Wimbledon Bridge Club
BULLETIN

CONTACT INFORMATION

Please Email manager@wimbledonbridgeclub.co.uk or call the club on 020 8947 0147 during opening hours

For urgent matters only outside opening hours please call Janet on 07890 024 172

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Release 2.19q
Members' Account Balances
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Results
Thursday am F2F Supervised Duplicate
Dir: Ann Lindsay
Host: Dave/Ann
Thursday pm F2F Duplicate
Dir: Alan Wakenshaw
Host: Wanted NGS 6+
Mini Duplicate
Dir: Niaill
Host: Available
Wednesday am F2F Duplicate - Ploughmans
Dir: Shirley
Host: Nick McCarthy
Tuesday am F2F Duplicate - 18 boards
Dir: Calum Stewart
Host: Wanted NGS 4+
Tuesday eve F2F Duplicate
Dir: Alan Wakenshaw
Host: Ramesh Kapadia
Tuesday pm Online Duplicate
Dir: Stefan
Monday pm Online Duplicate
Dir: Stefan
#58830 Wimbledon WBC Pairs Lgue Div 1 Gold
#58831 Wimbledon WBC Pairs Lgue Div 2 Silver
Calendar
Fri 19th Apr 2024
Friday am F2F Duplicate - 18 boards
10:30
Dir: Harriet
Host: Angela Redman
Fri 19th Apr 2024
Friday pm Online Duplicate
14:00
Dir: Stefan
Sat 20th Apr 2024
Saturday pm F2F Duplicate
14:00
Dir: Andrew
Host: Calum Stewart
Sat 20th Apr 2024
Gentle Play
14:00
Dir: Shirley and Graham
Sun 21st Apr 2024
Sunday pm Online Duplicate
14:00
Dir: Stefan
Mon 22nd Apr 2024
Monday pm F2F Supervised Play
12:30
Dir: Martha
Mon 22nd Apr 2024
Monday pm Online Duplicate
14:00
Dir: Stefan
Mon 22nd Apr 2024
MA Pairs League
19:30
Dir: Richard
Tue 23rd Apr 2024
Tuesday am F2F Duplicate - 18 boards
10:30
Dir: Calum
Host: Graham Balin
Tue 23rd Apr 2024
Tuesday pm Online Duplicate
14:00
Dir: Stefan
Visitors and Members welcome at all sessions - Please call 020 8947 0147 for any queries
LATEST NEWS
LATEST NEWS

Our next special event is a BLUE POINTED SWISS PAIRS: Sunday 28th April 13:00.  Top prize of £200 per pair.  CLICK HERE TO ENTER

SPRING COURSES NOW AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING: All continuation courses are open for booking.  Term starts w/c 15 April.  Please scroll down to the course list for booking links or use the menu on the left (Book lessons and seminars)

MIXED PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP: This trophy competition will be held on Tuesday evening, 7th May at 7:30pm.  Cheese and wine will be served from 7pm.  No booking is required and any pairs can play, but only mixed pairs, who have been members for more than three months, can win the trophy.

PIVOT TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP: Tuesday 14th May at 7:30pm.  Booking is essential for this fun competition.  You play a few rounds with each member of your team (so it's good to play with regular partners or elect to play simple systems!)  Start getting your teams together and book here.  If you would like to enter but don't have teammates, please book as a pair and put "wanted" under players 3 and 4.  We will draw teams on the night - you take pot luck!  Single players - please use the partner finder to arrange a partner before entering.

WIMBLEDON BRIDGE CLUB
WIMBLEDON BRIDGE CLUB

Welcome to Wimbledon Bridge Club, one of the best bridge clubs in the UK, catering for players of all abilities. Visiting players are most welcome, please do join us for a session.  There is generally a host to make up numbers, so visitors don't need a partner to come along, but please check on the calendar.   Click here to see the regular playing schedule for our session times and descriptions, including sessions for beginners and novices, so you can select a session appropriate to your level.  The club no longer accepts cash so visitors should bring a debit card for payments.  We use Bridgemates and computer scoring so the results are available immediately after the session finishes.  We are affiliated to the English Bridge Union and Master Points are awarded for all duplicate sessions.  Special events are held throughout the year.

