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Bude Bridge Club Committee

 

The Club Committee for 2023/24

 Chairman:Chris Nichols

Vice Chairman: Steve Clifton

Secretary:  Val Ridding

Treasurer:    Tom Salt

Committee Members:,  Mary Hicks, Rosemary Kemble, Tertia Salt, Ian Curtis, 

Directors
Directors

The Directors' rota for this year:

Tuesdays:  Chris, Steve and Neil (see Calendar)

Mondays: Various

   
EBU Royalty 2024
EBU Royalty 2024

The Club has several regular members in the 'Royalty and Honours' of the current EBU National Grading Scheme as of 1st March 2024.

Queen:  Steve Clifton

10:Chris Nichols 

 

 

Promotions
Promotions

Congratulations to Steven Clifton,  recently promoted by the EBU to the rank of 3 Star Regional Master.

 

TABLE MONEY
TABLE MONEY

All sessions (Mondays and Tuesdays)   £3

Visitors £4

Annual subscription: £5

Contact Us
Contact Us

To contact us, please contact the Club Secretary 

Val Ridding on       07760284097

Mr. Bridge Quiz
Mr. Bridge Quiz

Try the 'Mr. Bridge' quiz!

Updated every Tuesday.

http://www.mrbridge.co.uk/

North Cornwall Bridge Clubs
North Cornwall Bridge Clubs

As well as Bude, there are 3 other EBU affiliated bridge clubs in North Cornwall - Bodmin, Newquay and Wadebridge.

They share a website at www.bridgewebs.com/northcornwall

BUDE BRIDGE CLUB (est. October 1977)
Annual General Meeting
Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Prizes  of Bude Bridge Club will be held on Tuesday, April 16th at 6.30 pm. at the Parkhouse Centre.

All paid-up members warmly welcome!

Bridge Lessons
Bridge Lessons

Coming soon!

Free Taster sessions and Full Course of lessons by EBED (English Bridge Education and Development)-qualified Tutors.
Watch this space….

Welcome to Bude Bridge Club
Welcome to  Bude Bridge Club

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)

Partner Finding
Partner Finding

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

Alice in Wonderland March Hare Puzzle of the Month
Alice in Wonderland March Hare Puzzle of the Month

South is Declarer in 6 Hearts.

What is the only lead to defeat the contract?

After any routine lead, declarer has 9 top tricks and can easily ruff 3 Clubs in dummy to make 12 tricks.

If West leads a low heart, it limits dummy to just 2 ruffs, but, alas, this costs West his trump trick so there is no gain.

To defeat the contract, West must send the Queen of Hearts to the gallows -'Off with her head!'

If declarer now proceeds to ruff 2 clubs, it will restore West's 8 of Hearts into a natural trick.

There is no way for declarer to succeed.

Interesting Hand of the Week

How would you open the bidding with this hand?  

Then look at all the hands to see if you would reach the best contract.

West will obviously want to find a forcing bid - they don't want their partner to pass!

If they play Benji (Benjaminised Acol), they will probably open 2 Clubs - 20 - 22 High Card Points unbalanced.

If they play Strong Twos, they may risk an opening 2 Spade bid - it's only a 4-loser hand (hmmm....)

Would you risk opening 2 No Trumps (20-22 HCP BALANCED) with a singleton Jack of Clubs?

The killing bid was an Acol 2 Clubs - 23+ HCP, forcing partner to bid.

With 15 HCP and 7 Hearts, East then bid a straight 7 No Trumps.

With any other opening bid, it looks like 6 Hearts will be the contract, making all 13 tricks, of course.

Children in Need
Children in Need

Congratulations to Peter R and Chris, winners of the Monday heat of the Children in Need Pairs.

They were 53rd out of 1,947 pairs nationally.

Full results, hands and commentary can be found on the Ecats website.

ECatsBridge - ECatsBridge for Children in Need Monday (simpairs.com)

Many congratulations to Ann and Annie and Mary and Jim, with superb results on Tuesday.

They were 46th and 54th nationally, out of 1466 pairs. 

ECatsBridge - ECatsBridge for Children in Need Tuesday (simpairs.com)

Through the generosity of members on Monday and Tuesday , £256 was raised for Children in Need.

