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Coming soon!
The only English Bridge Union-affiliated Bridge Club in the area offers Free Taster sessions and Full Course of lessons by EBED (English Bridge Education and Development)-qualified Tutors.
Watch this space….
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| Welcome to Bude Bridge Club |
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Bude Bridge Club meets for Face-to-face Bridge on Tuesday evenings and Monday afternoons at the Parkhouse Centre.
Tuesday evenings - Duplicate Bridge with Masterpoints - please arrive at 6.45 for a 7 p.m. start.
Monday afternoons - relaxed Duplicate bridge without Masterpoints - please arrive by 1.45 for a 2 p.m. start.
A cup of tea and biscuits will be available,
Please contact Val Ridding if you need a partner for Tuesdays (see below for details)
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| Meet the Committee |
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All Club members are invited to meet members of the Committee in a sociable setting.
Do come and join us on the first Wednesday every month from 10 am at the Weir.
Join us for breakfast or just a coffee. Share your ideas about events and Club organisation.
Next meeting Wednesday, June 5th, 10 am.
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| Partner Finding |
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Do you need a Partner for Bude Bridge Club?
Tuesday evenings are friendly-competitive, with Masterpoints, and Val Ridding organises partners for those who need one.
Her phone number is 07760-284097.
Monday afternoons are more relaxed, no Masterpoints. Should you need a partner, please contact Tertia Salt on 07702-902161
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| Play Problem of the Month |
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A double-dummy problem.
You can see all 4 hands. How does South make 12 tricks after the lead of the King of Clubs?
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| Show Answer |
| Win the Ace of Clubs.
Cash A,K,Q and J of Spades, discarding A,K,Q and J of Hearts!
Play a Diamond to the Queen and cash the Ace.
Now lead the 2 of Hearts.
If East takes the 10, he has to give the lead back to South and all his cards are winners.
If he ducks, South wins with the 9 of Hearts, cashes all his Diamonds and just loses a Heart at the end.
12 tricks and contract made.....
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| Interesting Hand of the Week |
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This was Hand 2 last Tuesday.
How do you bid to make the optimum contract, remembering this is a Pairs competition and you need to be in a 'safe' contract that yields the best result?
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After East passes and South's One Heart, West bids a Weak 2 Spades - 6 card suit, disruptive.
North is always going to bid to game, and a change of suit at the 3 Level is forcing - a natural 3 Clubs.
East passes and all South can do is rebid their Hearts.
North can see a Slam , so can now ask for Aces, using Roman Key Card Blackwood - 4 No Trumps
A response of 5 Hearts show 2 of the 5 Key Cards without the Queen - the King of Trumps counts as a Key Card.
Holding the other 3 Key Cards, they know that the Queen of Hearts is missing.
If the Hearts split 3 - 1, there is a chance that the Hearts will not fall kindly.
Similarly, if the Clubs split 4 - 2, the Jack of Clubs may also be a winner.
The chances are that East will lead a Spade against No Trumps, giving time to set up an extra trick.
The optimum bid, therefore, is 6 No Trumps - yielding 10 more points than 6 Hearts.
On the day, the Hearts split 2 - 2, and all 13 tricks rolled in. |
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