As summer draws to a close and the nights draw in can we tempt you back to the bridge table? We know many lives have been disrupted over the past two years, partnerships lost and some people are reluctant to drive at night. Don’t despair we still have a team of willing volunteers organising various bridge sessions and members who are looking for partners both on an ad hoc basis or as a permanent agreement.

Club Sessions With effect from 6th September table money will be £3-50 with free tea and coffee. Where else can you be entertained at pre 2019 prices?

Sunday afternoon, 1.45pm for 2pm start, This is a friendly session with a relaxed pace. The session is hosted which means you are welcome to come without a partner. Visitors are also welcome so bring a friend who may wish to join the club.

Tuesday evening, always popular, sees the return of the two session format arrival time 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start

Red Section in Room 3 is aimed at the more experienced players, aiming to play 27 boards with the usual competitions during the month.

Blue Section in Room 2 is a slower pace aiming to play 20-24 boards with a finish time around 10pm. A suitable session for players wanting a social session and for those progressing from lessons and the Wednesday evening session.

To help members find partners for the Blue Section a host will be available during October on the 4^th, 11^th, 18^th & 25^th. A What’s App group to help players find partners is now up and running, to join please contact Judith Davies on Judith.davies3@btinternet.com or phone 07884 070739.

Wednesday afternoon, run by Bill W, 1.45pm for 2pm start. After the summer break this session will return on Wednesday 7^th September and, similiar to Sundays, welcomes players of all skill levels.

This session will be hosted during September on the 7^th, 14^th , 21^st and 28^th .

Special offer- during September only- if you bring a visitor they play for free on Wednesday afternoons.

Wednesday evening, 7pm for 7.15 pm start. This session is for new players moving on from lessons and is at a slower pace with time to discuss hands. Gail Moors runs a What’s App group to help you find partners, contact Gail on gailmoors@yahoo.co.uk or phone 07704 396722.

Thursday afternoon1.45pm for 2pm start. Everyone welcome, sorry no host available but if you are looking for a partner please contact Neville Barnes on nevillebarnes454@btinternet.com or phone 01704 545348.

The Club Championship Pairs is to be held this Year as a 6 month event on the first Tuesday of each month. There will be two Championship Events one at each Level; Tuesday A and Tuesday B. The best four scores out of 6 to count.

The Inglis Trophy will also be held on a Wednesday Evening for our Student Members.

The team managing LOP 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