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Welcome to the Bath Bridge Club Website Library. |
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| The Library contains a range of articles and other documents which might prove useful or of interest to members. Some are written by members (contributions always welcome!), while others have a primary home elsewhere on the internet. |
| Things are very much still under construction at the moment, and suggestions for additions to the Library or improvements in its organisation are always welcome. |
| For now, click on one of the general categories below to see a list of titles. Some will appear in html format, some as 'properly laid out' articles in pdf format, while others are simply links to other websites. |
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Interface |
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A series of articles about players, directors and the laws, written by members |
Bath Replays |
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A small but growing series about hands played by members |
Convention cards |
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The latest downloadable formats from the EBU, pdf and editable |
Early Learning |
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Resources for learners and players unfamiliar with duplicate |
Teams vs Pairs |
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Includes two guides to Butler scoring and techniques written by members |
Rules and guidelines |
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The Club Rules, plus various procedural guidelines |
Orange Book 2006-07 |
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Various resources, including information on alerting and announcements |
Archive |
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AGM and Committee minutes, past Newsletters and a News archive |
Miscellaneous |
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Interesting stuff to browse around |
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Bath Replays
A small but growing series about hands played by members
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1 Stay flexible |
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Trevor Purches on keeping your wits about you in declarer play |
2 Rule of 20 rules OK |
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Game and slam missed - but who's to blame, asks Jim Corbett |
3 Locked in dummy |
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Jim Corbett relives a nightmarish memory |
4 An extra chance |
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Chris Jones learns from his mistake in missing a slam. |
5 Nil Desperandum |
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Trevor Purches manages to avoid apologising to his partner. |
6 When not to bid (1) |
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In this mini-series of cautionary tales ... |
7 When not to bid (2) |
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... Peter Sampson explores three situations in which ... |
8 When not to bid (3) |
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... the Pass card would have been the wisest option. |
9 A little learning ... |
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Chris Jones learns from another mistake, this time in defence. |
10 Short and sweet |
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Snappy bidding - and even snappier play - courtesy of Peter van Praag. |
11 A spanner in the works |
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A successful psychic bid, recorded by Peter Sampson. |
12 Double jeopardy |
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How a double can help declarer: plot by Pat Davies, text by Chris Jones. |
13 Strong and shapely |
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Peter Sampson on bidding strong distributional hands. |
14 Hindsight |
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Declarer Simon Hill looks back at what might have been ... |
15 It never rains ... |
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A sad tale from a dismal summer, ruefully recalled by Jim Corbett. |
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Rules and Guidelines
The Club Rules, plus various procedural guidelines
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Rules of Bath Bridge Club |
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Last updated in March 2007 |
Consulting Director |
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An explanation of the role of Consulting Director |
Scoring Rules |
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Guidelines for players and scorers |
Bidding boxes |
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How to use them - and how not to use them |
Hesitations |
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Guidelines for players and directors |
Slow play |
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Guidelines for players and directors |
Has a bid been made? |
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Guidelines for players and directors |
Scoring with Scorebridge |
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Full illustrated guide, including Club preference settings |
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Orange book 2006-07
Various resources, including information on alerting and announcements
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Summary of changes, 2007 |
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Article by Trevor Purches, mainly about 'strong' opening bids. |
2007 Orange book (complete) |
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Link to the EBU site |
2007 Orange book (changes only) |
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Link to the EBU site |
These changes affect you! |
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EBU article from English Bridge, June 2006 |
Announcing & Alerting Summary |
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A quick guide in table format |
Announcing the new Orange |
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Article by Phil Green, reprinted from the Bath BC Newsletter, July 2006 |
All about Announcements |
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A Mr Bridge article by David Stevenson |
Changes to the Orange Book |
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A Mr Bridge article by Mike Swanson |
Alerting & other changes ... |
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More from David Stevenson |
2006 Orange Book |
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Link to the EBU site |
Alerting quiz |
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Courtesy of Somerset CBA |
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Archive
AGM and Committee minutes, past Newsletters and a News archive
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AGM 2008 |
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Minutes of the AGM held in March 2008 |
AGM 2007 |
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Minutes of the AGM held in March 2007 |
AGM 2006 |
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Minutes of the AGM held in March 2006 |
AGM 2005 |
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Minutes of the AGM7 held in March 2005 |
Accounts 2007 |
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As presented at the 2008 AGM |
Committee March 2008 |
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Minutes of the Committee meeting held in April 2008 |
Committee March 2007 |
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Minutes of the Committee meeting held in March 2007 |
Committee Feb 2007 |
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Minutes of the Committee meeting held in February 2007 |
Committee Sept 2006 |
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Minutes of the Committee meeting held in September 2006 |
Committee June 2006 |
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Minutes of the Committee meeting held in June 2006 |
Committee April 2006 |
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Minutes of the Committee meeting held in April 2006 |
Newsletter January 2008 |
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Includes Guide to Good Behaviour by the Chief Tournament Director |
Newsletter February 2007 |
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Includes Butler technique and Scoring guidelines (link not working yet) |
Newsletter July 2006 |
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Includes Thanks to Phil Green plus Orange 2006 info. |
News Archive |
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News items from the past 12 months (to be implemented) |
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