Julia and Adam are delighted to announce a bridge holiday in the delightful seaside town of Lytham St Annes!

The hotel we have chosen is the family run Bedford Hotel which is 1 of 33 silver –star hotels in the UK and one of only two hotels on Fylde Coast with an AA Rosette restaurant.

The Hotel is very well placed near the beach, promenade, gardens and shops. There is onsite car parking together with free WiFi , a gym and lift. Lytham is easily accessible by train but if there is enough demand we will hire a coach

Programme

• Welcome drinks reception first evening;

• Three evenings bridge and two mornings bridge, one of which will be a team event

• An afternoon seminar with notes and a practice session afterwards;

• Pre dealt boards with Bridgemate scoring.

Costs (bed, breakfast and dinner)

•   Single room (8 available).                        £297.00 per person    

•   Classic Double/twin sharing                     £297.00 per person

•   Classic plus double/twin sharing             £312.00  per person

•   Classic double/twin single occupancy.    £357.00 per person

•   Classic Plus single occupancy                £387.00 per person

•   Premier double/twin sharing                    £327.00 per person

In order that we can keep a track of numbers will you please complete the form form below once you have booked with the hotel

The hotel will take the bookings direct telephone number 01253 724636. There will be a non-refundable deposit of £50.00 to pay when you book and the balance to be paid by the end of September.

There will be a charge of £60.00 per person for the bridge. Please put a cheque or cash in an envelope marked with your name and hand it to either Adam or Julia at the start of play on the Tuesday night

Bridge Lessons

Next Sessions

31^st January          Revision session from the first 8 lessons

7^th February          Card Play - Discarding Losers

21^st February        Card Play – Loser on Loser

28^th February        Bidding – Weak Twos

Please register below 

Easy Bridge Lessons

8^th November

Long Suit Trial Bids

When you have a strong hand then after partner has raised your opening bid of 1 of a suit to 2 how do you find out whether they might have the right holding for you to play in game?

Long suit trial bids are the answer

15^th November

Splinters

Another invaluable tool in slam bidding

Remember that all our slam bidding tools are designed to help us stay out of bad slams as well as bidding good ones

When you can use splinters you will reach some slams with as little as 24 points – or even fewer

22^nd November

Leads

The first lesson to try to help you in your play

The opening lead is probably the toughest part of bridge defence

Find out how to really challenge declarer

29^th November

Roman Key Card Blackwood

Part one of how to upgrade your Blackwood to the more modern version Roman Key Card Blackwood

It’s more complicated but once you’ve mastered it you’ll wonder how you ever did without it

Payment for the course by bank transfer to J A Bannister; Account Number : 11196673 ; Sort Code : 16-15-31 

Please pay £30 for the course and then fill in the form below to complete your registration

JUST BRIDGE CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR LUNCH 

at 

DAVENPORT GOLF CLUB (SK12 1TS) 

on 

Tuesday 2nd January 2024 at 10.00 am 

Fun bridge with spot prizes from 10.00 until 12.00 noon. 

Bar opens and Lunch at 12.00   consisting of: - 

Mixed selection fresh sandwiches including vegetarian options 

Crisps 

Mince Pie 

Coffee 

Vegetarians may specify what sandwich they wish to order. 

Cost £8.00 including bridge 

Payment by bank transfer to J A Bannister   Account Number 11196673 Sort Code 16-15-31 

Please pay £8.00 and then fill in the form below to confirm your attendance

Vegetarians please tick vegetarian sandwich preference on the form 

Please note the club will not be open on the 28th of December 2023 but we hope you will all join us on the 2nd of January

Julia and Adam wish you all a very happy Christmas and a healthy New Year and thank you for your continued support which is much appreciated 

January 2024 Lots of people having lots of fun. 20 tables.

There were 64 people at the festive lunch at Davenport Golf Club. We played lots of bridge with 'spot' prizes.

Congratulations to the winners - Ann Johnson & Andrew Wiatr and Eve Wilson & Shailesh Patel.

Thanks to Keith Hanks for the entertainment.

Steve & Julia thank you all for your support during the year and wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy and Healthy New Year.

PS We are open on the 23rd and 30th December at the Club.

The Shrewsbury Bridge Break at the Prince Rupert Hotel was as much fun as we hoped. 42 of us had an enjoyable 3 days in this historic town. Much good food and good wine helped things along and the bridge was brilliant.

Once the smoke had cleared, the pairs' prize-winners were Mick Peel & Ric Swindell, Mark Barratt & Peter Levy, Lesley & Ray Williams, Andrea Knowles & Karen Pennington, Andrea O'Rafferty & David Murray, Anne Hughes & Clive Morris, Barbara Fraser & Kati Woodroffe and Rosalie Griffin & Melloney Lenk. The teams' competition was won by Andrea O, Mick, Ric & David M with Steve, Julia, Ella Phillips & David Pearce a (very) close second. Well done!

The raffle was won by Christine Finch.

The next holiday eagerly is anticipated. Watch this space!

The full results are under the results tab.

Thanks to Andrea Knowles for the pictures which are also on the tab.

November 8th 2022.

There were a record number of players on November 8th. 78 bridge players enjoyed a competitive session and we managed to complete 8 rounds in both sections without any difficulty. Congratuations to the winners, Indra Gupta & Virendra Chinoy and Katherine Woodroffe & Judy Chaudhri. Runners-up, not far behind, were Suresh Mehta & Tim Foster and David Grimshaw & Tony Bowden.

Thank-you to everybody who supports us - it's great to see the room full!

If numbers remain high, we may well have 3 sections next week.