Bramhall Village Bridge Club runs friendly duplicate bridge tournaments on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7.30 pm at the Community Centre Lumb Lane.
- All bridge nights will be held in the room upstairs and has room for 18 tables. A chairlift is available to access upstairs.
- The newly introduced Saturday duplicate takes place in the upstairs room at 7:30 pm and is now held every Saturday.
- The club is a members club with an annual subscription currently £20.00, but visitors are welcome to play.
- The Friday night event is also usually a duplicate pairs with separate annual competitions.
- Complimentary tea, coffee and biscuits are available.
- Want to learn or improve your Bridge? Bramhall has a number of excellent teachers with day and night time classes. Contact Peter McWhirter peakmanor@hotmail.com for details.
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| Christmas Dinner |
Would any members be interested in a Christmas Dinner followed by Bridge at The Hunting Lodge, Adlington Hall? We would meet at 6pm for a drink followed by a meal and then Bridge in the adjoining room. Those who have been to the Hunting Lodge will know how attractive the venue and how good the food is. This really is a friendly way to end the year.
The menu is on the noticeboard for your perusal and the majority rules regarding 2 or 3 courses. Fantastic prizes would be supplied by the club. Please enter your names and choice of 2 or 3 courses ( food will be chosen later) on the noticeboard upstairs. Limited to 40. |
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| Success at Gloucester & Hereford Green Pointed Swiss Pairs |
Joyce & Bill White won the Gloucester & Hereford Green Pointed Swiss Pairs on 20th June 2009 out of a field of 88 pairs. Well done and congratulations to Joyce & Bill. |
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| Summary of AGM on Weds 27th May |
Move Upstairs. This provided a lengthy, heated and noisy debate. Basically, members liked the move upstairs (28 members for and 10 against) but would like the committee to explore the possibility of:
- Getting the radiators under control.
- Air conditioning.
- Speeding up play.
- Reducing the noise levels.
Pay 2 Play. The Chairman explained the EBU’s proposal of pay to play and stated that it would affect our club by having to pay the EBU 36p per person per bridge session (7p of which will go to Manchester County Bridge Association). If we did not wish to pay this levy then we would have to disaffiliate from the EBU when it became compulsory in 2010. On a practical level, if we accept, it would mean that all future sessions (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday) would have to pay £2 table money per person starting in April 2010. Pauline Lang stated that as a long-term member of the club she fully supported the work of the EBU and all that it did for clubs such as providing the Laws, training and teaching. There was no strong opposition to this and a vote to support the EBU and P2P was carried with 3 votes against and 2 abstentions.
Election of Committee. The Chairman announced that two long serving members, Marjorie Warren and Daphne Youles were standing down from the committee and praised their many varied and useful contributions to the running of the club. He asked for nominations for the committee - Joyce White and Wanda Zuckerman were elected. The rest of the current committee were also re-elected on bloc.
A.O.B.
- Christine Barton proposed a vote of thanks to all the Directors of the club and this was warmly approved.
- There was discussion about filling kettles and it was agreed that the boiler should be tried.
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