| More success for Preston members |
Congratulations to PBC members Nick Sutcliffe, Bob Loveridge and Mike Tomlinson who were part of the team that qualified for the final of the Crockfords Plate. They beat a strong team from Young Chelsea in London in a closely fought match. They will now play in the national final, joining 7 other teams to play in an all-play-all, multi-teams event at Coventry, on the weekend of Saturday 31 August. The club wishes them the very best of luck in the final.
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| LESSONS |
PBC offer a comprehensive teaching programme including a beginners' course, a consolidation course and supervised play sessions.
Anyone interested in the beginners lessons is invited to a FREE taster session on Tuesday September 24th.
Please ring Veronica Petrie on 0788012008 for details
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| Pivot Teams |
Thursday 30th August is a Fifth Thursday
So it will be a pivot teams
Entries to Geraldine please
Contact details are 01257 266918 email geraldinerankin@hotmail.com
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| 4th Thursday Draw Teams - 22 August |
The next 4th Thursday Draw Teams is on Thursday 22 August
To enable the event to run properly you need to enter in advance.
Please enter ONLINE by clicking on this line of text or on the title.
Only the names will be displayed, not the contact details.
If for any reason you can't enter online, please contact Terry Hines
E: terryhines@sky.com, T: 07753 178939
If you enter and can’t for some reason attend, it is essential that you let Terry know as soon as possible.
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| CONGRATULATIONS |
WINNERS OF THE CITY CUP
Yvonne Dickinson & Philip Meadowcroft
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| County Club Challenge |
Congratulations to the winners Neville Edmondson and Susan Brennan who represented Bury
Runners up were Trevor Mayes and Eric Holden who represented Brierfield. Full results on the results page.
I would like to thank Andrew Petrie for helping me at the start and thank Maxine, Catherine Draper and Catherine's mother for the excellent catering and for the support during the day
Bill Alston
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| Looking for a partner ? |
Preston Bridge Club – Managed “partner finding” service
Preston Bridge Club is trialling, over the next few months, an online “partner finding” service for the Monday, Thursday and Friday evening sessions.
The Monday & Friday service is managed by Terry Hines and the Thursday service by Catherine Draper – many thanks to them for volunteering to do this.
To use this service please click on the title at the top of the box "Looking for a partner?"
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| IMPROVERS' WORKSHOP |
PBC is intending to run a series of workshops on Competitive Bidding aimed at players who wish to improve their bidding, either to be more competitive in their normal club sessions and/or to start playing more regularly in regional/county events and teams leagues. More information is available here -
PBC Improver Workshops.pdf
The first of these will be held on Friday 25 October 2019,10:00 to 12:30.
The topic is Lebensohl after partner's opening 1NT is overcalled.
Click on the title (IMPROVERS' WORKSHOP) for more details and online registration.
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| Purchasing Tokens |
The purchasing of tokens just before a session is sometimes delaying the start of a session.
If you wish to purchase tokens please could you arrive at least 10 minutes before the start of the session.
Tokens available from Maxine, Veronica, Christine, Yvonne, Don, Arthur and Rowena
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| Friday Night Systems |
Friday nights are intended as a "no fear" night and as such only level 2 conventions are allowed. Very brief notes are available here (please click).
Full details are available in the Blue Book on the EBU laws and ethics page.
The relevant section is on the Notice Board
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| Amending Scores |
From time to time we are asked to amend scores which have been entered incorrectly.
After some discussion it has been agreed that in accordance with EBU recommendations we will do this up to 7 days after the session.
You must however obtain the opponents agreement before contacting us to alter a score.
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| Daytime Bridge |
 Monday Supervised play. 1.00 pm and finishes 3.30-4.00 pm.NB Continues throughout the summer.
Wednesday Join us on Wednesday afternoon for a friendly and competitive game from12.50 - 4.00 pm Duplicate Pairs, visitors welcome, no partner required. For information contact Maxine on 01772744805.
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| Charity Status |
Preston Contract Bridge Club is a registered Charity number 1161100
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| Room Hire |
Our spacious club room is available for hire to members to play bridge at the following rates:
For matches in official competitions involving Preston Members £10 except for the Nicko where the team plays as Preston
Non Members £30
For Ad Hoc Social Bridge £2.00 per person
Regular Bookings by negotiation
If any other groups involved in similar games feel that they would like to use our room on a regular basis we are happy to discuss this.
All enquiries to Maxine on 01772 744805 or E-mail via the contact page in the information menu.
The room MUST be booked with the secretary.
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