Our Edmonton Bridge Centre remains CLOSED due to our
efforts in helping contain the COVID 19 Pandemic. Alberta's situation
seems to be improving, but we will not be
re-opening until
the board and members feel it is safe to do so.
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EBC ONLINE BRIDGE
Many of you have found ways to play bridge online.
We now have a VIRTUAL CLUB on Bridgebase Online (BBO). We are able to offer ACBL masterpoints and
unlimited tables, but we have to charge a fee for this.
We offer many separate OPEN and INTERMEDIATE games
where attendance warrants.
In BBO, under Virtual
clubs, then ACBL clubs, Scroll through pending games, look for or search
VACB130096 and
EDMONTON in caps. It may be easier to find next time, if you
'follow' or 'friend' our VACB130096identity.
The
Schedule of Games will be as follows:
Monday
to Friday Afts 12:30pm
Open
and
Intermediate.
Saturday and Sunday Afts 12:30pm
Single
Open
Stratfied
(Weds
and Fri Aft Open - IMP scoring)
Monday
and Wednesday
Eve 7:00pm Single Open
Stratified
Thursday Eve 7:00pm Open Expert IMP game.
Intermediate games are 18 boards (2 hours) long and
Open games are usually 21 boards (More on Thrs Eves).
Make sure you have BB$ in your account
and register. You can even be nice and pay for your partner. Both players need to be online.
The
usual
price
is
4 $US each.
(80% goes to supporting our club and directors) Occasionally, the ACBL
charges a higher sanction,
which we have to add to the price.
ACBL Longest Day BBO Online June 20 - 21, 2020
Alzheimer Support games - EBC entry $5 each
Hand Records now
available on EBC Results Page Calendars
You do not have to be an ACBL member to play but
you do have to attach your ACBL member number to
your BBO profileto receive masterpoints.
Do this by going to ACBLworld,click blue button <Update ACBL Number>.
If you would like tutorials about BBO, some can be found
<HERE>
If you have yet to discover online bridge you can
still check out our guide sheet, click the green button below:
Thanks to Don Greenwood for all his efforts in
making online bridge work for you and your friends. If you have questions
about BBO you can contact him at
ddg4bridge@gmail.com
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Thank you for your patience during this difficult
time.
Be safe and healthy. Don't panic. Be of help to
others.
Robert (Bob) Crosby, who died in 2012, was one of Edmonton's most accomplished bridge players, as well as being a prolific coach and writer.
Bob's insight, thoughtfulness, and clarity of expression are apparent here, in the almost 2,000 articles
that he wrote during the last several years of his life.
