Club status as at 18th April 2024 |
April bridge
Year 2 - Improver lessons - Tuesday 10am or Thursday 7pm
Many of you would benefit from attending some or all of the weekly improver classes. You have 2 choices - 10am Tuesday or 7pm Thursday. The cost is £12.60 per session.
Thursday 18th April - Bidding 4441 opening hands
Tuesday 23rd and Thursday 25th April - The UCB
Intermediate to Advanced Training Sessions
We are trialling a new series of intermediate to advanced training sessions. These are aimed at players with NGS 9 or above. However, anyone can attend.
Steve Green will be running the sessions. He has a fantastic reputation in the bridge world.
Steve has been a Warwickshire member for over 40 years; having graduated from Warwick University.
He has played for England as both a Junior and a Senior and has run Masterclasses mostly at West Midlands Bridge Club, but also at Coventry and Rugby.
He is currently Vice-Chair of the EBU Laws & Ethics Committee. More details of Steve’s biography can be found on the EBU Website.
The dates for the next 2 trial sessions are:
10am Friday 26th April - Competitive Bidding - How to use 2NT
1.30pm Wednesday 8th May - Competitive Bidding - How to support partner
The interactive sessions last 3 to 3.5 hours and comprise a presentation, followed by the play of example hands which put into practice the topics presented.
For this reason it is beneficial, but not essential, to sign up in partnerships. Handouts will provided at the end of each session.
The cost for each session is £26.40; payable on the day via the card machine.
If you are interested please put your name (& partner’s name, if applicable) on the sign up sheets at the club or email me. The event has been advertised at other local bridge clubs. There are still places available for all 3 sessions.
Social events - Save the dates
We have 3 afternoon social events planned for this year:
- Saturday 8th June - summer social with pizzas
- Friday 6th September - Festival of bridge - charity event for cancer research
- Friday 13th December - Christmas social
Partner finding WhatsApp group
There are 50 people on the partner finding WhatsApp group. It is being used successfully to find partners for ad hoc bridge sessions. If you want to be added to the group,
please send Alan a WhatsApp message with your name.
Marketing / Advertising experience?
Do you have any experience in marketing or advertising? Could you help us to improve the material produced by the bridge club? Contact me for more information.
More dates for your diary
Thursday afternoon 18th April - Teams event
Thursday afternoon 18th April will be a one off teams event. You can enter as a team of 4 or just turn up as a pair and be teamed up on the day.
Anybody can enter, but to eligible to win, no more than 2 team members can have a NGS of 10 or higher at 31st August 2023.
Normally, Roger & Alan act as host pair. We would appreciate another pair to volunteer as a host pair.
If you get to play you would play for free. If you don’t, you will each get a free ticket for any future bridge session.
Pairs competition - Sunday 21st April - Rugby
See notice on left hand side of website
Mentored Teams - Sunday 28th April - Coventry Bridge Club
see notice on left hand side of website
Championship Handicap Pairs - Thursday 16th May
Thursday afternoon 16th May will be a one off Championship Handicap Pairs competition at our club. Anyone can enter.
Play without the experts festival - 8th to 11th September - Preston
See notice on left hand side of website
As well as bridge there will be two teaching seminars; one is being run by our very own Adam Hickman, who has an excellent reputation teaching at our club.
This is a great opportunity to attend a relaxed bridge congress. If you’ve never been to a congress before, this is the first one you should attend.
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April bridge
Year 2 - Improver lessons - Tuesday 10am or Thursday 7pm
Many of you would benefit from attending some or all of the weekly improver classes. You have 2 choices - 10am Tuesday or 7pm Thursday. The cost is £12. ..........
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Last updated : 18th Apr 2024 07:57 BST |
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Saturday Social - 8th June |
Click here to see details of the Saturday summer social on 8th June
Final date for Payment is 24th May
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Last updated : 12th Apr 2024 10:28 BST |
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Master Point Promotions - March 2024 |
♠ ♥ Congratulations to the following members, who have achieved Master Point Promotions in March 2024 ♦ ♣
Mariam Gilbert - 2* Premier Master
Jean Hughes - 4* Master
Mick Pick - Advanced Master
David Nicholls - Master
Rob Parsons - County Master
Alexis Harriott, Pam Young - Area Master
Deborah Cain, Matt Penney, Vivien Walker - Club Master
Brian Thackeray, Judy Thomas and Patsy Squires - Local Master
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Last updated : 9th Apr 2024 09:41 BST |
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Intermediate & Advanced Trainng - April/May 2024 |
We’re pleased to announce 2 Master Classes run by Steve Green, England International.
The sessions are aimed at NGS grade 9 or above, although anyone can attend.
Click here for details of dates & costs
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Last updated : 18th Apr 2024 13:58 BST |
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Speeding around Holtom Street |
Speed limit is 20mph
Speeding around the bridge club, upsetting our neighbours, is not acceptable. We have registration numbers of a few speeding cars.
Speeding seems to be a recurrent problem. Our ultimate sanction would be to revoke membership and impose a permanent ban from playing at our bridge club.
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Last updated : 19th Mar 2024 15:19 GMT |
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