Release 2.19q
Watford & Bushey Bridge Club

Any queries call:
0333 340 1488 or email:
wbbcmembership@proton.me


Need a Partner to play bridge, call Donald Reid on 07806 883003 or email Donald at dreidd@aol.com


Watford & Bushey Bridge Club
Parking

Please make use of the space at the side
of the church hall
, on the left hand side
of the car park as you drive in.

If you are one of the early cars to arrive,
please make use of this area, by driving
to the end
. Since only bridge club members
will use it, please double-park in this area,
since we should all be leaving at the same time.

Most importantly, if you are one of the early
cars to arrive, please don't block access
to this extra area of parking
.

Please do not double-park in the main
car park area.

 We are a very friendly club always looking for new members.
No Bridge On Easter Monday - April 1st and May Bank Holidays

There will be no bridge on Easter Monday - April 1st, or the two May Bank Holiday Mondays May 6th and 27th.

All other club sessions will go ahead as normal.

Play With An Expert - Thursday April 4th

The club will be running a play with an expert morning on Thursday April 4th.

Our list of non-experts is now full. However, we still require volunteers to mentor the non-experts, so please contact David Landes if you are willing to help.

dalandes57@gmail.com
07760 143184

We hope that it will be enjoyable for all. Please arrive no later than 9:45.

Online Supervised Play

We are currently running online Supervised Play on Real Bridge on alternate Monday evenings at 7.30.  You will receive supervision on the evening over 12 boards (taken/adapted from a club duplicate session) with hand records afterwards including suggested bidding and play tips. The sessions are aimed at those who are doing, or have done, the Improvers course and who want to build their skills and confidence towards playing in club duplicate sessions.

 

These sessions are restarting on 8th January and the aim is to run them on alternate Mondays. The charge is £5 per session, billed at the end of term.

 

You need to let us know in advance if you are interested and then we will put you on our specific circulation list.  A memo is then sent round before each date asking who wants to play, with confirmation on the day before the session, so as to allow us to arrange full tables.  Please notify us of your interest marking it Online Supervised Bridge and emailing our club email for the attention of John at

wbbcmembership@proton.me

Coffee Cup Recycling

In order to cut down on unnecessary coffee cup wastage, we request that members either

      a) Ideally, bring your own reusable coffee cup when you play

or  b) When using a paper cup, re-use it if you have a 2nd cup, and when you have finished with it, please rinse it, shake out any excess water/coffee, and then stack it with other cups near the sink.

One of our members will take the used cups for re-cycling at the end of the session.

Thanks in anticipation of your co-operation.

Monday Morning Gentle Bridge

Monday morning Gentle bridge sessions from is now running from 9.45am to 11.45am. This will be a gentle session aimed mainly at improvers and those who come to supervised bridge. The cost will initially be £3 and we aim to play about 12 boards. You are welcome to come without a partner - we will find someone to partner you.

Please arrive by 9.30am at the latest. Any questions or enquiries please email

wbbcmembership@proton.me

Thursday Morning Social Duplicate

Our Face to Face Thursday morning is now very popular. This duplicate bridge session runs from about 10.00-12.30 and is usually around 18 boards.  Please arrive no later than 9.45 for a 10.00 start. The session attracts EBU masterpoints but is not NGS ranked.  The charge is £3. As a change from how the session used to operate you will need to come along with a partner.

Since we are approaching our maximum capacity of about 24 tables for this session, this session is now for Members Only - no visitors please.

If you are looking for a partner, please phone Donald Reid on 07806 883003 or email Donald at
dreidd@aol.com

Any queries contact wbbcmembership@proton.me

Results
Watford Social Duplicate
Watford Tuesday Duplicate
Monday Gentle Duplicate
10 High Pairs
(HBA)
Regular session times and costs

Our regular Session times are follows:-

Please Note: Visitors are welcome to all sessions except Thursday Social Duplicate which is now restricted to Members Only due to lack of space.

Monday Gentle Duplicate - Play starts promptly at 9.45am (arrive by 9.30 please): Face 2 Face at Sacred Heart, London Road, Bushey.  Starting price of £3. No partner required.

Monday Online Supervised Play - Play starts at 7:30 pm : Online on RealBridge - £5. Every other week - check the centre news item for dates.

Tuesday Duplicate - Play starts promptly at 7:30pm (arrival by 7.15 please): Face 2 Face at Sacred Heart, London Road, Bushey. WD23 1BA - £3.

Thursday Social Duplicate (Members Only) - Play starts at 10am (arrival by 9.45 please): Face 2 Face at Sacred Heart Church Hall, London Road, Bushey WD23 1BA - £3.

Friday Online Duplicate Online at 7.30pm on BBO -  $3.  Listed as Watford & Harlow Knights.  All welcome - please email club if you wish to play and have not done so before.

We play at Sacred Heart

We are based at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church Hall.

We run a Duplicate session on Tuesday evenings, a Gentle Duplicate on Monday mornings and a Social Duplicate on Thursday mornings.  Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to enable us to work out the necessary movements in good time for each session.  It is necessary to set up the movements in advance of the start so if you are not there by the requested time you may not get your game!

The venue is situated at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, London Rd, Bushey WD23 1BA. Google maps link here

There is a large free car park situated at the side of the church accessed by Merry Hill Road.

We look forward to seeing you!