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We were shocked and deeply saddened to hear today of the passing of our dear friend Roland, who has made such an enormous impact on the Club in the last five years, not only with his outstanding skills as Secretary and organiser of many things, but by his warm and welcoming good-nature. He will be greatly missed, not only by the committee, partners George, Ian and Richard, but by many of our regulars at both Tuesday and Wednesday sessions. His wife Carol tells me that he died peacefully on Wednesday evening at 7.15pm, and was in no pain.

The photos here are all from our Café event in September 2019, and capture his personality well.

News and a  few pics will appear here tomorrow.  Well done to Lorna and Rufus!

Let me know if you spot any score anomalies!
 

The "Bridge- It's a Big Deal" Festival is well under way!!  The Festival is a nationwide event, with many things planned in the County; the aims are to raise awareness of our great game, and recruit some new players, whilst raising money for Cancer Research UK.  We are featured on the EBU Festival pages, with MORE photographs and links.

We had some good publicity from BBC H&W, thanks to ELLIOTT WEBB; catch this up on BBC SOUNDS: it's on Friday 6th Sept, starting at 11-35am.

Please note that, whether you're taking part or helping on Saturday 7th September, or playing at one of our regular sessions during the Festival, or even because you CAN'T be there but would like to contribute, you can make a donation; money already given via the Just Giving page is safe, and showing as £700+ across the County, but we have now switched to  CRUK's own giving page, which also allows you to GIFT AID where possible; linked from:

NEW LINK FOR DONATIONS TO CANCER RESEARCH UK

WBC "Café Bridge" event, on Wed 11th  September, is sold out with eight tables due to play - results will appear on this site in due course.  

WBC will also be supporting Cancer Research UK by running our normal sessions that week (Tue 10th/Wed 11th) fully in aid of the cause, with free bridge, and table money donations to CRUK. Do please give generously to this excellent and worthy cause.

"BRIDGE - EVERYWHERE!"  - Saturday 7th September, Worcester City Centre

Well, we did play at EIGHT venues - The Hive, The Commandery, Cathedral Square, The Cornmarket, M&S Café, The Dice Box, Reindeer Court and finally in Crowngate, at 5pm!  The five-hour bell-ringing marathon at the Cathedral was an unexpected challenge, and the weather could have been kinder to us, to be honest, but we DID manage to play in all the outdoor venues for some of the time! and attracted quite a lot of curiosity and interest. Fifty players/volunteers from all over the County, across 8 venues and 6 hours - MANY THANKS to ALL our fabulous volunteers!

The 12 Speed Bridgers managed to play approx 24 boards per HOUR each, which many said was not possible! Well done to winners, Mike + Eddy, with 65%! And there were some great master-classes/supervised play sessions in The Hive and in M&S Café.

 Many photos to follow!

Hallow Summer Extravaganza took place on Tue August 13th.

Twelve and a half tables had a great time, with a fabulous tea served to the tables, all beautifully prepared for us by Dev, with help from Lynn on the day. The Pimms supply was drunk dry, whilst some chose prosecco, or tea! Prizes went to Bryan and Marian (open), Angela and David (9-high) Denise and Linda (5-high), and Maurice and Janet (closest to 50%) Pics to follow.

Meanwhile, seven and a half tables had great fun at our Summer Special at Claines, on Wed 24th July.

The Pimm's flowed at the interval, along with excellent strawberries, cream, meringue and shortcake  prepared for us by Linda. We were entertained by John with an ode to the characters of WBC! Prizes went to Geoffrey and Mike, leading pair, to Peter and Sue, the highest placed non-expert pair, and to Maureen and Marian, closest to 50%. See picture.

Wednesday night (14th) saw the Teams event take place with 6 entries. The winning team, pictured, was Stewart, Joyce, Chris and Mike.

Nine Mixed Pairs (and an all-male pair!) contested the Mixed Pairs Trophy on Wed 10th July.

Congratulations to Jane and Dick, who won by a comfortable margin, with Jane + Mark in 2nd place, and Linda + Paul in 3rd. Pic to follow.

Thanks are due to Paul H and Geoffrey for Directing, scoring and ensuring we did not have a sit-out!

Twelve teams competed for the wine prizes on Tue 16th July, a good turn-out!

Winners were John S, Peter F, John D and Mike; with the XIMPS pairs prize going to Bryan and Brian Well done to all! 

Next teams event will be in September.

Six teams (main section) and two "Try" teams competed on Wednesday evening for the wine prizes. 

The main section was won by Mike, Alan, Jane and Rob, while the Try-Teams event was won by John, Sarah, Sue S and Chris B.

Next Wed teams event is set for 14th August with a "Try" section as usual. "Try-"players should note that there will also be a Try" pairs section on Wed 24th July on the night of the :Summer Special.

Many thanks to all who have completed GDPR forms; we now have nearly all members' forms completed now. Trish won the prize for the first completed one!

What GDPR means for you is summarised on WBC Privacy Policy Summary which you can find here, and our full policy can be viewed here.

If you have not yet completed a form, you can download the  blank PDF from here; First SAVE the PDF to your desktop, then RE-OPEN it, tick the boxes and fill in the details. Then email back to Mike (mike1958v@mail.com).

Members might like to know more about the Roger Bowles Bridge Library.

After Roger's tragic death in Dec 2015, his widow donated his extensive collection of Bridge books to us; it was agreed that these should be managed by the County Bridge Association, and they are stored by Martin Gill.  The full list of some 125 titles (both educational and humorous) can be found here, along with Martin Gill's contact details.

https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwol/bw.cgi?club=worcestershire&pid=display_page65

We have a small "taster" selection at Claines for people to see, and books can also be booked out from there, using the notebook to record borrowing and return.

Get reading!!

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♦ Just click HERE for details on how to start playing at Worcester Bridge  Club!♣ 

We play:

at Claines Royal British Legion, Cornmeadow Lane, WR3 7PL, every Wednesday

Start time 7.00 for 7.10pm.   

and at Hallow Parish Hall, Hallow Worcester, WR2 6PE, every Tuesday

Start time 12-50pm for 1pm.

Please pre-book, with Maureen for Wed sessions, and with Roland for Tuesday sessions

Currently, we do not have a host, but we can often pair up singles in advance.