| 2025/26 Shelley Handicapped Teams Round 2 to be played Thursday 20th November |
 Round 2 to be played on Thursday, 6:45 for a prompt start at 7 p.m.
David will soon be requiring the names of all players in your team so that he can compute the handicaps. Please check the availability of each player and let him have the names not later than Wednesday19th November. To certainly want to avoid the unfortunate delay that occurred at the previous session and so please stress that all players must arrive by 6.45 p.m. and if any have not visited the club (Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 0BF) before click for the road access and the internal diagram of the building which may be helpful.
2025/26 Shelley Handicapped Teams got under way on Thursday 16th September at Beaconside. 7 teams took part which included some new players in the Shelley and one new club member, 7 teams make for a simple movement. The full results can be seen here, Dave's team in the lead +67 (92 with -25 handicap), Janet's second +55 (57 with -2 handicap) and Eleanor's in third +24 (+1 with +23 handicap).
Many thanks to David for directing and for ensuring everything went so smoothly on the night, a Sat Nav issue meant a slightly later than planned start, David greatly relieved not to have to restart the system for six teams!
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| Morning Lessons, 10 a.m. Thursday and Friday mornings |
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Lessons held at 9:45 for 10 a:m. at Beaconside Conference Centre ST18 0BF, click for a site map of the centre
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
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 held at 9:45 for 10 a:m. at Beaconside Conference Centre ST18 0BF, click for a site map of the centre
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
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. ..........
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| County Events |
Dates of SSCBA 2026 Championship Events now fixed
SSCBA Sim Pairs Wednesday 28th January, Championship Pairs and Teams, see general calendar of County events.
SSCBA League Division 1
As at 24th October, 3 Stafford players are in leading team in division 1 after 5 matches played. Division 2 has 3 teams from Stafford.
Newcastle Handicapped Teams
Games will be played on the first Friday of the month, started in October, still room for another team, Click for entry details.
Midlands Counties Congress
Friday 2th - Sunday 4th January 2026 at West Midlands Bridge Club 909 Warwick Road Solihull, B91 3EP, Click for entry form.
SSCBA virtual BBO county on line group at 7 pm on Wednesdays - use it or lose it
If you would like to be a member of this “Club” please email the Membership Secretary – John Withers on jwithersx@gmail.com, with your real name, your BBO user name (exactly as you print it), EBU number (if you have one), contact telephone number and email address (This has to be done also by those players already registered with BBO) Only those that have registered with John will be able to take part in the SSCBA Virtual Club Events, please give him a day or two to organise this prior to the event you wish to join and get some practice games on BBO. Click for information on BBO See also how to indicate your basic system to your oppo through the chat manager - Using Chat Manager in BBO - Bing video -Please also take time to read Paul's comments on Announcing and Alerting on BBO.
Normally played on the second Thursday of the month from September is now closed for entries, Enough for two divisions, click for results division 1, division 2. Stafford players in both divisions
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Dates of SSCBA 2026 Championship Events now fixed
SSCBA Sim Pairs Wednesday 28th January, Championship Pairs and Teams, see general calendar of County events.
SSCBA League Division 1
As at 24th Octobe ..........
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| Are you a BCL player? |
Please support the STFRD club Thursday evening club session - turn up in the club room around 6:45 with or without a partner.
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