The next round of the Club Championship is on BBO on Sunday 24th January starting at 2 p.m. 24 boards with a short half time break.

Players will be billed £3 per player at the end of the month.

Our Real Bridge Tuesday morning sessions are free until the end of February - why not try them!

Your weekend quiz from Bev.

1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?

2) Which country makes Panama hats? 

3) From which animal do we get cat gut?

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? 

6) What colour is a purple finch?

5) What was King George VI's first name?

7) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? 

8) What is the colour of the black box in a commercial airplane?

HBA Club representative events:-

2 p.m. Sunday 31st January - Ranked Masters Teams

A club representative competition for teams of four with a Master Point rank of 5* Master or below. It is a single-session multiple teams event.

Players who are below the masterpoint limit at the start of the season (1st September) are eligible to play in the Ranked Masters events for the entire season.

We can enter as many teams as we wish. The club will pay entry fees.

7 p.m. Friday 26th February - Eccles Cup

An inter-club competition for teams of eight, restricted to players whose NGS grade is Jack or below. The total NGS grade of a team must be at most 80 (counting Jack as 11). All players must be members of the club they are representing. The club will pay entry fees.

If you and a regular partner would like to take part and represent Hitchin please let me know.

Online Sessions Schedule.

BBO - Club sessions cost $3BBO.

Member only sessions Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons at 2 p.m.

Relaxed Pairs sessions - Thursdays 10 p.m. for members with an NGS of 7 or less and Tuesdays 7 p.m. for partnerships of 18 or less.

(Relaxed sessions permit only simple systems. - details see dropdown box). NGS Ranks as at January 1st. - NGS Grades 010121

On Thursdays at 7 p.m. we host a Hospice Pairs in conjunction with the Royston Bridge Club open to all bridge players.

All profit goes to the Letchworth Garden House Hospice. Entry fee is $4BBO. This is planned to continue until f2f bridge can resume.

If playing on BBO for the first time we will need your BBO username - mee.hitchin@ntlworld.com

Real Bridge 

Member only sessions Tuesdays 10 a.m. (18 boards) and Saturdays 7 p.m. (20 boards). 

Teams 1st and 3rd Mondays 7 p.m. - contact richard.a.jones1@btinternet.com if you need help to make up a team.

All Real Bridge sessions are £2.50 invoiced monthly. 

The Club Championship will be held on BBO on the last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. and will comprise 24 boards with a short half time break. Cost is £3 invoiced monthly. 

Non members are very welcome to join the club - subs are £5.