Another good night at Oscar's Inn Newark. Everyone enjoyed the fabulous food and convivial atmosphere.

In the absence of our Chairman, Derek presented the winners with their trophies

All Competitions have now been decided with the Trophies being shared out by a wide range of players.

Congratulations to Mo and Debbie who have retained the Pairs Championship with an average of 57.7%.

Nick and Ruby also maintain their grip on the SMM trophy achieving a perfect score of 6

Well done to our Slam King, Brian Adams who made 19 slams through the course of the year

The Random Seeded Teams event was won by Roger and Margaret, John and Tina

The Roy Hughes Pairs Trophy was held on April 28th. It was a closely fought competition with Mo and Debbie finishing in first place ahead of Nigel and Pat. Well done.

Congratulations to Dorothy and Corinne, winners of the Handicap Pairs Trophy, the first competition of the new season.

After the handicaps were applied they finished way ahead of the field with 61.59%. Well done to the runners-up, Richard and Mary with 54.75%

Brian emerged the winner of the Individual Trophy held on Feb 17th, finishing with over 64% , in second place was Charles and 3rd place went to Debbie B.

Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association started their new year in September.

Congratulations to Rob Fabian and Brian Chamberlain who won the County Sims Pairs held on Monday 16th September

Well done Mo and Debbie who were first N/S in the first Sunday Competition of the Year. The Ghost Pairs

LCBA held a Random Seeded Team Competition on October 13th. Well done to Dave and Sally who were in the second placed team and Mo and Debbie who were in the third placed team

In the December Lincs Sims Pairs Dave and Sally were our best performers finishing in 3rd place, Charles and Lynda and Tony and Jean also achieved top ten finishes, Congratulations to all.

Lincolnshire CBA held the Mens' and Ladies' Pairs Competitions on Sunday 26th January. Mo and Debbie won the Ladies' Trophy and Rob and Brian were the second ranked Mens' Pair.

The Bainton Final was held on February 2nd, Heighington were represented by three pairs with Derek and Pat finishing in 2nd place, Rob and Brian in 3rd place and Dave and Sally equal 8th.

The Garden Cities qualifier took place on March 9th. Heighington were in the fortunate position of being able to field two teams of eight. Both did well with Heighington A finishing second of the six teams and Heighington B just behind them in third place

Huge Congratulations to Lynda and Charles for winning the Lincolnshire Veterans Trophy finishing well ahead of a very experienced field

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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.

The full committee is as follows

Chairman         Fred Myers

Secretary         Derek Crumpton

Treasurer         Pat Lucas

Members         Charles Day

                        Corinne Cole

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

HANDICAP PAIRS  October 28th 2024. Each pair will be given a handicap according to last season's average

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP 17th Feb 2025. You will play each board with a different partner. Pre-entry required

ROY HUGHES PAIRS TROPHY April 28th 2025

TEAMS OF 4 TROPHY Sept 1st 2025 Random seeded teams Pre-entry required

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