Good morning
Tour of Britain Cycling Race
The first stage of the Tour of Britain Cycling Race is coming to Lincoln on Wednesday 2nd September. Whilst it doesn't directly affect the Lindum, there will be a number of road closures in and around the city which might impact on your journey to the club. The list of road closures can be found here, and a map of the route here. Please let us know if you think you will not be coming because of this. (The Lindum will not be offering parking for the event.) There will be a sign-up form on the home page of our website for this session, and we will go ahead with it as long as we know in advance that we will have at least four full tables.
Tournament Director Training
Scunthorpe Bridge Club are intending to host a two-day "Club Director" training course on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th November 2026 (10.30 am to 4.30 pm on both days). Please let Jon know if you are interested in taking part in this course. The club may be willing to pay for your course fees, subject to you using your new-found knowledge to TD at our club at least once a month.
LCBA Teams League
Lincolnshire will be running another Teams League for the 2026-27 season. This will be for teams of four (although a squad of up to six players is allowed). There will be one or two divisions, depending on the number of teams entering. Each team will need a named captain who will liaise with other team captains to arrange matches. Matches are played online. Each team will play every other team in their division once, with each match consisting of two twelve-board stanzas. Please do consider putting in an entry, even if you haven't played in this before. Teams Bridge is fun, and the scoring is a bit more natural than it is at pairs. It is suitable for any and all local club players.
Yet another cohort completes our "Learn Bridge in Two Days" course!
Well done to Adrian Vessey, Anne Vessey, Jenny Palmer and Mike Palmer, who successfully completed our "Learn Bridge in Two Days" course last week. This course is aimed at people who are new to Bridge or returning to Bridge after a substantial break. Please let us know if you, or someone you know, might be interested in doing it.
Team rota for August
| Date |
Day |
Dealer |
Director |
Scorer |
| 17th August |
Monday |
Tina |
Alan |
Jon |
| 19th August |
Wednesday |
Tina |
Bill |
Tina |
| 24th August |
Monday |
Tina |
Alan |
Cos |
| 26th August |
Wednesday |
Tina |
Alan |
Jon |
| 31st August |
Monday |
Tina |
Alan |
Cos |
| 2nd September |
Wednesday |
Tina |
Bill |
Tina |
At the the table: the Directors' Cut
This week, three polite reminders to help us to keep things moving on Wednesday afternoons - so that we finish at a reasonable time:
1. Please try to arrive for the session by 1.05 pm. This means we are more likely to start on time.
2. Please make sure you are seated at your table ten minutes before the session begins. This enables the Director and Scorer to see exactly how many tables we have, in order to set up the scoring programme and the Bridgemates.
3. Before you pick up your first hand, please make an effort to work out which pair you are following. This cuts down on the amount of time it takes people to move to their next table at the end of each round.
Thank you.
Last week at the club
There were four full tables at the Lindum on Monday night. Well done to Janet & Bob who came top with 63.9%, and to Alan & John who came second with 63.2%.
At Bridge School on Monday night we played some random 1NT and one-of-a-suit opening hands.
There were six full tables at the Lindum on Wednesday afternoon. Congratulations to Alan & Graham who came top with 62.9%, and to Jim & Jon who came second with 58.8%.
This week‘s calendar
Monday 17th August: "Mix-In Monday" Duplicate Session at the Lindum; please be seated by 6.20 pm, ready to start play at 6.30 pm.
Monday 17th August: there will be no Bridge School this week as a large number of learners will be playing in the "Mix-In Monday" Duplicate Session.
Wednesday 19th August: 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 20th August: 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.
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