As of April 6 2024

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting  of the Fiddlehead Bridge Studio Inc. will be held on Thursday April 25, 2024 at 103-800 Saint Mary's Street, Fredericton NB commencing at 11:00 am.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Sharon Nussey
President

Happy February everyone.  First month of 2024 in the rear view mirror.  Before we look ahead to what is happening at Fiddlehead Bridge Studio let's take a moment to look back to 2023 and congratulate our members who won the Unit 230 ACBL Races and we had a few of them! For a full list of their categories have a look on the website in the lower left hand corner or if you are at the club on the Bulletin Board: Debra Reid, Peter Coates, George Colter, Garnet Demerchant, Helen Chenier and Sabina Keenan, George and Cathy Thompson, Bob Melles.  WELL DONE FIDDLEHEADERS!!

Now back to 2024.  Our first StaC will be held February 12-18 with games on Monday afternoon, Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon.  We were originally going to hold this in March but February promises to be a much bigger event with many more silver points available if you do well compared to the other players outside the club. Remember at least 3 tables must compete to be eligible for the larger award so be sure to come out on Wednesday evening.  Thanks to Evelyn's pre-dealers for dealing these games.

The Board is already planning for the AGM to be held on Thursday April 25th. Debra Reid has agreed to be the Nominating Committee Chair. We encourage any member who is interested in any position to contact Debra. She will be sending a note in the next couple of weeks to the membership detailing the nominating process and how to get involved. Please give consideration for letting your name stand for any Board position.

There is still time to renew your 2024 membership if you have not done so already.  E-transfers can be sent to Fiddlehead142@gmail.com:Fiddlehead142@gmail.com>.  There is no longer a need for a security question.  To the virtual players who play under the Fiddlehead banner we hope that you will keep your membership current. So if you have not renewed yet, please do.  Kudos to Lorna Johnson and her mentoring as well as Eileen Tranquilla and her lessons - together they have encouraged 23 new people to take out a membership in our club.

If you have been to the club lately you will have seen a new bookcase with books appearing and disappearing.  Sharon Cupples has graciously agreed to become our new Librarian. She has been busy culling some of the very old books we have and stocking the shelves with books she has donated and the Board has purchased.  If you have any bridge books you no longer want that are current we would love to add them to our shelves.  Sharon will be doing an inventory so if you have borrowed any books please return them so she can catalogue them.

Two other members who have stepped up recently to take on volunteer roles are Drew Steeves and Chris Mabey.  Drew will be our new Facebook administrator.  Andrew Perry is taking a well deserved rest from this role.  Many thanks to Andrew for being key to our Facebook start up and being the administrator for the last 2 years. Chris is a new member who has been keen to get involved. He is a pre-dealer with Evelyn's group and has agreed to apprentice under Bob Fisher to learn the website.

One role where new volunteers are critically needed is being a director- No cost to you - books are provided and the club pays for the exam (open book).  Please speak to one of our present directors for more information if you have any interest at all.  We know everyone wants to play, but we need directors to run these games.  The more we have the less you have to do.  Winter is a  particularly difficult time, so if you don't travel to warmer climates - WE NEED YOU!

More Lessons on the way with Eileen - in March she will start a series on Defense, $90.00 for members and $120.00 for non- members.  More details once dates are confirmed.  Spread the word to any of your bridge friends who might benefit from Eileen's knowledge.

Mentoring is still going strong on Wednesday mornings, always good information shared and don't forget the 299er game on Friday morning.

And last but certainly not least St. Patrick's Day is coming and we need a volunteer to chair the luncheon committee. Please speak to one of the board members if you are interested.

See you at the Bridge table

Sharon Nussey
President

Welcome to Fiddlehead Bridge Studio, the friendly place in Fredericton for everything bridge from casual to fully competitive. We have our own facility offering 5 games a week as well as lessons and mentoring by certified instructors.

Partners are needed for our Duplicate Open Pairs games; if you need one, we will make every effort to find you one. Social Bridge and the Mentoring Morning do not require partners. And if bridge wasn’t enough, we have coffee and tea for $.50 (bottomless cup) and treats at every game. Numerous times throughout the year we have luncheons before our games.

Fiddlehead is a non-profit business organization run by a Board of Directors along with the help of many volunteers who keep our club running smoothly. We require everyone to be double vaccinated to enter our facility, masks are optional, but ask that if someone at the table requests masks be worn, please oblige willingly.

Please come join us whether you are a newbie to the game, been away for a while and would like to brush up on your skills, just moved here and want to continue playing bridge – everyone is welcome!  Looking for more information? Please contact me; I’d love to hear from you. You can also find us on Facebook where you can read about the latest on what’s happening at Fiddlehead.

Sharon Nussey
President (sbnussey@outlook.com)

Monday – Open Pairs 1:00 -4:00 PM (partner required)

Tuesday – Open Pairs 9:30 -12:30 PM (partner required)

Tuesday – Social Bridge 6:30 -9:30, for more info contact David Baird kenorabairds@gmail.com

Wednesday – Open Pairs – 6:30 – 9:30 PM (partner required)

Thursday – Open Pairs 1:00- 4:00 PM (partner required)

Friday :   299er  Open Pairs 9:30 -12:30 AM (Began in September 2022, NO partner required; players with fewer than 300 ACBL masterpoints or Non-ACBL members)

Bridge Mentoring Wednesday 9:30, for more information contact Lorna Johnson bridgeplayer64@gmail.com

Beginning Bridge Saturday 9:00-11:00, for more information contact Eileen Tranquilla ebtranquilla@bellaliant.net

FBS Board of Directors 2023

President: Sharon Nussey

Vice President: Peter Coates

Treasurer: Mike Whelton

Secretary: Suzanne Leonfellner

Member at Large: Bob Gamble

Several people have commented that it's hard to find the "find a partner" feature on our web site. Here is a way that works.

Sign in to the Fiddlehead web site.

Click on "Members Only" on the right near the top

A new page pops up with a tab near the top left labelled "Find a partner".

Scroll down in the lower section to find the date(s) you are interested in.

Check the "PR" Box for the dates you wish to play and check other boxes above with your contact information.

Finally, remember to click the "Confirm" button at the top to update your wishes.

The tab "Bookings" gives a list of all players registered at the moment for each date. At the top left is a note to use Calendar to make a booking. There are actually two Calendar tabs "Calendar" and "Calendar Month".

You must now use "Calendar Month" to make a booking.

1. Use the left and right arrows at the top of the monthly calendar to get to the month you want

2. Mouse over the date you are interested in and a box saying "Booking Required" will pop up for games not already played

3. Click on the little calendar in the box and a listing of those registered will appear along with a space for your Fiddlehead sign in credentials

4. Fill in your credentials and click "check" at the bottom of the box.

5. Your name will appear and space to add your partner's name and an option to choose a preferred direction 

6. Click on the appropriate tab at the bottom to add or remove a booking, to remember your login or to cancel if nothing needs changing

7. We have removed the wait -listing option. Please keep checking to see if you can register within the max of 22 pairs.