JANUARY UPDATE

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE DUPLICATE SESSIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE

 TUESDAY EVENING AT 7 p.m.

&

 FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 1 30 p.m.

ENTRY FEE WILL BE BBO $3 PER PERSON

THERE WILL BE 18 BOARDS TO PLAY

LOG INTO BBO THEN COMPETITIVE, ALL TOURNAMENTS, THEN SEARCH 

OUR TOURNAMENT NAME IS: POULTON 

THE RESULTS ARE POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE.

TO FIND THESE LOOK AT THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN

POULTON BRIDGE CLUB WILL HAVE THEIR OWN ROOM ON BBO WITH AN OFFICIAL TD, SO IT IS THE SAME AS  PLAYING AT THE CLUB.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BOUGHT BBO$ BEFORE YOU JOIN THE SESSION

PLEASE REGISTER WITH THE EMAIL BELOW IF YOU OR A FRIEND ARE INTERESTED IN PLAYING 

linda.poultonbridgeclub@gmail.com

ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THIS YOU CAN JUST TURN UP IN EITHER/BOTH  OF THE ALLOCATED SESSIONS. THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT ONLY POULTON MEMBERS (OR FRIENDS OF) CAN JOIN INTO OUR PRIVATE SESSION.

IF ANYBODY HAS ANY FRIENDS WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IN PLEASE CONTACT THE EMAIL BELOW

ENJOY YOUR BRIDGE

IF ANYONE NEEDS A PARTNER, PLEASE EMAIL TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS AS I FREQUENTLY HAVE REQUESTS FOR A PARTNER

ON THE LEFT HAND COLUMN THERE ARE ARTICLES THAT YOU MIGHT FIND USEFUL, THEY ARE UNDER

BBO INFO & TUTORIALS.  

1. HOW TO BUY BBO$

2.  HOW TO ENTER A TOURNAMENT

3.  TIPS FOR USING BBO

OR

PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW (shows in pictures on how to do it)

https://www.bridgebase.com/help/v2help/bb$.html

THE CLUB WILL REMAIN CLOSED IN KEEPING WITH THE LATEST GOVERNMENT RULING

PLEASE KEEP CHECKING THE EBU WEBSITE FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION REGARDING BRIDGE CLUBS

This website will be updated on the situation & emails will be sent around to inform Members of future developments.

If you receive an email can you please check with your Bridge friends that they are aware of the latest news, as they may not be using a computer/tablet.

10 Blackpool Old Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7DH        

www.bridgewebs.com/poulton

Poulton Bridge Club is situated in the centre of Poulton-le-Fylde, which is located 3 miles north of Blackpool. The Club has approximately 300 members who own the Club. There are two rooms for playing bridge. The main Bridge Room can facilitate 20 tables and there are 10 tables in a smaller room (which is the Teaching Room). We offer courses for 'Beginners' and 'Improvers'. There is parking for around 20 cars & further parking within 25 yards of the Club.  Within five minutes walk from the Club there are plenty of dining facilities including a Weatherspoon's pub called The Poulton Elk, which is at the rear of the car park.

The Club benefits from air conditioning and disabled access. Members experiencing difficulties when using the Club are encouraged to inform the Club Secretary.

Smoking is not allowed within the building. 

Duplicate Bridge sessions are as follows.

MONDAY       1.30 p.m. and evening 7.30 p.m.

TUESDAY        7.30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY    1.30 p.m. and evening 7.15 p.m. 

                   The evening session is Teams of 4. Contact Shirley Dobson/Geoff Cowell to pre-book 

THURSDAY       7.30 p.m.

FRIDAY          1.30 p.m. and evening 7.30 p.m.

SATURDAY      7.30 p.m.

Cost of duplicate sessions is £3.00. per person for members and £4.50 for guests.

Tea/coffee and biscuits are served at the table during play.

Visitors are more than welcome. Please be seated at least 10 minutes before session starts, so the TD can work out the movement according to the number of players.

Scoring is via BRIDGEMATE and results are available within 5 minutes of the last board being played.

Club Chairman: Mrs Mae Dyson

Club Secretary is Mr Michael Smith

Email : linda.poultonbridgeclub@gmail.com

 Tel: 01253 884844 (available only at times when there is a play session at the Club)

Facebook : Poulton Bridge Club

Items arising from the recent Committee Meeting

The Club is closed and out of bounds to ALL members except those who have been authorised by the Committee to carry out essential tasks during closure.

A reminder that the Committee wish to circulate future AGM material and other official notifications by email.  To facilitate this, members will be contacted by email in the next few weeks in order to obtain their consent.

A maintenance programme will be carried out during the enforced closure of the Club.

A notice will be posted on the website announcing the date when the Club re-opens.

The Committee are pleased to announce that a unanimous vote was taken to elect

Mrs Jean Thursz as the President for the year 2020 and 2021.

They would also like to thank Les Hoy for all his help & support as President in 2019.

We look forward to supporting his Charity Event when the Club re-opens

 Everyone who intends to play in a session must be in the Club premises at least 10 minutes before play begins.

 They should then take their places when asked to by the TD.

This is to assist the TD in working out the movement according to the number of attendees.

There is book kept in the safe at the Club which documents an abbreviated history of the Club and its events listed in the Board Meetings & AGM's.  This is from the Clubs' beginning in 1952 until 2017.

A copy of this is now on the website under Club History on the left hand column.  This is for Members only so you will have to log on with your registered email address & password.