| IMPROVERS BIDDING COURSE |
Bidding Course
Starting
Thursday 27th of October (evenings at 7.30pm)
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Week 1 ♣ Overcalls and Responses
Week 2 ♦ Take Out Doubles
Week 3 ♥ Bidding in the Protective Position
Week 4 ♠ Pre -emptive Opening Bids and Responses
Week 5 ♦ Slam Bidding, Gerber and Blackwood
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Contact David for more information on 086 827 66 99
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Bridge Lessons for Beginners
Commencing
Monday 19th September @ 10:00 AM
and
Wednesday 21st September @ 19:30
Further Details David O'Donovan 086 8276699 or themillsbridgeclub@gmail.com
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| Save The Date! |
Countdown Timer (Click HERE)
Our 'away' weekend to Killarney will take place this year from
Friday 11th November to Sunday 13th November
Phone (064) 6639300 to book your room
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| Our 2016 Competition Sponsors |
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| Club Championship 2016 |
Club Championship Winners 2016
Congratulations Bridie & Richard
1st Richard & Bridie O'Driscoll 67.5%
2nd Esther Hendrick & Olive Cotter 66.2%
3rd Grainne Murphy & Tim Hartnett 65.4%
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| Intermediate B Results |
Express Medical Clinic
Intermediate B Championship 2016
Congratulations Rita & Phil!!
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Players |
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Master
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Small
Slams |
Grand
Slams |
| 1 |
Rita Naughton & Phil Tobin |
68.40 |
200 |
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| 2 |
Claire O'Callaghan & Mary O'Halloran |
62.15 |
182 |
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| 3 |
Carmel Ahern & Eilish Foley |
61.11 |
164 |
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| 4 |
Eileen B O'Brien & Kathleen O'Shea |
60.76 |
146 |
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| 5 |
Jerry O'Donoghue & Kathy O'Donovan |
59.72 |
128 |
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| 6 |
Margaret Goode & Maire Roycroft |
59.38 |
109 |
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| Club Competions |
Save the Date(s)!!!
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Club Intermediate B Championship
Tuesday 12th April @ 19:30
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Club Championship
Tuesday 19th April @ 19:30
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| Finline Novice Cup |
Congratulations to Bridie Purcell & Geraldine Scannell
Winners of the Finline Novices Cup
and also to all 72 players who participated
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Master
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Small
Slams
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Grand
Slams
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Bridie Purcell & Geraldine Scannell
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65.44
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175
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2
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Kay Murphy & Christine O'Flynn
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64.24
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156
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3
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Michael F O'sullivan & Liam Fitzgerald
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63.54
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137
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4
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James Burke & Tim Donovan
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60.07
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117
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Slyvia Coleman & Betty Keating
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59.72
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98
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Tom Houston & Pat Mcgeough
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59.38
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78
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Mary O'driscoll & Breda Holland
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59.03
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59
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Monica Nolan & Mary O'mahony
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58.33
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39
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Ber Horgan & Carmel Dowling
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57.99
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20
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Henry Gleeson & Jacinta Flynn
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56.60 |
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Winners Bridie Purcell & Geraldine Scannell
Kay Murphy & Christine O'Flynn Runners Up
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| Finline Novice Cup |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ FINLINE NOVICE CUP ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
Our Novice Cup Competition now sponsored by
will take place on
Monday 21st March @19:30
We appreciate the sponsorship support from our neighbours Finline and would encourage our members to support them by popping in to look around their shop or by visiting their site by clicking here
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| Parking |
 VERY IMPORTANT Parking Arrangements NOTICE 
The owners of St Patricks Mills have informed us of New Parking Restrictions that will apply with IMMEDIATE effect and will affect our members
Mornings: Only PAID parking will be available!
This is available in the area near the entrance and also behind the Medical Centre.
A ticket from a machine (cost €1.20) TOGETHER WITH a disc or notice identifying car as belonging to a member will allow a car to be parked until 2PM
The area at the far end is now reserved for customers of the businesses in that area ONLY.
EVENINGS:
No Change to the present arrangements and members may continue to park at the far end as the businesses are not open in the evenings and hence the same demand for customer spaces doesn't apply
Paid parking also continues to be available in the area near the entrance and also behind the Medical Centre.
A ticket from a machine (cost €1.20) TOGETHER WITH a disc or notice identifying car as belonging to a member will allow a car to be parked until 2PM
Please note the club does not control the parking and anyone not complying with arrangements is at risk of being clamped!!!
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| St Patricks Day |
 St Patrick's Day
Open Bridge (Members & non Members)
Morning 10:00 AM
Evening 19:30 PM
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 €4775 NOW RAISED 
Further very generous donations during the past week
have now brought the sum raised up to incredible total of:
€5320!! €5540!!
(€1450 contributed since event on Sunday 31st)
A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who gave donations of prizes, cash donations, bought raffle tickets etc.
Another HUGE THANK YOU to the nearly 150 Bridge players who made the effort
to play in our fundraiser on a Sunday afternoon
You can stay up to date on how overall fundraiser for Culann is progressing by clicking HERE
The Fund would like to express its sincere thanks and gratitude to the club,
the organisers and of course to all the participants
THANK YOU!!!!!
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| Cork Bridge Congress 2016 |
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Photos from Congress are now in the Competition Section of our site
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| Results |
Please note that the results for all sessions during week Monday 4th January 2016 to Friday 8th January 2016
WILL NOT be posted on our site until Sunday 10th January.
