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

Our Individual Championship will be held on Monday 26th January. In this event you play each board with a different partner, all partnerships using the same conventions as there is no time for discussion between each hand. There will be a maximum of 8 tables so pre-entry is necessary and apologies but there will be no Bridge that evening for people not playing in the competition.

These are the entrants so far

1. Pat L            2. Lesley     3.Barry     4.Pat H

5. Nigel            6 Dave         7 Sally      8 Derek

9 Mo               10 Debbie    11 Helen    12 Rosie

13. Sheila D     14 Fiona    15 Roger B   16  John 

17 Corinne     18 Tom        19 Veronika  20 Iain

21 Charles     22  Tim         23 Sheila H  24 Chris D

25 Tina         26 Liz            27  Jean       28 Jackie

29 Andy       30 Brian A      31 Sheena    32 Lynda

Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association started their new year in September.

The first County event was the Lincs Sims pairs, the best performance in this competition was by Fred and Derrick who finished 5th out of the 67 pairs taking part.

Mo and Debbie continue to do well at the County events held at Dunholme finishing 2nd in the Ghost Pairs and winning the Random seeded teams. In the Mixed Pairs Event Debbie and her partner finished first with Mo and her partner finishing second.

A very strong showing from Heighington in the December Lincs Sims pairs with Derek and Pat finishing in first place with Rob and Brian second and Mo and Debbie in fourth.. 68 pairs took part in the competition.

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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