| Bridge Ladder News |
The new bridge ladder will now run from 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022.
Your results from both the Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday evening sessions will be included.
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| The Ken Franklin Trophy |
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The Ken Frankling Trophy was held on Wednesday 3rd December.
Many congratulations to Peter Woods and Nicola Duke who won with a score of 65.31%.
The runners up were Effie Richards and Miriam Woodman with 64.06% - so it was a very close finish.
In 3rd place came Dennis Amiss & Sue Timberlake with 58.44%.
Well done to all the winners.
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| 2019-2020 EPC Tuesday Ladder Winners |
Congratuations to Effie and Dilys - winners of the Tuesday EPC bridge ladders.
Effie won the overall ladder for all players - with an average of score of 64.51 (12 best score over the year).
Dilys won the ladder for all players excluding County masters - with an average score of 58.99 (12 best scores over the year).
You can see both the full final tables by selecting the '♥ Bridge Ladder' menu option and then clicking on the the appropriate ladder.
New ladders have now started for 2020-21 (will run from 1st Dec 2020 - 30th November 2021).
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| Playing Bridge Online During COVID via BBO |
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A message from Annabel
We are back on line for the Tuesday bridge sessions on the following dates... June 7th, 14th and 21st. 1pm start.
Also.. our On-line bridge session on Wednesdays is now open to guests, starts at 7.15 every week.
To join either session
You will need to:
- Have registered with Bridge Base Online (BBO) with a BBO user name (e.g. mine is Annabel 15) and then
- Buy some BBO dollars with which to pay your ‘table money’ you can do this on the BBO website through a credit/debit card or through PayPal (which I find easier). The cost for a session is 3 BBO dollars which is about £2.50.
About an hour before the session is due to start you would then go to ‘All Tournaments’ and find the Priory game.
If you want to play in the:
- Tuesday session you can just log on (having already registered with BBO) with your BBO user name, but if you want to play in the more relaxed, and restricted to members with guests only.
- Wednesday evening session, you need to let me know, (especially if you are playing with a non-Priory member) so I can confirm you are a Priory member to the BBO director, then he can add you to our exclusive Wednesday members’ list. I need yours, and your partners’ details, you only need to tell me the first time you want to play - after that you will automatically be on the list as a Wednesday Permitted Player so there should be no trouble signing on after that.
If you are having problems
If for some reason you can’t get on to either session:
- It is best to ring the BBO director, who is usually the EBU’s Jonathan Lillicrop (01296 317206), although you could
- Ring or WhatsApp either myself or Miriam (all we would have to do is ring him and as it will doubtless be time restricted for you to log on, better to just go straight to Jonathan.)
Any questions?
If you have any questions related to the above please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Miriam or myself.
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| New Bridge Committee |
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Other Bridge Committee Members
Sue Hartill, Barbara-Loyo Mayo and Effie Richards
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| Bridge Charity Match at Moseley Golf Club in February 2020 |
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Congratulations to the winners from the EPC - Terry, Sue, Patrick and Gill.
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| Priory vs Edgbaston Golf Club |
On Wednesday October 23rd it was Priory’s turn to host the regular fixture against the Golf Club...
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| The 2019 Bridge Charity Evening |
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The Individual Winners at Our Charity Event
L-R: Carol Dainty, Ann Dawes (Winner) and Sue Bowan
For more photos of the evening click here
On Thursday 16th May we had 17 teams at our Annual Charity Event. We raised £2,220 for Beanstalk/The Oaks Primary School in Druids Heath to help provide literacy support for young children.
Big congratulations to the winner, Ann Dawes with 3,490 points... who wins her own trophy (The Ann Dawes Trophy).
Runner-up was visitor and ex-member Carol Dainty with 3,350 points and third was Sue Bowman with 2,980 points.
The Team Winners were 'The Jams' with 10,740 points. The four members of the winning team were Ann Dawes, Scilla Carney, Janice Wainwright and Sue Bowen.
Second came the 'The Forbidding Fourbidders' team with 8,700 points (Effie Richards, Amy Innes, Jan Rodrigo and Robert Nock) followed by 'The Dainty Taylors' with 8,520 points (Dylis and Andy Taylor with guest Carol and Dan Dainty).
We have many people to thank for making the evening a great success:
- Bridge players, other EPC members and local suppliers... who donated prizes for the raffle
- Roger Florey and his team... the auction for your gardening services will not be forgotten thanks to Di Fiveash making bids which frightened the auctioneer (husband Ray!)
- Ronnie Shoebotham who donated/spent a huge sum in our auction to secure Roger's services
- Barbara and others who helped sell a huge amount of raffle tickets
- The many player "cake bakers" who did us proud and
- Levy... who donated our teas and coffees.
On the evening we were joined for the second year running by the EPC Chairman (David) and Chair of Tennis (Ed) joining in and hope they will continue to join in again.
Annabel, Jan, Marijke, Ray & Sue
Your EPC Bridge Committee
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| Bridge Players in Turkey in 2019 |
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Looks like bliss... sunshine, cocktails and bridge!
L-R: Rob, Charlie, Roger, Ray and Linda
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| Photos From Our First Bridge Holiday in Cyprus! |
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| Recent Friendly Match Against Edgbaston Golf Club |
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Edgbaston Golf Club (Host) vs. Edgbaston Priory Club on Friday 22 March 2019
L-R: Jeff Bissenden, Tom Burley, Miriam Woodman, Sue Bowman, Ken Franklin, Terry Blatter, Carmen Cuadrado, Tricia Sadiq, David Houston, Sue Froggatt, Jean Pratt, Tricia Jones (Organiser for the Golf Club), Jane Betts, Annabel Hampson, Jan Rodrigo, Ros Tullock Gerri Draysey, Ray Fiveash, Marijke Rodrigo (Organiser for the EPC), Robert Nock, Heather Bissenden, Mary Ann Betts, Jo Oakley, Patrick Bookey
PS: EPC Won by 6,520 points
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| Share Your Story |
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We would love to hear more about why you started playing bridge and what keeps you playing.
To share your story please click here and answer these few questions:
How long have you been playing bridge? When did you first start playing?
Why did you start playing bridge? What was the catalyst behind you taking up bridge?
In the early days, who did you play with?
What keeps you playing? What do you like most about bridge?
(Optional) What would improve your bridge playing experience at the club?
Annabel will then contact you to write up your story to add to our growing collection.
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| Beginner Bridge Crash Courses |
The Bridge Committee have decided in future to run the Beginners Bridge Crash Courses "on demand".
If you, or you know someone, would like to attend please let the committee know we will add you to the list.
When we have sufficient numbers we will then organise another course at the club with Adam Fraise.
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| Bridge Playing Celebs! |
Take a look at some famous UK bridge players here - how many do you recognise?
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| Can you name all the players that went to Turkey in 2018? |
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| Playing bridge in Turkey in May 2018 |
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| EPC Bridge Players in Turkey, May 2017 |
 Anne, Jan, Amy, Marijke, Roger, Jan, John, David, James, Val & Diane at Lykia World
See more photos here.
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| The EPC Bridge Club |
The Edgbaston Priory Bridge Club
Welcome to the EPC bridge club.
We are primarily a private member's racquets and fitness club, with a historic and proud connection to lawn tennis.
Bridge has been played at the club for over 40 years (see the 'timeline' menu section) and is a thriving and growing activity at the club.
We aim to support both learners and regular players, and host fun charity events and weekends away.
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