| Bank Holiday Venues when Haling Dene is closed |
Arrangements over forthcoming Bank Holiday periods
Members may be aware that the Haling Dene Centre is closed on Bank Holidays, and also on Tuesdays following the four main Bank Holiday Mondays. Alternative arrangements for our sessions at Haling Dene have therefore been made, as shown below.
(Friday 18th April, Holmcroft This session will go ahead, arrive by 6.45 for a 7.00 start)
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Session Venues |
| Monday 21st April |
This session is cancelled |
| Tuesday 22nd April |
This session will take place at Holmcroft, arrive by 6.45 for a 7.00 start. |
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| Monday 5th May |
This session will be held at Tixall, arrive by 1.00 for a 1.15 start |
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| Monday 26th May |
This session will be held at Tixall, arrive by 1.00 for a 1.15 start |
| Tuesday 27th May |
Venue to be confirmed as Tixall - arrive by 6.45 for a 7.00 start. |
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Michael Metcalf, Chair
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| Shelley 2024/25 - Round 5 Thursday 17th April |
 Fifth round played on Thursday 17th April 6:45 for 7 p.m. at Haling Dene
Fifth round: raw results for round 5 see here. Handicapped results here. Janet's team now in the lead with cumulative score of +30, second Carol's team with +7, third Michael's team with -4 and fourth Ann's team with -33. Many thanks to David for directing and scoring and Terry for all the dealing (4 sets of boards!!!) and handicap calculations.
With only 4 teams Terry deals 4 sets of boards so easy to play without having to pass boards round. David keeps an ear alert to silence any post-mortem discussion!
All to play for in the last round on May 15th - make sure you mark the date in your diary!
Team captains: Please contact David and Terry by 12th May with your team line up to allow time for handicaps to be calculated.
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| Morning Lessons, 10 a.m. Thursday and Friday mornings |
Lessons are now at Tixall village Hall, ST18 0XT at 9:45 for 10 a.m.
There are some alterations to the usual sessions during April/May period, for the dates for this period see the table below:
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Fridays |
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| April 24th |
Lesson 9:45 for 10:00 |
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April 25th |
Lesson 9:45 for 10:00 |
| May 1st |
No bridge at Tixall, room not available |
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May 2nd |
Lesson 9:45 for 10:00 |
| May 8th |
Lesson 9:45 for 10:00 |
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May 9th |
No Lesson |
| May 15th |
Lesson 9:45 for 10:00 |
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May 16th |
No Lesson |
| May 22nd |
Lesson 9:45 for 10:00 |
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May 23rd |
No Lesson |
| May 29th |
Duplicate session 9.45 for 10.00 followed by Food & AGM. |
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May 30th |
No Lesson |
Lessons:
- Robin's intermediate lessons: Thursday morning lessons. On 1st Thursday of the month this will will normally be played as a duplicate session.
- Terry's Improvers lessons: Friday morning lessons. On 3rd Friday of the month this will will normally be played as a duplicate session.
Robin has produced plenty of material for the website, including one on Splinter bids, Gambling 3NT, CRO, Redoubles, Trial Bids, Jacoby and his all time most read page on McKenny signals and Discards. Summary of his lessons can be seen here with links to the individual lessons.
Robin's Thursday morning popular lessons for intermediates start at 10 a.m. (please contact Robin if you would like to attend) as do Terry's Friday morning lessons for improvers (please contact Terry if you would like to attend those). Please contact Ann if you would like to join beginner's lessons.
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Lessons are now at Tixall village Hall, ST18 0XT at 9:45 for 10 a.m.
There are some alterations to the usual sessions during April/May period, for the dates for this period see the table below:
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Fridays |
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| April 24th |
Lesson 9:45 for 10:00 |
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April 25th |
Lesson 9:45 for 10:00 |
| May 1st |
No bridge at Tixall, room not available |
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May 2nd |
Lesson 9:45 for 10:00 |
| May 8th |
Lesson 9:45 for 10:00 |
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May 9th |
No Lesson |
| May 15th |
Lesson 9:45 for 10:00 |
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May 16th |
No Lesson |
| May 22nd |
Lesson 9:45 for 10:00 |
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May 23rd |
No Lesson |
| May 29th |
Duplicate session 9. .......... |
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| Many, Many congratulations Robin and Dave |
Robin and Dave, playing on RealBridge, came top in the Midlands regional area heat of the EBU National Pairs competition played over 48 boards on 23rd March 2025. This followed their success in the Midlands regional qualifier session on 11th March at Haling Dene. The National final was played over the weekend with April 12th/13th where they played 4 sessions each of 24 boards against other top ranking players from Eastern, Midlands, Northern, South East and South West regions in which they came 15th overall see here.
Thank you David for the picture
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| Bridge Timer |
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Timer has had a bit of a change after Flash was withdrawn but back in action now ready for long suffering Friday night players to test!
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