| Sue Bailey RIP |
We are very sad to announce that the Club heard yesterday from her cousin, Mr David Tubby, of the death of Sue Bailey.
Sue was a long standing, very regular and much loved member of Manchester Bridge Club - a larger than life character who just loved playing bridge. She particularly enjoyed travelling, especially to the USA, to play in the American tournaments and achieved some success at the lower competition levels. Her enthusiasm for the game was an inspiration to us all.
For many years, both Jeff and Dave often had the pleasure of partnering Sue at Club duplicates when she did not have a partner - they tell us that sometimes it was a hair-raising ride!
Sue died at Stepping Hill Hospital on October 10th after a short illness. She will be cremated at Stockport Crematorium on Wednesday 7th December at 10 am. We understand there is no church service.
Arrangements are managed by Davenport Co-op Funeral Services (0161 456 1709)
Rip Sue, you will be missed by all your friends at The Manchester Bridge Club
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| Swiss Pairs on IntoBridge |
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Click here to sign on to IntoBridge
Swiss Pairs will switch to Intobridge on/from Thursday December 8th at 7.15pm
Click on the links below to register your account on IntoBridge and come and join us to play on this new innovative online platform that offers much more than than BBO.
If you haven't already, Click here to Register on the IntoBridge platform
The following youtube videos explain:
The IntoBridge platform, how to register and available controls
How to register for an IntoBridge game, how to join a game, and how to use the partnership desk
Registration is straightforward, but does involve receiving an email with a confirmation link to activate your account.
If you have any problems please contact Dave Fernley on 07388 398 919
Once you have registered you can invite your partner using his/her user name or join the Partnership Desk to signify you are looking for a partner.
An IntoBridge host will play with you cannot find one via the Partnership Desk
For the time being, there are no robots on IntoBridge.
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| Santa Claus Pairs |
SANTA CLAUS PAIRS
RETURNS ON SUNDAY 11th DECEMBER
1.30pm for a prompt 2pm start (6-7pm finish)
This is a two session pairs event with prizes for the best pairs (and the less fortunate!)
The undoubted highlight between sessions is
TMBC'S SPECIAL CHRISTMAS BUFFET with Festive drink
Coffee and tea available throughout
Entry fee £10 pp.
Payments to: The Manchester Bridge Club
Sort Code 40-11-56
Account Number 90730807
Please use reference SANTA and your SURNAME
Numbers for this event are limited and all entries must be pre-registered. Please register early using this form to secure your place
This will also assist our volunteer caterers, who are making and preparing the buffet, and ensure minimal waste. Thank you.
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| The Ben Franks Trophy Sunday 4th December |
Ben Franks Trophy - Sunday 4th December
The Manchester Bridge Club is proud to host the Manchester County Bridge Association's (MCBA) annual pairs competition on Sunday 4th December.
The event starts at 11am and will end at approximately 6pm
The Ben Franks is an 'All play All' event of two sessions with a break for (free) tea, coffee & biscuits (or bring your own lunch).
Entry Fee is £13.50 per player (Juniors £6.25).
The top four MCBA Affiliated pairs will qualify to represent the County in the EBU's National Corwen Trophy in 2023.
Please come and support your County - everyone welcome.
Entry forms here together with payment details.
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| Pitch Perfect Night |
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Last night at the Club it all came together. We had Vera on keyboard and conducting, Simon Townsend on Dishwasher, Ron Butler and Jan on the mugs , Frank Eade on the money, David Sarabowski on the clock and Chris Boal standing by to step in ( with apologies to the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and also to all our members who have no idea who they were !). The end result was 6 tables playing 24 Boards finished by 10.20 , no sit outs and no robots. Some new partnerships formed and some old ones rekindled. It was as perfect a night of Bridge as we could have - thank you all for your contributions. See you next week.
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| Hallowe'en Spooktacular |
Hallowe'en saw some great costumes as people entered into the spirit of the occasion and raided their party wardrobes
The best dressed people in the afternoon session were Emma Jayne Bolshaw and Pam Hunt
The night time folk were more difficult to judge with a lot of superb entries.....the winners were Ann Wood and Maria Eade
Oh, and there was also some bridge played.....the winners of the evening pairs event were Rose Davenport and Ray Hill
All of the lucky winners received a bottle of wine, but more importantly everyone had a great time with lots of laughter and merriment
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| TMBC Success at Bedfordshire & Great Northern Swiss Pairs |
Our Chairman, Paul Murray and fellow TMBC member, Andrew Woodcock enjoyed a convincing win in the Bedfordshire Green Point Swiss Pairs event recently.A huge field of 82 pairs entered the competition, which was played on the RealBridge platform and also coincided with Paul's birthday! Well done Paul and Andrew!
Why not come along to Paul’s supervised duplicate sessions for Beginners and Improvers on Monday at 1pm and Tuesday evening at 7pm and Wednesday morning at 10.30am? A short lesson and discussion on a key bridge topic is followed by supervised play at the table.