We offer a complete learning programme for all levels from complete beginners to intermediate players.  Our team of experienced teachers will guide you through the fundamentals of this endlessly fascinating game.  Please click here if you would like to register interest in learning.

Competition Season
Competition Season

The club's annual championships will take place between January and May this year.  These championships are for members only and, to enter a members’ only competition, you must have been a member of the club for three months prior to the date of the event.

Gullick Cup (Blue Pointed Pairs Championship).  Winners: Lars McBride and John Edwards
Bochsler Cup (Teams Championship).  Winners: Andrew Bannock, John Dagnall, Conor Murphy and Imogen Davies
Martin Warner Cup (Tuesday morning Championship).  Winners:  Sue Perin and Karen Fearon
Gwyneth Sather Cup (NGS <6 Championship). Winners: Mary Dickens and Rosemary Hickson
Peel Bowl (Ladies’ Pairs Championship).  Winners: Janet Cahm and Hilary Stewart
Jim Ratcliffe Cup (Men’s Pairs Championship).  Winners Andrew Bannock and John Dagnall.
Hetty Van Os Trophy (Good Friday Individual Championship).  Winner: David Champion
Improvers Cup (NGS < 8 Championship).  Winners: Eric Humphrey and Veronica Kerslake
Bartlett Bowl (Mixed Pairs Championship) - Tue 7 May 19:30pm.  Holders: Judi Lawson and Dan O'Farrell
Karlsen Cup (Pivot Teams Championship) - Tue 14 May 19:30pm.  Holders: Soheila Munro, Elisabeth Bingham, Malcolm Bricknell and Simon Cocheme

ONLINE BRIDGE SCHEDULE
ONLINE BRIDGE SCHEDULE

Online Schedule:
Monday 14:00
Tuesday 14:00

Friday 14:00

ONLINE GAMES
All our regular online games are now on the new platform - INTOBRIDGEPlease click here to sign in
The games are listed as MBC & WBC, except Tuesday afternoon which is QoH and WBC.  All games are 18-board duplicates with Master Points.  NGS calculated if sufficient players are EBU members.

SPRING 2024 COURSES AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING NOW!
SPRING 2024 COURSES AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING NOW!
We offer a complete learning programme for all levels from complete beginners to intermediate players

Don't see the course you want? CLICK HERE TO REGISTER INTEREST IN LEARNING.
For more information on our learning programme, take a look at the Learning at WBC section of the website.  If you need advice, please email teaching@wimbledonbridgeclub.co.uk 

Course Schedule April 2024
Classes start w/c 15 April, Bank Holiday Monday 6 May, Half term 27-31 May.  Last lessons w/c 24 June except Monday classes end 1 July.
Beginning Bridge Term 2 Tuesdays 10:00 Starts 16 April 2024
10 weeks
Click HERE to book
Beginning Bridge Term 3 Thursdays 19:00 Starts 18 April 2024
10 weeks
Click HERE to book
Beginning Bridge Term 3 Fridays 10:30 Starts 19 April 2024
10 weeks
Click HERE to book
Improve your Bridge 2 Mondays 19:00 Starts 15 April 2024
10 weeks
Click HERE to Book
Improve your Bridge 3 Mondays 13:30 Starts 15 April 2024
10 weeks
Click HERE to Book
Intermediate 2 ONLINE Mondays 10:30 Starts 8 April 2024
9 weeks
Click HERE to Book
(Richmond BC)

Many games provide fun, but Bridge grips you. It exercises your mind. Your mind can rust, you know, but Bridge prevents the rust from forming.”  – Omar Sharif

LEARN AND PLAY SESSIONS (f2f)
LEARN AND PLAY SESSIONS (f2f)

