| FRIENDLY BRIDGE CLUB IN ILKLEY |
 We are pleased to welcome members and visitors to f2f events. We have updated guidelines to assist those attending Guidelines
Each week there will usually be five sessions in the club at 12 Wells Promenade. These are Tuesday and Wednesday evenings with play starting at 7.05pm, Wednesday morning at 9.55am and on Monday and Friday afternoons at 1.45pm. There will be social intermediate sessions on occasional Fridays at 7pm. No booking is required for any of these sessions. All of our regular competitions are well underway. Please see the calendar and competitions for more details.
Please do not bring cash to pay for f2f sessions, we will invoice members for all sessions played and this will be £2.50 members, £3.50 non members. Members can now log in to see their own personal account. Please remember that no premises can guarantee to be Covid free so members have to take their own individual decisions and above all please keep everyone's safety in mind when playing at the club. Note the latest Government guidance from 13 April, anyone with a positive COVID-19 test result is advised to try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 5 days, which is when they are most infectious.
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| October Competitions |
We have a number of competitions running in October as follows
Tuesday 4th October North Trophy 7 f2f 7.05pm
Thursday 6th October Widdowson Trophy 7 Real Bridge 7.15pm
Wednesday 12th October Ladies Pairs (Coates Cup) f2f 7.05pm
Wednesday 19th October IMPS Trophy 7 f2f 7.05pm
The Coates Cup is for members only and booking in is required for event planning. Visitors are welcome to all the other October events.
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| Upcoming Yorkshire Events |
Good luck to all of our members who are taking part in the Great Northern Swiss Pairs at the Village Hotel, Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd October. Alongside this event will be a Really Easy Bridge Afternoon on the Saturday from 12.30pm to 6pm including introductory talk, high tea and trophies.
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| Yorkshire League Match 1 |
Sunday 25th September saw the first round of the f2f Yorkshire League matches. Results as follows
A team 0 v 20 Bradford A (division 1)
B team 15 v 5 York B (division 2)
D team 2 v 18 Shelley B (division 5)
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| Supervised Bridge |
We run two sessions of Supervised Bridge each week in the club on Monday afternoon (1.45pm start) and Wednesday morning (9.55am start). So do come along and enjoy a friendly, relaxed session lasting about two hours. There is a host available for our supervised bridge sessions so you don't need a partner.
Our next Students Social Bridge in the Club is on Friday 21st October at 7pm. No partner required. Open to all and very relaxed. It will continue on Friday 18th November.
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| Playing on line in Club events |
Most weeks we have two on line Duplicate Pairs earning master points. Typically, we run a 20 board Duplicate Pairs on BBO on Monday evening starting at 7.15pm and we have Thursday evening Duplicate Pairs on Real Bridge at 7.15pm. All events will cost £2.50 per player for members and £3.50 for all other players. Members can log in to see their own personal account which will show sessions played and outstanding balances. Detailed instructions on how to play in each event can be downloaded from the links below.
How to play in BBO club room
How to play on Real Bridge
Note direct links to the Real Bridge sessions will be posted on the calendar entry at least 24 hours before the event to simplify login.
June 2022 The Real Bridge Support Team has provided notes on resolving recent problems using Real Bridge. Click HERE for more information.
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| New Bridge Courses |
Here at Olicana we are keen to encourage as many as possible to be able to enjoy the marvellous game of bridge.
We have new courses starting in September and October. Our Autumn f2f classes are now full but we do have space in our On line Beginners course.
If you are interested in future courses please click here to contact us.
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