ABERDEEN BRIDGE CLUB

A) Go to Mempad ( www.mempad.co.uk ) and log in. [If you have forgotten your password for Mempad, or think you never had one, then follow the “Forgotten password” routine]
B) On the home screen there are several big blue ‘tabs’, click on the one named “MY CONTACTS”.
C) On the next screen, underneath the title “My Details” there is an “EDIT” tab, click it.
D) You now have a screen entitled “Edit My Details”. Scroll more than half way down until you come to a column of six similar boxes. The first one is labelled “BBO USERNAME”. Fill in your BBO username, but please avoid adding extra spaces at the beginning or end.

Click on the “SAVE” button, and you are done.For those who have difficulty with MEMPAD, the home club secretary should be able to help or email masterpoints@sbu.org.uk

Dear members,

I am happy to introduce a new section on our website. From now on you will be able to access the results and analyse hands you have played on Monday’s tournaments on Bridge Base Online (Pairs ABERDEEN).

Please visit out result page

Kindest regards,

Zibby

Please find attached Bulletin

This new online event is a continuation of an initiative by Harry Smith. All those who are members of the SBU are invited to enter Registration up to 2 hours prior to the event in the SBU Virtual Club on BBO.

Format for each event:
• 4 rounds of 6 boards scored in IMPs converted, post event, to VPs
• Open to all, every and any Saturday, stand-ins will be online to make up a half table
• The sum of the six best scores will determine the winning pair after week 7
• Black masterpoints will be awarded on the club scale
• Entry fee: 4BBO$ pp for each tournament payable online at registration
• Although unlikely, BBO Swiss software does not prevent pairs with similar scores playing
each other more than once in the same tournament
• Initial seating in each tournament will be randomly assigned
• Overall scores may include 9VPs per match for up to 2 missed tournaments in the first 3
weeks, or in any week for ‘stand-ins’ who are not called to play

All proceeds will be used to train online directors for SBU Affiliated Clubs wishing to run their own tournaments.

Further details for those new to BBO will be available on the SBU website. This is a ‘restricted entry event’ and all those interested MUST fill out the online form to register their BBO username with SBU. See SBU Homepage.

tournament@sbu.org.uk

The first event in our new SBU Virtual Club will be match-pointed pairs, Tuesday 2 June at 7pm, comprising 24 boards in 2 board rounds.

Registration and payment in BBO$ will be taken on the day within BBO.  The entry fee for this event is an introductory 2BBO$.  Proceeds will be used to train online tournament directors for SBU Affiliated Clubs.

Registration will be accepted only from those who have completed the form to register their BBO username with SBU, by 6pm on Monday 1 June.  A link to the form is provided in the article below.  On registration you will be prompted to enter the BBO username of your partner.  There will also be a pop-up asking for your ‘player number’.  This is your masterpoint number and it is not obligatory, although perhaps helpful, to provide it as players’ BBO names will be associated wth their MP number external to BBO for the purpose of awarding Black points on the club scale.  

To purchase BBO$, at parity with US$, use the following link Buy BBO$   Be aware that other routes to purchase may incur additional charges.

To register for the event log on to BBO and navigate to: Featured Areas/Virtual Clubs/SBU/Tuesday MP Pairs.  Simply click on the event line and register anytime from two hours beforehand up to the start time of 7pm.

If you need more help then read the Guide for New Users