Many thanks to all participating members who took part and enjoyed the goodies on offer.

We raised £242 which has been donated to Cancer Research

One of the aims of the EBU Festival of Bridge is to promote Bridge to the wider public. Members of Heighington and Bassingham Bridge Clubs manned a stall at the Bassingham Show on August 3rd where we happily explained Bridge to interested parties and encouraged them to take lessons and come and join us.

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Heighington Bridge Club is a EBU afiliated club which meets each Monday evening at 7 pm to play duplicate bridge at the Hammond Hall in Bassingham. Our venue is modern and spacious and benefits from air conditioning. New members and visitors are always welcome.

If you wish to visit or join please contact Derek Crumpton at derek.crumpton@live.com and if you are a single player we will try to find you a partner.

Well done to Barry and Lesley who have won the Roy Hughes Pairs Competition held on the 22nd April

The first Trophy Competition this year was the Handicap Pairs held in October. Congratulations to Fred Myers and Andy Milner, the winners of the competition after the handicaps were applied.

This years Individual Championship was won by Pat Lucas, just one match point ahead of Tony Tyler.

At present Dave and Sally Williams have the highest single score with 69.05%

As well as our normal duplicate sessions including the SMM competition the club will hold four annual competitions

HANDICAP PAIRS  October 23rd 2023. Each pair will be given a handicap according to last season's average

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP Jan 15th 2024. You will play each board with a different partner. Pre-entry required

ROY HUGHES PAIRS TROPHY April 22nd 2024

TEAMS OF 4 TROPHY Sept 2nd 2024 Random seeded teams Pre-entry required

The full committee is as follows

Chairman         Fred Myers

Secretary         Derek Crumpton

Treasurer         Pat Lucas

Members         Charles Day

                        Corinne Cole

We work in close cooperation with Bassingham Bridge club. The two clubs have many members in common and share facilities and equipment. Bassingham bridge club provides social bridge on Tuesday afternoons, beginner and improvers courses on Wednesday evenings and duplicate evenings on Thursdays.

In order to facilitate the smooth running of the weekly pairs events, would players please follow the following guidelines.

1. The hall is usually available from 18.30  so early arrivals are asked to assist the director in the preparation of up to ten tables with cloths and bidding boxes.

2. Players are asked be seated by 18.45.

3. On arrival the director will issue a playing card to each pair. A black card indicates for that pair to sit N/S at the number drawn and a red card to sit E/W. When the director has started play each North should  activate the Bridgemate, fill in the table number and players ID numbers and check they have the correct boards.

4. At the completion of each board North will enter the result and hand it to East or West for verification. East/West please check carefully before accepting the result. . At the end of the round North is responsible for passing the boards on to the next table in the correct order for play.

5. Players should be prepared to play two board rounds in 15 minutes and three board rounds in 21 minutes. Any table falling badly behind may be instructed not to play their final board and the score will be averaged at the director's discretion.

6. At sitting tables, for some movements, there will arrow switches for some rounds. (Usually rounds 2 and 3) The Bridgemate will always indicate the correct orientation and all players should be aware of this. If a table has failed to arrow switch please inform the director immediately.

7. After play the scorer will usually score and upload the results to Bridgewebs by 22.10 hrs. The scoring will then be submitted to the EBU

Roy Hughes was a long term member of our club being Chairman many years until his death in 2019. He was instrumental in moving the club from Heighington to Bassingham when it became difficult to find a suitable venue in Heighington. He was an excellent player representing the county on many occasions and worked tirelessly to promote Bridge in the local area, chairing both Heighington and Bassingham bridge clubs.

Roy (on left) receiving the Dimmie Fleming award for services to bridge.