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We are based in a dedicated bridge room in our own premises in South Croydon, we run four duplicate sessions a week and some tuition. All duplicate sessions have returned to face-to-face.
New players are always welcome and should email the Club email address.
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| Last updated : 11th Feb 2022 14:53 GMT |
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| NEW TO THE AREA OR JUST VISITING? |
We welcome new members and visitors to all our sessions of play. Please contact the Committee on southcroydonbridge@gmail.com or call Tony on 07900 823752.
All sessions have real time computer scoring and pre-dealt hands. We have a licensed bar which serves hot and cold food. On site car parking is available.
See Committee Contacts on the left should you wish to speak to a Committee member.
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| Last updated : 17th Mar 2023 10:12 GMT |
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Bridge Sessions
We run the following face-to-face sessions:
Duplicate
- Wednesday 11:00 (lunch available at the bar)
- Thursday 19:30
- Friday 19:30
- Saturday 14:15
Supervised Play
The sessions will be played under the following Covid restrictions:
- you must have received both the main Covid vaccinations to play, the booster is not yet required; exemptions for those who have been medically advised against receiving it
Until the number of tables is consistently high enough to guarantee that a session will go ahead, to avoid wasted journeys pre-booking by 20:00 the day before play is essential. Please email Tony (southcroydonbridge@gmail.com) for the Thursday, Friday and Saturday sessions. Wednesday is attracting enough players and is turn up and play.
Table money for members will be invoiced monthly in arrears, payment from non-members may be collected in advance or at the table.
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| Last updated : 17th Mar 2023 11:20 GMT |
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| Swiss Teams |
We are running Swiss Teams events on
- 21 May - Lock Watson Cup
- 17 September
- 10 December
The events will start at 14:00 and finish about 21:00, with a meal break in the middle. The fee for May 2023 is £17 per head. This is collected on the day (card or cash), members may add it to their monthly statement.
The aim is to have 6 8-board matches. If there are insufficent entries then we will run a multiple teams event. If it is a Swiss event, the Lock Watson Cup will be awarded to the highest placed team which consists of only South Croydon BC memners. There will be cash prizes, these are not resricted to member only teams.
Meal options:
- main
- salad - checken or ham
- jacket potato - with chesse, tuna, beans or cheese
- sandwiches - ham, tuna or cheese
- desert
- cheesecake
- gateau
- cheese and biscuits
Click here for entry form.
For more information or if you want to play but don't have a partner or team mates contact Tony or Su
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| Last updated : 14th Mar 2023 12:17 GMT |
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| BRIDGE TUITION |
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We offer training for those of limited experience who wish to progress to playing Duplicate Bridge in a Club environment. These training sessions for Improvers are open to non-Members and are genetally held on the last Sunday each month (ex December). Sessions run from 2.00 - 5.00 pm and handouts of the instruction and the hands played will be provided after each session.
- 26 February - Roman Key Card Blackwood
- 26 March - Escaping fron 1NTx
Contact Tony Hilton for details at southcroydonbridge@gmail.com
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| Last updated : 30th Jan 2023 14:48 GMT |
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| Chairman's Prize - including wine for the winners! |
Saturday 4 June - Saturday 2 July - Saturday 6 August
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The winning pair will each get a bottle of wine from a choice of Merlot, Malbac and NZ Sauvignon Blanc - standard table money. Guests welcome!
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| Last updated : 19th May 2022 16:27 BST |
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| Strong Club or not??? |
 The new rules that applied over what constitute a strong opening reared its ugly head again on this deal. After South passed, West opted to open a Benji 2♣ that was described as being either 8PT or 21-22 balanced. East, holding 19 HCP immediately bid 7NT knowing full well it was probably a long-suited hand. rather than 21 HCP. North, knowing he had little to lose doubled and East re-doubled. Unsurprisingly, this gained a top score. BUT the initial bid was illegal. Why is that you may ask? For a strong 1♣ (or strong 1♦ ) the requirement is 13 or more HCP. For other strong bids (for example 2♣ or 2♦) the requirement is 16 or more HCP, except if there are two suits with 13 HCP concentrated in the two suits.
In this particular hand, the opener only held 12 HCP (admittedly 5 losers) but the Director should have been called and almost certainly awarded an average minus.
We referred the hand to the EBU to adjudicate and the Deputy Chief Director Robin Barker said:
Calling the agreement “8 playing tricks” does not make it legal. Calling 2C “Benji” does not make it legal.
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If the agreement about 2C is that it shows a strong balanced or a hand with a long suit and playing tricks, there are a number of options
- The hands with a long suit and playing tricks meet the new EBU Blue Book definition of strong
- The hands with a long suit and playing tricks are restricted to suits which are not the suit opened
- The hands with a long suit and playing tricks are only in th8e suit opened
If the agreement were 21/22 balanced or 8 playing tricks in clubs then this opening 2C would be legal – but this was not their agreement.
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| Last updated : 26th Oct 2022 08:57 BST |
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