Tuesday evenings - Improvers & Assisted Play
The Assisted Play evening session is now on Wednesday evenings. The Improver session will continue on Tuesday evenings.
Members will be able to attend both the Improvers session on Tuesday evenings and the Assisted Play on Wednesday evenings, rather than having to choose. It is further planned that once a month one of the Wednesday evening sessions will be a Bid & Natter session. Details will follow - keep an eye on our website.
The Assisted Play sessions are open to all and cost £6. We particularly encourage those students who have completed the year 1 course to come along to consolidate their knowledge & practice.
Tuesday afternoon hosting
We now have hosts for every Tuesday afternoon up to Christmas. However, one of the volunteers has put her name down for the vast majority of the sessions. Please come forward and take any of these sessions.
A list is on the noticeboard by the kitchen with Tuesday dates. If you’re willing & able to host the occasional session it would really benefit the club & its members.
- Any member can host.
- For hosting you receive a free bridge session if required, otherwise you receive a free ticket for your next session.
- A host means that as people come to play without partners they are partnered up; the host is the last person to be paired.
- If not required the host will not get to play.
Many of you are using the Stratford partner finding WhatsApp group. We’ll also seek a host on this group if there has not been a volunteer.
So please do consider volunteering as host, maybe if your regular partner is on holiday or just to help the Club!
The website calendar will indicate if a session is hosted. So, please check before venturing out. And, of course, continue to use the partner finding WhatsApp group.
Adam Hickman ‘Jack High’ training session for improver and intermediate players
1.30pm Wednesday 4 December - Jacoby 2NT
Please sign up at the club. The cost is £19.80 per session, but there is no need to pay in advance.
Monday 11th November - Children in Need Simultaneous
All the table monies going to Children in Need. The same hands will be played in other Bridge Clubs.
Warwickshire Championship Pairs Qualifier - Thursday 28 November
On the afternoon of Thursday 28 November, we will be holding the qualifying heat of the Warwickshire Championship Pairs. It will be a normal bridge session. However, any pair scoring 50% or more will be eligible to play in the Championship Pairs Final on Sunday 16 February 2025 at West Midlands Bridge Club.
Continuing Bridge Lessons
A series of continuing bridge lessons run weekly - 7pm Mondays or 10am Wednesdays. Please check the website to see what topics are being taught. You can turn up to any individual session for £12.60. No pre-booking is necessary. The next few sessions are:
7pm Monday 11 and 10am Wednesday 14 November - Leads
7pm Monday 18 and 10am Wednesday 20 November - Takeout Doubles
More dates for your diary
1.30pm Thursday 5 December - Teams event
This is a one-off teams’ event. You can turn up as a team of 4 or just turn up as a pair and be teamed up on the day. To be eligible to win, no more than 2 members of the team can have an NGS of 10 or higher at 31 August 2024. You can still play as a team if you don’t meet this criteria, but will not be allowed to win.
2pm Friday 13 December - Christmas Party
Over 80 people have already signed up for our Christmas Party 2pm Friday 13 December. The maximum capacity is 80. You can still add your name to the reserve list. Usually, for a variety of reasons, quite a few people drop out before the day, so many on the reserve list will get a place.
he cost is £34.80. Payment must be made by Friday 29 November to secure your place. There is a button on the card machine. Please pay by debit card. You will receive a receipt for yourself. There will be no receipt to hand in. We will monitor payments electronically. So please ensure you pay using your own bridgemate number.
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