One of our teams had a good win in the NICKO plate against a strong team from Farnham in Surrey.  All of the opposition played in Div 1 Surrey.   On the board with the biggest swing (16 imps), the same doubled slam was bid at both tables.    Cliff made the clever sacrifice and Peter made the slam despite having two top winners against him.  At the other table Yves made an encouraging competitive double to enable David to find the right lead so all in all a real team effort.  Good luck in round two!    

There will be an Open Evening in February (Wednesday 19) when less experienced players will be paired with a more experienced partner for the evening.  (We have run evenings such as this previously calling them Pro-Am).  We hope that those interested but unsure of entering our usual duplicate sessions will avail themselves of this evening which will be open to members and non members.    There is now a list available in the clubroom where players are encouraged to sign up so that we can suitably balance the numbers for the evening.

These popular sessions are held on the second and fourth Friday of each month starting at 3.30pm.  Please try to arrive between 3.15 and 3.30pm and not earlier.

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ The updated tables for these three competitions can be viewed under Competitons on left♠ ♥♦ ♣ 

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No Fear Duplicate Bridge is a fun and friendly session for new and relatively new duplicate players run by Leigh Harding on the 2^nd and 4^th Fridays of the month. It provides an opportunity to gain experience in playing in duplicate events and has proved to be a popular event for inexperienced players.  Students in year 2 and above are welcome to join in the duplicate session or if preferred can join the separate practice tables (booking for practice tables essential – click on following link for further information and booking details: http://www.nofearbridge.co.uk/chichesterbc.html

The bridge sessions at Chichester club are diverse and hopefully cater to the desires of all our members.

Monday and Thursday evenings are our strongest sessions. 27 boards played.  No partner is needed on a Thursday except the 4th Thursday in the month (see below).

The fourth Thursday each month is a Teams session for players of all abilities.  Top pairs are randomly paired with less experienced pairs to give an interesting evening.  However, for this session you must sign up in advance on the sheet in the clubroom.

Saturday evenings and Tuesday afternoons are more relaxed and 24 boards played.

New bi monthly ‘No Fear Duplicate Bridge’ Friday session started Jan 2017. This session is for students and newcomers to duplicate bridge and we initially expect to play only 15-18 boards.  No partner needed for these sessions.

All our sessions are open to all members. Those who are new to bridge or less experienced will probably want to start with the Friday, Saturday or Tuesday session. Visitors new to the club are welcome to trial each session until they find the session(s) most appropriate or exceed six attendances, at which point they would be invited to join.  Though the bridge standard varies enormously dependent on the session chosen, we want all members to enjoy their bridge and we expect all members to adhere to Best Behaviour at Bridge at every session.