Advantages over using paper travellers and name slips
- One BridgePad is placed on each table. Instead of using paper travellers
Contracts and tricks made are keyed into the BridgePad and sent to a computer which immediately updates all scores
- Players identify themselves at the start - saving computer entry of names
- After playing each board the BridgePad shows an estimate of your board % and results so far
These are just like a paper traveller but there is an option to show frequencies instead
- Optionally, a Provisional Ranking and Scores (including across sections !!) can be displayed on a Computer Screen or be projected onto a large screen, throughout the event
- see example of screen for 2 concurrent independent events (watch out for the Warning message in Internet Explorer)
- At the end of play, the Final Ranking and scores are shown on the same Screen
- For each round, the BridgePad shows pair numbers, orientation and boards to be played helping avoid mis-pairings, forgetting to arrow switch etc.
- There is an option to insist that EW checks the details of the result
- You enter Tricks Made - the BridgePad calculates the score - thus avoiding mis-calculations
- ScoreBridge identifies any wide variations in results for the director to check