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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. A couple of weeks ago, I was saying that Benji Acol (a system devised by Albert Benjamin), was a tad passe. Alternatively, I was suggesting, you give Weak Twos a go. It is simpler, easier to remember, and more effect in the modern game. Just like opening with a suit at the three level, opening 2 diamond, 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 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 One of the things I find frustrating about Bridge businesses is that they tend to operate like little fortified islands. Bridge businesses are like little islands Last year I was at a marketing conference in the Arizona. There were lots of experts giving talks on internet marketing. One of the most respected marketers there stated on stage In the comments section of last week’s blog Bridge & Business Part 1 – Ignore Social Media at your Peril Peter posted the following question: How do I use our bridge club to get new people interested? The thing is there are several hurdles standing in the way of new members joining a Bridge club. Now, before we On 28th May 2011, I wrote an blog entitled ‘A Baptism of Fire at the Bridge Club‘. Following the post, a rather lively exchange of comments ensued regarding the proper use of bidding cards and whether it was correct to return them to their box after or before the lead card was chosen and/or faced on This week I met the man in charge at PlayBridgeDealer4, Terry Collier. The elusive Terry Collier PlayBridgeDealer4.com boss Most people know of PlayBridgeDealer4 from the dealing machine they make for Bridge tournaments, clubs and the ACBL et al. Watch my new ‘Jazzed up’ video demonstration.
How do you officiate at a Bridge Club when you are being challenged forcefully? One of the issues that clubs have is that of the “Reluctant Director”. Last week, Dave left this comment after my post ‘A Baptism of fire at the Bridge Club‘: How do you survive a baptism of fire at the Bridge club? This is my story: I had been learning Contract Bridge for 6 months when I first went along to play at a ‘Duplicate‘ session in a Bridge Club. For those of you who know, 6 months is not a long time to have been playing |
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