National Mixed Teams 2024

Congratulations

To the winners of the inaugural SABF National Mixed Teams tournament which took place on RealBridge from 8-10 November 2024:

DONDE - Bernard Donde | Tas Nestoridis | Larry Chemaly | Nicola Bateman

HINGLE - Greg Hingle | Maureen Holroyd | Mark Oliff | Vanessa Armstrong

Thank you to all the players and to everyone involved who helped make this another successful event.

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Mixed Teams 2024

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Mixed Teams 2024

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Click on the session you wish to join below.

These links remain available showing every bid made and card played at every table throughout this event.

Live kibitzing or watching at the tables is not permitted unless authorised by the Director.
For delayed kibitzing, click here then log in and click on the relevant session (SABF Mixed Teams).

On RealBridge (RB) played from home.
RealBridge works with laptops, desktops, tablets and iPads - do not attempt to use a smart phone.
If you are new to RealBridge, click here to view the Quick Start Player Guide.
Keep your speaker on but mute your microphone if necessary to remove any background noise.
Keep your video/camera on at all times; turn off to conserve power only if absolutely necessary.
See below for how to log in and find your seat.

Friday 8 November to Sunday 10 November incusive
Morning sessions start at 9:30 AM sharp, afternoons at 2:00 PM and end by 5:30 PM
The final session on Sunday ends by not later than 4:00 PM.
Late arrival will be penalised as specified in the Rules & Regulations
Click on Match Schedule to download the full schedule of play.

There are twelve teams so the format will be as follows:

A full Round Robin of 12-board matches so that's a total of 11 matches:
- Two each morning;
- Two each afternoon except just one on Sunday afternoon.
Each match will be played in two segments of six boards to allow for a short comfort break at half-time and for pairs to face off against both halves of the opposing team.
Pre-dealt boards will be used throughout.
Matches will be scored in IMPs converted to Victory Points (VPs) using the WBF Continuous VP Scale.
In the unlikely event of a tie in the VP scores, the final rankings will be determined based on the highest net IMPS gains in the matches between the tied teams.
The results and hand records will be available on this web site as each round completes.
Teams may comprise up to six players - it is not necessary to pre-announce the line-ups.

UNDOs are permitted for this event in accordance with the standard UNDOs Policy.

Caution: If you are logging in while abroad, bear in mind the time in South Africa is UTC+2 hours (e.g. 09:30 in SA is 07:30 in the UK).
You will be able to log in approximately up to one hour before the scheduled start of play.
Click on the correct session link (as listed below) - ask your Team Captain if unsure.
At the Log in screen:
- Full name: type in full the name by which you are usually known; use initial capital letters (e.g. Jane Smith); please do not use short forms, or just your first name, or your name all in lower case or your BBO Name. Get it right first time and it will default correctly for future logins.

- ID number: please leave this field blank - we don't need it.
- Click (or tap) the Login button and you will arrive in the lobby.
Look for the table with your Team Captain's surname on it .
Click on an empty seat at that table, opposite your partner if already seated.
Ladies please sit South or East; Men please sit North or West.
If you need to switch to a different device at any time - e.g. due to loadshedding - it is vital that you log in again using exactly the same full name with initial capitals and with nothing in the ID number field. (NB. If you fail to do this, you may struggle to reconnect.)
Before each match, always sit opposite your partner at your own team table - when the match begins, you will be moved automatically to the correct seats.