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 Welcome to the website of Bridge on the Edge, based in St. John's, NL, Canada. In 2016 we became a player owned bridge club. We support a respectful culture, both at the bridge table and in all BOTE communications, for the enjoyment and growth of all members.
Please check with any Board member if you need additional information.
Members who want to use the member's functions (ie bookings etc), please ensure you've accessed the site using the bridgeweb link bridgewebs.com/onedge/.
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| AGM Advance notice, Instant Matchpoint Game and Haloweeeeeen |
 We have some events for you to add to your calendar. Next week is Halloween week and we will be celebrating it on Monday 28th at Supervised Play and on the 31st at our Open Game and lessons. Get dressed up, let your inner vampire out and come along and have some fun!
On Wednesday 30th we are running the annual ACBL wide Instant Matchpoint Game. This game will award Gold to the skilful winners and everyone (regardless of skill!!) will get a booklet with analysis of the hands, what the ‘Experts’ think you should have done, lol.. It’s a really fun game so grab a partner and sign up! 1:00pm at the Swilers club.
And a date for December. Bridge on the Edge will be holding its AGM on Monday 16th December. There are three vacant positions on the Executive and please think about volunteering for one of those. We need people who want to work to make our club grow and improve. One of the vacant positions is the Education Committee chair, this is a very important role in our club, so if you have ideas, care about the future of our Club and the game of bridge, please consider putting your name forward. More details of the AGM will follow in the November newsletter.
Meantime . . see you at the club!
PS don’t forget about our educational offerings on Thursday mornings. Really good information being shared.
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| Mentoring Program |
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As part of BOTE’s commitment to providing members with opportunities to improve their bridge skills we are launching an ongoing mentoring program.
Our first step is to seek members who are willing to offer themselves as Mentors and we will then develop a roster of potential Mentors.
If you would be willing to participate as a mentor we ask that you submit your name to mentor@bridgeontheedge.ca or contact Wanda at the club. Please submit your name by October 28th, 2024. Thanks in advance for your support in this worthwhile endeavour.
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| October Happenings at Bridge on the Edge |
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Fall has definitely fallen and the nights are fair drawing in. Time to head on over to the bridge club and sharpen up your game. There are lots of things happening this month so sign up, bring your friends and get involved.
Special Games . . . Golden opportunities
We are having several Club Appreciation games this month, some of which will award Gold to the skillful winners. There will be two team games on 17th and 28th, sign up as usual with a partner and we’ll fix up the teams, these games will award some Gold points. Regular open pairs Club Appreciation games will be held on the 14th and 24th and extra points are on the line for those ones.
On Wednesday October 30th the ACBL Instant Matchpoint game will be held all over North America, it is always a fun game to play in, there are Gold points on the line and great hand analyses. So let’s all reserve our favourite partner and sign up. Unfortunately it seems that we don’t have enough interest to continue to run the regular Wednesday game, so except for the 30th, it is canceled until further notice.
Education
As mentioned in an earlier email, our very own Diamond Life Master Roy President Perry, is offering a series of lessons called Bridge Essentials, those available in October are :-
Thursday Oct. 17th: Major and minor suit openings and subsequent raises;
Thursday Oct. 24th: After NT, Stayman, transfers, systems with overcalls;
Thursday Oct. 31st: Pre-emptive bids, weak 2s and 3s and responses, intermediate 4s.
There are more classes scheduled for November, stay tuned. . .
Classes are $10 for members, $15 for non-members and there will be something in the class for everyone, Improvers, Supervised Players, regular open pair players will all benefit. Classes will be held 10-12 on the dates shown. Sign up on our website.
Supervised Play
Will be ongoing on Monday mornings 9:30-noon throughout the month. Thanks to Tom for the learning opportunities and Deirdre for keeping everyone organized. Remember to sign up on Sunday at the latest.
Library
Don’t forget we have a fabulous collection of bridge books available to borrow. Thanks to Janet Parsons for recently donating some real gems and to Regina for organizing them. The cart is available anytime the club is open and sign up and return is on the honour system.
Social
October is the witching month and we are planning some spooky celebrations for Halloween, prepare your costume, sign up and let’s have some spooktacular fun.
And finally some Administration
Our next Board meeting will be held on Thursday 16th after the afternoon game. If you have any suggestions or issues you would like to see addressed please contact any or all Board member(s). We love to have feedback.
And, not too far away, is our AGM to be held in November. There are three spots on the Executive up for election this year, so please consider if you would like to help run your club and put yourself forward to work on the Board.
That’s it for now! If there is anything you need more information about please contact us.
See you at the club!
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| Education Fall Offerings |
Bridge on the Edge is happy to announce that we will be offering several Education Opportunities in October and November. All classes will be held at the Swilers’ Club on Crosbie Rd. from 10:00 am to noon.
For players who already have an understanding of the basics, but want to improve their game, we are offering eight (8) lessons on Bridge Essentials.
These will be taught by Roy Perry, Diamond Life Master, and the dates and content are:-
Thursday Oct. 17th Major suit openings, raises, minor suit openings and raises
Thursday Oct. 24th Stayman, transfers, systems with overcalls
Thursday Oct. 31st Pre-Emptive bidding, weak 2s & 3s and responses, intermediate 4s
Monday Nov. 4th Overcalls, Unusual overcalls and Micheals
Thursday Nov. 7th Negative Doubles
Monday Nov. 11th Take-out Double and Cue bids
Thursday Nov. 14th Key card Blackwood (Ace ask), Gerber (Ace ask) conventions
Thursday Nov. 21st Strong 2 Club bids and responses, strong 2NT continuations
There will be instruction and practise hands. Cost will be $10 for members, $15 for non-members, pay-as-you-go. Registration is available on our website for members, non-members are most welcome and can register at Education@bridgeontheedge.ca.
Please share this information with anyone you know who, as said by Omar Sharif, would like to learn ’The most entertaining and intelligent card game ever invented’
And don’t forget our Supervised Play Monday 9:30am to noon and our Open Pairs games Monday, Wednesday and Thursday starting at 1:00pm.
See you at the club!!
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