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£240

was the sum raised at Blewbury Bridge Club this week for Children in Need.

Thanks to everyone who contributed.

Congratulations to Finn Clark and Mike Brown who currently stand 5th out of 1,146 pairs with 70.43% at Wallingford Bridge Club's Children in Need Simultaneous Pairs held on Wednesday evening.

Also to Malcolm Cochrane and Michael Allen who currently lie 9th out of 1,274 pairs with 68.37% at Blewbury Bridge Club's own Children in Need Simultaneous Pairs held on Tuesday evening

Click here to see the EBU poster of upcoming competitions.

 

OBA Competitions

OXFORDSHIRE COMPETITIONS

Handicap Pairs, Sunday 10th November

Sun 1 Dec 2024        Swiss Pairs Championship

Sun 12 Jan 2025    Mixed Pairs

Sun   2 Feb 2025, Thu   6 Feb 2025 , Mon 17 Feb 2025

      County Pairs Semis

 

EBU diaries

An EBU diary is circulated to all eligible members each year with the August magazine.  Anyone who wants a copy must opt in, e.g. by changing your account settings at My EBU. Click on 'Account' in the top right corner, select 'My Details', and then in the page's 'Account Settings' section, under the 'Magazine/Diary Preference' option use the drop down list to make your choice.

Any changes to the information printed in the diary are listed on the EBU's diary changes page.

DATA PROTECTION
Membership forms are available, complying with our obligations under Data Protection Regulations. If you haven't signed one, copies are available on club nights. Ask the Director. There are also simpler forms for visitors - one form for EBU members or another for those who aren't.
If you play at the club without signing the form, your agreement to its contents will be inferred. 
Welcome to Blewbury Bridge Club
Welcome
Welcome

Welcome to Blewbury Bridge Club!

We play face-to-face in the Vale Room at Blewbury Village Hall, with duplicate bridge on Tuesdays (7:30 pm) and often a Social Duplicate Bridge evening on Fridays (7:30 pm but currently suspended for the summer).  We also play online on RealBridge on Thursdays (7:00 pm).  Please be ready to play ten minutes before any start time! Visitors are always warmly welcomed.

We also run Funbridge sessions on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.  Please contact the Chairman for further details.

REALBRIDGE

Previous link: Thursday 5 December

REALBRIDGE WITH WANTAGE BRIDGE CLUB

 Blewbury Bridge Club online sessions are now on Realbridge every fortnight, alternating with Wantage Bridge Club, who kindly invite us to join them on those nights. Wantage's website will have the RealBridge log-in link, either here or here. (Effectively, they're joint events.) We'll need the name and EBU number of anyone who wants to play. Send to Dermot Paddon at djmp99@gmail.com. For payment details, see panel below.

If you want to play in Wantage's sessions, they'll need your details too. If in doubt, contact the Blewbury Chairman.

Wantage upcoming sessions on Realbridge: November 14th and 28th, December 12th.

Blewbury upcoming sessions on Realbridge: November 7th, and 21st, December 5th and 19th

Masterpoint Promotions

Congratulations to the following members who recently achieved EBU Masterpoint Promotions:

Bea McConnell - Local Master

ONLINE PAYMENTS

For Blewbury Bridge Club sessions (both face-to-face and on Realbridge), payments should be made directly to the Club’s bank account. You don't need to pay separately for each session, but can instead pay a lump sum (say £5, £10 or £20 for instance) as a credit which will gradually deplete as you play sessions.

Table money will be £1.50 per Thursday RealBridge session and £2.50 per face-to-face session (both Tuesdays and Fridays).  Combined payments are no problem.  We'll monitor funds received against sessions paid regularly.

The club's bank account details are as follows

  • Account name : Blewbury Bridge Club
  • Sort Code : 40 19 35
  • Account number : 21305107

You'll need a reference with the payment that identifies who you are and the purpose of the payment, to distinguish from receipts from other Members or from yourself for other purposes (e.g. subscriptions). In the 'reference' line of your BACS transfer, please enter the following

  • First two characters: TM
  • Next six characters: Membership number – your EBU number
  • Final characters: Your surname (or as many letters at the start of your surname that will fit in the remainder of the bank’s reference)

Please leave spaces between these three pieces of information.

