| Derek Skinner |
 Members will be very sad to hear that Derek Skinner has passed away. Derek was a very regular and well respected player at the club over many years until he moved away from the area in 2020 to be nearer his family in Cheshire. Derek was a regular player in the club Shelley teams competition where he played with his regular partner, John Eaves.
John writes - "I started playing bridge with Derek in the early 1960's. From memory I joined bridge lessons provided by Basil Cooke and teamed up with Derek. We played together at a number of venues, including the then M E B club in Brunswick Terrace in Stafford. This was a location we particularly enjoyed because they had a snooker table and we both enjoyed a game. He was a joy to play both snooker and bridge with and later he and Rita became very good friends with my wife and myself. We continued to keep in touch on a regular basis with each other and met on occasions for lunch. He will be sadly missed by both of us". .
Derek's funeral will be at 2 pm on Monday March 30th at Birches Crematorium and Remembrance Park, Birches Lane, Northwich. CW9 7SU
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| Thursday 19th March |
Warning - there will be no morning lesson or morning duplicate session on Thursday 19th March.
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| 2025/26 Shelley Handicapped Teams Final Round - Thursday 19th March |
The 6th and Final round of the 2025/26 Shelley to be played on Thursday 19th March - team captains please email David with names of team members for this round asap for calculation of handicaps - all to play for in the last round between the top three teams, with Anne Seymour's team in first with a cumulative score of 143 imps, Dave Nelson's team with 124 imps and Janet Drinkwater's team with 119 imps.
The fifth Round was played on Thursday 19th February, for cumulative results as at the end of round 5 click here beware, the team numbering for the round adjusted because of the missing team - look for the captains names. The raw results for fifth round can be seen here. A clear win by over two furlongs for Anne's team, nearly as big a lead as in round 4. This time two other teams had a positive score before handicaps taken into account!
David produced movement instructions for the teams to ensure the movement works well - 6 teams makes for a more complicated movement and involves one team to share boards for every round! David himself ensures the boards for the sharing teams always in the right place at the right time.
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| AGM Thursday 26th March 2026 1:30 pm |
The AGM will take place on Thursday 26th March at 1:30pm, AFTER a morning Duplicate session, which starts at 10am.
Lunch will be around 12:30pm, followed by the AGM. (Click here for draft agenda)
- The Committee invites members to submit resolutions for the AGM Agenda, with the names of proposer and seconder, to the Communications Secretary (Angela Hensby) no later than 19th March 2026.
- Nominations for Committee positions are also invited and should be written on the nomination form on the notice board in the Club Room prior to the start of the AGM.
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The AGM will take place on Thursday 26th March at 1:30pm, AFTER a morning Duplicate session, which starts at 10am.
Lunch will be around 12:30pm, followed by the AGM. (Click here for draft agenda)
- The Committee invites members to submit resolutions for the AGM Agenda, with the names of proposer and seconder, to the Communications Secretary (Angela Hensby) no later than 19th March 2026. ..........
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| Next Thursday morning duplicate is on 26th March 9:45 for 10am |
2nd & 4th Thursdays morning duplicate session 9:45 for 10am
Usually partner is not required and about 20 boards will be played to finish by 12:30. Visitors welcome. Click here for the dates in the monthly calendar
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| Stafford Online BCL Thursday evening Bridge Club |
Please support the STFRD club Thursday evening club session - turn up in the club room around 6:45 with your partner.
If you would like to give Bridge Club Live a try click here for the basic instructions, around 27 SBC members are active on BCL. A Stafford BCL virtual SBC club runs on Thursday evenings and a friendly BCL club runs on Tuesday mornings. The SSCBA set up a County wide Bridge Base Online virtual club that meets on Wednesday evenings, see here for advice on how to get started with BBO. A new third option is RealBridge where Newcastle Under Lyme, EBU and Midlands regional events take place. Please don't see these as either/or options but rather as different ways of enjoying online bridge which add variety to your game.
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Please support the STFRD club Thursday evening club session - turn up in the club room around 6:45 with your partner. ..........
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| MEMBERS’ WELFARE |
If you know of any member of the club who is unwell please let either Pat Martin or a member of the committee know so that appropriate wishes can be sent on behalf of all members.
The quickest response will be to tell either Pat Martin or any member of the committee at the bridge session then a card can be signed & posted immediately. Alternatively, you can email the secretary.
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