| RELAXED PAIRS AT LAVENHAM |
 
A last-gasp move on the final board secured a fine victory for Shoshanna and Rachael on an eventful afternoon at Lavenham yesterday.
Sherri Barton , who stepped in to direct after Sarah got unavoidably delayed, certainly had her hands full with query after query, topped off by an amusing incident when one board arrived at the next table missing one set of cards. With 8 or 9 players, and the director, clustered round , the missing cards were finally found inside the glasses case of one of the other players. Much hilarity, and thanks to Sherri for coping so diligently.
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| ANNOUNCEMENT |
The Club is extremely sad to report the death last week of Tom Hawksley following a stroke.
Tom had been a stalwart of Friday afternoon sessions in Lavenham since their inception and will be
fondly remembered. A service of remembrance will be held in Assington Church at 10:30am on Sunday 6th September.
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| Bridge for Fun Hospice Bridge Tea October 2nd |
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| Cafe Bridge |
Registration for the Café Bridge event on Thursday 3rd September in Bury St Edmunds town centre, is now open. This event is also raising funds for ‘My Wish Children’s Ward’ charity; and the event will run between 10.15 and 15.45. The venues this year include,
The Angel Hotel, Giggling Squid, Sakura, Cote, The Edmundo Lounge, Damson & Wilde, Prezzo, Mowgli Street Food, Prima Vista, The One Bull Hotel, Procopios Pantry, The So Bar, Abbeygate Cinema, Cote & The Lounge & Garden
A light lunch is included in the entrance fee of £30/head, of which the My Wish charity will receive £10. There will be prizes for the first three pairs.
The choice of lunch venue will be allocated in the order in which players register. So please book early to secure your favourite venue. Any questions please email cafe_bridge@suffolkbridge.co.uk Please click visit the Suffolk Bridge website or click below to register.
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| Beryl Dorey 2026 |
The Beryl Dorey competition for 2026 will start on 1st June, and will run on the first Monday of each month thereafter,
The best 3 results will qualify.
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| Monday Online Pairs |
Clare and Swindon Bridge Club have now joined forces for online bridge on Monday nights.
The face-to-face sessions at Clare are unaffected and continue as normal.
Registering to play
If you haven't previously played online with Clare, please register using this form.
Registering for a session
This is a change from Clare practice: it will NOT be possible to join on the day. Instead you MUST register in advance every week, before 6pm on the preceding Sunday (ideally the preceding Saturday).
You do this on the Swindon Bridge Club website (click here): scroll down to find the event and enter your name and BBO ID, and your partner's name and BBO ID.
Joining the session
Log in to BBO as usual, and search for "Swindon" under "Competitive" / "All Tournaments".
It's as easy as that!
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| Announcing and alerting |
The EBU announcing and alerting rules have been amended. Click here to see the EBU ‘Announcing and Alerting Summary’ which describes all the announcing and alerting rules including the changes.
The first group of changes expands what to do over a transfer.
| Opener |
Responder |
Action |
| INT |
2S |
- If natural you do nothing
- If transfer to clubs ANNOUNCE ‘clubs’
- If another meaning, including showing both minors, ALERT
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| 1NT |
2NT |
- If natural you do nothing
- If transfer to diamonds ANNOUNCE ‘diamonds’
- If another meaning ALERT
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The second group of changes adds responses to one of a suit.
- If your suit responses to one of a suit are natural you do nothing.
- If your responses to one of a suit has another meaning, such as another suit or denies a four card major, you ‘alert’ or ‘announce’ as shown in the ‘Announcing and Alerting Summary’
- If your 1NT response to one of a suit is the normal one showing up to 10 points you do nothing.
- If your 1NT response to one of a suit is different, such as more than 10 points or is forcing, you ‘alert’ or ‘announce’ as shown in the ‘Announcing and Alerting Summary’
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| Cut and Paste on BBO |
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.♠ ♠
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OLD NEWS ITEMS CAN BE READ BY CLICKING ON CLUB NEWS ARCHIVE ON THE LEFT
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