BridgePal Scoring System
From Gwen Beattie - "36 happy bunnies" - Gwen Beattie Bridge Breaks,
Inn on the Prom, St Annes, March 2024
This is the 2nd event we have used BridgePal. 9 tables with players from Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Scotland and the Manchester area.
None of them had used BridgePals before, although most had used BridgeMates. They needed little or no training... the scoring was pretty much self-explanatory.
Several guests asked me for details about BridgePal as their clubs are also having issues with Bridg...te degradation in varying degrees but the general consensus was that this is definitely the way to go.
From Gwen Beattie - "28 happy bunnies" - Very well received by all players!
This particular group is from the U3A (University of the 3rd Age); they come twice a year to the same hotel
Inn on the Prom in St Annes for a bridge break, have been doing for the last 10 years!
I refer to them as 'Shirley's Bridgers' (Shirley is the organiser). I just go in and run the bridge for them.
There were only 7 tables this time so I used 7 Amazon Fire 7-inch tablets.
I have 3 old Android phones with BridgePal installed that I took as back-up but didn't need them.
I have another group (not U3A, from clubs all over the north-west) coming early March and there'll be up to 9 tables then,
so I'll be ordering another couple of Amazon Fire tablets (re-furbished from E-bay, about 38 GBP each).
St Annes, February 2024
From Gwen Beattie - "28 happy bunnies" - Gwen Beattie Bridge Club, St Annes, February 2024
From Gwen Beattie - "28 happy bunnies" - Gwen Beattie Bridge Club, St Annes, February 2024
BridgePal in Hebrew used in Beit Zvi Bridge Club, Hadera, Israel. Author of BridgePal in Hebrew is Ehud Sutskover. BridgePal in Hebrew is available on request.
Beit Zvi Bridge Club, Hadera, Israel, September 2022
From an email by Ehud S, author of the Hebrew version of BridgePal:
"Beit Zvi = the house (home) of Zvi (link https://www.amuta4kashish-hadera.org.il/zvi )
Belongs to the "Association for the Elderly".
Bridge is only part of the activity. There are other Bridge Clubs . Commercial ones use Bridgemate.
A cultural and sports centar for the retired, located at the intersection of Ahad Ha'am and Lubin streets in the place of Hadera's first mythological library.
"Beit Zvi" - named after the founder of Hadera Zvi Botkovsky, is operated by the association for the elderly in cooperation with the "Beit Zvi" association and the GMC led by Mr. Yechiel Bossi.
About 10 years ago, the "Association for the Elderly" decided in cooperation with Eshel-Joint to run unique health programs for the elderly population.
"Beit Zvi" was chosen to be the operating "house" of the programs to promote physical activity, proper nutrition and cultural activities for the well-being of the residents of Hadera.
On site - a variety of classes that run in the morning and evening.
Special physical activity for women include yoga, Feldenkrais, Computers, table tennis, folk dances, Bridge and more...
The classes are run by professional instructors and with the help of a variety of equipment.
In addition, volunteers operate a proper nutrition project within the framework of which dozens of delicious and nutritious chef meals are sold every week.
About 5 years ago, the "Cafe Europa" club was opened in "Beit Zvi".
Every week dozens of Holocaust survivors meet for two hours of fun, music, coffee and cake and an interesting lecture.
At the same time, "Amach" operates a support group for Holocaust survivors.
Zvi Nehemiah Butkovsky (8 October 1886 - 27 December, 1943) was an owner of orchards, operator of the Hadera Farmers' Association and its representative in the institutions of the Yishuv and the institutions of the Zionist movement, a member of the Assembly of Selectmen and the National Committee, a Hebrew writer, journalist and researcher of the history of the settlement in Hadera.
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Amigos Del Bridge, Neuquen, Argentina
The last tournament of the year, 13 tables.
December 2019
These adult education classes seem to have stopped during the pandemic and not resumed afterwards.
Amigos Del Bridge, Neuquen, Argentina
The last tournament of the year, 13 tables.
December 2019
Playing bridge in Thailand can be a criminal offence - read here about it.
Jomtien and Pattaya Bridge Club became BridgePal users in 2021 - see here.
February 2016
Playing bridge in Thailand can be a criminal offence - read here about it.
Jomtien and Pattaya Bridge Club became BridgePal users in 2021 - see here.
February 2016