A big congratulations to Elizabeth Peckham, Alistair Rae, Irene Sime and Catriona Gardiner for winning the teams event at the Kelso Congress. 

The Carlton is hosting the Bill Hughes Simultaneous Pairs on Friday the 28th of June. This is an International Simultaneous Pairs competition being held in 60 clubs across 12 countries. Starts time is 7pm in room 1 and it replaces the normal friday tournament that week. It costs £4 for members and £5.50 for vistors.

It is open to players of all skills levels so if you have never played in a sims before now is your chance.

No need to prebook, just turn up with a partner and play. If you do have any questions you can contact the tournament convener Neil at: neil.macpherson@blueyonder.co.uk.

The Russell Cup  runs weekly on Tuesday evenings throughout the summer.

When not already playing or otherwise engaged Geoff Bailey is offering to act as host/standby from time to time.

The next date for the competition is 18th June

Hope to see you there

No host as yet avaiable for that date

If you are willing to be a host (standby) please email the club via web@carltonbridge.co.uk

To All Carlton Members

The 2019 International Bridge Festival of Saint-Renan is being held this year on July 13th 2019 in the Cultural Centre of Saint-Renan near Brest. It is a perfect tournament for those who will be holidaying in France or who might fancy a French bridge holiday.

With many awards and a great atmosphere this festival will be a great opportunity to celebrate the sport. It is a Open Pairs tournament that starts at 2pm and ends by 6pm and will be followed by musical entertainment, an oyster tasting and cocktail while awaiting the results. 

For more information please visit www.saint-renan-bridge-club.fr or see the poster on the notice board.

A Notice to all Members.

At the end of the recent financial year, the Carlton Bridge  Club  de-registered for VAT and have decided to pass the savings to the members of the club by reducing the subscription fees. Therefore the  subscription fees have been reduced to:

Town Members £45.00
Country Members £35.00, for Members who reside more than 20 miles from the Club premises as measured by the AA route-finder. or live abroad for more than 6 month of the year.

Renewal letters for annual subscriptions are being sent out by either email or post to members over the next few days.

Please note: If the Carlton is your main club then you will need to pay an addiontal £10 for your SBU membership. If you use another club as your main club you will need to pay your SBU membership through them.

The Bowling Club Season opens on Saturday 20th April

After that date Parking Spaces  1-14 are for the exclusive use of the Goldenacre Bowling Club

Members and Guests of the Carlton Bridge Centre are not permitted to use the spaces allocated to the bowls club

There is parking to the rear and side of the club premises, meter parking on Warriston Gardens [free after 17:30] 

and a limited amount of free parking during the day on Ferry Road

You can get a graph of your scores at the club with different partners and over different periods in Personal Analysis.  It is a sub-menu in Results Calendar, click here.  Select your name to see your scores.

Members are kindly reminded to adhere to the speed limit when driving into the premises and respect the parking restrictions when using the car park.

ADDITIONAL PARKING 

Is available in Warriston Gardens [meter parking until 17:30 then free] and in Ferry Road [free]

Remember that afternoon tournaments will start at 13:15 from 2 April

Please be seated by 13:00. The director may not be able to accommodate you if you arrive later

Please remember that the Tuesday Bronze tournament starts at 6:45pm and you should be seated by 6:30pm.

Please phone the Club if there are traffic problems.

All Club users should be aware that if the fire alarm sounds they should leave the building and go to the the Assembly Point signed at the bottom right hand corner (as you leave) of the car park.  

Telephone: 0131 552 3122