Thank you for supporting both online and face-to-face bridge

The weekly Monday evening sessions at Clare will continue
while there is good support for this, in parallel with Clare online

The next session is Monday 3rd October.

Come to The Old Schools of Clare, 7.00 for a 7:15 start. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible.

Clare Bridge Club has been invited to play in a friendly online match against a club in Kent (Tyler Hill (Canterbury)).

This will be held online (on BBO) on November 23rd at 7 p.m.

The format would be up to 10 teams of four, each playing a team of similar standard (perhaps Jack+, 8-10, and below 8).

The number of teams depends on how many of us want to play. They have done this before, like it, and so can offer 10 teams.

This could be a good introduction to teams / a welcome return, or just a fun evening.

If you (and a partner if possible) are interested could you please either send me an email or let me know at the Founders party on Oct. 9th.  I will have to confirm on Oct.10th.

John Symons

Due to the generosity of Basil Ambrose, Clare Bridge Club is throwing a party
at 12.30 on Sunday 9th October at the Old School Hall in Clare
for a delicious buffet lunch with champagne followed by relaxed bridge

Menu :

Lamb in tomato sauce/ Vegetarian vegetable tagine
Dauphinoise potatoes/Lemon couscous
Medley of vegetables

Followed by:

Rhubarb and raspberry frangipane tart
Lemon curd pavlova
Chocolate and pear delight

All members of the club and visitors, either to the Friday afternoon relaxed duplicate sessions at Lavenham or to the Monday evening BBO sessions, are welcome.

Basil would love to be there!

RSVP by following this link

This year, Clare's qualifying heat of the Suffolk Championship Pairs will be held on Monday 17th October, both online and face-to-face. This will be a regular online club evening, and entry for the Championship Pairs is optional - if you do not wish to attempt to qualify you can register and play as normal.

The rules for playing in the event are as follows:

• Any pair wishing to attempt to qualify during the evening, must tell the Director before the start of play. To facilitate this you can submit the form below before 17th October.
• Both members of the pair must have primary affiliation to Suffolk
• No player may attempt to qualify in more than one heat during the 2022-23 season, either with the same partner or with another partner.
• For those pairs who have indicated their intention to attempt to qualify, a 50% score or higher is required to qualify.

For those who qualify, the Final will take place face-to-face at Elmswell on Sunday 16 April 2023. It is emphasised that the Final will be face-to-face only.

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 

This event is now full

We are delighted to announce that Andrew Robson will be giving a Masterclass on Thursday 3rd November 2022, 2 pm - 6 pm in Assington Village Hall, CO10 5LW. He will be covering the following topics:

• Bidding Big Hands
• The Cheat Seat
• The Quick Defence

The price is £40 per head. Further information is in the flyer here.

This event is now full, but there is a waiting list - to be added to this list please email Gerry Ford (click this link) but don't make any payment until there has been a cancellation and a place is available.

♣ ♦ ♥ ♠ 

Lavenham Village Hall, Friday afternoons
Next session: Friday 30th September

We have a programme of relaxed bridge sessions as an opportunity for players who have never experienced duplicate bridge. This is promising to be popular, and we would now like to open it to all club members who would like to play face-to-face in a relaxed environment.

The sessions are at 2:00 (please be prompt!) for a 2:15 start, finishing by 5:15, and you are most welcome to come either with or without a partner. We aim to achieve 18 boards during the afternoon, with a short break for tea and cake.

We play online bridge on BBO on Monday evenings at 7pm.

If you want to play with us please register by clicking on the "Register for Clare Online" button to the right.

Welcome to Conor Bignall who has joined us as our latest Director.

To find out what you have to do click on "How to join" and "how to use BBO" in the list on the right. To get more guidance on what it is like playing on BBO click on "Help for playing in an online event" in the list on the right. To understand some of the difficulties of playing on line compared with at the club, click on "Difficulties on BBO" and "Substitutes on BBO" in the list on the right.

If you have any difficulties logging in on the night, contact the director. The sooner you try to do this the more time you have to seek our help with any problems.

We are really grateful for the help and support we have received from Jacks Morcombe and Peter Bushby, without whom these on line tournaments would not have been possible.

 ♥ ♥ ♥  Jenny 07906 083999, Paddy 07884 313898, Nick 07581 308841 and Conor  07757 279643♥ ♥ ♥ 

The link in the 'Playing Bridge at Clare' document to help on cut and paste on BBO is not working.

♠ ♠ You can access the help here.♠ ♠ 

OLD NEWS ITEMS CAN BE READ BY CLICKING ON CLUB NEWS ARCHIVE ON THE LEFT