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The second round of the Mallick Cup Handicap Pairs is on Wednesday 26th October. You are welcome to play even if you missed the first round.

 

 

 

 

 

        

 

 

 
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Blackburn & Ribble Valley Bridge Club

 

We have comfortable ground floor premises with excellent parking, located just off the Blackburn ring road at the very end of Pleckgate Road.  Visiting pairs are always welcome ( except for Seeded Teams on the first and third Tuesdays when pre-entry is essential ), and a host system operates at most sessions except Tuesday evenings.

We use computer-dealt hands and electronic scoring. The results are available at the end of each session and are uploaded to our website together with the hands.

We offer a class with a highly experienced teacher for improvers.
For information about the club or lessons, please ring Mike Ivison (Chairman ) on 01254 201608 or Annabel Thomas (Secretary) on 01254 824633.

The club phone number is: 01254 245537

 

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Lessons for beginners resume after the half-term break on Wednesday 2nd November, 7- 9pm.

The cost is £4 per session.

The sessions deal with basic bidding, give guidance on card-play and are suitable for anyone who has played whist or minibridge or who wishes to refresh their absolute basics.

Please contact Judy Brearley on 01257 411256 for further details.   

**** Foundation Cup 2016 ****

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The Foundation Cup Open Swiss Teams will be held on Sunday

20th November at 1.30pm, director Rob Turner.

The entry is £68 per team including buffet by our members.

Please click on the menu on the left to access an entry form.

We hope to see you there.

 

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Supervised Play

 

The club currently runs one session for improvers, £3.50 for members and

£4.50 for non-members. No partner needed.

Bridge with advice on bidding and play is at 1.00pm on Mondays , tutor Allan Kenyon.

 Please contact Allan on 01254 727147 for further information.

 

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Coffee and Cake

 

Our next

Sunday Afternoon Bridge with Coffee and Cake

is on 6th November, 1.15pm.

Members £5      Visitors £6

No partner needed. All welcome.

 

Congratulations

Congratulations to Paul Hepworth and John Brearley, with their respective partners Richard Bentley and Ross Shine, on being selected to represent Lancashire in the Tollemache Cup, the national inter-county teams of eight championship. We wish them every success for the qualifying round in November.

Congratulations also to John and his partner Ross on finishing third out of ninety-eight pairs playing in the prestigious Great Northern Swiss Pairs held at the Hilton City Hotel in Leeds on 2nd/3rd October.

Our playing area
Our playing area
Northern Bridge League

The 2016 northern inter-county matches are due to begin in mid-July.

Congratulations to all our club players who have been selected to represent Lancashire this season:

John Brearley, Paul Hepworth and Dagmar Fazackerley for the A division

Brian Ripley, Barrie Newall and Ken Renno for the B division

Pauline Holden, Robin Atkinson, Judy Brearley and Dave Pendlebury for the C division

We wish them all every success.

 

Need a partner?

A new service for members.

Pauline Holden has kindly agreed to organise a new way to help you find a partner when needed on a Tuesday or Thursday evening. This will not affect the Host Rota which will run as normal on Thursday evenings. If you need a partner, please ring Pauline on 01254 351925.

Start times

The committee requests that players please be seated by 1.05pm for afternoon sessions and by 6.50pm for evening sessions to enable the director and scorer to set up the scoring programme and bridgemates for a prompt start. If possible, please phone the club if you are on the way but delayed for some reason.

Calendar
25th October 2016
Blackburn Trophy
7.00pm
Host: No
26th October 2016
Mallick Cup Handicap Pairs Round 2
1.15pm
Director: Bernice Day
27th October 2016
Thursday Evening Pairs
7.00pm
Host: Brian Ripley
Results
24th October 2016
Monday Afternoon Supervised Pairs
24th October 2016
Monday Evening Pairs
Director: Mike Ivison
23rd October 2016
Bridge with Coffee and Cake
Click for the latest results
Coffee and Cake

 

Our next

Sunday Afternoon Bridge with Coffee and Cake

is on 6th November, 1.15pm.

Members £5      Visitors £6

No partner needed. All welcome.

 

Congratulations

Congratulations to Paul Hepworth and John Brearley, with their respective partners Richard Bentley and Ross Shine, on being selected to represent Lancashire in the Tollemache Cup, the national inter-county teams of eight championship. We wish them every success for the qualifying round in November.

Congratulations also to John and his partner Ross on finishing third out of ninety-eight pairs playing in the prestigious Great Northern Swiss Pairs held at the Hilton City Hotel in Leeds on 2nd/3rd October.

Our playing area
Our playing area
Northern Bridge League

The 2016 northern inter-county matches are due to begin in mid-July.

Congratulations to all our club players who have been selected to represent Lancashire this season:

John Brearley, Paul Hepworth and Dagmar Fazackerley for the A division

Brian Ripley, Barrie Newall and Ken Renno for the B division

Pauline Holden, Robin Atkinson, Judy Brearley and Dave Pendlebury for the C division

We wish them all every success.

 

Need a partner?

A new service for members.

Pauline Holden has kindly agreed to organise a new way to help you find a partner when needed on a Tuesday or Thursday evening. This will not affect the Host Rota which will run as normal on Thursday evenings. If you need a partner, please ring Pauline on 01254 351925.

Start times

The committee requests that players please be seated by 1.05pm for afternoon sessions and by 6.50pm for evening sessions to enable the director and scorer to set up the scoring programme and bridgemates for a prompt start. If possible, please phone the club if you are on the way but delayed for some reason.

Calendar
25th October 2016
Blackburn Trophy
7.00pm
Host: No
26th October 2016
Mallick Cup Handicap Pairs Round 2
1.15pm
Director: Bernice Day
27th October 2016
Thursday Evening Pairs
7.00pm
Host: Brian Ripley
Results
24th October 2016
Monday Afternoon Supervised Pairs
24th October 2016
Monday Evening Pairs
Director: Mike Ivison
23rd October 2016
Bridge with Coffee and Cake