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Bude Bridge Club Committee

 

The Club Committee for 2024/25

 Chairman: Steve Clifton

Vice Chairman: Chris Nichols

Secretary:  Val Ridding

Treasurer:    Tom Salt

Committee Members:,  Mary Hicks, Rosemary Kemble, Tertia Salt, Ian Curtis, 

Directors
Directors

The Directors' rota for this year:

Tuesdays:  Chris  Steve and Neil

Mondays: Chris, Alan, Robert and Neil

   
EBU Royalty 2025
EBU Royalty 2025

The Club has several members in the 'Royalty and Honours' of the current EBU National Grading Scheme as of 1st January 2025

Queen: Nick Newell

Jack: Chris Nichols, Steven Clifton

 

 

Promotions
Promotions

Congratulations to Mary Hicks promoted to the rank of One Star Master by the EBU.

Congratulations to Peter Oldfield promoted to the rank of District Master by the EBU.

 

Partner Finding
Partner Finding

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

TABLE MONEY
TABLE MONEY

All sessions (Mondays and Tuesdays)   £3

Visitors £4

EBU and Ecats Events

(Members Only)   £5

 

Annual subscription: £5

Contact Us
Contact Us

To contact us, please contact the Club Secretary 

Val Ridding on       07760284097

Mr. Bridge Quiz
Mr. Bridge Quiz

Try the 'Mr. Bridge' quiz!

Updated every Tuesday.

http://www.mrbridge.co.uk/

North Cornwall Bridge Clubs
North Cornwall Bridge Clubs

As well as Bude, there is also an EBU affiliated club at Wadebridge.

Their  website is www.bridgewebs.com/northcornwall

BUDE BRIDGE CLUB (est. October 1977)
Welcome to Bude Bridge Club
Welcome to  Bude Bridge Club

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,

HOWEVER, please note that visitors are asked to book in advance to avoid a half table.

Please contact Val Ridding if you need a partner for Tuesdays (see below for details)

Members’ Breakfast at the Weir
Members’ Breakfast at the Weir

All Club members are invited to meet for a chat in a sociable setting.

Do come and join us on the first Wednesday every month from 10 am at the Weir.

Join us for breakfast or just a coffee. Share your ideas about events and Club organisation.

The next open breakfast meeting will be on Wednesday, February 5th @ 10 am.

Whitfield Six - a puzzle for the New Year

'The Whitfield Six' is considered by many (Encyclopaedia Britannica) to be the finest Double Dummy problem ever.

This most famous of all double-dummy problems was proposed by W.H. Whitfeld, a mathematician at the University of Cambridge, in 1885 and is called the Whitfeld six because each hand has six cards. Whist players of the day could make nothing of it, and, despite the advancement in the science of card playing, it would cause trouble even to most experienced bridge players.

South is declarer and has the lead with hearts as trump.

With a sophisticated finesse, South can win every trick.

South begins by leading the ace of diamonds, which, depending on what the opponents discard, opens a possible finesse of North's jack of diamonds.

Next, South passes the lead to North with a spade that North trumps.

North then leads the last heart, and South discards the 10 of clubs.

With the lead of the last trump and then the ace of clubs, the defenders are presented with an insurmountable dilemma.

East must hold two diamonds or South takes the last two tricks in the suit by discarding a spade.

However, in order to hold on to two diamonds, East must discard the jack of spades, which in turn would force West to hold the queen of spades.

Since West also needs the queen of diamonds and the jack of clubs to avoid losing a trick, a discard from any of the three suits will allow South to win all of the remaining tricks by an appropriate discard.
 

Interesting Hand of the Week

A fascinating hand from the EBU Winter Pairs (Hand 10) where the Bude East/West pair were the only ones in the country to make a spectacular 'save'.

How would you bid these hands? 

What do you open as East?

A gambling 3 No Trump usually promises a solid 8-card minor and an outside entry.

Too strong for a pre-empt, possibly, so a sensible 1 Diamond.

South may be tempted to bid 2 No Trumps, to show both majors, but maybe too weak!

West bids 2 Diamonds, showing a weak hand with Diamond support 

North, with this powerhouse, Doubles.

East is now in competitive mode and bids 3 Diamonds (maybe looking at the vulnerabliity)

South now bids 4 Hearts - the void in Diamonds is a real feature of the hand.

North is excited, looking for a slam, and bids 4 No Trumps (Roman Key Card Blackwood, asking for Aces)

South realises the importance of the Diamond void and skips the usual 5 Diamond response (no Aces) and jumps straight tro 6 Hearts.

West and North both Pass, and East thinks....

6 Hearts is 1430, 7 Diamonds down 5 Doubled is only 1400.....

They bid 7 Diamonds. It is duly doubled and goes down 5, but East has saved the day!

 

Latest Tuesday Result
Latest Tuesday Result

Congratulations to Rob and Robert and Mike and Rob, joint winners of the local heat of the EBU Winter Pairs

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Latest Monday Result
Latest Monday Result

 Congratulations to Chris and Sarah, winners on the 13th January with 67.5%.

Competition Winners 2024/2025
Competition Winners  2024/2025

Congratulations to :

Handicap Pairs.  Mike Newman and Rob Irish

June Justice Individual  Mary Hopgood

Jug of Bridge Wisdom   Stephanie Clark

EBU Winter Sim Pairs
EBU Winter Sim Pairs

 Congratulations to Rob and Mike and Robert and Bob, joint winners of our local heat of the EBU Winter Pairs

Out of 350 pairs nationally, Mike and Rob came 35th.

Bob and Robert were 60th and also in the top 100 were Steve and Chris (66th) and Jonathan and Nick (93rd)

Full results on the EBU website, under 'Competitions' and 'Sim Pairs'

https://www.ebu.co.uk/sim-pairs

Grand Slams 2024/25
Grand Slams 2024/25

Grand Slams bid and made in 2024/25:

Chris and Steve 18th June

Vicki and Peter   9th December

Forthcoming EBU and Club Competitions 2025
Forthcoming EBU and Club Competitions 2025

The Handicap Pairs continues on the first Tuesday every month. See 'Competitions' for the latest positions BEFORE HANDICAP is applied.

Future  national events this year include:

PLEASE NOTE

These events are for a Bude Bridge Club Members ONLY

EBU Winter Pairs, Tuesday, January 14th 2025

EBU Spring Pairs Tuesday, April 8th 2025

Save the dates!

 

Cornwall County Bridge Association
Cornwall County Bridge Association

Bude Bridge Club is affiliated to the Cornwall County Bridge Association.

Click here to visit their web-site.

https://www.bridgewebs.com/cornwall/

Calendar
20th January 2025
Monday Pairs
Director: Alan Pearce
21st January 2025
Tuesday Pairs
Director: Steve Clifton
27th January 2025
Monday Pairs
Director: Robert Waterhouse
Results
EBU Winter Pairs
Director: Chris Nichols
Scorer: Chris Nichols
Monday Pairs
Director: Chris Nichols
Scorer: Thomas Salt
Tuesday Pairs
Director: Steve Clifton
Scorer: robert waterhouse
Monday Pairs
Scorer: robert waterhouse
June Justice Individual (Wine/Mince Pies)
Director: Steve Clifton
Scorer: Steven Clifton
Jug of Wisdom Individual (Wine/Mince Pies)
Director: Chris Nichols
Scorer: Chris Nichols