Third Round of the Shelley - Thursday 12th December 6:45 for 7 p.m.

Full results so far can be seen by clicking here, after 2 rounds well ahead of the field is Team Seymour.

Club Christmas Events

The main club party, to which all members are invited with a sit down meal prepared by Janet and her team of helpers, is on Thursday 19th December, welcome at 6:30 p.m.  There is a list to sign up for this on the notice board in order to get the correct amount of food and to plan the fun bridge movements. The afternoon, Friday evening and Thursday morning lesson sessions will also have self catering "bit of a do" events to mark the festive season, (see calendar page and listen to announcements at earlier sessions as to how you can help at these "bit of a do" events).  During the Christmas/New Year season the club will be closed on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th. Directors will consult amongst the players regarding the other dates to find out how much demand there is to play, watch this space for the answers!

Away Weekend 17th - 20th April 2019

Following the success of last year's away weekend a provisional booking has been made at the same hotel, the  Crabwell Manor Hotel near Chester.  A list is up on the notice board to sign up to show an interest in joining the party, not a firm commitment at this stage.

Recent Events

Ladies' Pairs - Played Monday 2nd December.

A break with tradition, the Men's and Ladies' pairs were not played at the same session this year.  David rirected and reports "We had 8 full tables this afternoon and so I was able to run a straight 8 table Mitchell movement with all 7 ladies pairs sitting EW ie only one "odd" pair EW as well. So reasonably balanced. 1st Ann Stevenson & Beryl, 2nd Deirdre & Shirley, 3rd Pat & Janet.  Many thanks to David for directing and Terry for scoring.
 

Men's Pairs - Played 28th November 

Derek & John were the winners with Michael & Alan second and Derrick & Glyn third.  Click here for the full results.  Many thanks to David for directing, he will be back on duty for the Ladies' Pairs on Monday.

Arthur Bloxham Trophy - Played Wednesday 20th November 2019

Ihe Arthur Bloxham trophy, previously the restricted pairs, was played on 20th November. David was the non-playing director and photographer, while Terry did the scoring - many thanks to both.  David reports "Before play I welcomed back Gina Foster (to the delight of all the Wednesday players), and overall the event went well. Towards the end it became apparent that the final result would be very close at the top. Thus I took photos of the three possible winning pairs (just in case!) but once all the scores were in the current holders Liz & Penny, retained the trophy on 58.75% with Linda and Paul a very close second (58.33%) and Graham & Sean not far behind in third place (57.92%)".  In fact the the gap between each of the first 4 places was only 3 match points (141 down to 138)! Full results include players who may not have played on a sufficient number of Wednesdays for an official placing.  See the notice board for the full official result.

See recent competitions page for  earlier events.

Inter County Dawes Matches

If you wish to be selected for a team in the inter county Dawes matches contact Paul Cutler on 07939 977499.

Tollemache Qualifier - Played at Daventry 16th & 17th November 2019

Many congratulatulations, Geoff, on being selected to represent the County in the group D section of the, teams of 8, Tollemache National event played at Daventry. The SSCBA team came 5th out of the 8 Counties in the group.  The full team were Paul Cutler, Geoff Davies, David Debbage, Paul Hackett, Jason Hackett, Adrian Kenworthy, David Beavon, James Vickers all of whom have played at Stafford at some point and some in the 2018/19 Shelley competition.

EBU

Please keep your contact details, including email address, up to date with the EBU.  If you do not need a printed version of English Bridge magazine please opt out to help reduce costs and waste. Go to www.ebu.co.uk/members/v2/, log-in and click 'my details'  under the "account tab" (extreme right) to update your details and preferences'. Please note that by May 2020 you will need to set 'opt in' in 'my details' to continue to recieve a diary.  The default value for all members has been reset to exclude the diary as of August 2019.

Club Management Focus

Click link for Summer 2019 edition - a good read!.