Cruising!
Cruising!

Two of our members are on a magical 107 night world cruise on the Queen Victoria.

Bahamas, Panama Canal, San Francisco, Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia..

Said farewell to Vietnam, Now in Raffles for a Singapore Sling, before Sri Lanka, Mauritius,  South Africa, Namibia, Tenerife...

Latest Tuesday Result
Latest Tuesday Result

Congratulations to Steve and Chris, winners on March 26th.

    

                   

Latest Monday Result
Latest Monday Result

Congratulations to Jean and Alan Pearce, winners on Monday 25th March with 62.5%.

EBU Winter Sim Pairs
EBU Winter  Sim Pairs

 Congratulations to Rosemary and Vicki, winners locally and presently 22nd out of 278 in Britain.

However, Bob and Rob took the honours nationally, presently a brilliant 12th.

Grand Slams 2023/24
Grand Slams 2023/24

Grand Slams bid and made in 2023 and 2024

Steve Clifton and Val Ridding.                July 18th

Bob Bennet and Rob Irish,                     July 18th

Chris Nichols and Steve Clifton.            August 15th

Vicki Lucas  and Rosemary Kemble.      Sept 19th

James Sim and Peter Oldfield.                 Oct 2nd

Linda Ashworth and Peter Oldfield.      February 27th

Forthcoming EBU and Club Competitions 2024
Forthcoming EBU and Club Competitions 2024

The Handicap Pairs continues on the first Tuesday every month. See 'Competitions' for the latest positions BEFORE HANDICAP is applied.

Future  national events this year include:

PLEASE NOTE

These events are for a Bude Bridge Club Members ONLY

EBU Spring Pairs, Tuesday, April 9th 2024

EBU Summer Pairs, Tuesday, July 23rd 2024

EBU Autumn Pairs, Tuesday, October 8th 2024

Save the dates!

 

Top Ten Club
Top Ten Club

The Top Ten percentages for 2024:  

1st.  Linda and Peter O.            72,22%. March 4th

2nd. Tertia and Val.                 68.75%.    March 11th
3rd  Ian and Fiona                     67.71%    January 9th

4th=  Chris and Peter             67.46%    January 15th

4th = Ian and Mary                   67.46%     February 13th

6th. Linda and Peter O          66.67%        March 11th

7th.  Rosemary and Steve         66.25%   February 19th

8th.  = Vicki and Rosemary       65.87%  January 23rd

8th. =   Vicki  and Rosemary     65.87%   January 30th

10th. = Chris and Peter                65.63%   February 5th

10th=  Ian and Mary                      65.63%  February 6th

10th =  Jim and Robert                 65.63%    February 12th

 

Handicap Pairs 2024
Handicap Pairs 2024

The Handicap Pairs continues on the first Tuesday every month.

Results each week will be sent to the EBU and then adjusted by Handicap to find a monthly winner.

Handicaps as based on the Pair’s average over whole of 2023, rounded to the nearest whole number.

(For the monthly wine prize only, there is a further handicap of 2% for previous winners).

The current position can be found under 'Competitions'.

Monthly wine prizes  this year:

January:  Mike Newman and Rob Irish

February.  Mike and Rob....again...

March. Andrew Moss and Bob Bennett

Cornwall County Bridge Association
Cornwall County Bridge Association

Bude Bridge Club is affiliated to the Cornwall County Bridge Association.

Click here to visit their web-site.

https://www.bridgewebs.com/cornwall/

Calendar
1st April 2024
Monday Pairs
Director: Alan Pearce
2nd April 2024
Handicap Pairs 4
Director: Chris Nichols
8th April 2024
Monday Pairs
Director: Chris Nichols
Results
Tuesday Pairs
Director: Chris Nichols
Scorer: Chris Nichols
Monday Pairs
Director: Rob Waterhouse
Scorer: Thomas Salt
Frank and Doris Clifton Trophy
Director: Steve Clifton
Monday Pairs
Director: Chris Nichols
Scorer: robert waterhouse
Tuesday Pairs
Director: Chris Nichols
Scorer: robert waterhouse
Monday Pairs
Director: Chris Nichols
Scorer: Thomas Salt