Loxhore Village Bridge Club
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1925-2025

Celebrating a century of Contract Bridge

 

Why is this game called “Bridge”?

Origin: Developed in the East Mediterranean and Russia, Russian Whist, was also known as “Biritch”.  it was a 19th-century card game that had evolved from Whist and was a direct ancestor of Bridge as we know it.

 

Biritch introduced the concept of bidding and the use of a "dummy" hand, allowing the dealer's partner to play a second hand. This bidding system evolved to become the auction in Bridge.  The meaning of "Biritch" itself meant the passing of the choice of trump to the partner. 

 

The modern game of contract bridge was the result of innovations to the scoring of auction bridge made by Harold Stirling Vanderbilt and others. The most significant change was that only the tricks contracted for were counted below the line towards game and slam. That made bidding much more challenging and interesting. Another innovation was the concept of vulnerability, a difference in the sizes of penalties incurred and bonuses won by partnerships that have or have not won one game. That discouraged sacrifice bidding to protect the lead in a rubber. Some other scores were adjusted to produce a more balanced game. Vanderbilt set out his rules in 1925, and within a few years contract bridge had so supplanted other forms of the game that "bridge" became synonymous with "contract bridge."
Constitution
 
 
  LOXHORE BRIDGE CLUB CONSTITUTION 2022

 

1. The Loxhore Bridge Club (The Club) is a private member bridge club suitable for players of all levels of experience and ability in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. The Club will meet weekly at a venue and at times agreed by the members at its meetings.

2. Membership of The Club will be by application to an officer of the Club and subject to the approval of the Committee. Members are encouraged to invite attendance at the club from Bridge players of all levels of ability, including beginners initially as guests paying table money and to encourage applications for membership when appropriate.

3. It is a requirement of membership that members accept and abide by the rules and constitution of the Club.

4. The management of the Club will be carried out by a Committee consisting of a Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Director of play. These officers and their deputies will be elected by the members at an annual general meeting. (The AGM)

5. The roles of the committee are as follows:-

Chairman- to supervise the committee in the management of the club and to take the chair at meetings. He or she will have a casting vote at meetings in the event of a tied vote by members.

Secretary- to keep records of club members; to notify members of any meetings and to take and keep minutes/ records of same.

Treasurer-to maintain a bank account along with financial records of the receipts and expenditure of the club, to collect table money and any subscriptions and produce a financial statement of the clubs affairs at the AGM.

Director of Play is responsible for the play of bridge at the club, any club competitions and the publication of any results, the adjudication of any disputes and the submission of any disciplinary issues which require to be brought before the committee for resolution.

Deputies for all the above positions will act as substitutes in the absence of the officers.

6. An AGM will be held annually at which any rules or regulations of the Club may be amended or agreed along with any subscriptions and table money; accounts presented by the Treasurer for approval by members and auditing by a competent person if considered necessary, and the officers of the club and their deputies elected. Other committee or general meetings of the members can be called as required on application by at least 5 members to the Chairman or by 2 committee members.

7. In the event of the dissolution of the Club a statement of accounts will be prepared by the treasurer after any debts have been discharged. This will be produced at a special meeting which will determine how any surplus funds are to be distributed. If this cannot be agreed at such meeting the funds will be distributed equally between the members.
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