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NEW CLUB CONTACT details;

by mail

trevorkhruu@gmail.com

telephone

(0034) 632 527 631

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PARTY TIME at the Cristianos Club
PARTY TIME at the Cristianos Club

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The next PARTY at the Club will be

Easter DAY, Sunday 20th April

Games afternoon 14h00 to 17h30

followed by dinner

BOOK your places NOW  

Keeping Bridge Players Happy
Keeping Bridge Players Happy
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With your new club in Los Cristianos now getting into full swing, let me tell you about the latest exciting developments.

A refurbishment of the clubhouse will enable us to increase capacity to 9 tables per session - with 6 tables on the covered terrace and 3 inside the club. 

Individual players are guaranteed a partner because we have a "host" system in operation at every session. 

In April, May, November and December 2025 I will be running TEN day bridge tuition holidays for complete beginners. Whatever their age, anyone with an aptitude for mental arithmetic and logical thinking could reach the standard of proficiency required to play with confidence and distinction in their local bridge club back home at the end of this short bridge holiday. Please mail or call me for details of the tuition packages available. 

Looking ahead to the 2025/26 winter season, we will have a lot more beginners up to a good club standard and wanting to play competitive bridge. I have already therefore made arrangments for the exclusive use of a lovely bridge room adjacent to the current club premises. That will enable our club to accommodate up to 80 persons (20 tables) 3 days a week from November through to March 2026.

Finally to mention that Sunday bridge starting at 4pm - with the home made French apple tart offered to all participants gratis when we finish - is unsurprisingly proving very popular. To avoid disappointment, you will need to book well in advance for the February Sunday sessions as we are currently limited to 7 tables.     

Trevor  23/1/2025

TWO nearly CHAMPIONS

at the Vergara Club in Madrid on 24 August 2024 

After finishing not far behind the immortal Paul Hackett

in one of the biggest INDIVIDUAL competitions in the world,

I felt as happy as if I had won the Mutton Cup. 

14 hours of concentration 

playing 88 boards

with

44 DIFFERENT PARTNERS

ranks it my greatest performance as a player.

I partnered Paul for 2 boards and opposed him for four. 

We both averaged 50% over those six hands

He finished runner-up and I was 10th.

Here we are celebrating our achievements together 

 

 

Welcome to Arona Bridge Club
Playing bridge in her hundreth year
Playing bridge in her hundreth year

 

99 years young

A special partner in Paris

at the

RACING CLUB DE  FRANCE

24 September 2024

15 tables / 26 boards 

A creditable 41%

 

BRAVO  IRIS

And here we are with Veronique, the Director, after our lovely afternooon of bridge with Iris' friends.

I will have the honour of partnering Iris at the Racing Club next September when she will be celebrating her

100th birthday

Arona Bridge Club 

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March tournament schedule 

Mondays 3 to 31st March at 13h30

Tuesdays 4 March to 1st April at 14h00

Thursdays 6 March to 3rd April at 15h00

Sundays 9 to 30 March at 15h00

 

Important Information
Important Information

FREE COFFEE & CROISSANT

with  homemade mango and blackcurrant jams

plàying the morning sessions on 

Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays  

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ARONA BRIDGE CLUB

offers bridge sessions all year round

and almost

every day in high season

All players must be members of ARONA BRIDGE CLUB

Advance booking essential. To make reservation:

Tel: (0034) 6 32 52 76 31   

Trevor 26/12/24 

 

HAVE your SAY
HAVE your SAY

The information pages give the dates and time of sessions to end November 2024. 

The schedule for December 2024 has now also been published.

The timings and days take account of members wishes from feedback.

Everyone - whether a member or not - is invited to give me their thoughts on the scheduling of bridge lessons and competitions.

Likewise I would like to hear from you if you have any ideas for social events and activities which enable non bridge playing spouses to enjoy the facilities and camaraderie of the club. Three ideas that have already been suggested are wine tastings, day excursions and...weekly Spanish lessons.

 

Trevor  2/8/24

AFFILIATION

ARONA BRIDGE CLUB will be affiliated to the Spanish Bridge Association (AEB). All players will be bound by AEB rules and regulations. They will be required to become members to play in club events. Either full or temporary membership will be available.

One of the requirements for clubs to affiliate to national associations is for them to to have a bridge “school”. For your information, I have a current teaching diploma issued by the AEB in Madrid. If anyone reading this article knows someone who wants to learn bridge, you may wish to note that an ntroductory lesson is available free of charge by appointment on any SATURDAY  and at any time from 1st July. The lesson can be conducted in a variety of languages. Including Spanish, French and German.

Trevor 23/1/24

PLAYER RATINGS

Most players belonging to an affiliated club in any country will be given a rating. The ARONA BRIDGE CLUB will be no different. You can read why this is necessary and desirable. on the “Competition formats” page.

Calling all ACOL players

If you play bridge regularly outside the UK, nearly all the locals will be playing the 5 card major system. If you need a partner and there are no British expats available, you will therefore find it impossible to find anyone who could adapt to your ACOL system.

Even if you do not want to switch to the five card major on a permanent basis, it is useful to have a sufficient knowledge of the system to at least understand the opposition bids - and how to defend against it. 

I will be organising one hour group sessions for ACOL players to at least learn the five card major basics. These will normally be held on Saturdays at the club and will be free of charge. But you should register your interest by mail

More than a bridge club

 

Arona Bridge Club is

a SOCIAL Club

where members can come and chat with friends over morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea or an evening meal.

A club where we also play...

chess, scrabble, rummicub, cribbage,

dominoes & backgammon

Wednesdays and Fridays 5 to 8pm

NB: We now have a whatsapp group for cribbage so that you can arrange your own private games at any time during club opening hours 

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Opening hours::

Monday  10h00 to 19h00 

Tuesday  11h00 to 19h00 

Wednesday  10h30-13h30 & 17h00-19h00 

Thursday   10h30-19h00

Friday  10h30-13h30

Saturday   09h30 to 16h00 

Sunday   10h00-14h00

These opening hours may be extended for functions such as evening birthday parties and dinners booked in advance. Sample menus available on request..

 

 

We all like to win occasionally

A level playing field is vital for everyone to enjoy their bridge.

It is a complex matter requiring complex measures to achieve that aim in clubs which attract a lot of visitors.

Holidaymakers of international standard get no satisfaction from marking a top on boards played against relative beginners. Conversely, the average club player can suffer a fit of depression after scoring consecutive zeroes against an expert pair playing conventions they have never heard of.

I will be addressing the issue on another page shortly. Explaining the ways that playing fields can be levelled to improve the standard of play and the enjoyment of the game. 

This winter at Arona Bridge Club there is no longer any need to worry if you were one of those visitors who hitherto never saw their name in lights at the top of a leaderboard. Players will be given a rating and thereafter be able to play competitions with people of similar standard - where anyone and everyone is capable of winning.   

Enjoy your bridge.

What do you think of your bridge club?

Ask any bridge player to give their honest opinion of the clubs where they played, the feedback would surprise many – and shock some.

Admittedly you cannot please everyone all the time. And in a predominately expat club with many transient players from a variety of cultures playing different systems, the potential problems are humungous. 

Before taking on this particular challenge, I canvassed many of my bridge friends via a written questionnaire. A report on the feedback from that suvey - complete with quotes on common themes in the views and concerns expressed. The good, the bad and the ugly. 

The text of one of the tales of woe that prompted me to conduct that survey can be found on the "Zero Tolerance" page. Bridge lovers be warned. It does not make good bedtime reading!