If you are a regular reader of my blogs, you will know I like to write about new and innovative products for Bridge fans. Recently, I wrote about Pianola.net and BridgeBig.com which are both very exciting Bridge products. But I believe I have stumbled upon a product that beats these two hands down. I have been
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Receive my weekly posts DIRECT to your chosen email box. Click 'Join Here' It's really easy to sign up & your email is safe so you won't be spammed - I respect your privacy. Before I tell you about the World Bridge Federation tragedy, I need to provide some background to the story: Following last week’s blog, I bumped into a tweet on Twitter (if you, like me a couple of years ago, don’t know what tweeting on twitter is, you might want to check out the blog post; ‘How can Golf has the Ryder Cup, Cricket has the Ashes, Tennis has the Grand Slam circuit, NFL has the Super Bowl, Athletics has the Olympics… All sports that have become great have a unique event that acts as a vehicle through which it focuses its public image: These events are stoked by great rivalries – whether they be between In my last post, ‘How not to panic as declarer when dummy goes down’, I was saying that following the opening lead, you should decide which hand to be your ‘anchor hand’. This process can give you a clear indication as to exactly what your losing cards are and what you need to do in order As soon as the lead is made and dummy goes on the table, we are always told as declarer to: “Plan your Play!!” That’s all very well shouting this mantra, but HOW do you plan play? In my experience of many players, it is more like, ‘Panic and Play!’ You stare at the 26 cards before you, your mind goes For 8 months I have been providing the kind of Bridge blog posts that I GUESSED would entertain and give readers something that they might be hankering for in Bridge. But I want to do much better than ‘guess’ what you want me to write about. I want to celebrate iBridge Over the next few blog posts I am going to uncover some of the myths about memory, identify some of the card play memory mistakes you may be making, and suggest some useful tips that may enable you to have that wonderful ability to recall card play sequences with the kind of agility that you thought Could you stand in front of a hall of 100 primary school children who have never held a deck of cards before, and in the space of 1 to 2 hours have them sitting in absolute silence as they finger through their cards whilst playing Mini bridge. It can be done using a revolutionary new system. In this post, I comment on Matt Betts’ article in English Bridge Magazine where he tells of the EBU’s impressive schools Bridge teaching programme. I remember the first time I plucked up the courage to play online Bridge – I was very nervous. This fear is not just about playing Bridge and the worry of messing things up for the partner you pair with. The main concern I first had related to the technology: The user interface on the gaming site, knowing how to write messages, understanding the lingo, working out how to navigate around the site etc. All in all, it is quite a scary undertaking. This week I thought I would provide an introductory video. During the week, I paid a visit to Slimbridge Wildlife Park. Set along the south bank of the river Severn near to where it spills out into the Irish Sea, Slimbridge is the ideal place where you can plant your elbows on the worn wooden ledges of the observation huts and stare through binoculars for hours to spot the multitudes of birds and seek a glimpse of the rarer bird species. After a couple of freezing hours in the huts, I retired to the cafe. As I sat there warming my numb hands on a steaming cup of builder’s tea, I looked around at all the other watchers and guess what I noticed? |
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