Tips For Arranging A Works Bingo Night Outing - Part 2 - On The Night

So, you've done your research, everyone has membership cards and you know what times you need to be there. What can you do to make things go well on the night?

Author: Dio

Part 2 - On The Night

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So, you've researched the club, prepped your colleagues by printing them off or sending them a link to our Beginners Guide To Playing Bingo. You've set a time and got everyone memberships - the next step can be a tricky one and demand some sneaky tactics. That's getting them all sat together in the club.

Keeping Seats

Bingo clubs never reserve tables for people, not even groups or parties. This means you need to seat everyone together. If you are early you should be able to get a block of tables together. However, it may not be convenient for everyone to be there early. This means you will need to keep tables.

Most clubs have tables of 4. If you want to ensure you seats are all together, work out how many tables you need. Let's say 20 people. That means 5 Tables. You will need to keep tables. The most efficient way to do this is to arrange for 5 people to arrive early enough to each keep a table for the late comers.

If your desperate you can leave stuff on the tables to give the impression they're taken. Whilst management will frown on such practices, most seasoned players will observe the unspoken language of table keeping. However, some will demand justice so you may loose a table if people are really late. There's not much you can do about this other than ensure people are there early enough to all sit together.

With everyone seated, remind them all of the start time and tell them to make sure they got all their books and drinks etc in good time for eyes down. Expect lots of questions and worried looks during this period. It can be good fun as well being the 'expert' for your colleagues. This is not the role for shrinking violets!

Eyes Down, Time To Play The Main Games

Listen out for the announcements of when the main games begin. Have everyone on the right page and ready to go. If there are friendly regulars you can ask them just to keep an eye out on the people on the table next to them.

Now, its fair to say that you're there to play as well, so once the games are underway, you'll have to leave people defend for themselves for a bit. Invariably, as the first line is called, you'll get a deluge of questions. Try to do your bit but listen out for the caller to continue. People will soon start to get the hang of it and you can give them more detail in the interval.

Be prepared to stop the game if people aren't up to speed. A quick friendly shout of 'hang-on!' within the first few calls of the game will get a grown from the regulars, but it'll give you a chance to make sure everyone's in the right place (quickly) - shout thanks when they're sorted to get the game rolling again.

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Tips For Arranging A Works Bingo Night Outing - Part 2 - On The Night

Part 2 - On The Night

Keeping Seats

Eyes Down, Time To Play The Main Games

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