Meanwhile, TMBC members figured prominently at the recent Great Northern Swiss Pairs, which was held on 1st-2nd October at Leeds. All TMBC participants finished in the top half of the 37 pair field.
Congratulations to Michael Byrne and Alec Smalley who won in a very tight finish. Rodney Lighton and Tom Dessain were 3rd, Justin Hackett & Martin Taylor 5th, Rhona Goldenfield & Tracy Sherman 7th and Jackie Pye & John Holland 8th. Jeff Morris & David Sarabowski finished joint 16th.
Michael becomes the first person to have won the event with four different partners - Alex Morris, Andrew Woodcock and Kieran Dyke. John Holland has also won the event four times previously with three different partners.
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| Beginner's Course |
OUR NEXT BEGINNER'S BRIDGE COURSE WILL START ON WEDNESDAY 1ST MARCH 2023 at 10.30am
We will also be running a second course for those people who can't make a Wednesday morning on Thursday mornings and this class is likely to start in February 2023
This course lasts for 12 weeks and covers the basics of play and bidding. We teach the 5 card major, strong No Trump and short club system. We will cover basic defensive tactics and also demonstrate how to play bridge online mainly using Bridgebase Online and No Fear Bridge.
The most important thing though is that the classes will be friendly and sociable. Bridge can be a complicated game and will stretch your mind, but we aim to make bridge fun to learn and hope you will quickly come to love the game as much as we do.
Both courses will cost £72 payable in advance
Tutors are Susan Triggs and Anne Naylor
Interested? Find out more by emailing Susan on grasan30@gmail.com
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| Online Account for Online Games |
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Please be aware that the BridgeWebs attendance Module is not a real time system. It reflects entry fees spent on online and face-to-face games but does not reflect money paid into your online account until it is manually updated from the Club's bank statement. Our 'WebMaster', Dave Fernley performs these updates periodically- usually weekly. If you need to know your balance between updates, call Paul or Dave.
The new Bridgewebs Attendance Module for tracking payment money for online games is now live.
It provides you with a real-time view of the games you have played, the current balance of your account and payments made and received by your account.
To see this information you will need to log on to the Members Only area of the website and then select thePayments Account tab.
Detailed instructions logging onto this area are available here
A detailed description of the Online Account, how it works, etc, is also available here within the Members Only Area (log-on needed).
Account statements will also be sent out periodically by email. This ensures that people who choose not to actively monitor their account balance are still aware of it. The statement provides a regular update to non-members who play in our online games who do not have access the member's area and therefore the real time benefits of this system.
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| EBU Promotions |
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EBU master point promotions
Fly Leung Local Master
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| Afternoon Improvers |
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MONDAY AFTERNOON LEARNERS & IMPROVERS GET TOGETHER
EVERY WEEK AT 1PM WITH PAUL MURRAY AT THE CLUB
EVERYONE IS WELCOME.
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| WEEKLY SCHEDULE |
 See Calendar on the right of this home page for our Weekly Schedule
Face to Face table fees for Duplicates at the Club are £4 for fully paid-up MBC members & £6 for Guests
(includes free tea/coffee & biscuits and occasional treats! However, sandwiches/supper will not be served)
Online bridge entry is £3.75 for members & £4.50 for non-members
For Online games a pre-arranged partner is preferable.
However, if possible, partners can be found after you log on to our tournaments. Just wait on Partnership Desk (BBO or IntoBridge) or in the Lobby (Real Bridge)
Please transfer entry fee (or more for convenience / multiple games) into the MBC bank account (see below).
MBC will reduce your balance after each session played and text/email/call you when your ‘pot’ reduces to approx £12 so you have time to top it up and stay in credit.
The Manchester Bridge Club Bank details are –
HSBC Sort Code 40-11-56 Account Number 90730807
Please put your Firstname and Surname as the payment reference
Thank you for supporting The Manchester Bridge Club
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| Thursday Swiss Pairs on BBO |
"HOP ALONG" TO OUR THURSDAY NIGHTS
It's a popular 18 board event, 6 x 3 boards on BBO in the usual fun format. We start at 7.15pm so we should be finished by 9.30pm.
It's been organised so that those of you who are working during the day have an evening session to join in with so please, everyone, continue to support this.
See you on Thursday nights at 7.10pm for 7.15pm start!!
Our BBO Swiss pairs regularly attracts 10-12 tables so a friendly, competitive evening is guaranteed!
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Would you like to learn to play bridge?
We are currently setting up our new courses for beginners. We will be running a course of 12 lessons starting Spring 2023 starting each week at 1.30pm
If you are interested in joining this course or would like to learn at different time or day, please fill in the form below and we'll get in touch to make arrangements for you to start lessons to learn to play this fascinating game.
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