Subscriptions from October 2026 to March 2027
I am contacting you to provide an update on activities provided by Bewdley Bridge Club and to invite you to renew your subscription for the period from October 2026 to March 2027.
The club will continue to provide a diverse programme of online bridge using the excellent RealBridge platform. All three of our weekly duplicate sessions - Monday afternoon, Wednesday evening and Thursday evening - remain popular and provide the opportunity to play friendly but competitive bridge. We have developed our programme so that it includes Simultaneous Pairs in partnership with E-Cats Bridge, Swiss Pairs and Swiss Teams. The club handicap competition is a far more significant part of the club calendar, played over four quarterly Thursday evening heats throughout the year. We will continue to look for innovative opportunities to develop the club calendar for the enjoyment of members.
In addition, the club provides morning fun sessions which remain very popular and which have helped to develop new players to join our ranks. Table numbers for these sessions remain buoyant and these sessions have helped newer players to become familiar with duplicate bridge. Many thanks to Eileen, Sue, Candy and others who have helped to develop these sessions.
We have a weekly Face To Face duplicate on Tuesday afternoons. These sessions are held at Wharton Park Golf Club and are an opportunity to enjoy a very sociable afternoon of bridge in a lovely setting. Many thanks to Eileen, Nicola and Candy for untiring efforts to establish these sessions. For anyone interested, David Brown and I offer an hour session before play in which we review previous boards.
In addition to these weekly Face To Face sessions, we will also have quarterly Wednesday evening Face To Face sessions at Wharton Park. The next one of these is the club Christmas Party in December.
Club membership is at its highest ever level - 131 members - with every prospect of membership growth over the coming year. As an illustration of the high level of member engagement and participation, approximately one third of the membership joined us for the annual club holiday this week.
Many thanks to Eileen for providing the most progressive teaching programme in Worcestershire. New initiatives will continue to be developed with the aim of widening bridge participation.
The club will also encourage members to represent the club in external competitions including those run by Worcestershire CBA and is pleased to fund relevant competition fees for our participating players.
This all points to a thriving club. Our table numbers for online bridge have remained stable and our Face To Face sessions are also developing well. I wish to extend my thanks to all club members for their loyalty and support.
In particular, I wish to thank everyone who continues to assist with club management, not the least in the case of those members who direct online bridge sessions. If any member wishes to volunteer to join our panel of club directors please liaise with Sue. Our results service is superb - many thanks to Jane and Alan.
I am immensely grateful for the support of a superb committee and would wish to thank Eileen, Ian, Sue, Alan, Jonathan, Candy and Nicola for all their help and encouragement.
Club finances are in excellent health and have been expertly stewarded by our Treasurer, Ian Darch. Club reserves are strong and remain available to support the renewal of sub capital equipment when that becomes necessary or to support development of new initiatives.
As with previous six month periods, I am inviting you to make a single subscription payment which will cover all bridge to which you have subscribed.
You can choose to purchase a single or multiple weekly subscription for all club duplicate sessions including the sessions at Wharton Park. Also you can purchase single or multiple subscriptions for morn ing sessions. The subscription rates for the next six months are:-
Duplicate Single Weekly Play £25
Duplicate Multiple Weekly Play £50
Morning Single Weekly Play £10
Morning Multiple Weekly Play £15
So the maximum subscription which would cover every activity provided by the club would be £65 (which equates to approximately £2.50 per week). Your committee considers that this represents excellent value for money and a statement of our appreciation for the loyalty and support from club members. I really hope that you will renew your membership subscription.
Please will you pay your subscription to Bewdley Bridge Club. The account is a business account and its number is 10301671 with sort code 20-82-70. Please when making a payment put your name as the transaction reference.
In summary, I wish to thank all club memebrs for their support.
Kindest Regards,
David Halford
Club Chairman
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