| All welcome to a special Friday evening session 24th April 2026 |
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The suggestion made at the AGM to have to "bring and share" finger food before the normal session time start was given a trial at a Friday evening session on 24th April 2026 with some success, plenty of socialising at the start and some great food. Memories of American suppers. Many thanks to all who made it such a success story, What and when should be given a trial, next, keep the ideas coming.
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| Some communication changes in May for Monday and Tuesday duplicate sessions |
Members will have received an email from Angela (24th April 2026) regarding a trial WhatsApp group she is setting up on behalf of the club for players, particularly those who play at the Monday afternoon and Tuesday evening club sessions. This will go active shortly for the Monday and Tuesday club events from the beginning of May. Please email Angela is you wish to join this group. Please do use the WhatsApp group to indicate when you would like to play otherwise it could be assumed, incorrectly, that you will not be playing at that session
Friday evening players have a less techy method to keep the director informed, just email to Ann only if you wish to play at the Friday evening club duplicate session and need a partner. Even less techy, always come armed with a pencil when playing at a Friday evening duplicate session to indicate on the paper chart which future weeks you are expecting to play at the Friday evening session. A trial fell flat for Friday 24th April bring and share food event thanks to a Ann's silly mistake. Not too late to see the idea and comment on the principle, looks like only 2 players coming when actually 5+ tables are probable!!! .
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| Morning Lessons, 10 a.m. Thursday and Friday mornings |
 
Lessons held at 9:45 for 10 am on Thursdays and Fridays
- Robin's intermediate lessons: Thursday morning lessons on 1st, 3rd and 5th Thursdays of the month - please contact Robin if you would like to attend his lesson, From June 2026, for a trial period, the Thursday and Friday morning lessons will be combined to run only on Friday mornings while the Thursday morning slot will become a duplicate session.
- Terry's Improvers lessons: Friday mornings.
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.
As shared at lesson on Thursday 2nd April - were you there?
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Lessons held at 9:45 for 10 am on Thursdays and Fridays
- Robin's intermediate lessons: Thursday morning lessons on 1st, 3rd and 5th Thursdays of the month - please contact Robin if you would like to attend his lesson, From June 2026, for a trial period, the Thursday and Friday morning lessons will be combined to run only on Friday mornings while the Thursday morning slot will become a duplicate session. ..........
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| Stafford Online BCL Thursday evening Bridge Club |
Please support the STAFRD 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 STAFRD 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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