Thank you to everyone who played in our first online Individual event, and the first celebrating our 75th Anniversary year.

Congratulations to our overall winner:   Jackie Clough

And well done to our winners of the Lower and Medium Handicap prizes:

NGS 6 and below winner :  Pauline Cull 

NGS 7 - 9 winner:  Christine Burgess

We look forward to holding more individual events later in the year.

♦ ♥ Congratulations to the Winners of the Mixed Pairs BPS event on Wednesday 13th ♥ ♥ 

Open category:   Marianne Farr and Jeff Smith

NGS 10 & below :  Jackie O'Hanlan and Brian Frew

Stanley Woods swapped farming the Cumbrian fells for his favourite seat in the window of the downstairs playing room, where he could be found for many years playing multiple times a week until his health meant he had to move closer to his supportive family.  Stan passed away earlier this week after falling and spending a short period in hospital.  Our thoughts and sympathy go to his family and friends. 

Brian Dawson was a member of Bolton Bridge Club for many years and enjoyed playing duplicate, social and team events.  A good player who set himself high standards, Brian was always a worthy opponent.  Illness over recent years had limited his opportunities to play and he passed away earlier this week after a few days in hospital. Our thoughts and sympathy go to his family and friends.

John Kohorn enjoyed playing bridge regularly at Bolton for many years.  A gentlemen at the table, John was a good and competitve player who was always keen to understand how he could have played each hand better.  John's health had suffered over recent months and he passed away peacefully earlier this week.  Our thoughts and sympathy go to his family and friends.

Nancy Hill had been a regular player and supported of our Club over many years, before she moved to a care home more recently.  Our thoughts and sympathy go to her family and friends.

Peggy Gordon passed away in May, aged 90. Peggy had and her family have had long association with the Club, and Peggy was Secretary for many years.  Our thoughts and sympathy go to her family and friends.

Chris Maden who passed away peacefully in April  Chris was a regular player in our social bridge sessions with his gentle and polite manner.  He continued to play throughout his illness over recent months.  Our thoughts and sympathy go to Jean, and their family and friends. 

Welcome to 2021 - and to Lockdown 3

Worry Not ... Our online bridge games continue including Realbridge on Friday evenings and Beginners session on Thursday evenings. 

See the schedule on the right of this page.

♦ ♦ ♦ Congratulations to the Winners of the Diamond Jubilee Mens Pairs and Ladies Pairs ♦ ♦ ♦ 

♦ ♦ ♦ Winners of the Ladies Pairs:   Irene Bowers and Dorothy Molins ♦ ♦ ♦ 

and well done to our Runners-up:  Wendy Blyth and Jay Cooper

♦ ♦ ♦ Winners of the Mens Pairs:  Alan Whittam and Paul Evans ♦ ♦ ♦ 

and well done goes to our Runners-up:  Duncan Ault and Paul Vose

♥ ♥ ♥ Thank you all for playing in, and supporting this event ♥ ♥ ♥

The new series of Lancashire BPS competition events starts in February. They are open to all registered BPS online players. The Open Championships will be held on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month over 6 sessions. The Mens, Ladies and Mixed competitions will be held on the 2nd Wednesday respectively of each month.

Mixed Pairs Championship Wednesday April 14th

Anybody can play on any of these dates but a prize will be given for the best pair in the category Open and Under 10 (average for the pair) In the relevant month. No pair can win more than one prize so if an Under 10 pair is the overall winner they will not count in the Under 10. Prizes will be given in the form of a free BPS session. Any disputes will be decided by the BPS committee whose decision is final. All winners appear on the Southport BPS Honors Board.

Tonight sees the start of the Austin Barnes Trophy. This has been renamed from the Spring Ladder in Austin's honour. The best 8 of 11 Bolton BC games on a Tuesday night will be used to decide the winners with the first 3 places getting prizes. The ongoing positions will be on the Competitions page.

The next two lessons with John Stell will be as follows:

Friday 5th March at 7.15 pm - Subject - Declarer Card Play - Suit Combinations

Friday 12th March at 7.15 pm - Subject - More Transfers

If you would like to attend and haven't already registered with John pease email to boltonbridgeclub@gmail.com.  Please do this in plenty of time for inclusion- thank you.

Thank you to everyone who played in the Lancashire BPS Mens Pairs event on Wednesday 10th February.

It was a clean sweep for Bolton players. Congratulations go to:

Overall Winners:   Mike Nicholson and Rod Greenhalgh

NGS 10 & below Winners:  Roy Goddard and Alan Talbot

♦ ♦ ♦ Congratulations to the Winners of the Diamond Jubilee Mens Pairs and Ladies Pairs competitions on Wednesday 3rd March 2021. ♦ ♦ ♦ 

♦ ♦ ♦ Winners of the Ladies Pairs:   Irene Bowers and Dorothy Molins  ♦ ♦ ♦ 

and well done also to our Runners-up:  Wendy Blyth and Jay Cooper

♦ ♦ ♦  In the Mens Pairs the winners were:  Alan Whittam and Paul Evans ♦ ♦ ♦ 

and well done goes to our Runners-up:  Duncan Ault and Paul Vose

♥ ♥ ♥  Thank you all for playing in, and supporting this event ♥ ♥ ♥ 

Congratulations to the Winners of the Lancashire BPS Ladies Pairs held as part of the session on Wednesday 10th March

♥ ♦ ♥ Open Category Winners: Sue Kenny & Angela Lawton  ♥ ♦ ♥ 

♦ ♥ ♦ Handicap Category Winners:  Cath Ashworth & Judith Jury ♦ ♥ ♦ 

The next Lancashire BPS special event is the Mixed Pairs to be held as part of the BPS event on Wednesday April 14th

♥ ♥  Thank you to everyone who played in our Charity Events on Tuesday. ♥ ♥ 

♥ ♦ ♥ With your support we have raised another £300 to help our chosen local healthcare and support charities ♥ ♦ ♥ 

BPS Hand Commentary Here

Our Annual General Meeting on Monday 29th March 2021 voted unanimously in favour of the following election of Officers and Directors of the Club:

President:       Heather Carr

Secretary:      Susan Squires

Treasurer:      Stephen Hazlitt

Directors:       Jay Cooper.  Ken Hardman,  Andy Hitchon,  Paul Vose

Directors continuing in office but not required to be re-elected this year:  Duncan Ault, Wendy Blyth, Paul Evans, Linda Hitchen, Vanessa Openshaw, Chris Quegan, June Timperley and Jeff Smith

The funeral service for Austin Barnes will be held at 10:30am on Thursday 8th July at East Lancashire Crematorium, Cemetary Road, Radcliffe M26 4EU. Although attendance is restricted to 50 people in the service room, there is an overflow area for more people to attend. This will be followed by an entirely private burial/reception at a different venue with respect to Covid rules. Anyone needing further details may contact Stuart Norris Tel 01995 602431. 

Click Almost Fifty Years as Dummy for memories by Rod Greenhalgh and Stuart Norris