Ensure alcohol-based hand sanitiser is available. All members should use it before sitting at a table. <Ⓜ#7> We continue to learn how the scoring software behaves. One critically important change is that, when we run a single-winner event with an arrow-switch (such as the Club Championship), the arrow-switch rounds occur at the beginning of the evening, not the end. There are advantages to this: we don't run the risk of the director forgetting the arrow-switch towardsthe end of an exhausting evening, and all the pairs' scores are melded into one league table as soon as we have completed a couple of rounds. I’d like to have my own bidding box, if available to buy, but as stated elsewhere COVID transmission is not so much by touching objects as by aerosols, so not important in my view.' <Ⓜ#16> At present Realbridge sessions are suspended but we may consider running them on an occasional basis. Join us for friendly evenings of duplicate bridge every Thursday. Come with or without a partner: all standards are welcome. Your first visit is free - so why not come along? You may find it’s a fit!

The chairman's report was presented posthumously in written form. In summary: The Club had been on the verge of being wound up, due in part to the threat of legal action by a member. Due to the committee's diligence, the threat has passed. A revised constitution was approved to enable every aspect of the Club's operations to be worked on by the committee. The Club has been returned to its former strength. The new committee should have no problem in continuing the good work. The number of volunteer directors and scorers needs to increase. Compulsory host duty has been re-introduced. All Club volunteers should be thanked. 5. Treasurer’s Report Historical ranking lists and prize lists are required for archiving purposes and names cannot be removed from them. Confidence is the key—so perhaps starting with bringing own bidding boxes and hand sanitisers would help.' <Ⓜ#26> However I am in the cautious camp and still have some concerns about where we shall be in September vis-a-vis Covid. The coming few weeks are probably the safest time but I would prefer to wait a little longer to see how things pan out.' <Ⓜ#19> I'm of the "be sensible but don't end up like Howard Hughes" way of thinking. Life's for living, not living in a germ-free capsule. <Ⓜ#13>The majority of bridge in the UK is Duplicate bridge where pairs compete next to one another - mostly there is a north/south winner and an east/west winner. Some clubs will do an arrow switch so that all the pairs can compete alongside one another. There will be one winning pair on each Club Championship evening. This will usually entail a Mitchell movement with an arrow-switch towards the end.

As is the way of things where lots of bright and dedicated people are involved, there have been lots of developments. By the turn of the century the Acol system had evolved, and there were many dialects, but all would still have been recognised by Acol's inventors. In contrast in the USA and most of the rest of the world had changed to systems that are usually described as Five Card Majors. Most of the bridge played on the web uses this type of bidding system. Bidding In my hospital job, our team has never had any restrictions on touching paper items shared by all of us (which could be equivalent to playing cards).' <Ⓜ#26> As home tests are available for free to everybody, there is no reason why everyone can't come in with proof of their negative result (within 48 hours of arriving).' <Ⓜ#25> The committee decided not to make any changes to the amenities and refreshments provided since the re-start.

Most bridge clubs now bestow teaching to new members - usually for a small fee to pay a teacher who will train similar minded newbies how to take part in the best playing card game of them all. Claygate bridge club like all clubs additionally provide distinctive days / nights for different standards of play so particular nights will be stronger than others. There is not usually a fee for this, though we can charge a reasonable fee based on the administrative cost of providing the information if a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive or for requests for further copies of the same information.