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OBJECTIVE
The Club’s main objective is to play duplicate bridge, endeavouring all the time to raise the standards both of play and etiquette. We aim to provide a friendly, congenial atmosphere. Harassment and other bad behaviour are specifically outlawed.
COSTS
Annual membership is £5, with table money being £2.50 for members at each session and £3.50 for non members.
CLUB MEETINGS
Players are requested to be at the venues not later than five minutes before the start of play so that our IT equipment can be set up. All sessions have a host system, (except Wednesday) so anyone coming is guaranteed a game.
Members can play as often or as little as they wish (up to five times a week).
Friday afternoons at Clifton Townsend Memorial Hall, Main Street, Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, commencing at 1.30 p.m. Relaxed duplicate bridge sessions, average five tables, and ideal for improvers.
Tuesday evenings at the Sacred Heart RC Church Hall, on the corner of Alwyn Road and Lime Tree Avenue, Bilton, commencing at 7.15 p.m. This is the Club’s traditional evening where the play is faster, average ten tables.
Wednesday evenings at Clifton Townsend Memorial Hall at 7.00pm.Wednesdays are smaller groups of about five tables.
Thursday evenings at The Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Deerings Road in Hillmorton, commencing at 7.00 p.m. Thursdays average nine tables.
Saturdays
The Saturday Training Workshop meets at Clifton Townsend Memorial Hall at 10.00 a.m. every Saturday morning (except the third Saturday in each month) and caters for improving players and beginners. Its purpose is to introduce improvers to Duplicate Bridge and to enable them to feel confident to play at all the other sessions and Teams. An improvers’ group runs continually. In addition we hold starters’ courses for newcomers or those with little or no knowledge of bridge - these courses are held once a year and last approximately 13 weeks - at which point the newcomers become absorbed into the improvers’ group and progress to Wednesday evening or Friday afternoon sessions, then to Thursday and Tuesday evenings.
Troughers/Allott Evenings are held alternately on each third Saturday evening of the month at the Clifton Townsend Memorial Hall. The evening starts with an optional meal at 6.00pm, followed by bridge at 7.00pm. The Troughers event is a Teams evening with one pair being an experienced pair coupled with one pair of the less experienced players. The Allott event is a Pairs evening. Handicaps are given in both Troughers and Allott evenings.
SOCIAL EVENTS
We hold two “Fun” evenings of bridge (Chicago scoring) – one during the summer and one before Christmas – where players from all the sessions come together.
During January we hold our annual Dinner, when non-bridge playing partners are also invited.
LEAGUE MATCHES
During the period September to May the Club enters teams in the Rugby and District Bridge League and the Coventry Bridge League. All members are encouraged to participate.
SMOKING
There is no smoking in the playing area.
NEWSLETTER / BULLETIN
A Newsletter is issued every two months.
HOW TO JOIN
Prospective members are welcome to play at all our events at slightly higher table money, and they would be expected to join after three sessions. Please contact our Membership Secretary, Anne Carrington, who will ask you to fill in a short form.
Please contact the Management Committee if you would like further information.
The committee are: Terry Bradbury (01788 890556); Anne Carrington (01788 815473); (Peter Langley (02476 540211); Graham Lightfoot (01788 537640); Wendy Pattinson (01788 842258); Phil Shorey (01788 332062); David Hicks (01788 565832) David Owen ( 01788 577559) and Janet Chappell 01788 822764
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