Final session this week:

12 November - Weak Twos - bidding and defence

Apologies, due to Halloween technical gremlins encountered during this drive, results for the session will not be loaded

Congratulations to the following Club Member on their recent promotions:

Louise Scull  1 Star Regional Master

Congratulations to Hilary Kenworthy and Dorothy Pearson, winners of the Handicap competition at the KBC  Summer Party on Wednesday 13th August.

And a big thank you to Hilary and everyone involved in keeping us well served with prosecco, strawberries and cream, scones and lemon drizzle cake!

We are sad to report the death of Marlene Mackie.

Marlene was a founder Member of the Club.

Her funeral is at Wilford Hill on Tuesday 15 July at 10am. & afterwards at Perkins Bistro, Plumtree.

Our thoughts are with her Family & Friends.

Congratulations to Louise Scull who has recently successfully completed the EBU County Tournament Director course

Congratulations to our 21 Fast Track graduates who have now all successfully completed their course.

During June we will be holding two "practice drives" to familiarise graduates with the technology we use - any club members who are willing to help at these drives, please contact Doreen Connor.

And we hope to be welcoming some of our graduates to our F2F and online drives in the very near future - do make them welcome!

Welcome to the following new members who have joined the club in the last 3 months:  

Lynn Reed, Carol Frankland, John Clark, Lindsaye Smalley and Joan Raine

We are sad to report the death of past member Doug Billcliffe on 6th February at the Queens Medical Centre.

We will share details of funeral arrangements in due course.

Our thoughts are with Doug's family and friends at this time.

HURRY: It's not too late to enter this event being held on Sunday 2^nd March 2025 at Nottingham Bridge Club at 14:00, to compete for the chance to represent Nottinghamshire in the EBU Corwen Trophy event

This is a new event open to anyone with an NGS grade Nine or below on 1st January 2025.

(You can check your NGS Grade on MyEBU)

The event is free and the winning pair will receive free entry to the Corwen Trophy Final, which will be played online (2x18-board sessions) on 31st May 2025, with a choice of playing on either BBO or RealBridge. 
The 2nd and 3rd placed pairs will qualify for the Final, but must pay for themselves.

Contact Clare Batten if you are looking for a partner by clicking here

There is one remaining Improvers session which will take place in the Centenary Lounge at Keyworth Village Hall, starting at 10:00

12th February:  Planning Declarer Play

If you have attended any of the previous sessions and would like a copy of the notes, click here to request them

Please note that the Parish Council are painting the lines on the Village Hall car park on Monday 13th January. They hope to finish in the morning but it may still be closed in the afternoon.

Congratulations to Mervyn Jones and Louise Scull who beat strong competition at the recent NCBA Mixed Pairs event to bring home the trophy.

They will now be competing at the 75th Midland Counties Congress to be held at West Midlands Bridge Club in Solihull on Friday 3rd January.

Good luck!

This year's KBC Christmas Party will be held on Wednesday 18th December at Keyworth Village Hall starting at 13:00.

A slightly shortened session of bridge will be followed by mulled wine, mince pies and other sweet and savoury treats. 

Please let us know you're coming by signing the sheet at one of our face to face drives, or emailing keyworth@bridgewebsemail.com

We are sad to report the death of past member David Ball on 26th November.

David's funeral will be held at Edwalton Church on Wednesday 18th December at 11.30am, to be followed by a wake at the Meadow Covert Pub.

Our thoughts are with David's daughter Katie and the rest of the family.

Thank you to everyone from Keyworth Bridge Club who supported the BBC Children in Need Appeal.

Including EBU UMS donations, a total of £167.46 will be paid across to the charity.

Congratulations to Mike Nailard and Mervyn Jones for their performance in the Simultaneous Pairs on Wednesday 13th November, where they are 8th in the country - out of 1441 pairs - with a score of 69.27%.  Fantastic result!

Congratulations to Tut Robertshaw on her recent EBU  promotion to Local Master

Your new KBC Club Handbook is now available HERE

As part of the EBU Festival of Bridge, Keyworth Bridge Club held a very successful  Open Day on Wednesday 11th September, to raise awareness of bridge in the community, and to raise funds for Cancer Research UK.

There were 12 tables in play, and following the drive members and guests enjoyed scones and cake with tea (or prosecco)!

In total, Keyworth Bridge Club (including the EBU donating it's normal UMS Pay to Play Charges) raised over £150 for Cancer Research during the Festival of Bridge.

Linda Brecknock's funeral will be held on Wednesday 30th October at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bunny at 11:30 am, and afterwards at The Carriage Hall Plumtree.

Anyone wishing to attend will be very welcome

 

Congratulations to recently promoted :-

Lesley Forman - Regional Master.

Louise Scull - 2 Star Premier Master.

Val Watson. - 3 Star Master.

Congratulations to recently promoted :-

John Radford - Advanced Master.

Mavis Price - District Master.

Janet Robinson - Area Master.

Congratulations to Doreen Connor & Sue Daniel on winning the Handicap Trophy.

Congratulations to recently promoted :-

Lesley Forman - Regional Master.

Jenny Leggott - Distrct Master.

Jannice Hill - Area Master.

Pam Bath - Club Master.

Congratulations to Val & John Watson on winning the Burnside Memorial Trophy.

This event was a combined competition with F2F & RealBridge events playing as normal & the scores combined to determine the winning pair.

Congratulations to Carol & Bob Browne on winning the Nicky Burns Autumn Trophy.

Thank you all who supported the CIN events either by playing, donating or both.

£822 was raised & your committee agreed to increase this to £1,000

In the CIN Sim. pairs event the top pair Louise Scull & Mervyn Jones are currently 28 out of 1588 pairs.

Congratulations to Chris & Martin Lee on winning the Carol Fram Salver.

Congratulations to Audrey Norbury & David Adams on winning the AGM Trophy.

Congratulations to Jean Pavis, Janice Hill, Val & John Watson on winning the Team of 4 Competition