Welcome

Mount Sackville Past Pupils Bridge Club  Web Site

The Club Plays Bridge on

Tuesday evenings at 7:15(sharp)

Venue: St Brigids Community Center

Blanchardstown

The Club was formed by the Past Pupils of

Mount Sackville School in 1985

The Club is open for membership and all grades are welcome

We are an affilliated member of the

Contract Bridge Associaction of Ireland

together with some 500+ clubs all over Ireland.

The club is playing in the Mid Leinster Bridge Region.

The aim of the club is to

provide a nice friendly game of bridge for all.

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Mount Sackville Past Pupils Bridge Club

Committee 2016/2017

President                Sally Burke     086 874 0661

Vice President    Betty Fallon           086 313 6986

Hon. Secretary   Teresa O’Reilly      086 880 0221

Treasurer Marianne Toomey  089 206 6425        

Ex Officio                       Mairead Delaney   

Committee                     Rita Carroll

Committee                     Tony Owens

Committee                     Brenda Carey

Match Maker  Mary Jo Bergin      01 869 9639

                                                        087 620 4142

Points Secretary    Jean Neary   01 820 2430

Calendar of Events 2016-17

The meaning of Double – as the name suggest – is to raise the stakes. If you Double an opposing contract, you win more Points if they fail, but you concede more points if they succeed.

When Bridge began over a 100 years ago, double was limited to those occasions where you expected the opponents to fail in their bid. However, it was realised that you would be most unlikely to be confident enough to double a low-level suit bid, when partner had not yet spoken. And that if the opponents happened to have bid, a suit in which you were very strong, it was far better not to tip them off: rather to keep quiet and wait for them to get into deeper trouble.

In 1912 New Yorker Major Charles Patten and Bryant McCambell independently invented an alternative meaning for the “Double” – the “take-out double”. It is believed that this was the first convention in the game (although it is now so universal that it is rarely thought of as such).

The take-out double – “partner, please take out my double into another suit” shows an opening hand or better with no other convenient bid:  no suit to overcall, and an inability to bid notrumps.

To learn more on doubling  contact your local Bridge Teacher or Coach, or get a copy of Bridge Lessons (Double) by ANDREW ROBSON, (www.arobson.co.uk) The above extract is from this book.