Bridge Scoring Programs
Most clubs seem to score using computer programs these days.
Tony Haworth's Program David Harrison's Program Fin-S (Web site) - Chris Stapleford's Program Ruth Edmondson's Program Stephen Brown's Program BridScore (Web site) - Bob Anderson's Program ACBL Score (Web site) - the ACBL scoring program Jeff Smith's program - Pairs score. Keith Sheppard's Pairs Scoring Program Mike Rothwell's Scorer CASS (the EBU Club scoring program)
At Daten Bridge Club we use the Jeff Smith program. This is free and we are quite happy with it. It is possible to score a 7 table event in around 10 minutes and print out the results. The main time consuming bit is entering player names. This is done by 'clicking and dropping' from a list of members. It may be better if each person had a 'default partner' to speed this up a little. Navigating the site can be a bit slow, but, these are minor criticisms. A major plus is that it is easy to contact Jeff by e-mail if problems arise. Also, we have some movements that seem unique to us which it has been very easy to add to those provided.
Which program do you use? Tell us about its advantages or disadvantages. I'd be really interested to hear from anyone using Bridgemate or similar for instant scoring. E-mail or put your comments at the end of this post.
Peter Burgin posted the information below
At Stamford Bridge Club we use Stephen Bligh's Scorebridge. We find it excellent and very user friendly. After evaluating several programs about five years ago, I recommended Scorebridge to the Club and we have never regretted it. It has been enhanced considerably in that time and Stephen has been most helpful as things have developed.
We purchased Bridgemates in November last year and no longer use travellers. We have results out in minutes after the last board is finished, and on a number of occasions have been the first to post results on the Ecats site in simultaneous events.
Using Scorebridge we can post our results on our own website about five minutes after the last board is completed. The web pages are prepared automatically by Scorebridge. You can see them on our website stamfordbridgeclub.co.uk.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the ones on offer?
The ECATs site lists several programs that can be used to submit scores for simultaneous contests. Clicking on the link will take you to the ECATs description of the program.
They are
- The ECatsBridge Program & Manual
- ScoreBridge (Web site) - Stephen Bligh's Program.
- CASS (the EBU Club scoring program)
At Daten Bridge Club we use the Jeff Smith program. This is free and we are quite happy with it. It is possible to score a 7 table event in around 10 minutes and print out the results. The main time consuming bit is entering player names. This is done by 'clicking and dropping' from a list of members. It may be better if each person had a 'default partner' to speed this up a little. Navigating the site can be a bit slow, but, these are minor criticisms. A major plus is that it is easy to contact Jeff by e-mail if problems arise. Also, we have some movements that seem unique to us which it has been very easy to add to those provided.
Which program do you use? Tell us about its advantages or disadvantages. I'd be really interested to hear from anyone using Bridgemate or similar for instant scoring. E-mail or put your comments at the end of this post.
Peter Burgin posted the information below
At Stamford Bridge Club we use Stephen Bligh's Scorebridge. We find it excellent and very user friendly. After evaluating several programs about five years ago, I recommended Scorebridge to the Club and we have never regretted it. It has been enhanced considerably in that time and Stephen has been most helpful as things have developed.
We purchased Bridgemates in November last year and no longer use travellers. We have results out in minutes after the last board is finished, and on a number of occasions have been the first to post results on the Ecats site in simultaneous events.
Using Scorebridge we can post our results on our own website about five minutes after the last board is completed. The web pages are prepared automatically by Scorebridge. You can see them on our website stamfordbridgeclub.co.uk.
posted by Joe Ridyard at 6:13 am
6 Comments:
Does anyone know of a program that will score an individual event, ie where Each player plays with a different partner for each hand. We do this at our Christmas 'fun' event each year and have always scored manually.
Is there a scoring program that will sort grades within overall results i.e. best novice, best a pair etc
Scorebridge does this...
We have a small bridge club, usually anywhere from 3 to 5 tables. We play duplicate pairs. I am looking for a scoring program that will run on a Mac. If such a thing doesn't exist, where can I learn how to hand score the results.
We have a small bridge club, usually 3 to 5 tables. We play duplicate in pairs. I am looking for a scoring program that will run on a Mac. If such a thing doesn't exist, where can I learn how to hand score the results.
we have a small bridge club and play duplicate in pairs. I am looking for a scoring program that runs on an iMac. If such a thing doesn't exist where can I learn to hand score the results.
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