WBC offer a range of face to face play sessions suitable for all levels.  We encourage beginners and improvers to attend at least one play session a week to practice and consolidate what has been covered in lessons.
Monday afternoons 12:30pm -
 Supervised Play  Bid and play at your own pace with guidance if wanted.  All levels

Thursday mornings 10:30am -  
Supervised Duplicate  12 to 15 boards are played in a competitive format with guidance if wanted.  Improvers/Intermediate
Thursday evenings 7:30pm -
Mini Duplicate Introduction to duplicate. 10 to 12 boards in a competitive format with guidance and review of selected hands.  Beginners/Improvers
Saturday afternoons 2pm -
Supervised Play  Bid and play at your own pace with guidance if wanted.  All levels
Hosts are available at all sessions so you do not need to come with a partner
No booking required.
When you are ready, our shorter 18-Board Duplicate sessions on Tuesday and Friday mornings are suitable for novice pairs.
Here are our Monday afternoon players enjoying their game!

ONLINE LEARNING
ONLINE LEARNING

Supervised Play sessions run weekly on Wednesday mornings, 10:30am-12:30pm on RealBridge.  There is no need to book, just click on the link on the RBC website about 10 minutes before the start of play and you’ll be taken to the RealBridge login page.  Enter your full name and EBU number to log in to the session.  If you can get a table of three or four together, you’ll be guaranteed a game.  You are welcome to come as a pair or single and we will try and make up tables, but we can’t guarantee you’ll get a game.

Cost is £6 per session which will be charged to your WBC member’s account.

Counsel for the Defence/Well I do Declare! Sessions run weekly on Thursday mornings at 10:30am
These Intermediate-Advanced sessions each feature 3 particularly interesting boards for group discussion.  Each week alternates between boards from the declarer perspective (Well I Do Declare) and a defender's perspective (Counsel for the Defence).  A quiz is set in advance with questions about the given auction, and placement of cards with the other players over the first few tricks.  At a critical point the quiz asks how you would continue.  At the actual session, the boards are loaded onto BBO and we play through as a group discussing the queries via Zoom and a screenshare.  Each board is analysed in detail including an assessment of the result on different lines of play, and a post mortem to review the upshot of different bidding actions / possible contracts.  Commentaries on the quiz are issued afterwards.

The cost is £5 per person, and no booking is required.

To join, please click this Zoom meeting (from 10.20 for a 10.30 start):  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86037429431

Going to be LATE?
Going to be LATE?

If you are going to arrive later than 10 mins before the start of the session, it is essential that you call the club on 0208 947 0147  at least 15 minutes beforehand so that you can be included in the movement. If you don't do this you may not be able to play.

Best Behaviour at Bridge
Best Behaviour at Bridge

Regular sessions at WBC are intended to provide a friendly and enjoyable environment to play the game of Bridge, and members should conduct themselves in the spirit of this aim.  If you feel you have been affected by anything at the table that is not in the spirit of the Best Behaviour at Bridge code then the director should be called immediately.  The other players should not retaliate or enter into an argument or discussion.  Please click here to see the BB@B code.
It is hoped that most incidents can be resolved at the time.  If any player wishes to make a formal complaint, they should do so at the time so that the director can complete the appropriate report, which must be signed by all parties.  Where the incident occurs outside a play session or, if occurring at a play session is, for a valid reason not reported to the director, it must be reported in writing (or via e-mail) to the Chair or Secretary of the Club within two weeks of the incident.

Surrey County Bridge Association
Surrey County Bridge Association

SCBA supports and promotes bridge in Surrey.

