HCOB BULLETIN

Monday 31st August 2020 - Welcome to our 11th weekly Hurlingham Online Bridge Bulletin (HCOBB)

1. The HCOB Access Renewal Fee is due on Monday 7 September 2020

Thank you so much to all the HC Bridge players, who promptly paid their last ‘access fees’ to play HCOB.

We have now played 79 sessions of online Bridge, generously hosted by Tim Soane. Thank you Tim from all of us!

BBO have still not announced their charges, though we are anticipating that we will have enough in our ‘ring fenced’ kitty to cover the extra charges.

Hopefully this renewal fee will see us through to 2021. Please pay your HCOB Access Renewal Fee by logging into the HC website through this link: https://bit.ly/hcob-fee

The 'HC Access Renewal Fee’ for the remainder of 2020 will be £20 or £25.

£20 - Unlimited Games + play with a non-HC member a maximum of five appearances, sessions or games £25 - Unlimited Games + Unlimited Guest appearances, sessions or games

2. All HC Bridge players are invited to field a team of four for our 1st HC Bridge Fixture Swiss Teams event on BBO

We are inviting the Clubs that we normally do reciprocal Fixtures as our guests in a one-off all-day Swiss Teams event.

When: Saturday 10 October 2020 Starts: 10.30am until 5.00pm on BBO Format: Three rounds of six boards - One-hour Lunch Break - Afternoon session: Three rounds of six boards Who: Your team must consist of four players who are HC members Register: By Wednesday 23rd September 2020 Team name: Your Team name must have HC at the front, i.e. HC1st

I would like to thank Nicole Cook for creating the website and Directing this online event Thank you to our Bridge Committee member and Fixtures Coordinator Jane Boote for this initiative

ENTER your team details now: http://www.bridgeextra.com/hfirst/

The Hurlingham Club has invited all the clubs that we play fixtures with, including:

♠ AELTC ♥ ♦ Boodles ♣ Brooks ♠ ♥ Cumberland ♦ House of Lords ♣ Institut Français ♠ Lansdowne ♥ Le Circle de l’Union Interallee ♦ MCC ♣ Oxford & Cambridge ♠ Phyliss Court ♥ The Portland Club ♦ Queens ♣ Royal Automobile Club ♠ Rivermead Court ♥ Roehampton ♦ Royal Mid Surrey ♣ Royal Wimbledon Golf Club ♠ ♥ St Georges Hill

3. VKO - Virtual Knock Out – Last Call

Your very last chance to join in the HCOB VKO which Janos Koenig is organising for us all.

The 31st August is the cut-off date for participations and the draw will take place on Wednesday 2nd September.

The first round of matches will begin on the 7th September and need to be completed by the 18th September.

15 pairs have declared participation and the random draw will take place on Wednesday 2nd September.

There is still time to add your pair to this impressive list of players!

4. General stuff

Please ensure that you have your full name on your BBO “account” details, so we know who you are. Bid and play at a normal pace and greet your opponent’s so they know who you are. Copy and paste your system in the table message, e.g. welcome to our table, we play 4CM, WEAK NT 12-14, Stayman, , weak 2’s♦❤♠ RKCB 14-30, Att.

Continue to enjoy the challenges of online Bridge, please smile, be gracious to everyone and enjoy your game! See you at the virtual green baize sometime soon.

If you wish to review any of the past Bridge Bulletins, please click on this link

Monica Davis Chairman of Bridge