| GIBB / PARKINSON COMPETITION |
MONDAY 10 OCTOBER
GIBB / PARKINSON COMPETITON
2nd Monday every month
Only Club Members qualify - best 6 scores to count
The Parkinson Trophy is handicapped and pairs who come in the first 2 places of the Gibb will not qualify for a prize.
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| JEAN BILSBORROW COMPETITION |
FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER
JEAN BILSBORROW COMPETITION
Handicapped Individual Compeitition - 3rd Friday every month for 9 months
Only Club Members qualify - best 6 scores to count
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| Competitions |
From the Club Chair
Hi all, just a note to welcome you to the new playing season and to confirm that we will be running some competitions from this month. These are as follows:
2nd Monday evening of the month - The Gibb/Parkinson : best 6 scores to count.
4th Wednesday afternoon of the month - The City Cup : best 6 score to count.
3rd Friday evening of the month - The Jean Bilsborrow Trophy : This is played over 9 sessions, the best 7 to count.
I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible, as often as possible!
Christine.
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| Improvers and Novices day |
Oliver Cowan in Association with the LCBA Presents
A relaxed Improvers and Novices Day with Lunch
To be held at Bolton Bridge Club on Sunday the 18th October
The Event is open to all players with NGS 9 and below for full details please click anywhere on this item.
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| 2022 AGM |
The AGM Minutes are now available on the Minutes of Meetings and Accounts page as are the 2022 accounts
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| New constitution |
The AGM approved the new constitution unanimously. This has now been accepted by the Charity Commission and their records updated.
It is available by accessing the important documents section of this website
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| Some good news - Lottery Grant |
 SOME GOOD NEWS
As you will have read in our recent Newsletter, the club is really struggling with numbers following on from the Covid epidemic and we are due to start paying rent this November. We therefore applied for a Community Fund Lottery Grant to help the club rebuild attendance. The application was for £10K for a 3-year project called Preston Bridge Club – Build Back Participation. We have heard this week that we have been awarded the full amount. As you may realise this is our 2nd grant from the Lottery, the last being in 2017 which was to help equip our re-furbished premises. The club is very grateful to the Lottery for its continued support and also to all our volunteers who are helping the club through this difficult period. To help rebuild the club we very much need new volunteers and if you are able to help in any way, however small – TDing, acting as an ‘odd-bod’, dealing, tidying, helping organise competitions (big or small), helping with catering, cleaning etc, please contact a member of the Club Committee (contact details are on the website or click HERE).
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| Support Preston Bridge Club |
Now that we have returned to face to face bridge it is obvious that it will be some time before there is a return to anything close to the pre-pandemic levels of face to face bridge. In fact it seems likely that there will be a very significant fall in numbers on a permanent basis.
If the club is to survive we need the support of members, there are two ways you can help.
The first is to return to face to face bridge although I appreciate that not everyone is ready for that.
The second is that if you are playing other online bridge please participate in the Lancashire online Pairs sessions see both our website and the Lancashire website. These provide several sessions a week for all abilities and table money after expenses goes to the club.
No other online bridge benefits the club, we do need your help.
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| Member Feedback |
Membership Feedback Suggestions
The club is introducing an online feedback/suggestion system to enable members to make suggestions on how the club could be improved. All suggestions will go to the club secretary and they will normally be considered at the next Club Committee meeting, after which, one of the committee will get back to you. Club Committee meetings only take place every few months so please be patient! If you want to use this service then please click here.
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| Charity Status |
Preston Contract Bridge Club is a registered charity No. 1161100
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| ROOM HIRE |
Our spacious club rooms are available for hire to play bridge at the following rates
Matches Involving Preston Members £10
Unless representing Preston such as in the NICKO when it is free
Non Members £30
Ad hoc Bridge £2-00 per player
Regular Bookings by negotiations
Hire for similar games etc by negotiation
Whether free or not the room must be booked with the secretary contact Maxine on 07736810562 or email whalley.n@sky.com
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