Click here for the SCBA home page

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SPECIAL EVENTS - March and April 2024

April 2024
Mon 1 Summer Ladders Start
Tue 2 19:00 Cheese and Wine Tuesday
Fri 5 10:30 Improvers Cup (NGS < 8 Championship)
No booking required
Mon 8 19:30 MA Pairs League R1
Mon 15 19:30 MA Pairs League R2
Mon 22 19:30 MA Pairs League R3
Sun 28 13:00 Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs
All welcome.  Click here to enter
May 2024
Mon 6 19:30 MA Pairs League R1
Tue 7 19:00 Cheese and Wine Tuesday
Tue 7 19:30 Bartlett Bowl (Mixed Pairs Championship)
No pre-entry required
Sun 12 13:00 Surrey County Mary Edwards Pairs
for Club Pairs Champions
(entry by club)
Mon 13 19:30 MA Pairs League R2
Tue 14 19:30 Karlsen Cup (Pivot Teams Championship)
Click here to enter
Mon 20 19:30 MA Pairs League R3

Click HERE for the Calendar of Special Events to September 2024

Molesey Café bridge winners and runners up

Congratulations to all the Wimbledon members who played in the Molesey Café bridge on 16th April.  A special mention to Wimbledon members Titch Glenday and Richard Banbury who came first and to David Solomon and Richard Cumming-Brice who were second.  A total of 216 players made their way around the venues taking part on a typical blustery Spring day.

Click HERE for the full results

EBU Portland Pairs Winners

Congratulations to Wimbledon Members Nevena Senior and Stephen Fordham, who won the EBU's Portland pairs on 7th April. This Mixed Pairs competition was played online via RealBridge.  Nevena & Stephen finished with a score of 61.39%. The competition was very close, as second placed pair Kay Preddy & Norman Selway (60.60%), were in first place at the end of session 1, but the eventual winners caught up in the very last round. In third place were members of the England Youth Squad, Venetia Anoyrkatis & Tom Furness, with 59.56%.

Christine Bickerstaff

We are very sad to announce the passing of longtime Wimbledon Bridge Club member Christine Bickerstaff.  Christine died on Wednesday 3rd April, following a deterioration in her health over the past couple of months.  Christine was a loyal supporter of the club, an excellent bridge player, always willing to mentor learners, and helped out with the junior bridge programme.  She enjoyed playing at the club enormously and appreciated the welcome she always found there.

We send her daughter, Helen, and her family our deepest condolences at the loss of this remarkable woman.  

Stephen and Helen would welcome anyone who would like to join them in a celebration of Christine's life on Monday 29th April, 1.30pm to 4.30pm at Sacred Heart Church (Upper Hall), Edge Hill, London. SW19 4LU

Please email Stephen at bickone@outlook.com or Helen at richhel99@gmail.com if you would like to attend.

Improver Cup Winners

Congratulations to Eric Humphrey and Veronica Kerslake, who were the winners of the Improver Cup for players with NGS below 8

 

Master Point Rank Promotions and NGS Increases
Master Point Rank Promotions and NGS Increases

Congratulations to our members listed below who have attained a Master Point promotion in March, especially those who are gaining a MP promotion for the first time:

Keith Boniface  Premier National Master
Easter David  
Premier National Master
Gary Carpenter   Premier Regional Master
Alistain Brown   1 Star Premier Master
Isabel Correia   Advanced Master
Junko Harris   Advanced Master
Tanya Heasman   4 Star Master
Christine Lynagh   Master
Mark Carpenter   Area Master
Mark Glibert   Club Master
Seb Sinclair   Club Master
Peter Coombe   Local Master
Susanne Hallergard   Local Master
Brian Hornsby   Local Master
Ian McDonald   Local Master
Susan Ross   Local Master
Eva Rzepczynski  Local Master

Janet Sissons   Local Master

Congratulations to members who achieved an increase in their NGS in March:
Top 40 NGS Increases for Surrey Members:
> Month
> Annual

Click here to see the EBU Master Point Ranks and NGS Bands

Autumn/Winter Ladder Winners

Congratulations to the Winners of the Autumn/Winter ladders which ended on 31st March

