Happy Birthday today 6th August to Marie- Christine.

Have a lovely birthday MC - best wishes from all your friends at JSBSC.  

Bridge Tournaments will ONLY be held on MONDAYS during August.

Congratulations to Aileen & Gabi who joined the 70% Club on Friday 31st July. They scored 73.68% beating their nearest rivals by 15.79%. A great afternoon’s play well done. 

Slam Ladder for 2026 

One point for a small slam and three points for a grand slam. 
A poor week for slams this week with only two slams bid - no change on the ladder - as of w/e 31st July - 1st still is Maaike with 25 pts, 2nd is John T with 20 pts, 3rd is Brian with 18 pts & 4th is Janet C with 16 pts. 5th is Wendy F with 15 pts. 6th is Bart with 12 pts and joint 7th are Anne Lise, John H, Wendy B & Sue with 11 pts. 

Another steady week at the club – members enjoying the aircon in the club during the extreme heat/humidity. You may have noticed that a barrier has been placed on the road to the rear entrance of the club – it is now functional. If there are any members that need to use the rear entrance of the club, please let us know in plenty of time so that we can arrange for someone to open the barrier.

 Although the message was going to be fortnightly during the summer I decided to inform you of news on some of our members.

Jutta who broke her leg early July, is awaiting another x-ray on the 13^{th of} August and a decision will then be made on whether to operate; and Carol is recovering from her knee op and is playing plenty of bridge on-line.

Pleased to see that at least Jutta is able to get out and enjoy herself – no bridge though as she needs to keep her leg up otherwise it swells up.

Sadly though, we have heard from Martin Webb who has informed us that Ruth is in hospital in Germany with pneumonia; and our Vice President, Keith, is in iMed hospital, Benidorm, having numerous tests to establish the type of infection he has – more results tomorrow – we have sent both of them get well/thinking e-cards and our thoughts are with them all.

Lastly, with so many of us away please help the remaining committee members in organising our tournaments – both before and after play.

If you have any signs of a cold or a cough, please stay away from the Club – we have a few vulnerable members. Also, we would remind you to dress accordingly - bring a cardigan, jacket, or shawl with you as the aircon is on.

Bridge bookings for w/c 27^th July & 3^rd August now open – slots available - you can e-mail the Club, use the sign-up sheets in the Clubhouse or TURN UP WITH A PARTNER BEFORE 2.00 LATEST. If you have signed up, please be at the club by 2.15pm.

Friday 18^th September – Committee Meeting

Saturday 18^th October – Autumn Meal

The following have birthdays in late July – happy birthday to John Taylor on the 29th & Maggie on the 31st, and Marie Christine on the 6th August.

Jávea School of Bridge and Social Club (JSBSC) holds duplicate tournaments currently every Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons commencing promptly at 2.30pm.  Doors open at 1.30pm.

We ask that players arrive by the latest 2.15pm thus leaving the Director and Scorer sufficient time to establish and set up the movement for a prompt start at 2.30pm. We have a dealing machine for generating computer dealt hands and also have wireless tablets using ArcScorer.

The tournaments are conducted in the English language and to EBU Guidelines.

We are a multi-national club with Spanish, British, Dutch, German, French, Belgian, Norwegian, Swedish, Austrian, Canadian, Danish and Swiss members - play is in English. 

We are proud of our reputation for being a friendly club and extend a very warm welcome to visitors.