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The Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Prizes of Bude Bridge Club will be held on Tuesday, April 16th at 6.30 pm. at the Parkhouse Centre.
All paid-up members warmly welcome!
Nominations for all Committee members for 2024/25 have now closed.
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| Bridge Lessons |
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Coming soon!
Free Taster sessions and Full Course of lessons by EBED (English Bridge Education and Development)-qualified Tutors.
Watch this space….
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| Welcome to Bude Bridge Club |
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Bude Bridge Club meets for Face-to-face Bridge on Tuesday evenings and Monday afternoons at the Parkhouse Centre.
Tuesday evenings - Duplicate Bridge with Masterpoints - please arrive at 6.45 for a 7 p.m. start.
Monday afternoons - relaxed Duplicate bridge without Masterpoints - please arrive by 1.45 for a 2 p.m. start.
A cup of tea and biscuits will be available,
Please contact Val Ridding if you need a partner for Tuesdays (see below for details)
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| Partner Finding |
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Do you need a Partner for Bude Bridge Club?
Tuesday evenings are friendly-competitive, with Masterpoints, and Val Ridding organises partners for those who need one.
Her phone number is 07760-284097.
Monday afternoons are more relaxed, no Masterpoints. Should you need a partner, please contact Tertia Salt on 07702-902161
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| April Puzzle from the Cruise |
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This puzzle has been sent from the Queen Victoria cruise ship in the Pacific Ocean.
Contract 7 No Trumps, lead the 4 of Hearts.
Can you make all 13 tricks?
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| Show Answer |
Plenty of winners, but difficult to work out the communication between the hands.
Win the Heart lead with the Ace.
Play Queen and Jack of Hearts and discard the Ace and King of Diamonds.
Play Queen, Jack and Ten of Diamonds. Discard Ace, King and Queen of Clubs.
Your remining 7 Clubs are now winners.
The 'strong' hand, with 26 High Card Points, wins no tricks at all!
Thanks, cruisers, for this challenge. |
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| Interesting Hand of the Week |
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How do you handle the bidding on this hand - Hand 12 last Tuesday?
North/South may well compete in Hearts.
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Do you open with the West hand?
On the night, one pair opened One Spade, but stopped in 5 Spades.
At the other tables, West and North passed and East had to decide their opening bid.
Several pairs play Benji (Benjaminised Acol) and opened 2 Clubs - 20-22 High Card Points unbalanced.
South bid a weak 2 Hearts and West offered 3 Clubs.
North was tempted to bid 4 Hearts, but, wary of the vulnerability, passed
East now bid 3 Spades and West raised to 4 Spades.
One pair play Strong Twos in the majors and opened 2 Spades.
West could now show their Club strength with 4 Clubs, East cue bid 4 Diamonds.
When West then bid 4 No Trumps, it was known the Ace of Hearts was missing, so East could happily bid 6 Spades.
Any opening lead except the Ace of Hearts reels in all 13 tricks. |
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| Cruising! |
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Two of our members are on a magical 107 night world cruise on the Queen Victoria.
Bahamas, Panama Canal, San Francisco, Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia..
Said farewell to Vietnam, Singapore and Sri Lanka, just leaving Cape Town, South Africa, for Tenerife, Madeira and home!
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