The club will be entering this years event on Tuesday November 10th.

The event will be free for club members to enter.
The club will donate £3.00 to Children in Need for every person who plays in the event.

If you wish to donate something extra please:
1. Make a bank transfer to Gwent  Sort Code 20 60 58 & Account Number 30446904.
Please let Bill know the amount and date so I can inform Leighton.
2. Send a cheque payable to Gwent Bridge Academy.
     Leighton Williams
     4 Church Lane  Llansoy  Usk
     Monmouthshire NP15 1HL

There will be prizes for the pair coming first on scratch and handicap.
And the pair closest to 50% on scratch.
Please let me know if you wish to enter so I can calculate your handicap in advance. Bill

EWBA Mixed Pairs.

This event will take place on line Sunday December 6th.

Entry By email to Helen Houston: Email: ato@ewba.org.uk.

Include name, BBO username & membership number of both players.
Entry only completed upon payment.

Note: only open to members of EWBA and of clubs within EWBA.

Payment in full By bank transfer: Entry Fee £20.00 per pair.
Account No. 50248029 Sort Code 20-18-15.

Reference: MixP + Captain’s surname (e.g. MixPHOUSTON).

Start time 11.00am. One hour lunch break. Finish between 5.00 & 6.00pm.

The second issue of the newsletter can now be downloaded here.

For each quiz you enter you will be given one point for each correct answer maximum of 10.

The scores will be collected over a monthly period and the person with the highest total will win a very nice Gwent notepad and pen.

The present competition is for the month of October.

Members donating a quiz will be given 8 points for that quiz.

Scores on lhs Quiz Total.

The club will donate £1.00 for each person that enters to the Chairman's Charity.

Answers to Bill by Friday October 30th 12.00. Noon.

Questions 11 & 12 not in the competition.

Answers to Bill by Friday October 30th 12.00. Noon.

All the answers contain the name Holly or Carol or Noel.

The next Gwent club event on BBO will take place on Tuesday October 27th at 7.00pm.
You can only register for these events two hours before they are due to start ie 5.00pm to 7.0pm.

For further details contact Derek Roberts or Mike Clarke.

Useful discussion on online bridge. Click Here.

Stepbridge results now on lhs index.

The next Gwent duplicate session is on Saturday October 31st at 7.00pm.

You can join Stepbridge by clicking here. Stepbridge.

As Stepbridge is still new to club members Derek Roberts has offered to run some sessions where members could use the system without any pressure of an actual competition.
Derek can now offer indivual help just one other person on line.
He would then go through using Stepbridge, the bidding, self alerting etc.

The Coronation Cup was awarded in 1953 to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth 2nd.

Congratulations to Martin Joseph & Veronica Burrows who won both scratch and handicap event.

Ann Kelly & Bob Hellier who came second in the handicap win a bottle of wine each.

Handicap results shown in lhs column under Coronation Cup.

Mike Samuel(2)     Mike Clarke     Peter Smith(5)     Kath Fewster(6)    Ceri Mowat(6)

Richard Welsford(5)    Jeff Morgan(4)    Derek Roberts(4)    Deborah Ashley     

Therese French(2)     John Harry(4)    Iain Brisbane(2)     Tina Williamson(2)

Ann Kelly(7)     Brian Shepherd     David Wall     Nishebita Das(2)

John Dewsnap(6)     John Hinton(2)     June Duffy(5).     Guy Thomas     Paul Cunningham

Carol Shepherd(2)    Allan Snelgrove     Veronics Walsh(2)     Chris Williamson(2)      Linda Morgan

Gwynn Davis     Alison Jones     Paul Nicholls     Marion Shewell

Graham Jones being presented with a photographic history of the club on his retirement from being club treasurer.