Date Thursday 27th October at 7.00 pm at Buckingham Park.
As usual all members are stading down and we require nominations for Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and committee.

The next social event at Buckingham Park is the Charity Tea in aid of the Florence Nightingale Hospice on Sunday Novemberber 20th.Start time 2pm.

Why not ask your favourite partner and add this date to your diary.

We meet twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Community Centre, Prince Rupert Drive, Buckingham Park, Aylesbury.

Sessions start at 7.25 (for 7.30) and finish around 10.30.

Our aim is to provide Duplicate bridge with an emphasis on enjoyment in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere.

We are affiliated to the EBU and use pre-dealt boards and BridgeMate scoring which means hand records and results are usually available on the night before players leave.
In addition to the normal club sessions we run quarterly social events (often on a Sunday afternoon) where, in addition to the bridge, a sumptuous tea provided.
Visitors are welcome to come and play at normal club sessions and the social events, although there are some restrictions on Simultaneous Pairs evenings.
We are delighted to welcome new players and do our very best to provide a host to partner visiting individuals - SEE LEFT HAND SIDE BOX.

North declared 3NT and East found the lead of ♦ J rather than the more normal 4th best spade. Declarer North can identify two things that have to be done - knocking out the ♥ A and getting the clubs going by finessing. When you have a choice between losing a sure trick and a finesse it is often correct to lose the sure trick first. Win the first diamond and play a heart towards the KQ to knock out the ace. They will return a diamond but this time you should duck one round. A third diamond will follow which you have to win and now take the club finesse by starting with ♣ 10. When that holds you are in the correct hand to take finesse again. If you started with the ♣ 6 and finessed the ♣ J you would have to reenter hand with the ♥ J to do the fineese again. On a different hand you may not have the luxury of an entry in another suit.

If you do the club finesse first and it loses, a diamond will take out your last stop so when you finally play the hearts the hand with the ♥ A might also have diamond winners. As it happens everyone follows to the 3rd round so there is only one diamond left.