John Howes has sadly passed away, peacefully after a long illness. He was alert and positive to the very end, and much enjoyed visits from a number of local bridge players in the care home where he spent his last few months; he was also able to kibitz some club and HBA sessions! Much of his active bridge playing was before I came to Herts, but I gather from Hazel Miles that he captained the county B team for many years, and I certainly enjoyed meeting him and chatting about bridge and other subjects. Others commented, and I concur, that he was a true gentleman who will be much missed. (Received from Ian Kemp)

Johns  funeral will take place on Wednesday 26^th August, 12.30pm at Woollensbrook Crematorium, Hoddesdon and the funeral wake will be at the College Arms, Hertford Heath directly afterwards.  

The family welcome you all

 This is a national event where uniquely the event result is handicapped depending on the NGS of the players. Therefore any player regardless of their experience and NGS has a chance of doing well in this national event. In recent years the overall national winners have been relatively inexperienced players whose NGS was 2 or 3. HBA has decided to run a heat of the event this year and the entry form and more details are on the HBA website. The event takes place on Sunday September 6^th, on RealBridge, starting at 13.30. The event will comprise around 30 boards and the entry fee is £6 per player.

This year's HBA AGM will be held by video link on Sunday 27th September starting at 11.00. The meeting itself will be short (less than 30 minutes last year) as all the officer reports will be published on the HBA website in advance, along with the short agenda. Questions on the reports will be addressed during the AGM and these should be submitted in advance to Geoff Cordingley (HBA Secretary) at geoffcorders@hotmail.co.uk.

The HBA Committee for 2026/7 will also be elected at the AGM. If you wish to nominate anyone for the Committee please use the form on the HBA website and send to Geoff by Sunday 30th August. Similarly if you have a motion for inclusion in the AGM agenda then please also send to Geoff by 30th August.

The AGM requires a quorum of 30 HBA primary members to attend. A sign-up sheet for members intending to attend is on the website, so that the number of attendees can be monitored. The link for the AGM itself will be added to the website nearer to the day.

The number of players on Tuesday afternoon BBO sessions has been declining. Two more regular pairs have recently dropped out. The committee has decided that it is no longer viable to run these sessions and they are now cancelled.

We continue to run face to face sessions on Tuesday afternoons at the Broxbourne Sports Centre and BBO, online sessions on Wednesday evenings.

Annual subs for 2026 are now due. The fee this year is £10 again.

You can pay online or by cash at the Tuesday sessions at the Sports Centre

The bank account details for online payments are:

Broxbourne Bridge Club

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31378287

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New members are welcome. If you would like to join please contact John Leake (contact information in the Information and Policies section of this site)

Visitors are welcome at the club online BBO sessions on Tuesday afternoons and Wednesday evenings

To register contact John Leake (see Info and Policies, Committee for contact information)

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WORKS TO PROVIDE DISABLED FACILITIES

The Disabled Lift and new Disabled Toilet are now fully operational.

Those who have not been able to return to, or start, Face 2 Face Bridge due to the stairs at the club have now had that 'obstacle' removed.

Hope to see you soon.