Normal updates will recommence as from Monday 11th January 2016
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| Special Fundraising Event |
On Sunday 31st January @ 2PM a special fundraising event will take place at our club
The aim is to raise funds towards the treatment of Culann Cashman who is one of triplets born with Cerebal Palsy
However Culann's life can be greatly enhanced by receiving special treatment in the UK
but costs involved are considerable and thus the need to raise funds
You can read all about Culann at the special website setup http://culannwantstowalk.com/
Table Money will be €10 and the event is open to non members so it would be appreciated if you could
a) Participate and b) Spread the word!!!
PS A raffle will also be held on 31st and any prizes donated for it would be hugely appreciated
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| Culann Cashman Fundraiser |
 
Just a reminder that our fundraiser takes place on
Sunday 31st January @ 2PM
We are overwhelmed with level of support received to date.
To the VERY MANY people who have donated a huge number of prizes ..... THANK YOU!
Apart from prizes over €700 €740 in cash already donated .... THANK YOU!
Updates on progress will be posted here
We look forward to your support on Sunday contributing to making a big dent in the sum needed for Culann's surgery
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| Site Access |
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Access to Results etc.
From January it is intended to limit access to results, club news etc. to members only.
This means that any member wishing to access our site, will need to be registered on it (this requires us to record their email addresses).
We are currently capturing the email addresses that we have ,but unfortunately some of the supplied ones have not been recorded correctly/clearly.
In order to ensure members are properly recognised by the site in January we would therefore appreciate it if, as many as possible of, our members would email the following information to us at themillsbridgeclub@gmail.com
a) Full Name,
b) email address
c) Contact Phone number Mobile, or Landline, or both
THANK YOU
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 Killarney Weekend
There has been really excellent feedback on our away weekend this year and especially so about the Dromhall Hotel and its staff.
Because they were so accommodating, and looked after us so well, we are sure that they would very much welcome positive feedback from those that attended,
be it via the Tripadvisor site, or even by email.
The links to do so (if so inclined!) are here for Tripadvisor and here for Dromhall Hotel
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| Handicap Adjustments |
Handicaps
Over the next couple of weeks we shall be replacing the existing handicaps with a new handicap system.
It is hoped that the new system will more accurately, and more fairly, reflect grades, experience etc.
The new handicaps will mean that the following % will in future be added to the actual score achieved.
Novice 2 +8%, Novice 1 + 7%, Intermediate B2 + 6%, Intermediate B1 + 5%, A2 + 4%, A1 + 2%, Area Master + 0%
Where players from different grades play together the handicap is averaged. Intermediate B2 and A2 (6%+4%=10%/2 = 5%)
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| MAILING LIST |
email contact?
Our site is currently attracting very high traffic of over 4,000 visits per month and about 30,000 page views (average of over 7 per visitor)
With such a high level of interest in results etc. we feel that many of our members might like to receive club news/results etc. by email
Accordingly we are now considering setting up a mailing list (depending on member demand!)
If you would be interested in receiving such emails please email us at themillsbridgeclub@gmail.com and just enter 'email' in the subject line.
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| RESULTS |
Please Note that:
The Results page shows the actual ranking achieved by each pair in the selected session
HOWEVER
The 'winners' will continue to take into account any handicaps applicable
Please click the Handicap button (on the results page) to view the actual winners
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| 2015/2016 CLUB NOTICES |
Dear Members
As we enter another new Bridge Year there are a few announcements:
1. MEMBERSHIP
The Annual membership fee of €50 falls due on 1st September. Early payment would be appreciated.
2. WEB SITE ACCESS (RESULTS ETC.)
In line with many other clubs it is intended to restrict access to results and some other parts of our site to MEMBERS ONLY as from early OCTOBER
This process is fairly simple and will just mean that paid up members will be able to register to view information by providing an email address.
Further details to follow
3: COURSES
Details of forthcoming courses are listed further down on this page and also on the 'Upcoming Courses' page of this site
Finally we'd like you all to remember Con O'Donovan who passed earlier this year as we embark upon a new Bridge season/year.
Con established this club 25 years ago and his legacy of introducing thousands to the game of Bridge and very many resultant friendships lives on
Finally we'd both like to thank you very sincerely for your support in the past and to also wish you the very best of luck (and enjoyment) in the season to come
Sheila and David
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| SUPERVISED PLAY |
The Club runs supervised play sessions for Novice Students on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings and Monday and Thursday mornings. These sessions are intended for those who have attended courses or who have some limited experience of playing bridge and who wish to improve their level of expertise. At all sessions you will play hands with friendly expert tutors on hand to advise and help with problems.
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| Important Information |
Welcome to The Mills Bridge Club, Douglas, Cork
We play bridge every:
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings starting at 7:30 p.m
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Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning at 10 a.m.
Partners will always be provided.
Friday evening is open to non members.
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| Club History |
Club history as follows:- The Mills Bridge Club has developed over the last 25 years into the largest Bridge Club in Ireland, Wales and Scotland and one of the three largest in the British Isle's. It was built by bridge players for bridge players, and special attention was paid to comfort and enjoyment. It also has a free library.
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| Ramp Access |
Easy access ramp has been installed on the side of building.
Easy access handrail has been installed on steps at front door entrance last September.
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 Christmas & New Year Arrangements
The Mills Bridge Club will be closed from
Thursday 24th Dec - Sunday 3rd January inclusive
We Wish all Our Members A Very Happy Christmas & New Year
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