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(Summerleaze Beach, Mayday 2020)
Although The Parkhouse Centre is now open, the restrictions (no toilets, social distancing, one complete set of boards on each table, et al.) mean that we shall nor be able to recommence until further notice - probably not until the New Year. Let's hope we find a solution to this soon.
The joy of bridge is that online Bridge can still be had...... with Masterpoints, if you wish.
Check out the EBU website, right at the top of the home page. They are going to make it easy to access for those who have never played online before.
Several club members are already playing, using Bridge Club Live (BCL) and /or Bridge Base Online (BBO). You can register with BCL at
bridgeclublive.com {Click to go direct to their website) or with BBO via the EBU website.
By the end of August, our club members had played 25,364 hands on Bridge Club Live...
BCL will cost £12 for the first month, and you can then decide whether to continue or not.
BBO is a free service, but costs to play in competitive matches.
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| Annual General Meeting |
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The Annual General Meeting scheduled for April 7th has been deferred until such time as the COVID 19 pandemic allows for safe resumption.
In the interim, an Acting Committee has been appointed to deal with any matters that may arise, and to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting, when matters allow, to appoint new officers.
Acting Chair: Chris Nichols
Acting Treasurer: Stephen Smith
Acting Committee members: Maureen Fallows, Steve Trenner, Neil Trenaman.
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| Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday Bridge |
Our weekly sessions on Tuesdays and Wednesdays will continue once COVID-19 has died down.
Friday duplicate bridge at the Parkhouse will be booked on a month by month basis.
The next date will be a long way off!
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| In Memorium |
It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of two of our former members in April this year.
Peggy Cann was a founder member of the club and had a wicked sense of humour!
She was a delight to play with and against and was always complementing the opposition on good play.
‘Oh, well done!’ could always be relied on if someone made a difficult contract.
Such a lovely lady, sorely missed.
George Booth, a staunch member of the club for many years, has also sadly passed away.
We will remember him as a true gentleman of the bridge table, always calm and polite with a gentle manner and lively sense of humour.
Our thoughts are with their family and friends.
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| To all members from Cornwall Bridge Association |
Letter from County Bridge Committee, dated 10 May 2020.
Times are changing in the world of club duplicate bridge, probably never to return quite the
same as it was before the pandemic. We have all been denied our regular “hit” of social
duplicate bridge, and are sure to be denied it for many more months to come.
Will it return as strong as before, or, as some suspect, will the combination of “getting out
of the habit of playing”, preferring online bridge, or the fear of returning to close contact
with others, drive down the numbers returning to club bridge?
The county committee has been deliberating, even agonising, how to react to the current
situation. In the end, for the time being at least, it has done ……… nothing. This is due to :
1. We are all nervous and intimidated at the effort required to get an online county
bridge club off the ground. We have no natural IT whizz kid (we’re all pretty well over
70!) in our midst, and no one with sufficient energy and drive to take up such a
challenge has come to light.
2. We are not convinced there is enough enthusiasm to get a healthy club up and
running.
3. There are an increasingly number of clubs – in Devon and further afield - that are
already welcoming players from out of their area (see lower). These opportunities
are, of course, in addition to the five daily duplicate sessions that the EBU is now
running on Bridge Base Online (BBO).
In six months time, as things develop and clarify, the CCBA will be in a better position to
judge the best way forward.
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| Club Champions 2020 |
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David Clarke and Steven Clifton are this year's Club Champions, pictured here receiving their virtual John Ridding trophies.
They also teamed up to win the Clifton Trophy.
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| Team Champions 2020 |
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Sarah and Neil Trenaman teamed up with Chris Nichols and Jane Koldewey to win the club Teams Championship for the third successive year in 2020.
Neil was also winner of the June Justice Individual Championship.
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| Monthly News Reports |
News reports will appear here once regular bridge recommences.
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| Bidding Problem of the Month - September |
Show Detail |
North opens 1 Diamond and East overcalls 2 Spades (weak).
What do you bid as South?
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| Show Answer |
At one table, they tried 3 Hearts - very much over-egging their hand! When West bid 3 Spades, North bid 5 Clubs and there it rested.
At all other tables except one, South passed.
The successful South was the one who Doubled, showing values in the other two suits.
North was then able to take an educated punt at 6 Clubs, 'knowing' that South had a minimum of 4 Clubs and probabaly either the Ace of Hearts or the King of Diamonds. |
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