| Margaret Curtis |
We are sorry to announce the recent death of Margaret Curtis. She died peacefully in her sleep after a lengthy illness.
Margaret was a very prominent member of Mountnessing Bridge Club for many years, and, indeed, one of the Club's trophies is awarded in her name. She frequently represented the Club in the Essex Invitational Teams events, and has contributed significantly to the Club's successes in those events. She will be sadly missed by everyone at the Club.
More widely, Margaret was even better known for her contributions to the administration of the Essex Contract Bridge Association, for which body she was the Honorary Secretary for 55 years, and for her involvement as a senior contributor to the governance of the English Bridge Union. She was presented with the EBU's highly prestigious Gold Award for her services to English Bridge in 2000. Click on this box to view the EBU's biography of her.
Details of funeral arrangements will be made known to anyone who would like to attend. Our thoughts at this sad time are with her family and close friends.
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| Last updated : 27th Feb 2020 23:38 GMT |
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| Our Club in brief... |
 We are a friendly medium sized (usually 8 - 12 tables) bridge club that meets every Thursday evening at Mountnessing Village Hall to play duplicate bridge. Play starts at 7.30pm and pairs should arrive at 07:15: if you arrive unannounced after 7.25 you may not get a game. The club uses wireless scoring and computer-dealt boards. Visitors and players with limited experience are always welcome, but note that you do need to have arranged a partner in advance as we do not currently operate a 'host' system.
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| Last updated : 19th Dec 2019 23:55 GMT |
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| Ray Cornell Trophy, February 16th 2020 |
The teams representing Mountnessing in the 2020 Ray Cornell Trophy were as below. We didn't match last year's achievement when we qualified to represent Essex in the Regional Finals of the Garden Cities Trophy. The Mountnessing Teams finished 9th and 15th out of the 19 teams competing. For full results, please click on this panel.
David Piper (Capt.) & Graham Beeton
Alaric Cundy & Dennis Valtisiaris
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Jill & Roger Tattersfield
Jivan Patel & Michael Carson
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| Last updated : 22nd Feb 2020 14:20 GMT |
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| Your Club needs YOU...... |
Even though the club's AGM has past, please note that your committee is always on the look-out for members who are able to offer more help in a supporting role. Please click on this box for more information.
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| Last updated : 22nd Feb 2020 14:46 GMT |
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| Find a partner scheme |
If you are looking for a partner, you have three basic options:
- Log in to the Members' Area where you can view current contact details for all members, and you can optionally send email(s) to players of interest to you (see the panel below about 'Accessing the Members' Area if necessary); or
- Use the on-line partner matching service available through this website (see the panel below about 'Accessing the Members' Area if necessary); the advantage of this method is that your request is posted immediately though the disadvantage is that you may need to wait for other players to see the post; or
- Send an email to mountCM15@gmail.com. This action will result in an email being sent to potential partners, though there could be a delay as such action triggers a manual process.
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| Last updated : 13th Feb 2019 09:44 GMT |
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| Accessing the (password protected) Membership Area |
If you have not already done so, please click on the 'Membership' menu item, then follow the instructions. Enter your email address as your 'name' and then press 'Forgotten Password'. You will then receive an email with a password that will enable you to log into the membership area. NB You MUST use the email address by which the club recognises you, e.g., the one to which Secretary sends you club-related messages. Once you have registered on the system in this way, you will be able to log into the membership area, where several services are open to you:
- You can view the current club membership list, on which you can find your 'Club ID', which serves as your personal 'short-code' for the wireless scoring system.
- You can also register that you are seeking a partner. Note that in the Calendar summary to the right of this pane, if you spot the message Partner? then it means that at least one potential partner is available; if you spot the message Bookings then it means that at least one partnership has been arranged - but there could be another partner available. Click on the Partner? or Bookings message to reveal details.
- You can also access documents that are restricted to club members, such as, the agenda and papers for the Club's AGM
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| Last updated : 30th Aug 2019 09:53 BST |
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| New to Bridge? |
If you want to learn to play Bridge, we have two suggestions:
- Some of our individual members do offer private learning and development opportunities. If you are interested, send us a message via the 'Contact Us' link, which is accessible through the left hand menu
- On the 'Useful Links' page you will find a link to a commercial on-line Bridge Learning experience
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| Last updated : 30th Aug 2019 09:53 BST |
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