Here are the results of the 2018 Member Survey conducted in late June and early July. The submitted individual answers on name, ABF number and date of birth have been removed to ensure anonymity of individual responses.
246 responses were received (more than 40%) which is remarkable in the survey world - thank you. Of these more than 85% were received online which made it so much easier - thank you again. There were a large number of members born in 2018 - hopefully this does not make it more difficult to seek Council and others' support for the value of the services we provide.
Some very interesting responses are evident:
- Our membership is a few years older than the estimated ABF and ACBL averages for bridge club members
- Bridge is very important to, and a critical part of the life of, our members
- 88% of us drive our own cars to the club
- Parking is widely considered to be difficult but does not stop players playing at their preferred sessions
- There is evident willingness to consider playing in morning sessions, across all the week-days, and no real distinction between Thursday and Friday for a 2018 trial morning session
- Players would prefer to start the morning session late (10am), play a full three hour session, finish at 12.30pm, and start the afternoon session at the same time. It seems players expect magic to happen with the clocks at some point.
