Here is a roundup of the latest Purley Bridge News with some dates for your diary.

Winter Season

The Summer Season finished on the 31st of August and the Winter Season commenced on Sunday September the 1st and will end on the 31st of March 2025.

All ladders will require a minimum of 10 appearances to qualify.

Swiss Pairs

A Swiss Pairs event will be held in the afternoon of Saturday October the 5th.

The event will start at 13:00 and there will be a break during the session for afternoon tea.

You must enter as a pair and there is no limit to the number of entries.

There will be a charge of £14 per person for this event and this will include the afternoon tea.

A sign up sheet is on the notice board.

Teams event

A Teams event will take place on Wednesday 15th January in place of the usual Duplicate event.

For this event you must turn up as a pair. There will be a pair of stewards to ensure that every pair that turns up will be able to play.

Beginner Bridge Lessons

Purley Bridge Club will be running a new season of Bridge lessons for beginners in the Bowls Pavilion at Purley Sports Club commencing on Wednesday 2nd October.   The sessions will take place every Wednesday afternoon between 1pm and 3pm. The lessons will be starting from scratch and so are suitable for complete beginners or for those who want to revise their Bridge knowledge.   All are welcome.   Please contact Brenda Blackwell if you know of anyone who might be interested.

Improver training sessions will take place at the rear of the main hall, commencing on Wednesday 2nd October and running from 1pm to 3pm.

Weekly Bridge sessions

The Monday, Wednesday and Thursday sessions continue as normal.

Stewards are now available on all Monday evening and Wednesday mornings For the Thursday evening sessions there will be no steward on the fist Thursday of each month.

The Wednesday afternoon arrangement whereby the Directors act as Stewards remains unchanged.

   A new rota for Stewards and Scorers has been set up for the Winter season. Details are on the Bridgewebs calendar.

The handicap for prize winners is 3% accumulating for the first and each subsequent win within the last 9 months. This applies to the same pairing and does not apply if one winner wins again with a different partner. The handicapping process will be kept under review.

We would like to thank all members for your superb support for our charity event- including those who donated raffle prizes or gave donations and all those who made such yummy cakes!

 In total, we raised £850 from the raffle and bridge afternoon. This is going to the South East Cancerhelp Charity in Purley where they provide a range of high quality services including complementary therapies, workshops and support groups.

They can be contacted on 020 8668 0974 or www.sechc.org.uk if you know anyone who might benefit from their services. 

Congratulations to Carol Letts and Ken Whiteman for winning the Club Championship on the 17th of February.