♠ ♥ ♦ ♣  Miriam Cup Results Oct 2021 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 

The Miriam Cup was played on 21st October in memory of Miriam Walpole who donated the cup to encourage regular Thursday beginners and improvers.  It is played on the Thursday closest to her birthday.

The winners were Stuart Baker and Alan Jones.  Congratulations!

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Social Teams of Four Season 6 now starting ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 

The entry fee per team will be £20 payable through the shop.  (Click here to enter shop).   On entering the shop, click on "shop" and then social events on the drop down.  Please ensure that all entries are in by end of October.

Captains will be required to enter the names and EBU numbers of their team mates at the checkout.

If you are just a pair or an individual looking to take part, complete your details.

Master Points will be awarded in this competition.

Please can the captain enter his team of up to 6 players in the form below. This will allow those members who would like to form a team some visibility of who might be available.

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣  Club AGM 2021 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 

The 2021 AGM will be held on 29th November at 6.30pm.  There is a choice of attending at Maydene (the club house) or online via Zoom. 

Please click here to register your attendance and advise your preferred method for attending.

Please click here to see the Agenda.

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣  Results of the Intermediate Pairs Competition 2021 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 

There were 13 eligible pairs who played in both rounds of the competition.  There was a clear winner - doing exceptionally well on both evenings.  Congratulations to Richard and Judy Bungey!
 

Supervised play sessions are aimed at helping players to develop their confidence with bidding and playing.  These sessions are not a replacement for lessons and it is not intended that new conventions are taught.  The supervisors will help participants get the best out of the systems that each participant plays.  Each session offers the opportunity to play up to 12 pre-dealt hands with a supervisor giving advice on each of the hands.  

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣  Face to Face Sessions ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 

From 4th August the club will run sessions on Wednesday afternoons at the club house - Maydene, Sherborne Rd, Basingstoke, RG21 5TG.

From 16th September, Thursday evening sessions will be operating at the club premises.  Whilst everybody is welcome to attend, the intention is that this is aimed at less experienced players (as it was pre-COVID).

We have decided that we will set the following guidance for playing at the club:

• Those attending are requested to take a Lateral Flow Covid test on the morning before attending - giving those attending a further degree of confidence about the environment.
• All those coming to the club will need to have had the double dose of the vaccination.
• If you have any cold/flu symptoms you should not attend, and we will be doing temperature checks with a contactless thermometer before entry.  Hand sanitiser will be available on entry and at each table.
• We will operate a booking system with no host available.  The booking system can be used to find a partner. 
• We have set up a cashless system for collecting table money (using either contactless or chip and pin with credit cards (there is no additional cost to members).

As we start going back to playing Face to Face, Helen has created some reminders for us all of what we need to do.

Click here to access the document.

Go to appropriate date in calendar to book a session. 

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ New '9 High' Session ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 

Following the success of the first 9 HIGH TEAM EVENT this will continue every month.  See Calendar for further details.

The 9-high session is aimed at less experienced players and shortly we will be using this session to introduce those currently in the beginner classes to duplicate bridge.  Consequently, the session will be run with Simple Systems only - that is basic ACOL bidding. This permits all the standard ACOL strong and weak 2 openings.  You can make any conventional bids after the first round of bidding has completed.  It specifically excludes the use of Multi-2D openings and the Multi-Landy defence to 1NT as these are first round bids that can have multiple meanings and do not define at least 1 specific suit.  

We are going to retain the 'mature' 9-high criteria for taking part as this is being set as a standard across many counties for this type of session.  Whilst not making it a formal constraint on attendance we suggest that this session is best suited for those who are up to and including 'Master' in the Master Point rankings, to emphasise the focus on the expected level of experience.

 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣  CLUB SHOP  ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 

You can use the shop to do any of the following:

• Pay table money for sessions on RealBridge or special charity events on RealBridge or BBO. 
• Apply for new Membership of the club or renew your membership.
• Book training sessions.

More information on how the shop operates can be seen from the 'Shop' tab on the left of this page.  When using the shop, the first point of entry should be the Home Page - where you register or log in to your account.  Click here to access the shop.

We would like to encourage members using the site to purchase an Account Top-Up providing funds that can be used to buy sessions or other products from the shop.