Corsham Bridge Club
Release 2.19r
Latest News

See the boxes below for Wilts, Corsham and EBU competitions coming up.

Christmas Play

Tuesday evening play will go ahead as normal on 23rd and 30th Dec.

No Wednesday morning play on Christmas Eve

Wednesday morning play on 31st Dec is TBN.

Let Ray/John/Sue know if you'd like to play that morning.

Corsham Competitions

Competition dates

There are no more Club events in 2025.

COMPETITION DATES 2026

Corsham trophy and prize competitions

14 April   Eileen Harding Handicap Pairs

9 June     Robin Sutton Swiss Pairs

7 July      Nesbitt Teams

15 September    Marjorie Cox Pairs

17 November   Mixed Ability Pairs – Free meal prize

Simultaneous Pairs

13 January   British Winter

3 March       EBU Stratified

12 May    EBED Spring       

21 July     British Summer

6 October    British Autumn

Please note that the extra cost of Sim pairs events is paid by the Club. Normal table money charge applies.

 

EBU Events Nov - Dec
EBU Events Nov - Dec
WEEKLY QUIZ

Weekly Quiz 5.

All playing basic ACOL, Benji, 2 weak 2’s, Reverse Attitude Signals and Discards Standard Leads.

 

♠️

♥️

♦️

♣️

You are West

10 6

9

A K Q J 10 3 2

9 8 7

N

 

W           7           E

 

S

N

 

W          8          E

 

S

 

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♥️

♦️

♣️

You are East

10 9 5

A Q J 9

Q J 8

K Q J

Dealer West

Vul. N/S

Dealer South

Vul. None

W

N

E

S

S

W

N

E

?

1♣️

P

P

?

                                                                                   

Hand 7

Hand 8

You are the dealer and N/S are vulnerable.

7/ What are you going to bid?

South is dealer and has opened 1C. Your partner has passed and so has North.

 

8/ Now it is your bid?

Can you give 3 bids you can make?

Make the last one your preferred bid (c) please.

(a, b & c).

 

How to contact members?
 

Please use email address corsham@corshambridgeclub.org.uk to send a

message to all members especially when looking for a partner for a particular Tuesday.

Use 'REPLY' when responding to any such email. DO NOT use 'REPLY ALL'

 

PROMOTIONS
  CONGRATULATIONS
Promotions for November 2025
 

Colin Ladle - 2 Star Master

Hilary Swan - 1 Star Master

Pat Houston - Club Master

  Mark Shearman - Local Master
  

 
Mixed Ability Pairs

CONGRATULATIONS to Cath Elms and Mark Hutchinson who won this competition on Tuesday11th November 2025.

They scored over 67% and beat their nearest rivals, Carolyn Carter and Graham Cogswell, by nearly 3%.

Cath and Mark have each won a free meal at our Prizegiving Dinner on 20th January

Calendar
16th December 2025
Pairs
Box 1845hrs
17th December 2025
Assisted Play
Box 0945hrs
23rd December 2025
Pairs
Box 1845hrs
Results
Assisted Play
Box
Director: Ray
Scorer: Gordon
Pairs
Box
Director: Sue
Scorer: Ian
Assisted Play
Box
Director: Ray
Scorer: Gordon