Good morning

Thank you for your patience on Wednesday afternoon

We had a tricky start to our duplicate session on Wednesday afternoon, and we would like to thank you all for your patience while we we attempted to sort things out. Special thanks should go to Bill, who was asked to be Director at extremely short notice. Unfortunately that meant he didn't have time to make his famous flapjacks! Please be assured that lessons have been learned and, hopefully, things will go more smoothly this week.

Our new Bridge School course is now up and running

Following the introduction of our "Learn Bridge in Two Days" course last year, we have now introduced a new course called "Improve Your Bridge in Four Afternoons". Well done to Bryan Carr, John Davies, Robin Charleston and Shawn Charlwood,  who kindly agreed to be our guinea pigs and successfully completed the course at the beginning of July.

Unlike the first course, which is aimed at those new to Bridge or returning to Bridge after a long break, this one is for people who are already playing in duplicate sessions - and would like a refresher or to take their Bridge to the next level. Please feel free to ask Tina or any of our guinea pigs about it, if you think you might be interested in doing it.

Team rota for June

At the the table: the Directors' Cut

This week, a reminder that the person responsible for and in charge of running a duplicate session is the Director.

It is the Director who decides if we will wait for latecomers and whether to include them in the session or not.

It is the Director who decides what the movement for the session will be, i.e. how many tables, how many rounds and whether it will be a Howell or a Mitchell.

It is the Director who decides how the tables will be numbered, where certain pairs will sit and what the number of the missing pair is (if there is one).

It is the Director who decides (and informs the Scorer) when the movement should be entered into Scorebridge and the Bridgemates activated.

It is the Director who decides when the boards should be placed on the tables and when the Bridgemates should be handed out by those helping.

It is the Director who decides when the duplicate session should start (including when it is OK for us to take our cards out of the boards), when it should finish and if any rounds are to be missed out at the end.

And it is the responsibility of everyone else to help the Director by listening carefully whenever he or she is describing the movement, giving instructions, explaining something or asking us for our views.

Thank you.

Last week at the club

There were four full tables at the Lindum on Monday night. Well done to Jon & Rose who came top with 56.9%, and to Mike & Cos who came second with 55.6%.

At Bridge School on Monday night we played some random 1NT and one-of-a-suit opening hands.

There were eight-and-a-half tables at the Lindum on Wednesday afternoon. Well done to Ron & Juanita who came top with 70.0%, and to Phil B & Linda who came second with 58.2%.

This week‘s calendar

Monday 20th July: EBU British Summer Sim Pairs at the Lindum; please be seated by 6.20 pm, ready to start play at 6.30 pm.

Monday 20th July: Bridge School at the Lindum starting at 6.30 pm. This week we will (again) be playing some random INT and one-of-a-suit opening hands.

Wednesday 22nd July: Unfortunately there will be no duplicate session today as the Lindum will be closed as there is no water or toilets.

Thursday 23rd July: Bridge Practice online at 6.30 pm (please let Tina know by at least the day before if you will be able to join us).

Forthcoming county events at Dunholme Village Hall

Please see the Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association website for more details.