Example: TM 405145 Allen will be the reference for me.

If making transfers from the same bank account to cover more than one member, please make separate transfers with each member's number reference and surname.

If anyone can't use this payment method, please contact the Chairman and we'll make alternative arrangements.

Blewbury Bridge Club regular events

Our programme of regular Blewbury Bridge Club sessions is as follows

Tuesday evenings - F2F bridge in the Vale Room at the Village Hall - 7.30pm

Friday evenings - F2F Social Bridge sessions in the Vale Room at the Village Hall, to be confirmed weekly in advance by email - inform the Chairman if you would like to be included on the circulation list.

Thursday evenings, 7.00pm - Club session online on Realbridge, from 26 October 2023, alternating with RealBridge with Wantage Bridge Club 

Mondays and Wednesdays, 10.30am-10.30pm - Club Funbridge sessions

Fridays, 10.30am-10.30pm - Club Novices Funbridge session.

SOCIAL BRIDGE

FRIDAY EVENING SOCIAL BRIDGE

 - most Fridays in the Vale Room from 7.30pm.

Upcoming sessions are planned for November 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th, December 6th and 13th, subject to numbers,

please inform the Chairman if you wish to attend, at

michael.allen47@btinternet.com

Relaxed pace

Fewer Hands

Expert advice on hand if needed

Plenty of Chat!

bring a bottle if you wish!

PARTNERSHIP HOST

If you are in need of a partner to play in one of the Club's bridge nights, please contact

Michael Allen

michael.allen47@btinternet.com

and your request will be circulated to the membership

 

Darkness

Please note that Blewbury is a 'Dark' Village - by choice we do not have street lights.

Therefore, particularly after dark in the winter months, the car park outside the Village Hall can be very dark and surfaces not necessarily level and secure for walking.

It is therefore advisable for members to use a torch when making their way to/from their cars before and after bridge sessions.

Competitions
Competitions

The Club runs various competitions through the playing year, which starts on 1st. November, as follows

Tom Le Cren Cup - Tuesday Ladder for Men

Marjorie Le Cren Cup - Tuesday Ladder for Women

Pari Parsu Cup - Tuesday Handicap Pairs

Blewbury Bridge Club Cup - Tuesday Handicap Individual

There is also an annual prize for the Most Improved Player.

The Club enters a team in the Wessex League.

As at 1st November 2022, the following competitions remain suspended, while Thursday events continue on-line with insufficient numbers to justify running a competition:-

Roy East Cup - Thursday Individual Handicap Ladder

The Bird Salver - Thursday Pairs Handicap Ladder

FUNBRIDGE LADDER - NOVEMBER 2024

Player

Played

%age

Position

Shonner

1

56.66

1

TulipDowney

8

56.44

2

BuilderA

7

56.38

3

hunkyone

6

48.86

4

abrams

2

46.52

5

Veete

4

45.01

6

WalkerA

7

39.72

7

NOVICES' FUNBRIDGE - NOVEMBER 2024

Player

Played

%age

Position

Unejad.

2

57.08

1

WalkerA

2

55.14

2

                abrams

1

48.33

3

hunkyone

2

45.53

4

Shonner

1

40.00

5

Veete

1

34.16

6

CHILDREN IN NEED SIMULTANEOUS PAIRS

Link to the Commentary on the hands played on Tuesday 12th November

https://www.simpairs.com/files/005223%20CiN%202024%20Tuesday%20commentary.pdf

 

Results
Wessex League division 1 match vs. Menagerie B
Director: Menagerie B
Blewbury Realbridge Pairs
Director: Dermot Paddon
Scorer: Dermot Paddon
HCapInd
Scorer: Michael Allen
Ladder
Scorer: Michael Allen
Calendar
10th Dec 2024
Ladder
Blewbury village hall, the Vale Room 7:30 pm
12th Dec 2024
Realbridge at Wantage
RealBridge 7:00 pm
17th Dec 2024
HCap Pairs
Blewbury village hall, the Vale Room 7:30 pm
19th Dec 2024
Blewbury Realbridge Pairs
RealBridge 7:00 pm