Good morning

Yesterday's LCBA AGM

The Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association held its Annual General Meeting at Dunholme Village Hall yesterday. Our club was well-represented with 8 out of the 20 people present being City of Lincoln Bridge Club members.

At the start of the afternoon, several of our members received awards for their achievements in county competitions over the last year. Congratulations to the following winners:

Bell Trophy (Championship Pairs Consolation) - Alison Howarth & Andrew Howarth

Dutton Challenge Cup (Championship Teams Final) - Alan Millington, Graham Marshall, Maurice Lynn & John Hill

Turner Brumpton Trophy (Championship Teams Consolation) - Phil Harland, Sue Barraclough, Alison Howarth & Andrew Howarth

Bainton Trophy - Alison Howarth & Andrew Howarth

Lucy Osbourne Trophy (Senior Pairs) - Bill Crymble & Colin Ryan

During the AGM, Cos Corry was re-elected as Chair of the LCBA and Jon Cooper was re-elected as Secretary of the LCBA.

And, to top it all, pairs from our club came second, third and fourth in the duplicate competition for the Herbert Trophy which took place after the meeting. Well done to Alan & John who came second with 58.3%, to Tina & Jon who came third with 56.3% and to Bill & Cos who came fourth with 54.2%.

All-in-all, lots of reasons for us to feel proud to be members of the City of Lincoln Bridge Club.

First "Mix-In Monday" tonight!

It's our first "Mix-In Monday" at the Lindum tonight, which means that members of Bridge School will be partnering more experienced players in a Duplicate Bridge session. The session itself will be more relaxed than usual, with fewer boards played and results not published or sent to the EBU. Consequently, table money will be £3. Thank you to everyone who has signed up to take part - and we look forward to seeing you at about 6.20 pm.

Temporary change of room on Wednesday afternoons

Work on the Studio floor starts today and is likely to take about four weeks. Whilst we will still be able to use the Studio on Monday evenings, we will not be able to use it on Wednesday afternoons for the rest of July. Worry not, though, as we will still be holding our usual duplicate sessions on Wednesday afternoons. And even better news: they will be taking place in the Bar area (!) at the Lindum instead of the Studio. All being well, normal service will be resumed in August.

Team rota for June

At the the table: the Directors' Cut

This week, a reminder of everyone's responsibilities with regard to ensuring that the correct scores are entered into the Bridgemate after a hand has been played:

1. It is everyone at the table's responsibility to count the tricks that have been made/lost and agree, in particular, how many tricks Declarer has made (before gathering your cards, shuffling them and placing them back in the Board).

2. It is North's responsibility to enter whether the contract has been made or not into the Bridgemate (e.g. = or +1 or -2), press OK and hand the Bridgemate to East for checking. 

3. It is East's responsibility to check that the Board number, contract, opening lead and score have been entered into the Bridgemate correctly, press Accept, read out the percentages for N/S & E/W and hand the Bridgemate back to North.

Thank you.

Last week at the club

There were four full tables at the Lindum on Monday night. Well done to Alan & John H who came top with 60.4%, and to Jon & Rose who came second with 59.0%.

At Bridge School on Monday, we practised the three different ways of overcalling that we have learnt about so far.

There were six-and-a-half tables at the Lindum on Wednesday afternoon. Well done to Tina & Jon who came top with 63.3%, and to Alan & Graham who came second with 61.3%.

This week‘s calendar

Monday 6th July: our first "Mix-In Monday" at the Lindum; please be seated by 6.20 pm, ready to start play at 6.30 pm.

Monday 6th July: there will no lesson at the Lindum this week as it's a "Mix-In Monday".

Wednesday 8th July: normal duplicate session at the Lindum, but in the Bar area; please be seated by 1.05 pm, ready to start play at 1.15 pm.

Thursday 9th 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.