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Dear Member,

FACE TO FACE BRIDGE RETURN 

A number of members of the Committee of City of Derry Bridge Club met recently to look

 at the future of the club.

 It was decided that playing in future in Da Vinci’s maybe untenable due to the cost of room rental-£50 when we last played, it may be more now?

 It was proposed that we might amalgamate with other Bridge clubs as Foyle and the Wednesday clubs are no longer in existence. This may or may not be a runner and if not we will go it alone, but ideally the idea of all clubs playing together and keeping their own identity at the same time with both scoring and prizes I thought was a real opportunity to allow expansion, greater friendship, and encourage all new members or beginners in a friendly and social environment.

 We might either be able to rent a room in U3A at a more reasonable cost (under discussion) OR each of our members could become a member of the U3A at a cost of £40 per year and we could then play free in one of their excellent rooms. Some of our members are already members of the U3A so they will have already paid their £40 fee. Nothing has been decided at this stage and feedback will be greatly appreciated. We only want what is best for the survival of the club that was established in 1943.

Please answer this email and verify if you would be willing to play face to face bridge again in U3A at our usual time of 7pm on a Tuesday evening (if available) It may take some time to organise this but we are planning to start there at the beginning of September at the latest or before if at all possible.

We do not have the email addresses of all our members (only 14) so if you would pass on this message to any of them, we would be most grateful or send me missing contacts.

I will place this email on the CODBC Website to allow all not covered by this email to read it 

Looking forward to all thoughts?

Kevin Hinds

Kphinds@gmail.com

City of Derry BC

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07713621506

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Contact us at CityOfDerryBridgeClub@gmail.com