| Welcome to BCON! |
2E Tremont Drive #5, St. Catharines, ON, Canada, L2T 3B2
e-mail address: niagara@bridgewebsemail.com
Phone: 905-704-0446
Note that our phone is only answered during games at the Club. If you have an enquiry, the best way to reach us is to send an email to the address above.
Conveniently located off Hwy 406, across from the Pen Centre in St. Catharines, Ontario, we are proud to have nearly 300 members. We are a member owned, and volunteer run club drawing from the entire Niagara Region.
BCON believes in fostering the game of Bridge, by catering to players of all levels. We have games for new players, experienced "card sharks," and everything in between. Games are available six days a week, both face to face and online. Please keep checking our website for our up to date game schedule. We are pleased to have an active education program, whether you have never played cards before, need a brush up, or want to advance your game to the next level. Of course, with all the brain work that goes on in Bridge, we love to socialize and have fun! We hold regular social events to give everyone a chance to mix, mingle and make new friends. Please join our mailing list to receive up coming information.
We always welcome visitors, and hope you'll come to one of our games. Do you need a partner? We'll do our best to help, just send us an email. If you would like to be added to our email list, or would like more information, please click here (you can unsubscribe at any time.)
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2E Tremont Drive #5, St. Catharines, ON, Canada, L2T 3B2
e-mail address: niagara@bridgewebsemail.com
Phone: 905-704-0446
Note that our phone is only answered during games at the Club. If you have an ..........
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| The weather outside is frightfull… Is the game cancelled??? |
 Game cancelations due to inclement weather will be posted here
If a game is cancelled, you will get an email no later than 90 min prior to start time. The notification will also be posted in this space.
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| March is Membership Month! |
Time to renew your BCON membership! Your 2022 membership expires March 31st
Thank you for supporting BCON over the past year, as we’ve been getting back to a more familiar world. It’s been really great to see so many of you come back to the club, and playing bridge face to face, at the table. We offer games 5 days a week at BCON at various levels, as well as lessons and a mentoring session. For those of you who enjoy playing online, we offer games 6 days a week on BBO. Please check the calendar on our homepage for our schedule. We hope that you will continue to enjoy Bridge at BCON, and renew your membership for 2023. Of course, we welcome everyone, and if you haven't been part of the club before, we would love to have you join. Want to try a game with us first? Guests are welcome anytime. Do you need a partner? Let us know, and we'll try to help, send us an email, and someone will be in touch.
Annual membership $65, valid to March 31, 2024. Name tags are complimentary to new members upon payment of the annual fee. Replacement name tags may be ordered for $11.
Please make payment:
1. By mail: Send a cheque payable to The Bridge Centre of Niagara, ℅ Kathy Morrison, 17 Laurier Trail, Welland, ON, L3C 0H2
2. By e-transfer to bridgecentre2020@gmail.com. Make sure to put your name in the reference.
3. In person: During March, before most games at BCON.
Once your payment has been received, your membership card will be waiting for you at the club. Please keep your membership card, or a photo on your phone as proof of membership. If you have questions about membership, please send us an email.
I look forwards to seeing you at the club!
Dena Jones,
Membership Chair
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| Beginner Lessons with Selina Volpatti Starting April 10th |
 Do you want to learn how to play the ever popular game of Bridge? Do you already know the basics, and want to reinforce your skills? Then this beginner bridge course is perfect for you! Learn from our experienced and well qualified teacher, Selina Volpatti, who will be there to teach you the basics and fill in the gaps. She will give you guidance and have you playing in a fun and relaxed space.
Partner not needed. Great way to socialize and meet people. Or, bring your friends and learn together!
Date: April 10 - June 12 (10 lessons)
Time: Mondays 7-10pm
Location: Bridge Centre of Niagara, 2E Tremont Dr #5, St. Catharines
Cost (includes book): $200; Special early bird price of $150 if payment received by April 1st
Text: Bidding in the 21st Century; $10 refund if you already own the book
To register, or for more information, please send an email to niagara@bridgewebsemail.com
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| April, Special Games & Events |
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| AC/BC Team Game, April 10, 1pm |
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| Is your email address Bell.net or Sympatico? PLEASE READ, IMPORTANT |
If your email provider is Sympatico or Bell.net, all emails coming from the Bridge Centre of Niagara have been blocked. This usually happens because the provider runs a program that screens for spam/fraud/phishing etc., and if their program suspects an email to be suspicious, it will disallow all incoming emails from that source. Often such programs are overly rigid, and reject very legitimate emails, such as ours.
Unfortunately, there is nothing that can be done at our end, and until your provider allows emails coming from members@bridgewebsemail.com, you will not be able to get any emails from The Bridge Centre of Niagara. Furthermore, if you get emails from another bridge club, many of whom use the same system as we do, you will not be able to receive emails from those clubs either.
Here are my recommendations:
1. If you have an alternate email address, please update that in your BCON member profile. That will immediately solve the problem, and you do not need to do anything else.
2. Ensure that members@bridgewebsemail.com, is added to your known contacts. Our BCON emails come from this address, and it is this address that your email provider is blocking.
3. Resubscribe to our emails following the steps given below. You must go through the resubscribe process for your email address to be accepted. I do not expect this to be a permanent solution, if at all, but it must be done.
4. Contact your email provider. They will likely ask you for an error code. You can give them this information:
Transaction failed. The server response was: 554 5.7.1 [VI-1] Message blocked due to spam content in the message. [15.235.99.33:24903->129.158.33.68:25]
Here is a document to show you how to change your email address and update your personal information in our BCON system.
Please send me an email if you still need help.
Dena Jones, Webmaster
To re-subscribe to our emails, please follow these directions:
1. Click on this link https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwx/bw.cgi?club=bw&pid=display_page35. Or you can copy and paste it into your browser.
2. (Optional) Check the status of your email address. It will likely come back as blocked/unsubscribed/junk/bounced.
3. There will be a button to “Re-subscribe.”
4. This will take you to a page to enter your name and email.
5. ******VERY IMPORTANT****** You will be sent an email where you will have to click “Subscriber Activation”
6. Make sure that members@bridgewebsemail.com is added to your known contacts so that our emails are less likely to go to your junk/spam folder.
7. If you do not see the email, please check your junk folder.
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