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Membership Successes

2023 NEBA
Summer Pairs
Frank Bouweraerts
Irina Hendrickx

2022 NEBA
Swiss Pairs
John Dobson
Audrey Bainbridge

2021 NEBA
Gazette Cup
Joan Crompton
Irene Burns

2021 Runners-Up
NEBA CORWEN TROPHY
For Champion Pairs
Dorothy Pearson
Susan Penswick

2021 EBU
Easter Congress
9 High Tournament
Irina Hendrickx
James Foster

Club Tournament Winners

Club Champion
Evening 2022
Audrey Bainbridge

Club Champion
Afternoon 2022
Adrian Darnell

Durham City
Trophy 2022
Bill Dixon & Peter Sykes

Sykes Cup
2021
Nigel Martin
& Adrian Darnell

Cansino Cup
Pairs 2021
Margaret McCabe &
Iain Gordon

 

Durham Bridge Home Page

Welcome and thank you for visiting the Durham Bridge Club website.
The Club, located within the beautiful and ancient city, is registered with the English
Bridge Union and meets three times weekly for duplicate bridge.

( See 'CLUB General Information' in Main menu )

So that the club can maintain up-to-date records could we please ask that if any member has recently changed their email or postal address or telephone number that they inform the secretary, Christine Farnsworth (cafarnsworth2@gmail.com) of the changes
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NEBA Teams Results - Congratulations to both our teams

Very well done to our A and B teams, as both achieved promotion to the next league up.

It was a particulary competitive season, where the final positions were decided on the last round of play.

Durham A came joint top with Wearside A in Division B and Durham B finished first in Division C. 

Congratulations to all participating players over the 5 rounds.

Special thank you goes to Jill Hancock, our teams capitain, and also to Sue Goddard for the delicious home baked cakes when we played at home.

Click HERE to see the full results.

Published 04/03/2024


SIM pair events

Durham bridge club will be participating in the national SIM pair events as follows:

Afternoon Tuesday 9th April

Evening Tuesday 23rd July

Published 20/12/2023


Tuesday Afternoon Hosting

The Tuesday afternoon hosting system has been working well, allowing players to join in on an extra 11 occasions so far since October.
We are aiming to continue hosting in the New Year, as long as we have willing volunteers.
If you would like to volunteer and have not already done so, please contact the secretary, Christine Farnsworth.

Published 20/12/2023


Our very own Chairman has been elected Chairman of the EBU

Adrian Darnell, currently also Durham Bridge Club Chairman, has been elected Chair of the English Bridge Union. 
Congratulations to Adrian for obtaining this prestigious position.  
Results of all the elections to the EBU board are announced here.

Published 20/12/2023


Christmas message from the Chairman:

Very best seasonal good wishes to all our players

We have had a great year in terms of playing numbers, and I’m delighted to see the current number of tables is increasing on Monday nights (and often as high as 7), steady on Tuesday afternoons (often in double figures) and has settled to around 6 on Tuesday evenings where we regularly welcome a full table of University students. We also have a very healthy number of new learners in the Tuesday afternoon classes. The monthly Monday teams of 4 initiative is proving very popular as an addition to the Club’s activities.

I really must place on the record our grateful thanks to the Framwellgate Community Centre Trustees. While our numbers were significantly down as we came out of Lockdown we were able to negotiate a temporary rent reduction for 2022. Thank you to the Trustees. We have now restored the rental to the pre-Covid level and this has been facilitated by our new subscription model, which means that members never pay table money.
The Club’s teams had a mixed year, and we look forward to seeking promotions in the current round – but it’s playing bridge face-to-face that matters so much more than winning.
I would like to thank you all for your continued support over this last year but especially I’d like to thank all the Committee members without whom none of this would happen. It’s always a pleasure to play amongst friends and we are a strong and healthy Club because of your support. Thank you all.
Stay safe and stay healthy and I look forward to seeing you all again in the New Year.

Adrian

Published 20/12/2023


 

 


Interclub Teams Calendar

The 2023-2024 Interclub Teams calendar with Durham's fixtures is now available here

Published 17/08/2023


 

NEBA Summer Pairs Success

Congratulations to members Frank Bouweraerts and Irina Hendrickx on winning the NEBA Summer Pairs at Hexham

Published 19/06/2023


 

Subscriptions

Dear all,
At last Tuesday’s AGM, attended by almost 40 members, the Committee’s payment proposal was approved unanimously. With immediate effect, therefore:
Durham Bridge Club moves to a subscription model whereby members pay an Annual Subscription Fee of £156, payable as £13 per month.
Junior members (those aged under 26 on the 1 st of January in the subscription year) will be charged £60 as the annual subscription fee, payable as £5 per month.
Every member is entitled to play at every session when the club is open and there is no table money for members.
The Subscription year runs for 12 months from May 1st in each calendar year.
This payment principle replaces the concept of ‘table money’ for members with the annual Subscription Fee of £156.
Could I please ask that all members modify their Standing Order to £13 per month (or, if a junior, £5 per month) with effect from the May 2023 payment

It is worth stressing that:
1. the Club welcomes all players, and hopes that everyone will become a member;
2. members will not pay any table money;
3. non-members are most welcome and will pay table money of £5 per session, and if a junior non-member the
table money is £2 per person per session;
4. we ask that non-members make their payments by some non-cash means, Standing Order or BACS;
5. players become EBU members by joining an affiliated Club, or by joining the EBU as ‘direct members’, and
hence all Durham Club members automatically become EBU members;
6. as was said at the meeting, the rules of the NEBA Inter Club Competition only allows members to represent
their Club;
The Committee is, in the light of comments at the meeting, revisiting the hosting model we used to operate on
Tuesday afternoons. If there are sufficient volunteers we will look to reinstate the idea. We only stopped hosting
because there were insufficient volunteers.
Adrial Darnell

Published 02/05/2023, amended 18/08/2023


 

NEBA CALENDAR

The NEBA 2022-20223 has been added under the Calendar Menu or can be accessed by clicking HERE.

