Our 90th year started with a party at the club on Tuesday 13th May.  Thirteen tables of Beginners and more experienced players all enjoyed an afternoon of Social Duplicate  Bridge with prizes, followed by a wonderful spread of sandwiches, cakes and party food and, of course, a birthday cake.  Many thanks to those who were involved in organising/catering/directing and all who gave up their time to make the party such a success!

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On Friday the 13th of. June the club ran a competition amongst 28 members at the Clyne Golf Club.attracting beginners as well as more established players. John Lowing and Lyndon Williams with Phil Skinner and Andrew Gilbey came top NS a dew after which a buffet lunch was enjoyed.  Thanks to Pat Herbert for organising everything and to all those who attended.
  

The charge for members is  £2.50 and  guests £3.00.

Visitors may only play by prior arrangement with the treasurer, sessions begin at 7pm 

You should join a session at least 10  minutes before the start  and remain in the lobby if you do not have a partner, the director will hopefully find you a partner. .

To join a session click on the first link you see for the appropriate day. The second and third links are for the assistant director and director and should  only be accessed by arrangement with Ted

Session Competitions in Memory of George Ellis (former Treasurer)

Wednesday 29th January 2025

Eleanor Price hosted 6 tables of players, supported by Director Ian Grove. 

The event was won by Susan Barker and Richard Hayward, who are not regular partners.

In second place were Bill Elsdon and John Coghlin, two very experienced players.

In third place were Huw Evans and Andrew Gilbey who both travelled down from the Swansea Valley to play together for the first time. 

Thanks to Eleanor and Kay Preuss for the scoring and recording of the morning session.

Tuesday, 11 February, 2025

Michael Williams organised and hosted 6 tables of players. 

The event was won by Sheila Nogler and Angela Bridges playing North/South and Steve Evans and Liz Hughes  in East/West positions.

In second place were Barbara Ellis and Frances Moore, North/South and Nick Zapettis and Kate Jackman, East/West.

In third place were  Pat Allchurch and Pat Herbert, North/South and Michael Williams and Sue Lyden East/West.

Many thanks to Michael for the scoring and the recording of the  session 

A  new page containing a chronological list of national and regional competitions you can enter

RealBridge sessions continue on Monday evenings. 

F2F sessions are on Thursday evenings  Monday at 1.30, and Tuesday  and Wednesday  mornings. at 10

The Club AGM was held on the club premises on Wednesday 125h July 20234 There was a quorum of 28 members, The minutes  appear below

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

SWANSEA BRIDGE CLUB

WEDNESDAY 25^TH JULY 2024

6.15 p.m.

MINUTES

There were 28 members in attendance. The meeting was chaired by Bob Alderdice (items 1 to 7) and Jill Francis for item 8 after her election.

Prior to the start of the meeting we all stood in silence in memory of all Member who had died since the last meeting.

1. Apologies for absence:  Ray Mahoney, Gwyneth Mahoney, Elizabeth Hughes, Catrin Davies, Joan Smith, John Williams, Briam Morgan and Peter Coode.

2.  The Minutes of the previous meeting held on 13^th July 2022 were approved, proposed by Peter Lane and seconded by Phil Skinner

3. Matters arising -  None

4. Treasurer’s report. A copy is attached. TH’s position as acting Treasurer following the death of GE was endorsed.

The Treasurer’s report was agreed, proposed by Margaret Lane and seconded by Christine Smith

5. Chairman’s report. BA indicated that he was standing down as Chairman but said that he would continue to support the Club in an informal capacity. He thanked the Committee for its support. He noted that the attendance at the various Club classes and Bridge sessions had generally improved during the year and thanked RM in particular for attracting and maintaining a healthy number of beginners/improvers.

6. Proposals
   1. Vice President. The addition to the Constitution of a Vice President was unanimously approved, subject to the removal of ‘an active playing’ from the definition of President’ such that the paragraph reads ‘...such appointment continues while he/she remains a member of the Club’
   2. Annual Subscription. There was a discussion on the merits of remaining a member of the WBU, required by the constitution, although there was no proposal to consider this. Following a vote the proposal to increase the annual subscription to £45 for 2025 was agreed

7. Election of Officers and Committee

Jill Francis (Chairman), Geoff White (Secretary), Ted Hylton (Treasurer) were elected unanimously. The following six were unanimously elected to the five Committee vacancies (one being coopted to the Committee): Peter Lane, Peter Coode, Phil Skinner, Mike Malough, Cat Daniels and Ian Dunbar.

8. Election of Trustees

Bob Alderdice, Joan Smith, Geoff White and Martin Ley were elected unanimously

9.     Any other business - None

Geoff White

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In future the club will publish the names of members who have died during the year. If you know of anyone we  excluded from the list please email the secretary.

2021

Lena Morgan

Roger Penton

Geoff Tremlett

Jackie Williams

2022

Mair Ley

2023

Bob Hughes

Mair Davison

David Potter

2024

George Ellis

Graham Fifield

Bryan Joyce

Denys Maddock

Sybil Thomson