CHARITY BRIDGE NIGHT

for LEONARD CHESHIRE DISABILITY (Green Gables Home Alfreton)

Thursday 8th September

£193 was raised on the night. Thanks to all who contributed.

The total to date (Charity nights, Quiz and sales of produce) is £566.

Nigel & Sharon Parkes-Rolfe have already contributed £500 directly to the charity following their open garden charity fundraising event in May, attended by many of our members.

BEGINNERS' BRIDGE COURSE

SEPTEMBER 2016

CLICK FOR DETAILS

2016 Beginners Bridge Course.pdf

PAIRS COMPETITION - 5th AND 12th SEPTEMBER .

RBC QUIZ 2016 - available from Pat - all proceeds to our charity of the year -Green Gables Home (Leonard Cheshire Disability). Closing date 28th November. NB Clue for Q 57 should be WH.

CLUB 'PHONE - new number 07432 040488 (this is only switched on during bridge sessions)

Teaching Presentations - copies of the notes are posted on the website - see the menu.

ATKINS CUP Sunday 25th September - click - 2016 Atkins Cup.pdf

WINTER TEAMS of 8 COMPETITION 2016/17

DERBYSHIRE CONTRACT BRIDGE ASSOCIATION

2016 Teams of 8 Fixtures List.doc

This competition will start in early October with matches played fortnightly, on Wednesday evenings. Once again Ripley Bridge club will be running 5 teams in the coming season. Any player who has not previously played in the Teams of 8, but would like to do so, please let the secretary (Di Fletcher) know and she will pass the names on to the team captains. Existing players should also make sure that the captain of their last year's team is aware of their availability.

Ripley Bridge Club is affiliated to the English Bridge Union and the Derbyshire Contract Bridge Association. We hold 3 sessions of bridge each week, on Monday and Thursday Evenings, and Wednesday mornings.

On Monday evenings we meet at St. Joseph's Church Hall,  94, Butterley Hill,  Ripley DE5 3LW and on the Thursday evening we meet at Riddings Park Community Centre, West Street, Riddings DE55 4EW.

Play starts at 7pm.  Please try and be seated for 6:50 pm.

We suggest less experienced players start with the Thursday evening at Riddings, but are welcome on either evening.

On Wednesday mornings, we meet at Pentrich Village Hall, Main Road, Pentrich DE5 3RE  from 9:45 to 12:30.  This is a Beginner/Improver session of supervised practice, instruction and play held under the direction of Phil Upton, MEBUTA. The session comprises a short introduction to a topic of interest, followed by duplicate on a 'Draw for Partner' basis so singles are welcome.

CLUB COMPETITIONS 2016

QED SWISS PAIRS COMPETITION - MONDAY 18th JULY

Winners John Gould & Glyn MacArthur (73)

Runners up Gary Watson & Roger Eley (71)

ANDREW PARKIN HANDICAP PAIRS COMPETITION - MONDAY 27th JUNE

Winners David Ford & Bill Hamilton (67.1%)

Runnersup John Gould & Glyn MacArthur (63.6%)

JACK FLYNN MIXED PAIRS TROPHY - MONDAY 11th APRIL

Winners - Ian Roxburgh & Ronda Sims (65.6%)

Runners up - Glyn MacArthur and Rowena Innes (62.1%)

CLUB WALK

Friday 29th April 2016

Many thanks to Peter for organising the walk and meal.

♠  ♥  BRIDGE WEEKENDS 2016  ♦  ♣ 

Chester 22nd - 25th April

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DATES FOR 2017

21-24 April - Lytham St. Annes

22-25 September - Coventry

3 Clubs' Competition

Congratulations to Ripley Bridge Club on winning this competition over three matches.

The final scores were Ripley (40), Allestree (32) and Belper (18).

The team members were Roger, Linda, Melinda,Chris, Pat, David, Jill, Ray, John,

Kathryn, Rowena and Glyn.

The picture at the top of the page shows St Joseph's church hall and the picture below shows a Monday evening there.