and click to sit, or, Under “Kibitzers” you can only watch.

You can “Start a table” (bottom left button). Choose your privacy options, you can reserve seats for your friends, or you can play against robots (right click to choose).

Once you become more comfortable with BBO you can go into the “Main Bridge Club” and again you can join an existing table or you can open one.

You can navigate through the club by going back – attention using the “Back” button (it’s the blue one next to “Home”)

If you like to add people to your Friends list, or chat to players or how to use robots/GIBs, you can Google “bbo tutorials”.

Good luck and see you on BBO; my name is “shevek” and I’ll try to be in the club around noon each day

ABF recommends Bridge Clubs close temporarily

The ABF recommends that Bridge Clubs be temporarily closed for four weeks as from Wednesday 18th March 2020 (or a date this week set by the club) with the situation to be reviewed at the end of that period. A further extension may be imposed if necessary.

Whilst it may be a difficult decision, health experts around the world are all in agreement that the best way to slow the transmission of the virus is for people to practise social distancing. Many other organisations are cancelling events that involve gatherings of people and we feel it is a duty of care to our extremely high-risk clientele and to afford the highest level of health and safety to the members, their families and the wider community

Three consecutive Tuesdays, February 4th, 11th & 18th.
12:30 pm - 3 pm in Bondi Room at Easts Leagues Club

Week 1. Setting up a suit in dummy, card combinations.
Week 2. Repeating finesses, trick one
Week 3. Delaying trumps – ducking

$15/player/lesson

The next beginners course will commence on Tuesday 3rd March at 1:00 pm.

The Course is run in conjunction with City East Community College and information can be obtained from the Community College or Easts Bridge Club.
Please encourage your family and friends interested in learning bridge to come along to this excellent value course.

This is a national event for players with fewer than 300 mps

Congratulations to Lis Moller and Thomas Karsai who came 3rd in the “under 50 masterpoints” section.

Our club ran a two session qualifying event for the State Open Pairs Final (to be played at NSWBA on November 23rd & 24th) The top 3 pairs were:

1. Alan Cooper & Paul Larby 67.8 + 61.3 = 129.1

2. Theo Mangos & Leigh Foran 63.7 + 62.0 = 125.7

3. Geoffrey Hill & Kerry Hill 59.3 + 60.6 + 119.9

2019 Club Championship was won by Kitty and Walter Gottlieb  with 63.5% (average of best two sessions).

Runners up: Theo Mangos and Paul Larby with 62.1%.

Third place: Allen Rosenberg and Lester Abrams with 61.3%.

The Mixed Pairs event was played over the first two Wednesdays in April. The winners, Jerzy SZYSZKOWSKI & Halina DRWECKA represented our club in the State Final at NSWBA on May 25th - 26th. They made the Final, congrats!

The next beginners course will commence on Tuesday 15th of October at 1:00 pm.

The Course is run in conjunction with City East Community College and information can be obtained from the Community College or Easts Bridge Club.
Please encourage your family and friends interested in learning bridge to come along to this excellent value course.