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Status: Bridge (Progress to Date: 2023 - September)

(Text as at 04/10/2023 21:59:02)

A summary of results (from when I re-started playing bridge in December 2007 until end-September 2023) is:-

1. Statistics: by partner and club-category can be obtained by following this link giving results to date (or this link for a complete list).
2. Master Points:
   • 37,529₁, bagged to date, including 1,298 Blue Points and 107.39 Green Points.
   • That makes me a National Master. My next milestone₂ will be to achieve Premier National Master status (40,000 LPs, including 100 GPs) – so comfortably there as far as GPs are concerned, but still a long way to go for local points.
   
3. EBU Grading:
   • The new scheme was introduced in March 2012, and my initial grading – at the end of a purple patch – of “Ace of Diamonds” – about 260th in the country and in the top 10 in Essex, was somewhat flattering.
   • Thereafter, things declined a lot, and I meandered down from an “Ace of Clubs” to an “8”, though subsequently wandered back up to a “K”.
   • I dropped back down to a “Queen” at the end of 14Q2, and by end 2014 dropped further to a “Jack”, despite a brief return to a “King” in 14Q3.
   • During 2015, when I only played about a dozen rateable games, my grade stayed pretty constant at a “Jack”.
   • In 2016 I wandered back up to a “Queen” and initially stayed there – whenever I headed towards a “King”, some disaster happened. However, in 16Q3 my rating moved up to “Ace of Clubs”. This rise was mainly due to a good run with Colin, and the fact that he was rated artificially lowly given his time out from the game. My rating stayed at “Ace of Clubs” at the end of 2016, with a brief dip down to a “King” mid-4th-quarter.
   • I maintained an “Ace of Clubs” grade in 17Q1, with a temporary rise to “Ace of Diamonds” – 7th in Essex & 250th in the country – mid-quarter. Unfortunately, my rating collapsed, and was down to a mid “Queen” by the time I stopped playing in mid-July 2017.
   • Since I restarted playing in 18Q4 my grade had mostly continued to bob around the mid-“Queen” mark. However, my rating rose to a comfortable “King” in 19Q4 and I was a comfortable “Ace of Clubs” mid 20Q1, before settling at an irritating 0.01% below the “Ace of Clubs” level in mid-March, as a “King”, when all play stopped for the Covid shut-down.
   • When play re-started in September 2021, I returned to an “Ace of Clubs”, but since end-April 2022 my grade has collapsed down to mid-“Queen”, as is evidenced by the graph to the right.
   • Not that any of this is at all accurate, and it’s all somewhat volatile. See EBU: NGS for full details of the scheme. See above right for a graphic from the MyEBU website – this one taken on 3rd October 2023, which also shows the ratings of my various partnerships.
4. Essex County Squad: While selected to form part of the “C” squad, I had declined to play since the 2013/14 season “for family reasons”. However, I was back in the team for the 2016/17 season and played twice with David. To my annoyance, I was still in the “C” team for 2017/18 – selected once with David and once with Colin. I’d hoped to be in the “B” team with Albert. I subsequently heard that Colin and I would be in the “B” Team for the Metropolitan Cup in October 2017, but I didn’t play, as I’d given up the game. I wasn’t selected for 2019/20 as I wasn’t playing when the squad was selected. I did reasonably well with David in the Warboys B Flight, however, so was selected and had agreed to be in the C squad (with David or Linda) for 2020/21. However, the season did not take place. I’ve subsequently said I’m not available.