Tuesday 2 December - 7pm to 9.30pm - Mentored Pairs

Following a 2-month break, we are recommencing the monthly mentored pairs on the first Tuesday evening of each month. The event will attract master points but there will be no impact on NGS. It is free for mentors and £4.80 for students; payable on the day. Please sign up at the club or email me - students and mentors.

Wednesday 3 December - 1.30pm to 4.30pm - ‘Master Duplicate’ Pilot - Bridge session followed by hand discussion - £4.80

This session is proving popular. If you haven’t signed up yet, there is still time.

Do you ever wish you could ask someone about the hands you have just played in a bridge session? You can on 3 December. We will be running a pilot session at an introductory price of £4.80.

We’ll play 18 boards of duplicate with a white board analysis and an open discussion afterwards of all aspects of the auction and play. Our trainer, Dominic Connolly, will cover all aspects of using duplicate tactics to improve your scores and NGS as well as enjoying the game more by winning more often! This will very much be an open forum where no subject is off limits, including discussion of the auction and the pros and cons of various bids and systems, opening leads and the card play, with deceptive tricks and tips revealed!

Although pitched at the more advanced player, Dominic guarantees players of all abilities will take away something new from this Master Duplicate.

If you’re interested please sign up at the club, or email me. No payment is necessary until the day.

Thursday 11 December - 1.30pm to 5pm - Swiss Pairs - £4.80

This will be a pairs event with a twist. We will play approximately five 5-board rounds. The ‘twist’ is that the pair you play in subsequent rounds will be based on the result of previous rounds. If you do really well in the first round, in the second round, you will play another pair who did equally well. If you do badly, you will play another pair who did badly too.

This is a one-off competition, and is basically just a pairs events.

Saturday 13 December - 1.30pm to 7pm - Christmas Party - £35

We still have places available for our Christmas Party. I very much hope you will be able to join us for a fun bridge session with plenty of prizes, followed by a wonderful served buffet Christmas Dinner; all washed down with a glass of wine or non alcoholic alternative.

As we have a host, you don’t need a partner.

Please sign up at the club and pay via the card machine.

December closures

The last bridge session before the Christmas break will be Tuesday afternoon 23 December. We will then reopen Saturday afternoon 27 December. In addition, there will be no sessions on Tuesday evening 30 December and Wednesday afternoon 31 December.

We will running the Thursday afternoon 1 January session. If you haven’t overindulged the night before, why not join us?