Another steady week at the club – it was lovely to welcome more visitors – Dilva Haym, Chris Grant, Huguette and Paul Simard and Jane Horton. A slightly better week for slams but still NO grand slams or additions to the 70% Club recently. 

Paperwork is now complete for our AGM on Saturday 9^th May 11 for 11.30 – including a revised agenda and Annual Report. Closing dates for both Resolutions that wish to be discussed at the AGM and Committee nomination is Sunday 3^rd May. To date few nominations – put your thinking hats on – it’s your club – we NEED a committee. Accounts for year ending 31^st December 2025 are complete and, also a budget for 2026 for approval at the AGM – these will be sent by email either today or tomorrow.

The Committee had a meeting on Friday 24^th of April and a bulletin will be available over this weekend. It was agreed, as proposed by our bookkeeper, to have a cashless bar for having very little cash on site and more importantly less visits to the bank hence saving bank charges. This new system will be operational as of Monday 1^st June, assuming tokens are available. Members will buy tokens at the cashier’s desk using their card in nominations of €10.

Social Bridge will re-convene this Thursday, 7^th May for two months – you do NOT need a partner – 2pm thru 5pm. During these sessions we will refresh some of the bidding and also how to play NTs. If anyone wants specific items covered, please let the club know.

The sign-up sheet is now up for our Quiz Night on Saturday May 16^th – tables of 4 required – we have seven tables – we could cater for a further two. Each table to sort their own catering requirements.

The Summer Meal has been booked for Saturday 6^th June 7 for 7.30, sign-up sheet is now on the notice board.

At long last Alice has a date for our hip operation, this coming Wednesday, we will be looking for volunteers to “man” the desk in her absence.

We will be installing our new laptop this Tuesday and hopefully will be up and running for our Wednesday tournament – if not apologies and we will have to have manual scoring – fingers crossed.

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 these cooler temperatures.

Bridge bookings for w/c 4^th & 11^th May  are 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.

Saturday 9^th May – AGM

Saturday 16^th May – Quiz Night

Friday 22^nd May – Committee Meeting

Saturday 6^th June – Summer Meal – Golf Club

The following have birthdays in the first half of May - happy birthday to Alice D on the 3^rd, Jan R on the 6^th & Ann Mould on the 9^th.

Slam Ladder for 2026 

One point for a small slam and three points for a grand slam

A much better week for slams this week with nine small slams bid - as of w/e 1st May - 1st now are John T, Maaike, Bill & Maureen with 9pts and joint 5th are Janet C & Brian with 8 pts.  7th is Barry with 7 pts and joint 8th are Barbara & Royston, Wendy F and Audrey & Bill with 5 pts.

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.