| Welcome to Bude Bridge Club |
The Parkhouse Centre is now closed until further notice for the duration of the coronavirus crisis, and so must we. I’m sure we all feel a mixture of sadness and relief, as the decision is now taken out of our hands.
But online Bridge can still be had! With Masterpoints! 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.
Some club members are already playing, using Bridge Club Live (BCL). You can register with BCL at
bridgeclublive.com
It will cost £1.20 for the first month, and you can then decide whether to continue or not.
- To benefit from the CLUB facilities, each club member must be a full member of BCL. There are many incentives to join right now.
- Go to the "CLUBS" page which is visible from the Main Menu page of BCL under "Members->Clubs". There you will see your other club members listed by ALIAS
- Play at any time of day or night in the DIDO room, and see your results specific to your partnership and other club members on the "CLUB" page.
- When online, you can now press a new 'LOCAL CLUB' button, and see just those members of your local club and whether they are online or playing or just waiting for a game.
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| Club Champions 2019 |
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Alan Biggs and Paul Creighton are this year's Club Champions, pictured here with their John Ridding trophies.
Alan also teamed up with Rob Mabley to win the Clifton Trophy.
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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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| Team Champions 2019 |
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Sarah and Neil Trenaman teamed up with Chris Nichols and Jane Koldewey to win the club Teams Championship 2019.
Sarah was also winner of the June Justice Individual Championship.
Chris and Jane were winners of the Stratton Cup for Handicap Pairs and the John and Bill Grand Slam Bottles.
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| Inaugural Beryl Mardon Trophy winner |
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Maureen Fallows is the first-ever winner of the new Beryl Mardon Cup for service to the club, voted on by the members.
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| Collian Bowl Winners 2019 |
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Annie Quartermain and Rob Irish were awarded the Collian Bowl 2019 at the AGM.
AGM photos by Bob Bennett
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| Monthly News Report, April 2020. |
.A curtailed month of bridge saw the conclusion of all the season’s competitions.
The Honours Board for this season :
The John Ridding Club Championship: Steven Clifton and David Clarke
Teams of Four Trophy: Neil and Sarah Trenaman, Jane Koldewey and Chris Nichols
Collian Bowl: Tertia and Tom Salt
Handicap Pairs: Maureen Fallows and Ian Curtis
Doris and Frank Clifton Trophy: Steven Clifton and David Clarke
June Justice Individual Bowl: Neil Trenaman
Jug of Bridge Wisdom: Gill Lowe and Tim Benson
Beryl Mardon Memorial Trophy for service to the Club: Deb Delvalle
John and Bill Grand Slam Bottle: Alan Merchant-White, Steve Trenner and Chris Nichols
In our pairs sessions, Bob Bennett had an exceptional month, winning twice with Ann Bennett and also with Linda Ashworth.
Other winners were Julia Hilder and Tim Benson, and Steven Clifton and David Clarke (twice)
The COVID-19 lockdown has meant that the Club has suspended face-to-face play for the foreseeable future.
However, many members are now playing on-line bridge and details of how to play, at every level, are available on the Bude Bridge Club website www.bridgewebs.com/bude
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| The World's Smallest Double Dummy Problem |
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South is in 4 Spades and has won 8 of the first 10 tricks.
Now on lead, how do they win 2 of the remaining tricks?
Only 3 cards left - should be easy.....
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| Show Answer |
With only three cards to consider, it is easy to find the solution. Here is the analysis for each of South’s three cards.
The ace of clubs.
You can’t lead that. West will ruff and East will be left with another defensive spade trick.
The ace of spades.
You can’t lead that either.
If you lead the ace of spades and then the ace of clubs, West ruffs and East takes the last trick with the king of spades.
If you lead the ace of spades and another spade, East gets the last two tricks with his spade and his diamond.
That leaves you with the small spade.
The key is that if West plays low, so does dummy. East wins but is endplayed. A trump lead lets South take the last two tricks and if East leads his diamond instead, South discards his club and ruffs in dummy with the queen.
If West plays his jack, you must cover with dummy’s queen. East wins the king but has no safe retort.
IF WEST PLAYS THE JACK, WHY MUST YOU COVER WITH THE QUEEN?
If West plays his jack, you better not duck in dummy. If you do, West wins and leads his ace of hearts. This will promote a trump trick for East-West. I leave you to see why this is so. West’s two of spades may end up taking the setting trick |
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