Ottawa RA Duplicate Bridge Club

Welcome!

We run many games every week, cost:$2.50/members, $5/non-members(treats, coffee, tea included). Charity, STaC, and ACBL-wide games may cost a dollar extra - but you earn more ACBL Master Points. We also offer discounts to members who attend the AGM.

All games are at the RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Dr., just east of Bronson Av. in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. See the Location Map. Usually we're at the West end of the building on the 2nd floor.

Games are usually 24 boards. See the Schedule / Results page for games, results, and news.

Need a partner?

Arrange a partner by emailing Tony Edwards or call him at (613)820-2984 well ahead of time -preferably days, not hours. If you arrive 10 minutes early, you are guaranteed a partner (the director will play if necessary) unless an extra half-table would be created and there are fewer than 7 table and it is a "Mitchell" movement (pairs do not switch between NS and EW). The purpose is to avoid creating a 4-board sitout. Most sessions have 10-15+ tables.

Membership

The seniors club and the regular club amalgamated in 2007. Anyone can play, but to enjoy reduced fees, free tournament entries and library access, you must be a member of the RA, and then a member of the Bridge Club. Membership in the RA is reasonable, especially for current or retired federal civil servants and brings you access to many other RA activities, programs, and facilities. RA membership runs Sep to Sep, and the cost is prorated in other months.

Join and play the majority of games in any series between tournaments and you will get free passes for a game at local tournaments or free RA game entries. The RA's frequent player policy is available here.

For further information on joining (e.g. costs), contact Pat Coyne at 613-736-6206.

Library books

The RA Duplicate Bridge Club has a lending library for members of over 200 bridge books - see the list of Library books.

Club Executive

The RA Duplicate Bridge Club Executive welcomes your suggestions. email or call Brian Lamarre at 613-739-7367. Join the executive and get $1 off each game.

Executive members & meeting minutes

New to bridge?

The club would like to personally welcome you and your partner(s) to the fine game of bridge. Not only is it fun and the sport of kings (at least modern kings like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet), but it keeps your mind young and agile. You can play bridge for your entire life, even if you are disabled or blind. It doesn't matter what language you speak - we use bidding boxes. You can use this free bridge intro/program to introduce yourself to Bridge. The RA also runs bridge courses periodically - see http://www.racentre.com/raweb/E/Sports/Bridge.html No partner?

Come early and we guarantee you a partner.

More info:

• Contract bridge<</li>
• Duplicate Bridge

More about Bridge

• BridgeGuys -massive amount of info on conventions, ...
• Playing bridge online - a guide
• BridgeHands blog- learning bridge
• Recent big tournaments- hand & bidding records in PDF format, eg, Cavendish, Shapiro, and championships from around the world
• Big tournaments- hand & bidding records in LIN format, over 50 years worth. Use BBO's BridgeVu or other programs to view/analyse
• BeerCard blog
• http://www.newzealandbridge.blogspot.com/
• http://dcrcbridge.blogspot.com/
• http://www.doublesqueeze.com/

Bridge questions?

Your other bridge questions might find answers on the Bridge Newsgroup or (Newsreader enabled? click here) Bridge is to be had On The Net, but there is nothing like meeting actual people and making actual friends.

The Rules

The ACBL Duplicate Bridge rules changed in September 2008 Check them out.