Published 02/10/2022


 

Summer Competition Winners

We are pleased to announce the Summer Competition winners (played from April to September 2022) as follows:

Tuesday afternoon
Champions:  Irene Burns & Joan Crompton    
Runners up: Adrian Darnell & John Dobson

Tuesday evening 
Champions:  Bill Dixon & Peter Sykes        
Runners up: Adrian Darnell & Nigel Martin    

Monday novice
Champion:  John Owen    
Runner up: Neville Cain  
 

Congratulations to them all!        
Published 02/10/2022


 

AUDREY AND JOHN WIN THE NEBA FACE TO FACE SWISS PAIRS

The face to face NEBA SWISS PAIRS event that took place at Durham Bridge Club on 15 Sept 2022 was won by Audrey Bainbridge and John Dobson.

Congratulations to them both!

All results of the event can be found HERE

Published 15/09/2022


 

Durham Bridge Club was 50 years old in 2022!

Durham Bridge Club was founded in 1972 and we celebrated in great fashion with an afternoon of bridge followed by dinner, at Durham Town Hall on Sunday 4th September 2022.


We had 2 parallel sessions of bridge play followed by quiz and dinner.

The winners of the Experienced Players event were:
John Dobson and Audrey Bainbridge 
Runners-up were:
Nigel Martin and Adrian Darnell

The winners of the Less Experienced Players event were:
Kathleen Penrose and Brian Henderson 
Runners-up were:
Nick Deeming and Mick O'Sullivan

The quiz session was very capably organised by David Thompson.


 

Published 05/09/2022


 

A Year of Bridge Advice

We have a new article, or rather book of 204 pages, available on our website called:

"A Year of Bridge Advice", by John Portwood

This is a compendium of articles on various aspects of the game, aimed at the novice/improving bridge player.

It was kindly created and shared by John Portwood and amalgamates his Monday weekly articles throughout 2022, which usually related to the hands being played that week.

For your convenience, the complete pdf file can be accessed here

Published 06/09/2022 (updated pdf on 12/09/2022)


 

Club History updated

The Club History page has been updated with the last 5 years (2016-2021).
The page can be seen under Club General Information / Club History or simply click HERE

Published 21/08/2022


 

Durham City Trophy Winners

The 2022 Durham City Trophy Winners are Bill Dixon and Peter Sykes

They achieved an impressive 71% score on 26th April 2022 in the evening session of the Durham Bridge Club AGM

Published 15/07/2022


 

Durham Bridge Club Current COVID policy

Our COVID policy has been reviewed by the committee at the end of June 2022 and is confirmed as follows: 

  • all players should be vaccinated against Covid 19 (obviously with exceptions due to any medical condition); 
  • anyone with symptoms of any transmissable disease or has tested positive for any such disease, especially Covid, shall not attend the Club until they are symptom-free and/or testing negative; 
  • mask-wearing is not mandatory but if one player requests mask-wearing for the duration of the boards at that table then all 4 players should comply; 
  • the room will be well ventilated.

Published 02/07/2022 and amended on 11/07/2022


 

EGM - Amended Constitution

An Extraordinary General Meeting was held on Tuesday 14th June to amend the constitution of the club.
Please find attached the amended constitution and accompanying notes (Constitution 2022 and Constitution Changes 2022).


 

History of Durham Bridge Club

A substantial record of past members and events has been compiled by Peter Sykes from AGM and Committee papers.This can be accessed via
Club History
under Club General Information / Club History in the Main Menu

HAND COMMENTARIES

Commentaries on hands played at Monday Sessions
are available via Main Menu
Author  -  John Portwood

CLUB OFFICERS

Chairman :- Adrian Darnell
Secretary :- Christine Farnsworth
Treasurer :- Irene Hancock
Club Captain :- Ann Squires
Chief Tourn Dir :- John Portwood
FMYCC Rep :- Jill Hancock
Webmaster :- Irina Hendrickx

Results
Afternoon Hosted Pairs
Director: John Portwood
Scorer: John Portwood
Evening Pairs
Director: AD
Scorer: AD
Novice Pairs (Supervised)
Director: JBP
Scorer: JBP
Teams event - pre-booking required
Afternoon Hosted Pairs
Director: JBP
Scorer: JBP
Evening Pairs
Director: JBP
Scorer: JBP
Calendar
1st Apr 2024
Novice Pairs (Supervised)
18:30
2nd Apr 2024
Cansino Trophy (Afternoon hosted)
13.00
2nd Apr 2024
Cansino Trophy (Evening)
19.00
8th Apr 2024
Novice Pairs (Supervised)
18:30
9th Apr 2024
Afternoon Hosted Pairs
13.00
9th Apr 2024
Evening Pairs
19.00