USEFUL INFORMATION
On this page, you can find information below on the following topics:
You can also find links to the pages covering the following, by clicking on their titles:
- Calling the Director
- Alerting and Announcing
- Playing in Teams
- Masterpoints and NGS
You can also find links to the pages covering the following, by clicking on their titles:
Calling the Director
With such an ominous title of “Director”, new bridge players can sometimes feel quite reluctant to call for him/her and maybe even have feelings of guilt if he/she is needed at their table. Such fears and reservations are unfounded, because the Director is there to help as is explained in the attached article, written by one of the local bridge teachers, Trevor Purches. Thanks, Trevor. Click here for Trevor's article
Additionally, in the attached file, you can find some guidance on the most common "misdemeanours" for which the Director should be called.
With such an ominous title of “Director”, new bridge players can sometimes feel quite reluctant to call for him/her and maybe even have feelings of guilt if he/she is needed at their table. Such fears and reservations are unfounded, because the Director is there to help as is explained in the attached article, written by one of the local bridge teachers, Trevor Purches. Thanks, Trevor. Click here for Trevor's article
Additionally, in the attached file, you can find some guidance on the most common "misdemeanours" for which the Director should be called.
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Alerting and Announcing
If you find this subject confusing, click here for the EBU's simplified table
If you find this subject confusing, click here for the EBU's simplified table
Playing in Teams - Playing and Scoring at Team events
From time to time at the Club, we will play as Teams rather than as Pairs, particularly when the number of players don't easily fit with a normal duplicate pairs event.
The playing strategies and scoring are somewhat different for Teams compared to Pairs. The way in which winners of team events is determined is different from the normal "percentage" method of scoring for Duplicate Pairs events. Instead, a system of IMPs is used.
One of the consequences of Teams scoring (as opposed to the normal scoring for Duplicate Pairs) is that a small difference in scores is relatively unimportant. So it doesn’t much matter whether or not you make overtricks, or if you make 4NT instead of 4S. Conversely, in normal Duplicate Pairs, a “bottom” is an 0% irrespective of whether it is a “bottom” by 10 points or 1000 points. However, in Teams the magnitude of the score is crucially important. A difference of 10 points is 0 IMPs but a difference of 1000 points is 14 IMPS, and enough to lose a match.
From time to time at the Club, we will play as Teams rather than as Pairs, particularly when the number of players don't easily fit with a normal duplicate pairs event.
The playing strategies and scoring are somewhat different for Teams compared to Pairs. The way in which winners of team events is determined is different from the normal "percentage" method of scoring for Duplicate Pairs events. Instead, a system of IMPs is used.
One of the consequences of Teams scoring (as opposed to the normal scoring for Duplicate Pairs) is that a small difference in scores is relatively unimportant. So it doesn’t much matter whether or not you make overtricks, or if you make 4NT instead of 4S. Conversely, in normal Duplicate Pairs, a “bottom” is an 0% irrespective of whether it is a “bottom” by 10 points or 1000 points. However, in Teams the magnitude of the score is crucially important. A difference of 10 points is 0 IMPs but a difference of 1000 points is 14 IMPS, and enough to lose a match.
Because of the difference in scoring, the strategies and tactics of bidding and play are rather different when you are playing Teams rather than Pairs.
The two documents attached below give a few tips on some good principles for bidding and play in Teams events, and some more information on how IMP scoring works.
The two documents attached below give a few tips on some good principles for bidding and play in Teams events, and some more information on how IMP scoring works.
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Master Points and NGS
These are both ways in which the EBU enables their members to measure their progress and success in competitive play. Many of our members are familiar with both these terms, but some newer members may not be, so a brief, and simplified, explanation is given below.
Full details of both schemes can be found on the EBU website.
These are both ways in which the EBU enables their members to measure their progress and success in competitive play. Many of our members are familiar with both these terms, but some newer members may not be, so a brief, and simplified, explanation is given below.
Full details of both schemes can be found on the EBU website.
Master Points
If you look at the Results pages of this website, you will notice that, as well as columns listing the rank order and percentage score, there is an additional column headed “LPs”. These Local Points are part of the EBU Master Points scheme and are awarded to the top few pairs in each playing session. The number of pairs who get them, and the quantity of LPs awarded, depend on the number of pairs that play in that session.
EBU members are given a ranking, (such as Local Master, County Master, Premier Master etc), depending on how many points they have accumulated, and promotions between these ranks are announced monthly on the EBU website.
National Grading Scheme (NGS)
Master Points have been awarded for many years, (since 1956 in fact), and they just keep on accumulating. So a member’s rank is more a measure of their lifetime achievement, than it is a measure of their current performance, which is why the EBU introduced the NGS.
The NGS is based on the percentage scores that a member has achieved over the last 80, or so, times that he/she has played. So it fluctuates up and down depending on results. The actual percentage is modified to take account of the standard of the opponents, and the standard of their partner. Then, rather than quote the NGS as a percentage, the EBU allocates a grade based upon that figure, ranging from a Two (the beginner’s level), through to Jack, Queen, King and then the four Aces. A player of average ability nationwide, ie 50%, would have a grade of Eight.
Masterpoint Promotions
Listed below are the Masterpoint Promotions announced by the EBU for Corsham Bridge Club members since January 2017.
Masterpoint ranks start at Local Master and progress through Club Master, Area Master, District Master, County Master and Master to Advanced Master. Thereafter they move to One Star Master, Two Star Master etc and on to several higher ranks.
March 2018 - Local Master: Gill Russell Club Master: Ken Bowater
February 2018 - Local Master: Ray Fussell, Ian Roach, Rosemary Jelfs, Sue Kimber
January 2018 - Local Master: Evelyn Power
December 2017 - Local Master: Ann Kingdom, Pat Owen
November 2017 - Master: Sue Phillips
October 2017 - Club Master: Helen Madle, David Kimber
August 2017 - Advanced Master: Kath Darby Master: Ray Elms
July 2017 - Local Master: Ken Bowater, Helen Madle
June 2017 - Area Master: Bob Raggett
May 2017 - Advanced Master: Colin Ladle
March 2017 - Local Master: David Kimber