CHARITY WALK

♠ ♥  RIPLEY BRIDGE CLUB ♦ ♣ 

PRESENTATION OF CHEQUE TO ASHGATE HOSPICE

A cheque for £855 (+£21 in collection box) was presented to Lynn Jones of Ashgate Hospice (our charity for 2014/15) on Thursday 8th January.

Many thanks to everyone who organised and supported events events to raise this donation.

QUIZ

Congratulations to Rowena Innes and Ray Sellars, joint winners of the quiz, with a score of 85.

Cynthia Allsop was 2nd (82), Linda Hubbold 3rd (80) and Julia Brough 4th (79).

£100 was raised for charity.

Thanks to Jeff for compiling the Quiz, Pat for marking it and to everyone who took part.

Click on the link for the answers.

2014 Quiz answers.zip

♠ ♥  JEAN HOUGH HANDICAP PAIRS COMPETITION ♦ ♣ 

DECEMBER 4th 2014

Congratulations to John Gould & Glyn MacArthur who won the competition with a score of 62.55%.

Colin Butt & Jean Pick were second (60.80%) and Deena Smith & Janet Bates were third (59.55%).

A total of 31 pairs entered the event. We were pleased to see a number of Wednesday morning players taking part and we hope to see them again at more evening sessions.

♠ ♥  INVITATION PAIRS ♦ ♣ 

This was held on Sunday, November 16th at EMBC and was played over 46 boards.

The event is open to the winners or highly placed pairs of the club pairs competitions throughout the various clubs in Derbyshire.

Our congratulations go to Kathryn and John Shaw who were 3rd in this event (out of 24 pairs) with a score of 60.47%, having led at the half-way stage with a score of 65%.

♠  ♥  3 CLUBS COMPETITION ♦  ♣ 

The first match of this competition took place on Wednesday 26th November.

RBC was represented by Linda & Roger, Dorothy & David, Wilson & Derek and Chris & Melinda.

The total scores for this round were :-

ALLESTREE 60

BELPER 82

RIPLEY 98

The second of the three matches will be played in January.

WALK TO CODNOR CASTLE

FRIDAY 25TH JULY 2014

A very enjoyable outing and welcome refreshments at The Black Boy.

Thanks to Colin and Wendy for their organisation.

More photos shortly.

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.