| NEXT TERM - LOCATIONS - REVISED |
Hi all,
Sorry to have to change plans so suddenly, but the Trustees of the Rothley Centre have just announced that some of the essential services at the Centre need considerable work, and it won't be open until 2 March at the earliest.
In order to provide certainty, we will now be holding all lessons next term at the three venues which we used last term - Hallam Fields Hall (Year 1); Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall (Year 2) and Rothley Library (Year 3).
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| MASTERPOINT PROMOTIONS |
Congratulations on the following EBU Masterpoint promotions in December for current/past students:
Liz Kitchen - Local Master; Jill Hughes - Club Master; Janet Cross - Area Master
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| NEXT TERM - LOCATIONS |
Happy New Year, all,
We are looking forward to starting next term with you on 26th January.
The Rothley Centre has been handed over to the new trustees. They are currently planning to reopen the Centre on 26th January but they have told us that the new landlords, Charnwood Borough Council, have not yet completed their safety inspections.
We have needed to secure our venues for the start of term, so in case there are any hiccups with the reopening date, we have arranged the following:
1 For the first two lessons, on 26th January and 2nd February, we have booked Hallam Fields Hall (Year 1), Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall (Year 2) and Rothley Library (Year 3) as before.
2 From Monday 9th Feb, we will be moving to the Rothley Centre, in the anticipation that any teething problems will have been sorted out by then.
We look forward to joining you for a lively and bridge-filled New Year!
Brian, Anne, Stuart, Jim, Ruth, Richard and Gail
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| THE ROTHLEY CENTRE |
As those of you who receive Village Life and the Rothley Post will know, the Rothley Parish Council will be handing the keys to the Rothley Centre to new trustees from the village on 1 January.
The Centre has been abandoned for the past few months and there has been no access to it, so the new trustees don’t yet know what state it will be in and what assets will have been left there. They are expecting to take over an empty shell but to have it up and running by mid-January.
CBT's new term starts on 26 January and, although we very much hope to be back 'at home' in the Centre by then, our current venues have been booked into February to ensure that we aren't homeless if there's a delay in reopening.
The trustees are getting some grant assistance and the Club has committed £500 to help them buy equipment to get the Centre up and running. Bradgate Bridge Club has made a similar £500 commitment.
The trustees have also set up a small fund-raiser for locals and those with an interest in the centre to help with funding. This fund-raiser is about to be more widely publicised, but the link to it is here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/rothley-community-centre if any of our students want to support the project.
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| Year 1 - Hallam Fields Hall |
Here are directions for the Year 1 class in Hallam Fields Hall - click anywhere on this note to download the map.
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| ROTHLEY LIBRARY - DIRECTIONS AND PARKING |
Year 3:Term 1 at Rothley library
You will all, no doubt, be aware of the issues surrounding the Rothley Centre, the normal home for our Year 3 classes, which has necessitated a move in the short term, to an alternative venue – Rothley Library.
For those not familiar with Rothley Library, it is situated next to the playing fields on Mountsorrel Lane, about 150m from the Rothley Centre on the opposite side of the road and is well signed. On-site parking is limited to 9 places (+ 1 disabled) and there is some on-road spaces outside. However, there is ample parking at Ivanhoe Tennis Club, about 100m away accessed down the side of the library and of course the Rothley Centre car park. For those who like to know these things the post code is LE7 7PS.
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| Stratford 2026 |
CBT Spring Bridge Break 2026
“When shall we all meet again?
In thunder, lightning or in rain”.
Well, we can’t control the elements but what we do know is that it will be:
May 7th 2026 at the Doubletree by Hilton
Stratford-upon-Avon
And we can confidently forecast that, whatever the weather, there will be a warm welcome, relaxed atmosphere and lots of no pressure bridge throughout the weekend.
For further details and to book your place visit
CBT Spring Bridge Break 2026
under "Bridge weekends away" on the contents bar on the lefthand side.
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| ROTHLEY CENTRE CLOSURE |
THE ROTHLEY CENTRE WILL BE CLOSED TO CBT STUDENTS UNTIL THE END OF 2025. SEE THE NOTES BELOW FOR THE IMPACT ON STUDENT GROUPS.
NB – THE CENTRE WILL REMAIN OPEN TO BRADGATE BRIDGE CLUB MEMBERS FOR THEIR MONDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSIONS, SO STUDENTS WHO PLAY IN THOSE SESSIONS CAN CONTINUE TO DO SO.
CBT SUMMER SESSIONS
2, 16, 30 JUNE;14, 28 JULY; 11, 18 AUGUST
The Year 2/Year 3 combined duplicate sessions will now take place at Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall.
Please note that the first session, on Monday 2 June, will be the CBT heat of the Mercury Students’ Trophy, being played by students throughout Leicestershire that week. Every CBT student who attends on 2 June will be able to play, but the more experienced students who play at club level will be ineligible to win the Trophy.
The Year 1 supervised play sessions will take place at Hallam Fields Hall – those who were at the first session on May 19th will agree that this is a pleasant modern venue which worked well.
2025-26 TERM 1
We have interest from a number of prospective students already, but are always looking for more, so if you have any friends you would like to introduce to bridge, please ask them to contact Richard – richard.rees227@gmail.com .
We will be holding two preliminary sessions for brand new students on 22 and 29 September. The full term will start, for all three years, on MONDAY 6 OCTOBER.
Unless we can negotiate a return to the Rothley Centre, the Year 1 lessons will be at Hallam Fields Hall, Year 2 at Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall. The venue for Year 3 is the Rothley Library.
2026 AND BEYOND
Charnwood Borough Council will have control of the Rothley Centre from 1 January 2026. They have assured us that it will be run as a community centre open to all hirers, so we plan to return there in the future. We maintain a close contact with CBC and have already reserved the appropriate slots for our sessions.
We hope you will bear with us and continue to support CBT during this disruption for the rest of 2025, which is not of our making.
Richard, Ruth, Gail, Stuart, Jim, Brian and Anne.
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| CHARNWOOD BRIDGE TEACHERS - CONSTITUTION |
We have grown significantly (and beyond our initial expectation!) from the small class we started in Autumn 2019 to well over 100 Teachers, Buddies and students.
As a result, we recently decided to codify CBT's aims, management and structure. We now have a formal Constitution (click anywhere in this note to download a copy).
CBT's Committee comprises all six teachers, and the Officers are Chairman (Stuart), Treasurer (Gail) and Secretary (Richard).
All students are members of the Club and by virtue of membership, are treated as having accepted this Constitution. They most relevant segment for student members is:
OBJECTS
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3. To provide and maintain an enjoyable and friendly atmosphere in which to learn.
4. To promote and uphold the game’s etiquette so that the learning experience remains enjoyable for everyone.
By paying their term fees, student members automatically agree to abide by the Constitution and the aims of CBT, in particular objects 3. and 4. above, and accept they too have a vital role in helping the Club to achieve these aims.
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