1. How do I become a member of the Women's Online Bridge Club?

  2. I am a registered member of BBO, how do I join the Women's Online Bridge Club?

  3. I took part in an Online Festival, how do I join the Women's Online Bridge Club?

  4. During registration I get the message "Nick has already been registered/taken"?

  5. Why doesn't my nick show immediately on the "Registered Nicks" pages after registration?

  6. Which day of the week are we playing and at which times?

  7. How do I register for the individual tournament on the BBO website?

  8. How do I register for the pairs tournament on the BBO website?

  9. How long will each tournament last and what is the format?

  10. Do I have to play all pairs tournaments with the same partner?

  11. How much do I have to pay to play the tournaments ?

  12. How can I pay for the tournaments?

  13. I have registered for a tournament, but I am not online when the tournament started, do I have to pay?

  14. How would I find a partner to play in one of these tournaments?

  15. I have a BBO nick, I'm registered member of the International Womens Online Bridge Club, I have BBO dollars, I have a partner, how do I find the tournament?

  16. I have a BBO nick, I'm registered for the 2009 Festival, how do I find the tournament?
  1. Follow the detailed instructions on the membership page.
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  2. Fill the registration form using your BBO nick.
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  3. You don't need to do anything. Your name is in the data base and you already are a registered member of the Women's Online Bridge Club.
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  4. You abviously are already a registered member as you took part in an Online Festival. Your name is already in the database and you don't have to register again. Verify if your nick is present on the "Registered Nicks" page.
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  5. All nicks are updated once a month as the BBO database and the Women's Online Bridge club database do not synchronize. The moment of update is shown on the "Registered Nicks" page. To be sure to play verify if your nick is present in the downloadable pfd-file.
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  6. Each day of the week week starting from December 1st 2009. The playing times (Italian local time !) are as follows:

    Individual Tournament 16.10 CET, 10 boards, 8 minutes per board, scoring by imp
    Pairs Tournament 20.00 CET, 10 boards, 8 minutes per board, scoring by %

    To compare these hours with your local time have a look at: http://www.timezonecheck.com/
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  7. You can start to register the individual tournament as soon as you can find the tournament online on the BBO website, up to 1 minute before the tournament starts. Usually 3 days before the tournament starts it is already online on the BBO website and available for registration.
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  8. You can start to register the pairs tournament as soon as you can find the tournament online on the BBO website, up to 1 minute before the tournament starts. Usually 3 days before tournament starts it is already online on the BBO website and available for registration. PAY ATTENTION: to play a pairs tournament both players have to be online at the moment of registration!
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  9. There are 10 boards to be played in each tournament. Each board takes 7 to 8 minutes to play, so the tournament will last less than 1 hour and 20 minutes. The scoring of the Individual Tournament is by IMP and the Pairs Tournamentby %.
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  10. No, you don't have to play all pairs tournaments with the same partner.
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  11. The fixed entry fee for the tournaments is 1$.
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  12. Follow the instructions on the membership page, section "3. ENTRY FEE"
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  13. No, if you have registered for a tournament and you are not online at the moment the tournament starts, you don't have to pay the $ 1,-. BBO only charges the players who are present the moment the tournament starts.
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  14. Go online, enter the tourney and click on "Partnership Desk button". You can either add your nick either look if there are some other ladies looking for a partner and see "who is around".
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  15. After you login on the BBO website you enter "the lobby".

    There are several choices (it depends from which interface
    you are using), in any case you should go to "tournaments
    page" and you will find a list of all tourneys (not only
    women tourneys).

    You can identify women tourneys because:

    1) the date: only wednesday (and our time start)

    2) the host name: WOMENCLUB

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  16. After you login on the BBO website you enter "the lobby".

    There are several choices (it depends from which interface
    you are using), in any case you should go to "tournaments
    page" and you will find a list of all tourneys (not only
    women tourneys).

    You can identify 2009 Festival because:

    1) the date: April 13th - 19th 2009 (and our time start)

    2) the host name: WOMENFEST

    If your question is not here, please email Anna, anna@ecats.co.uk, who will do her best to help you.

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