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♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Welcome To Carbis Bay Bridge ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
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| Who We Are |
Carbis Bay Bridge Club is predominantly a Rubber Bridge club which meets weekly on a Monday afternoon at The Memorial Hall, Trencrom Lane, Carbis Bay.
We usually play from 2pm – 5pm (but move to playing an hour earlier in the winter). We are a mixed ability group from complete beginners to seasoned hands and aim to be both friendly and inclusive with the more experienced players always ready to help those with less experience.
We also have a strong commitment to bridge teaching and development. We welcome complete beginners who want to learn the game but also deliver improver coaching to those members keen to advance their game.
On Monday afternoons members may just turn up and play without prior notice or needing to arrange partners, but we also hold one duplicate session a month (usually on the 4th Friday).
NOTE: From Monday 20th November we will be on winter hours from 1.15 - 4.15
On 4th December we will be having the club Christmas Lunch at 12 noon at La Casita followed by bridge at the Memorial Hall at 2pm
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| Contact Information |
 For information about the club please contact Graham in the first instance (contact details below). Alternatively contact another committee member (details on committee menu in the Information section).
Graham Kidson (Chairman)
T: 01736 762512
E: gkidson@btinternet.com
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| Jim's Weekly Quiz |
Quiz Question 27th November
Leads Quiz 3
Leader: W
S W N E
1NT P 3NT P
P P
West has the following Spades & decides to lead a Spade
S: KQ632
Which card is led?
Answer: S3 the fourth highest of your longest and strongest!
Last week with a similar holding you led the Q from QJ62
The difference is the contract!
Against a suit contract declarer has the trump suit and auxiliary suits. Most likely these will break
4-4-3-2, 4-3-3-2, 5-4-2-2
This means that someone , usually declarer or dummy will be trumping on the third round
So the first two tricks are the most important
In No Trumps there is no trump suit! So all tricks are to play for and it then works best to lead low and hope your partner can contribute at least one honour to help you run the suit
Honour leads against No Trump need 3 honours
A for AKQ , K from KQJ, Q from QJ10, J from J109 and even 10 from 1098
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| Calling All Prospective Duplicate Bridge Returners |
Are you a lapsed duplicate player thinking about returning to the game? Would you like a simple way to ease yourself back and refresh your skills? If so. our monthly friendly duplicate sessions at Carbis Bay are the answer. We will find you a partner who will help you with your transition back into playing competitive bridge. Just contact Graham (or another committee member) to get started.
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| Online Bridge |
There are various options for playing online bridge and one of the best known is BBO (Bridge Base Online)
Because it is an international site many of the playing features are not based on the English Acol system which can be confusing, however they have recently launched a new Daylong Competition based on the Acol system which can be used as a useful learning tool for competitive bridge practice.
The "competition" lasts for 24 hours and you play 8 hands against the BBO computer (which they call "Robots"). Your results are then compared with the others who entered the competition so you can evaluate your relative performance.
Details of how to enter can be found by Clicking Here: https://news.bridgebase.com/2022/12/21/play-the-all-new-acol-daylong/
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