{"id":4286,"date":"2021-08-22T20:16:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T07:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rotoruabridgeclub.nz\/?p=4286"},"modified":"2021-08-22T20:22:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T07:22:34","slug":"tops-lockdown-teams-2021-invitation-to-enter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rotoruabridgeclub.nz\/index.php\/2021\/08\/22\/tops-lockdown-teams-2021-invitation-to-enter\/","title":{"rendered":"TOPS Lockdown Teams 2021 &#8211; Invitation to enter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Given it\u2019s likely we will be in Level 3 or 4 lockdown for the next few weeks, the Top of the South regional committee has given approval for another online teams\u2019 competition using the Bridge Base Online (BBO) platform.<br \/>\nThis is open to all bridge players, not just those in the TOPS region.<br \/>\n<strong>How it works:<\/strong><br \/>\nTeams of at least four players with two pairs playing in each match<br \/>\n16-board matches played on the Bridge Base Online (BBO) platform<br \/>\nA draw will be communicated by email<br \/>\nAt the completion of each match, the winning captain emails the result (in imps) to the competition coordinator at ray.curnow@nzbridge.co.nz<br \/>\nTeams negotiate when they play.  If possible, at least two matches should be played each week.<br \/>\nIt is helpful, but not essential, for each team to have at least one experienced BBO player (over 100 logins)<br \/>\nRay Curnow will maintain the VPs points table and advise teams of the week by week draw<br \/>\nWayne Smith will be available to provide technical support if required<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to enter:<\/strong><br \/>\nEmail your team list to <a href=\"mailto:ray.curnow@nzbridge.co.nz\"><strong>ray.curnow@nzbridge.co.nz<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nYour team list needs the following:<br \/>\nPlayer names<br \/>\nPlayer email addresses<br \/>\nPlayer phone numbers (useful but not essential)<br \/>\nBBO usernames<br \/>\nEach team needs a nominated captain<br \/>\nClosing date for entries: <strong>Wednesday 25 August<\/strong>.<br \/>\nOnce we have confirmed entries, instructions will be emailed to team captains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donations:<\/strong><br \/>\nVoluntary donations can be made to the TOPS regional committee at this bank account number:<br \/>\n02-0740-0012779-00<br \/>\nThe donation guideline is $20 per player.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsored prizes?<\/strong> Watch for an announcement\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>New to online bridge?<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you have never played online bridge before but would like to learn how, email back me and I\u2019ll arrange a tutorial for you.  It\u2019s pretty straight-forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given it\u2019s likely we will be in Level 3 or 4 lockdown for the next few weeks, the Top of the South regional committee has given approval for another online teams\u2019 competition using the Bridge Base Online (BBO) platform. This is open to all bridge players, not just those in the TOPS region. How it works: Teams of at least \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/rotoruabridgeclub.nz\/index.php\/2021\/08\/22\/tops-lockdown-teams-2021-invitation-to-enter\/\">Read more<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tournaments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotoruabridgeclub.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotoruabridgeclub.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotoruabridgeclub.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotoruabridgeclub.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotoruabridgeclub.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4286"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rotoruabridgeclub.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4293,"href":"https:\/\/rotoruabridgeclub.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286\/revisions\/4293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotoruabridgeclub.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotoruabridgeclub.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotoruabridgeclub.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}