• Annual membership. £10 This is now due from all members, whether playing live, online or both.
• Quarterly payment for live play £25 (or you can pay £3 per session).
• Quarterly payment for teams online £5 (or you can pay £1 per session) If you only play online, you do not need to pay the fee for live play.

Here are the bank details. Cash on a Monday evening is acceptable as well.

NatWest Sort Code            60-01-31

Account Number              59862181

Stoke Mandeville Bridge Club

Please put your name as reference on the payment.

On Wednesday 16^th September, we trialled our first team event using Realbridge. We had five teams of four. As with anything new, there were a few hiccups with camera and microphone issues. A movement that I was unfamiliar with, but you just have to trust the computer to know best!. It all worked fine and we played 24 boards in less than 2½ hours. I enjoyed being able to see and chat to the other players. I hope those that took part, felt the same. Well done to the winning team of Rod, Lew, Janet and Joanna.

Wednesday 7^th October will be the start of our regular weekly team events using Realbridge. Nearer the time, David will be asking for names of who would like to play. I hope those that played in the trial session, that had problems, will have another go. It will only get easier.

The first RealBridge evening was free but we will need to charge everyone who plays in the future, and have decided that £5 a quarter for our regular players will cover our costs to Realbridge. If you don't play regularly on a Wednesday evening, then we will ask for £1 every time you play. Please use the same bank details as above and add your name and RB to the reference. Note that this is in addition to your annual membership fee of £10.

We have had a very good response to our third bridge weekend.  We have 40 people attending so far with some thinking about joining us.  Last year, we were able to add names and rooms at the beginning of January.  Obviously, there is no guarantee that there will be rooms available, so if you are thinking about coming along, please let Lesley know asap.

We held this on Monday 6^th July for Motor Neurone Disease in memory of Maria. Thank you very much for your kind donations and we were able to send £621.

Finally, they are now in this country, and we should be receiving all our new equipment sometime next week. We are hoping to use them for the first time on Monday 28^th September. I hope this will all run smoothly but please be patient with us on that first evening.

Monday 9^th November is Children in Need sim pairs and I will be asking for donations on the night to boost our contribution to Children in Need.  Thank you for supporting this every year.

Monday 14^th December is our Christmas party.  This will start at 6.30 with drinks and nibbles.  It will be a host evening, so please come along with or without a partner.

Monday 28^th December - NO BRIDGE as it is a bank holiday and very close to Christmas.

Monday 4^th January.  Bridge as normal.