Hey all, I hope you're doing well. Jane and I are healthy and
enjoying life at home right now. I've been doing some astronomy as
well as bridge projects.
Bridge, of course, has all moved online. There's a good chance that
most clubs will have difficulty opening this year. I've postponed my
own planned Pasadena Bridge Club to about January, unless something
miraculous happens between now and then.
I'd like to offer an online seminar using Zoom that can get you
started with playing bridge on BridgeBase Online (BBO).
The ACBL has been trying to move as many clubs as it can on to
"Virtual Bridge Clubs" on BBO. Indeed I have a new sanction from
ACBL for a "Virtual Bridge Club" to service the players in three
adjacent units, centered on Pasadena. (The others are Pomona and
Downey.)
I'm planning to offer a 0-1000 point limited bridge game on Monday
evenings at about 7:15. It'll be a two-hour game of 18 boards, and
the card fee will be $4 for regular games. There's also a weekly
499er game offered on Sunday afternoons at 3:15 for all 499ers in LA
County (District 23). There's actually a lot of bridge to play.
With that in mind, I have a lot of tips and tricks about how to use
BBO and play bridge online. There are a lot of non-obvious things
that can make it easier and less daunting. I'll be able to share my
screen, walk you through a game, and take questions.
I'd like to offer to have one on Monday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. We
might be able to hold the meeting within the 40 minute limit for
Zoom, or I'll just make a new meeting and carry on.
If there's interest from people who can't attend that time, I'll be
happy to do a repeat on another day. Let me know what's good for
you.
So I've really tossed out two things for you to consider:
Zoom seminar on playing bridge online, Monday, May 18,
2:30 p.m. (Another TBD as required)
For the Zoom seminar on playing bridge online, please send me a note
and I'll send you the meeting link.
That's all I have for now! For students of the game who might enjoy
some bridge practice, I'll be offering some online coaching and
practice sessions based on the Audrey Grant Better Bridge series,
using BBO. I'll send that information to my student email lists.
This email list doesn't have everyone who carried on playing in San
Marino, so if you know of someone who'd be interested in this email
but may not have received it, please feel free to pass it along for
me. :)