| CHILDREN IN NEED |
This was a great evening, wonderful to see lots of members in the club again, partnerships being renewed and conversations!
Congratulations to Archana Garg and Neil Draper who were 2nd nationally ( that's all pairs from all clubs from all countries!) with 73% - at the time of writing 68 clubs from 3 countries representing 1056 pairs have submitted results so well done Archana and Neil - a terrific performance. To see all results, including your own, click here.
On the money side, there were 38 players and the event raised £356.00 including donations.
Thanks to Neil Kenyon our TD, Bill Wattleworth for technical assistance and numerous others for helping to keep our club safe and tidy.
And a big thank you to all who took part especially those taking their first return step to In-Club bridge at Southport.
Best
Kevin Holden
On behalf of the Board
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| LEARN HOW TO PLAY BRIDGE |
Would you like to learn how to play Bridge?
Have you a friend or family member who would like to learn how to play bridge?
If you would like further information about Beginners Lessons please leave a phone message on Southport Bridge Club 01704 530411 and we will get back to you.
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| CLUB REOPENING |
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You will see from the photo the bright and airy premises with socially distanced tables.
This has enabled us to start running 3 sessions at the club:-
Tuesday Evening (7 15 for 7 30 start)
Thursday Afternoon (1 45 for 2 00 start)
Sunday Afternoon (1 45 for 2 00 start)
Sunday afternoons will be hosted until Christmas
We will continue to support online bridge through Lancashire LOP for the forseeable future.
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| BRIDGE LESSONS WINTER TERM |
We continue to provide a service to all our members both Online and F2F.
Monday Advanced Class 10 15
This is an advanced class where we play a Teams match and then meet on Zoom to review the boards.
Wednesday Morning 10.30 Play and Discuss
This is open to all to play some set hands and discuss the bidding and card play after. If you wish to join request the zoom link.
Wedenesday Evening 7.00 at Southport Bridge Club
Beginners session starting 13th October
Thursday 9.45 at Southport Bridge Club
Guided play restarts at the club on 7th October.
Click here for more information
Focus Friday 1.30
A topic will be looked at each week with a short tutorial followed by set hands. All welcome no partners needed.
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| LANCS BPS BECOMES LOP |
Lancashire BPS is no more but don't worry the schedule of tournaments is continuing unchanged under the Lancashire Online Pairs (LOP) banner. ALL members registered as Lancs BPS members Southport Section will be registered and eligible to play in LOP tournaments from day 1. There is no need to register again.
The main differences will be:
- When you are searching for the tournament use LOP rather than BPS as the search term.
- Payment will be made to LCBA who will use the BrianMAS system, the same as Southport use, to administer the accounts. So instead of going to SBC website to request a statement, you will go to the LCBA website.
We have deliberately set out to be as light touch as possible regarding regulations, so it is important that we all respect the few regulations that we have. We would therefore be grateful if everyone would try to remember the following:
Please don’t request carding Undos;
For our restricted sessions, please make sure before you play, that both players meet the defined NGS restrictions;
LOP is a community and it’s nice to know who you are playing against, so please can everyone make sure their first name and surname are completed on their BBO profile;
Robots are meant for occasional use – not as regular partners
Please explain what bids mean rather than just giving them a name e.g Multi – weak 2 in a major or 19-20 balanced, Landy – both majors usually 5/4
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