Dear Reform Club Bridge Club Member,

We have recieved the following  email from Mike Smith who is a bridge player based in Spain:

Like many of your members at Reform Club Bridge, I love playing bridge on cruise ships.

I'm writing because I'm trying to connect bridge players who cruise, so they can travel together as a group and guarantee a proper game on board.

To explain how it works: this isn't a formal hosted bridge programme. We simply bring together like-minded players who are already planning to cruise, so they can travel on the same sailing. We find a volunteer from the group to direct sessions — typically two relaxed games on sea
days, mornings and afternoons — and join in with any ship-organised bridge when it's available. The focus is sociable bridge with fellow enthusiasts, not competition.

We work with all the major UK cruise lines and currently have groups forming for sailings later this year. We negotiate group rates and onboard benefits for members who book as part of the group — so there's a genuine saving on offer as well as the social benefit.

We've also just launched the Bridge at Sea Best Player Diploma — awarded to the top performing player in any duplicate session run on a cruise ship using our free materials. It's a lovely memento of the trip and a real talking point back at the club!

Full details of the cruises we're featuring are at:
https://bridgescorer.com/featured-cruises/

Bridge at Sea (https://bridgescorer.com) is a free resource for bridge players who cruise — it includes a Cruise Finder covering all major UK lines, free offline bridge apps, and a full library of duplicate movement cards and traveller sheets for 2 to 10 tables. Everything is free to join.

I'd be very grateful if you could mention us in your newsletter or pass this on to any members of Reform Club Bridge who cruise. I've attached a small poster for your notice board if that would help.

Many thanks for your time — and happy bridge!

Mike Smith
Bridge at Sea
https://bridgescorer.com
bridgecruising@gmail.com
 

The card room is available for members to play informally at any time.

Bridge playing members and their guests are also very welcome to join an organised game in the card room at 6.30pm on either Monday for duplicate or Thursday for social rubber bridge.

For Duplicate please contact Selina Hamilton selina.hamilton@egerarchitects.com if you would like to play. Partners can usually be found.

For Rubber bridge the contact is John Simpson jpasimpson@hotmail.com or you can just join in, pre booking is not necessary.

Lessons are held from time to time, if you are interested please contact Frank Duffield frank.duffield@yahoo.com. for the latest information.