ECatsBridge - Promoting Real Bridge in a Virtual World

Important things to note for our Virtual events

How to enter and other inportant notes - this is for the 2021 ECatsBridge Summer Charity Pairs
Sending the donations to us: we suggest a donation of £3.00 per player but it isn't set in stone. They can give less if they want or (hopefully) a bit more ! Every little helps.
How to upload the LIN file to BBO - I am told that many users report that after uploading the deal files they need to logout and log back in before they are able to see and use the files. You are advised to leave plenty of time before the game to ensure that they are available for you to use.There will be 24 boards in each set for the January Charity Pairs
How to send the XML file with results - really important this !! Please do a test beforehand if you haven't already done one
Here is a test set of hands - there are 21 boards, the LIN file, and a booklet from an old event that you can use to practice uploading and sending results - it would be really helpful if you can do that just to be sure it works for you!
How to send the results using ScoreBridge or Pairs Scorer if you actually play at a club.
General Regulations
The session numbers will be linked here in due course

Don't forget to email me if you need the files for your dealing machine or for the LIN file to upload to BBO- I don't send them automatically!

REMEMBER that if you are sending an XML file then the subject of the email must be the session number and your country ONLY - nothing else, and please don't include any messages or any other files.
Remember - we allow clubs to play during the day and not just in the evening, but please DO NOT UPLOAD YOUR RESULTS TO YOUR OWN SITE until the evening of the day you are playing. Each day has different hands of course, and uploading to ECats is fine at any time because you will just see a ranking list - the frequencies and hands won't display, but if you uplaod to your own site before 10 pm on the evening you play anyone can see the hands / frequencies and that is obviously not a good idea !