More than 50 players return for first club night

Following 18 long months of pandemic induced on-line fayre, Stansfield bridge club returned to the village hall for the ‘real’ thing on a recent Thursday - complete with Gerry’s incomparable nibbles and wine.

Although the club had completed a thorough risk assessment and put various precautions in place, it was anyone’s guess how many members would deem it safe enough to attend.

Nationwide the return to club bridge has been somewhat lukewarm. However, players started arriving soon after the doors opened and the final tally was 13 tables.

With every door and window open in the hall, the evening also attracted a bat who did a few laps of honour before departing into the night sky.

Tuesday afternoon sessions (4pm) have switched from BBO to RealBridge.

More details to follow in due course...

Stansfield bridge club is ploughing back some of the money it has made during the pandemic into free lessons for people wishing to learn bridge.

Four 90 minute taster sessions will be offered for free to anyone wishing to take up the game.

The lessons will be on Monday mornings (10.30am) starting on 11 October and take place in the village hall.

IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WISHING TO LEARN BRIDGE PLEASE LET THEM KNOW and ask them to email stansfieldbridgeclub@googlemail.com

(33 people have registered so far)

The four sessions on RealBridge with Andrew Robson have been completed but Andrew's bridgdecasts and an explanation of the four topics are still available.

Here are the links fir the sessions, which offer an explanation of each topic and anlysis of all four hands:  WEAKS TWO   SPLINTERS   FOURTH SUIT FORCING   COUNTNG & CARD PLACEMENT

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