Josh has designed an all new course on Competitive Bidding, to run on Fridays this term from September 19th for ten weeks

Where and When: Nowton Court, Fridays 1:45 - 4:00pm

Dates: 19th September to 28th November (not 3rd October - Hospice Bridge tea that day)

Cost: £80 per person, includes all tuition, course materials, catch-up sessions, table money and refreshments

Open to members and non-members

Josh's course notes:

"I'm delighted to announce my brand new course for Abbeygate Bridge Club! The topic is "Competitive bidding" and we'll cover a wide range of contested auctions, such as when and (more importantly!) when NOT to overcall as well as how to deal with interference as the opener and responder. We'll also cover some conventional bids, such as Landy, Michaels, the Unusual 2NT, negative doubles (Andrew Robson's favourite), the Unassuming Cue Bid, sacrifice bidding and more! This course will be a bumper 10 week course, running throughout the autumn, starting at 1:45pm and finishing at 4pm every Friday. For anyone who's worried about missing the odd session, I'm offering free catch up sessions that can take place online or face to face in groups of up to four people, so don't ever worry about not being able to maximise your learning and enjoyment! For more information please don't hesitate to get in touch. I hope to see many of you there!"

Click here to email Josh to find out more or to register interest. Click here to enter online

Andy Billinge will be offering a free Beginners Course, to run from Friday 26th September, 11:00am to 1:00pm. The venue will be Stowmarket library. Please ask anyone you know who might be interested to get in touch with Andy directly, or click here for more information

Tim and Chris will be offering a new Improvers Course starting in October, based on the EBU Green Book – continuing bridge.This will also be a 10 week course, 2 hour sessions starting on Monday 6th October at the Risbygate Sports club. Click here for more details 

It is nearly 20 years since the EBU introduced its national code of conduct with the immortal words “Bridge Players are Lovely People” which we all know to be true. But in the white heat of competition, even the loveliest of people can forget themselves and inadvertently affect their opponents’ and their partner’s enjoyment of the game

We would like to revisit Best Behaviour At Bridge at Abbeygate this Autumn, starting with this reminder of our solemn duty to be nice to everyone in the bridge room, even under pressure. We will start by placing this shortened version of BB@B on the tables at the start of play

Please call the director if your enjoyment of the game has been affected by something said or done at your table, or indeed elsewhere in the room. The directors will remind us all of our duty from time to time, in the nicest possible way of course.

You can read the original article in the EBU magazine from 2006 here, and the full EBU BB@B code of conduct here, or via the link under EBU in the main menu on the left

Nowton Court

We play duplicate bridge at Nowton Court every Tuesday and Wednesday evening. Tuesday is our regular club night, Wednesday is a more relaxed session for beginners and improvers. Visitors are welcome at both sessions. No partner needed on Wednesday, just turn up and you will get a game. If you would like to play on Tuesday evening we will try to find a partner for you, click partner broker here or on the menu to the left. For directions and times please click club information here or on the menu.

Are you interested in learning to play bridge? Chris and Tim will be running an improver course starting in October (see above) and we would like to hear from potential beginners - we may be able to offer a beginners course if there is sufficient interest.  If you would like to find out more click here

ONLINE BRIDGE

Abbeygate Bridge Club is running its online Club nights on RealBridge on Monday evenings at 7 pm.

These events are open to Abbeygate members only and table money will be £2.50, for which you will be invoiced later.

See Realbridge Link in the Menu on the left hand side of this page. 

If you are unfamiliar with the RealBridge platform it does enable you to see and talk to your opponents, for more information please go to:
https://realbridge.online/player-guide.html

Please make sure you have read the guide before you log in for the first time.

You can test your microphone and camera here:
https://play.realbridge.online/camera.html

The RealBridge Room will be open from 6.30 pm on Mondays.   Please log in no later than 6.50 pm.
After clicking on the link please fill in your forename and surname, e.g. Ian Jones (not I. Jones) and ID number (which is your EBU number).  Once you have logged onto the site please sit at a table with your partner and chat to them and your opponents while you are waiting for the start.

If you require any further information regarding the event please contact Tim Evans: tim@suffolkclocks.co.uk

Edward Wallbutton has kindly offered to be the Partner Broker  edward@wallbutton.uk 

There is a dedicated tournament for Bury, Abbeygate and Stowmarket members on Realbridge on Wednesdays at 7.00 pm. Bury Bridge Club is also now back face to face at Southgate Community Centre on Thursdays, 6.45 for 7.00 pm.   See the Bury St Edmunds Bridge Club website for details:

https://www.bridgewebs.com/bury/

Abbeygate Bridge Club is registered as a club on Bridge Club Live (see below). Members can play at any time of the day or night.

There are plenty more opportunities for taking part in online tournaments and the Suffolk Teams Leagues on the Suffolk Bridge website:

https://www.bridgewebs.com/suffolkbridge/