Durham Bridge Club was 50 years old in 2022!

Durham Bridge Club was founded in 1972 and we celebrated in great fashion with an afternoon of bridge followed by dinner, at Durham Town Hall on Sunday 4th September 2022.

Check out the names of the winners / runners-up as well as the event photos on the main page.

Published 05/09/2022 (Happy birthday party photo created by freepik - www.freepik.com)

ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS
Members please note that Ann Squires has now stood down as Club Secretary. All communication should now be addressed to the new Secretary 

CHRISTINE FARNSWORTH at cafarnsworth2@gmail.com

Congratulations to the Durham Bridge Member Masterpoints Promotions in July and August 2022:

Published 12/09/2022

Sadly we learn that Laurence Firbank passed away on Monday 22nd August 2022. 

Laurence was a long standing member playing with his wife Liz. Funeral details are as follows:

Thursday 15th September 2022

           1.15 - Holy Trinity Church, Washington Village

           2.30 - Durham Crematorium

           3.30 - Chester-le-Street Golf Club

Published 25/08/2022 (amended 06/09/2022)

The 2022 Durham City Trophy Winners are Bill Dixon and Peter Sykes

They achieved an impressive 71% score on 26th April 2022 in the evening session of the Durham Bridge Club AGM

Published 15/07/2022

An Extraordinary General Meeting was held on Tuesday 14th June to amend the constitution of the club.
Please find attached the amended constitution and accompanying notes (Constitution 2022 and Constitution Changes 2022).

Our COVID policy has been reviewed by the committee at the end of June 2022 and is confirmed as follows: 

• all players should be vaccinated against Covid 19 (obviously with exceptions due to any medical condition); 
• anyone with symptoms of any transmissable disease or has tested positive for any such disease, especially Covid, shall not attend the Club until they are symptom-free and/or testing negative; 
• mask-wearing is not mandatory but if one player requests mask-wearing for the duration of the boards at that table then all 4 players should comply; 
• the room will be well ventilated. 

Published 02/07/2022 and amended on 11/07/2022
 

The Committee of Durham Bridge Club has recently considered our policy on mask-wearing at the Club. The Centre's Management have themselves now said that mask-wearing is a decision left to the clubs in question, and the current numbers in Durham show a marked fall (the current recorded number are 140 cases per 100,000 and Durham, as a Local Authority, is placed 20th out of 149 - but these numbers are likely to be underestimates given the reduced rate of testing). Nevertheless, the Committee's view is now that, with effect from May 16th:

• all players will at all times respect everyone else and their choices;
• we recognise that the bridge-playing community is, by virtue of its age profile, at the more vulnerable end of the demographic;
• we will continue with full ventilation;
• mask-wearing is no longer mandatory whilst playing bridge at DBC - players are free to wear, or not wear, a mask BUT if any player at any table requests all four players to wear masks then all players at that table will readily comply with that request for the duration of their boards. So it is essential that all players continue to bring a mask with them

Thanks and very best wishes,

Adrian (09 May 2022)

Congratulations to the Durham Bridge Member Masterpoints Promotions in May 2022:

We are sad to be notified of the death of Alison Grant on Tuesday 26th April 2022.  Alison, a nonagenarian, was a founder member of the Club 50 years ago and a strong supporter of all its activities. For a number of years now Alison had been unable to attend the Club but her regular partners included Ann Squires, Rosemary Zakrzewski and the late Mike Pitt. We send sincere condolences to her family.  

The funeral is on Wednesday 18th May 12 pm at Durham Crematorium with reception at the Ramside afterwards

The 2022 AGM was held on Tuesday 26th April 2022 at 12:!5.

Meeting documents are:

Durham AGM 2022

Durham Chair report 2022

Durham Financial Report 2022

Click on the above document names to see the content

Congratulations to the Durham Bridge Member Masterpoints Promotions in April 2022:

Congratulations to the Durham Bridge Member Masterpoints Promotions in March 2022:

Jonathan Cansino

Club member George Cansino presented the Cansino Trophy to Durham Bridge Club in January 2018 in memory of his brother Jonathan.  Jonathan was recognised as a brilliant player ranked in the all time top three of  British players and the trophy we now have is one won by him during his illustrious career.  He studied at Oriel College, Oxford from which he graduated in 1961 and after just three years as an articled clerk in his uncle's solicitors practice, he left to play bridge professionally.  He represented Britain many times at both junior (in those days under 30) and senior level and also took part in the 1972 Olympiad in Miami partnered by Jeremy Flint.  We are honoured to have his name linked with our Club.

Many congratulations go to Joan Crompton and Irene Burns for an outstanding victory in the final of the Gazette Cup held at St George's Bridge Club on Sunday 31st October 2021. 

Here they are shown receiving trophies from Graham Cox, Member of NEBA Executive.