As a result of the PM's advice on Coronavirus this evening, we have no option but to stop all CBT teaching activities with immediate effect.  

Once the 'All Clear' is sounded, we will resume with the Friday Summer club.  Year 2 for the Beginners and Improvers alike will start on Monday 28 September (Improvers) and Friday 2 October (Beginners).  We will be in touch about registration during the summer, but places are reserved on those courses for all the existing students.

We are sorry to have had to curtail activities so near to the end of the course - we managed to complete Year 1 for the beginners and all but one lesson for the Improvers (Lesson 10 notes will be on the website in due course).

We have enjoyed the experience, as we hope you have.

Stay safe and well!

Charnwood Bridge Teachers - Brian, Gail, Richard, Ruth and Stuart (not forgetting the 7 Bridge Buddies - Diana, Helen, Jill, Lesley, Penny, Sarah and Susie,)

We hope you had a Happy Christmas and are looking forward to a bridge-filled New Year.

NEXT TERM - POSTPONED
Next term was due to start in mid-January, but we are afraid that the current government ‘Plan B’ restrictions, with the requirement for masks to be worn by all, make this unacceptable.   We have decided to delay the start of term until we can have a more acceptable learning environment.

We will keep an eye on the government announcements to check when this will be – our best guess is that it might mean waiting until April.  Those of you who have paid for next term, thank you and your payment will be held over until we can start.  Those who have not yet paid can hold off from paying for the present.

INTERIM MEASURES
In the meantime, we would not want you to lose your new-found skills.  We will be running, at 10.00 every Monday morning from 17 January, two parallel on-line duplicate sessions.  One of these, for the Year 1 students, will be run by Gail, Richard and Ruth. The other, for year 2 and 3 students, will be managed by Brian, Jim and Stuart. 

The sessions will be run on the RealBridge platform, which many of you have already used.  [For the Year 1 students, who will not have used this platform before – RealBridge puts the four players at a table with sound and video so they can see and talk to each other.  We will send a separate note to you about logging on.]

The sessions will simply provide you with a chance to put what you have learnt so far into practice, and will run for about two hours.  The teachers will only be directing the sessions to ensure that they run smoothly and keep to time – they will not be giving guidance on each hand.

These sessions are voluntary of course, and free of charge.  They are only open to those on our current student register, so you will be playing among friends 😊.  You can choose to drop into a session at the last minute – there’s no need to pre-book. 

If you want to play in any session but don’t have a partner, don’t worry, just log on and there will be a Bridge Buddy available to partner the last ‘singleton’ to register, to ensure that everyone is paired up.

It may be worthwhile all of you checking that your equipment operates with RealBridge – their test page is here:
https://play.realbridge.online/camera.html

We are as disappointed as you are that we have been forced to delay the lessons, but needs must ….

As ever, if you have any queries, please contact richard.rees227@gmail.com or any of the teachers.

With best wishes for the New Year,

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