BridgeClock

BridgeClock is a simple countdown timer for duplicate bridge. It will display the current round number and the current board number while it counts down the time remaining in the round.

Each round consists of a number of boards. As the time for the current round is counting down, the current board number will be advanced in equal increments. Players may use this as a guide during the round whether they are on track to finish the expected number of boards in the round on time.

By default, the BridgeClock will start with the assumption that each round consists of 3 boards, and each board will average 7:30 (seven and a half minutes) to play. Using the small buttons on the bottom of the page can adjust these assumptions.

Adjusting Boards per Round

- this button will increase the number of boards per round by 1.
- this button will decrease the number of boards per round by 1.

Adjusting Time per Board

- increase the Time per Board by 10 seconds.
- decrease the Time per Board by 10 seconds.

To adjust the Time per Board by more than 10 seconds will require clicking the buttons multiple times.

Restart Timer

- Restarts the countdown timer from the start of the current board using the current Time per Board and current number of Boards per Round.

When you have adjusted the number of boards per round and the time per board to match your desired game, the RestartTimer button will re-start the timer as if it is the start of the countdown from the current board number.

Adjusting Board or Round number

- will adjust the current Board number to be one higher.
- will adjust the current Board number to be one lower.
- will adjust the current Round number to be one higher.
- will adjust the current Round number to be one lower.

After adjusting the board and round numbers as desired, using the RestartTimer button will start the countdown timer for that round, starting at that current board.

Skip to Next Round

- will skip immediately to board 1 of the next round and automatically restart the countdown timer at that point.

Time Adustments

To make small time asjustments other than changing the board and/or round numbers and restarting the timer, you can use the time adjustment buttons to make small change in the current countdown.

- will add one minute to the current board without changing other parameters.
- will subtract ten seconds from the current board without changing other parameters.

Time Display

There are three display modes for how the countdown is displayed. The default mode is a full countdown, showing seconds.

- will display the full countdown including seconds.
- displays only Minutes during the countdown, until the final minute. During the final minute of the round, the seconds are shown.
- displays only the Minutes remaining during the countdown.




Link to start the BridgeClock

Start the BridgeClock countdown timer