Here is a roundup of the latest Purley Bridge News with some dates for your diary.

Summer Season

The Winter Season finished on the 31st of March and the Summer Season commenced on Tuesday April the 1st and will end on Sunday the 31st of August 2025.

All Summer ladders require a minimum of 7 appearances to qualify

Beginner Bridge Lessons

Purley Bridge Club current season of Bridge lessons for beginners in the Bowls Pavilion at Purley Sports Club  ended on Wednesday 9th April but will restart later in the year.  The sessions which take place every Wednesday afternoon between 1pm and 3pm will recommence in early October. The lessons will be starting from scratch and so are suitable for complete beginners or for those who want to revise their Bridge knowledge. All are welcome. Please contact Brenda Blackwell if you know of anyone who might be interested.
 
Improver training sessions running every Wednesday from 1pm to 3pm at the rear of the main hall also ended on Wednesday 9th April but will restart later in the year.

Combined sessions of supervised play for beginners/improvers will run at the rear of the main hall from Wednesday 23rd April from 1pm to 3pm until the end of September.

Weekly Bridge sessions

The Monday, Wednesday and Thursday sessions continue as normal.

Stewards are available on all Wednesday mornings. For the Monday and Thursday evening sessions there will be no steward on the last session of each month.

The Wednesday afternoon arrangement whereby the Directors act as Stewards remains unchanged.

 A new rota for Stewards and Scorers has been set up for the Summer season. Details are on the Bridgewebs calendar.

Our Charity Event to raise funds for Sutton Vision in their role to support any adults with sight concerns to enjoy a variety of activities and give support to manage their conditions. Terry Rocks- outreach officer for Sutton Vision - joined us to share a range of ways any donation would be used to help others. 

Thank you to all members who gave something for the raffle or gave a donation. We made an excellent profit of over £300 just for the raffle! 

Two talented ladies donated their craft items: hand made birthday/thank you cards by Emi Yokoyama and decorated decoupage trinket shells by Janet James. 

Thank you also to the army of helpers who made the afternoon a good success. 

The final thank you goes to all of our 68 participants! Without you we could not have had such a good time. 

We will circulate our final total when the bills have been paid. 

Please note the new stewards rota for April til July has been circulated and can be seen on the website on the Calendar tab.

They are also displayed on the on the Bridge Club notice board.

Please note there will be no Steward available on the last Monday and Thursday of each month.

Congratulations to Kei and Chris

The handicap for prize winners is 3% accumulating for the first and each subsequent win within the last 9 months. This applies to the same pairing and does not apply if one winner wins again with a different partner. The handicapping process will be kept under review.