The dates for next term are:
YEAR 1 - two preliminary sessions (for those who have never played before) - 18 and 25 September in The Lounge Room at the Rothley Centre

YEAR 1 - course of ten lessons from 2 October to 4 December in the Lounge Room at the Rothley Centre

YEAR 2 - course of ten lessons from 2 October to 4 December at the Village Hall, Woodhouse Eaves

YEAR 3 - course of ten lessons from 9 October to 11 December in the Templar Room at the Rothley Centre [note the different start date for year 3]

All lessons will be from 10.00 until 12.30 on these Mondays.

The dates for the January to March 10-week term have not yet been fixed; they will be from 10.00 to 12.30 on Mondays, starting either on 8 or 15 or 22 Jan.

We look forward to meeting the new joiners and welcoming back the old hands!

Brian, Gail, Jim, Richard, Ruth, Stuart - Charnwood Bridge Teachers

Congratulations to the following former students, who have achieved masterpoint promotions through good results in duplicate sessions at CBT or local clubs:

Mair Mitchell           County Master
Sarah Braithwaite    Club Master

Congratulations to the following current or former students, who have achieved masterpoint promotions through good results in duplicate sessions at CBT or local clubs:

Judith Simpson  County Master
Sheelagh Bolt  Local Master

 

We are sad to have to report that Lynne Morgan, a Year 1 student, passed away last week after a long period of ill health.  Our thoughts are with her partner Richard and their families.

Look under the 'Bridge Weekends away' tab on the left hand menu for details of the CBT Stratford weekend, planned for Thurs 18th to Sun 21st April 2024.

EBU RESOURCES

If you log onto ‘MyEBU’ on the EBU website www.ebu.co.uk, you can access some useful resources.  To log in, you will need your EBU number – contact Richard if you get stuck – richard.rees227@gmail.com :
Then across on the top right hand side of the page is ‘Magazine’. 

We’ve set out some of the links to recent magazines that may be of interest to students; also, the monthly main EBU magazine has student-related material (the articles marked with a green headline).

“DISCOVERY” MAGAZINE

ISSUE 3 – JULY 2023

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ISSUE 2 – JULY 2022

https://library.myebook.com/EBU/discovery-july-2022/4183/

ISSUE 1 – JULY 2021

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“THE RUFFIAN” MAGAZINE – ARCHIVE MATERIAL

https://www.ebedcio.org.uk/node/278

CONGRATULATIONS!

Christine Power & Sheelagh Bolt have won the Leicestershire Mercury Trophy students' competition, closely followed by Cate Alexander & Kate Hammond in 2nd place.

The full results are here:
https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoq/bw.cgi?club=leicestershire&pid=display_home.

CBT's first weekend away - at Harrogate 27 April 2023

Dates for next term, and also for the Summer revision/practice sessions, are all on the Calendar option on the left-hand side bar.

To Year 2 and Year 3 Students

Thursday Social Bridge at the County Bridge Club

County Bridge Club invite you to join them on Thursdays at 11.00am (prompt) till 2.30pm

- A friendly game - all are welcome and a partner is guaranteed

- Help with bidding etc is available if you need it

- The cost is £5 per head and includes a light lunch

Enquiries: to Lucy Pathan - email: pathan.lucy@icloud.com.  Lucy is a Y2 Bridge Buddy for CBT

Website: County Bridge Club, Leicester https://www.bridgewebs.com/cbc/

Address: County Bridge Club, St Oswald Road, New Parks LE3 6RJ

Student notes for all three years' sessions are available on the website - click on the relevant year and term in the box on the left of this page. 

Those who have not logged into the members area before will need to log in to see them - if you have difficulty, drop an email to richard.rees227@gmail.com and Richard will sort you out.

Welcome to the website of Charnwood Bridge Teachers. 

We are a group of six teachers from the Loughborough and Bradgate Bridge Clubs, EBU qualified, who are offering courses of bridge lessons for beginners and improvers in the Charnwood area of Leicestershire. 

The lessons take place at the Rothley Centre for Year 1 and 3, and (from Jan 2023) at Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall for Year 2 students.