♥ Simple Rules for the payment of prize money  ♥ 

1. Subject to the following paragraphs, prize money of £6 will be paid to the pair with the highest handicapped score each club evening. 

2. A pair's handicap will be the average of the pair's grades under the EBU's National Grading Scheme at the time the results are uploaded to the EBU website.

3. Members without a grade or where the grade cannot be determined will be deemed to have a grade of 50% for the purpose of calculating their handicaps.

4. Visitors and members playing with visitors will not be awarded will not be awarded a handicapped score and will not be eligible for prize money.

5. Prize money will not be paid (i) on the evening of the AGM, (ii) on the evening of the Christmas party, (iii) on the occasion of any club competition, (iv) on the occasion of any heat for a county or national competition, (v) on any evening where there are less than seven full tables, (vi) for any SIMS event, (vii) when the room is divided into two or more sections, and (viii) when the session has to be abandoned for any reason before 66% of the movement can be completed.

6. If a Mitchell movement is played without an arrow switch, the top North/South handicapped pair and the top East/West handicapped pair will each receive prize money of £3.

7. If two or more pairs are equal top, the prize money will be divided equally between them. 

A SHORT HISTORY OF HUNTINGDON BRIDGE CLUB

1958 - 1982

As written in 1983

PRESIDENT: Mrs Lavender Hicks 

VICE PRESIDENTS: Group Captain and Mrs R. Edwards

The club was started by Mrs Lavender Hicks, when 25 years ago she asked Mr & Mrs Mathieson if they were interested in forming a bridge club with a few friends.

They originally met in the old George Hall. Several of the founders are still active members of the present club, including Miss Maisie Fisher, who was the first secretary.

One of the major difficulties in running a bridge club is to find a suitable place to hold the meetings and the Huntingdon Bridge Club has had many homes during it's life. It has been housed in such varied places as "The Market Inn", "The Black Bull", "Slepe Hall Hotel", "The Womens Institute Hall" and "The Hemmingfords Sports Pavilion". Longer "stays" have been inNo 2 Officers' Mess, Brampton and "The George Hotel", Huntingdon and eventually "The Views" Huntingdon.

During the club's stay at "The George Hotel", there were two or three very sucessful supper parties, when the "non-playing" partners of the members were able to meet the "people they heard about on Monday nights". A Ladies' Bridge Luncheon to return the hospitality of the USA Officer's wives at Alconbury was another social activity and for many years a team of club ladies played a match against a Rushden ladies team.

Various matches have been played by the club against teams from Peterborough, Ely, Cambridge and Bedford clubs.For a time the club was a member of the S.E. Cambs Junior League as well as playing in other competitions organised by the Cambridge County Association.

The club has alwaysheld heats of the EBU and BBL Charity Events and although without any outstanding success, is happy to have contributed to the charities concerned.

Over the years the club has received support and influence from members of the Cambridge Club who became members of our club and has had much contact with the Cambridgeshire County Bridge Association whose offices of Chairman of the Management Committee and Vice-President have been filled by a member of our club.

A number of trophies have been acquired during the years, notable amongst which are The President's Rose Bowl donated by the founder President for individual success and the Stewart Morton Cup (In memory of the Club Captain who died in office in 1975) for teams of four.

The Jubilee year (1982) was celebrated by a bridge party in No2 Officers Mess, RAF Brampton where nearly ninety members, past & present enjoyed a duplicate competition enhanced by the pleasure of meeting so many friends who had come for the occasion. The generous array of prizes was much appreciated by the lucky winners and the tea and birthday cake by everyone.

The club continues to attract new members, some, keenly competative players and some less so and the Monday night meetings average twelve tables of players for duplicate competition.

The list below of past officers gives record to the members to whom the club is indebted for much service.

               CAPTAIN              TOURNAMENT             SECRETARY        TREASURER

                                                   DIRECTOR

1958-60    Dr Hicks               Mr Mathieson             Miss M. Fisher     Mr Andrews

1961-64    Dr Hicks               F/Lt Thompson            Miss M. Fisher      Mr Andrews

1965-68    Dr Shillam             G/Capt Edwards          Mrs Edwards         S/Ldr Pope

1969-72    Dr Shillam             G/Capt Edwards          Mrs Edwards          Mr Ward 

1973-74    Cmdr. Morton       Mr Aldridge                Mrs Jenkins           Mr Ward

1975         Cmdr. Morton        Mr Aldridge                Mrs Gardiner         Mrs Gardiner

1976         Mr Aldridge           Mr Speller                   Mrs Stenner           Mrs Gardiner

1977-78    G/Capt Edwards      F/Lt Hill                     Mrs Stenner            Mrs Gardiner

1979-81    S/Ldr Stenner         Mr Hunter                  Mrs Stenner            Mrs Gardiner

1982-83    Mrs Gardiner          F/Lt Russell              Mrs Jenkins            Mrs Craig

MR WARD HAS BEEN, FOR MANY YEARS, SCORER, RECORDER AND

KEEPER OF RECORDS