Peggy Griffin Ladder (all sessions) Winners: Calum Stewart & Janet Cahm, 2nd: Hilary Stewart & Mike Skelly (having led for most of the season, were just pipped by Calum and Janet), 3rd: Annabel Thompson & Nevena Senior
Norman Robson Ladder (Tuesday evening): Winner: Janet Cahm, 2nd: Mike Skelly, 3rd: Hilary Stewart
Bill Medd Ladder (Wednesday): Winner: Janet Cahm, 2nd: Jim Laker, 3rd: John Edwards

Don King Ladder (Tuesday morning): Winners: Lynda Melly & Susan Michie
(for the third year running!), 2nd: Katherine & Stewart Legg, 3rd: Karen Fearon & Sue Perin


Doreen Charteris Ladder (Thursday afternoon): Winner: June Middleton, 2nd: Chris Smart, 3rd: Lars McBride

 


Robert Pope Ladder (Friday morning): Winner: Tanya Heasman, 2nd: Ian Tree, 3rd: Karen Fearon


Winter Supervised Ladder: Winner: Bozena Zegarlinska,
2nd: Deirdre Thomas, 3rd: Sian France

The winners' names will be entered on the honours boards.  Click HERE to see the full results.

Summer ladders start on 1st April and end on 31st August.  There are three Summer Ladders: Morning short sessions, Afternoon and evening full sessions and Supervised sessions.

Individual Championship Winner

Congratulations to David Champion, who came top out of 64 players in the Individual Championship on Good Friday.  He was presented with the Hetty Van Os Trophy.  Thanks are due to Harriet for directing, Ellen and her team for catering and to everyone who supported this event.

Ladies and Men's Pairs Winners

 
Congratulations to Janet Cahm and Hilary Stewart who were the winners of the Ladies Pairs Championship for the Peel Bowl and to Andrew Bannock and John Dagnall who won the Men's Pairs Champions for the Jim Ratcliffe Cup. 
  

Gwyneth Sather Cup Winners

Congratulations to Mary Dickens and Rosemary Hickson, who won the Gwyneth Sather Cup on Tuesday 12th March.

Martin Warner Cup Winners

Congratulations to Sue Perin and Karen Fearon who were the winners of the Martin Warner Cup held on Tuesday 13th and 20th February.  The top three pairs were very close:

Sue Perin and Karen Fearon 60.14%
Lindsey Carver and Mark Gilbert 59.65%
Gina Chulack and Dawn Bordbar 59.07%

Marietta Andree Pairs League
Marietta Andree Pairs League

Congratulations to the winners of the Marietta Andree Pairs League in March:
Gold: Joan Peel, Andrew Bannock & John Dagnall (Prize £16 each)
Silver: Janet Cahm, Pat Bohan & Lee Byram (Prize £20 each, plus promotion to Gold)
We now have a 2 week break before the April MAPL restarts on 8th April, continuing on 15th and 22nd. BBO as usual, with Richard as your TD and starting at 7:30pm. There are three sessions per month and we normally play between 18 and 21 boards, so it’s not too onerous and in fact with IMPs scoring it’s a lot of fun.  £15 per person per month (of which £3 goes direct to the prize fund).
Please email Andrew at Competitions@wimbledonbridgeclub.co.uk to enter.

Club Stratified Sims Results
Club Stratified Sims Results

Congratulations to Wimbledon pairs Mike Skelly and Wendy Lancaster, Lars McBride and Martha Jaynes, June Middleton and Simon Prager and Alan Wakenshaw and Wendy Lancaster who all finished in the top 10 of the EBU Club Stratified Sims held on Tuesday 5th and Thursday 7th March.

 To see the full national results, please click here.

EBU Masters Pairs Winners

Congratulations to WBC Members John Edwards and Harriet Chappell, who finished second nationally in the EBU Masters Pairs out of 139 pairs.  John and Harriet came first in the Wimbledon heat.

Thank you to everyone who played in the face to face heat at Wimbledon, many of whom were playing in a national green pointed event for the first time.  A big thank you to Shirley for directing and to Ellen for keeping everyone supplied with refreshments throughout the day.

Click here to see the national results.