| 100 Hand Marathon Bridge Challenge |
STUNNING SUCCESS OF 100-hand Marathon Bridge Challenge
The well-known Farnham bridge partnership of Helen Mitchell and Tony Philpott took up the challenge of playing 100 bridge hands on-line in a single day in aid of the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice.
On May 27th, Tony and Helen undertook and achieved their challenge. They started play at 8am, with their opponents for the first 4 boards Douglas Wright & Manda Kimbery, 3 Counties Bridge. They completed play just before 10pm - quite a marathon! The last 4 boards were played against Chris Lewis, chairman of the Bourne bridge club and myself representing Farnham bridge club, and were recorded using Zoom, enabling us to toast Helen and Tony on their oustanding success.
Tony and Helen's initial hope was to raise £1,000 for Hospice funds. As of 28th May, the donated total stands at over £6,000, plus gift aid, which will bring the total to over £7,000. The generosity of the Farnham bridge community, friends & family, and BridgeClubLive players has been quite amazing! This far, far, exceeds any bridge charity event ever run in our area!
The funds raised for the much-loved Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, in these special times of need, are truly vital. Currently almost all upcoming Hospice events have been cancelled and many bridge events, community events and personal challenges such as marathons have been postponed. Hospice care continues but with additional measures in place to protect staff and patients. This includes PPE, social distancing, providing support such as counselling via telephone and very sadly limiting the people who can come into the Hospice. Needless to say this is a very difficult time for all Hospice clinical staff, patients and volunteers. £6,000 would, for example, pay for 6 week's care from one of the Hospice inpatient nurses, who will be caring for up to 5 patients, providing relief from pain and difficult symptoms in a peaceful environment. Gift aid and additional donations will further add to this.
The fundraising page will remain open for a few more days.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/100handsofbridge
The generosity of the bridge community really will make a difference in these challenging times!
Mike O'Donnell for Farnham Bridge community
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| COME, SEE and PLAY Bridge Online |
All our existing Beginner, Improver and Advanced Lessons are now online. We also have Supervised Play, Social Fours, Teams and Duplicate Play. We have added "Coffee Mornings" and "Supper Parties" which enable people to get together and have some fun during these difficult times.
If you would like further information on any aspect please look at the website for further details and register your interest by clicking on
Register Online
We have a Online Teachers Learning Weekend 3 4 & 5 July
We are continuing with our plans for Online Cafe Bridge in October. We raised £6000 for Charity last year
Chat to Douglas Wright douglaswright@3countiesbridge.com for further details.
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| Bridge Base Online BBO |
3 Counties Bridge Club will be playing on BBO
in Online Simultaneous Pairs event during the week of 27 April to 1 May.
Each session will start at 10am
This is a non-profit making activity for the SCBA. The entry fee will be £6 per person per session but after covering SCBA costs all of the balance will go to:
https://www.nhscharitiestogether.co.uk/
If you are unfamiliar with BBO then the videos
here
provide an excellent introduction for anyone new to the system.
For interactive seminars on BBO please Register your Interest
or contact Douglas Wright douglaswright@3countiesbridge.com
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| Beginner Courses |
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ALL COURSES ARE NOW ONLINE
Tyrrells Wood Golf Club - Monday evening 7pm - Online
Tyrrells Wood, Leatherhead KT22 8QP
Guildford - Monday evening 7.00pm - Online
The Spike Heritage Centre, Warren Road, Guildford GU1 3JH
Church Crookham - Monday evening 7pm - Online
Holy Trinity Church, Bowenhurst Road, Church Crookham, GU52 8JU
Guildford Golf Club - Wednesday morning 10am - Online
Guildford Golf Club, High Path Road, Guildford GU1 2HL
NEW - Wednesday evening Supervised Play 7pm - Online from 22 April
Guildford Golf Club - Thursday Supervised Play 2pm - Online
Guildford Golf Club, High Path Road, Guildford GU1 2HL
Beginner Weekends / Beginner Catch Ups - Online to be decided
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| Improver Courses |
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ALL COURSES ARE ONLINE
Arford - Tuesday morning 10am - Online
Lothlorien, Barley Mow Hill, Headley Down, Bordon GU35 8AB
Guildford Golf Club - Tuesday afternoon 2pm - Online
Guildford Golf Club, High Path Road, Guildford GU1 2HL
Churt, Quinnettes Barn - Wednesday evening 7.30pm - Online
Churt, 12 Eddystone Ct, Quinnettes Barn GU10 2NU
Farnham, Bourne Club - Thursday afternoon 2pm - Online from 16 April
Bourne Club, 12 Frensham Road, Farnham GU9 8HB
Guildford Golf Club - Thursday afternoon SUPERVISED PLAY 2pm - Online
Guildford Golf Club, High Path Road, Guildford GU1 2HL
Hankley Common Golf Club - Friday morning 10am - Online
The Clubhouse, Tilford Rd, Farnham GU10 2DD
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| Learn to Play Bridge |
Learn to Play Bridge and meet new people in our relaxed and friendly club. We run a range of courses to suit all levels of ability, from complete beginners through to those who wish to improve their game or play competitive duplicate bridge.
We teach in 3 Counties - Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex - with classes currently running in Arford, Farnham, Effingham, Guildford, Churt, Milland, Midhurst, Leatherhead and East Horsley and the rest of the UK in the new Online world. Students come from not only the local areas of Chichester, Midhurst, Petworth, Petersfield, Liphook, Basingstoke, Farnham, Godalming, Guildford, Ascot, Camberley, Farnborough, Shere, Fetcham, Twickenham, Leatherhead and East Horsley and the surrounding areas, but also from anywhere in the UK.
For further details register your interest or please contact Douglas Wright on 07801 989630 or email douglaswright@3countiesbridge.com
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