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Wesley Methodist Church

Wesley Slope

Frome BA11 1HA

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If you are looking for a partner contact

Margaret Donkin
01373 671 835

 

Welcome to Frome Bridge Club
Club Closure over Christmas

♠     Happy Christmas Everyone    ♣ ​​​​​​​ 

​​​​​​​Christmas Closure Dates

These are our Christmas closure dates

Last Monday session: December 16th

Last Tuesday session: December 17th

Last Thursday session : December 19th

New Year Re-opening

Monday Session: 6th January

Tuesday Session: 7th January

Thursday Session: 9th January

Calling the Director

Director Please!

When your opponent makes a Claim

 

 If a claim for ‘x’ tricks is made at your table, please try and follow these steps

The claimant should:

  • State the number of tricks being claimed and how they will be playing the remaining cards to achieve that
  • Only claim when the line of play outlined will be simple for the opponents to follow 
  • Avoid making a claim where there are trumps remaining or finesses to take!
  • Not hurry the opponents, instead allowing them plenty of time to evaluate the claim 

The opponents should:

  • Make a mental note of the exact explanation given by the claimant
  • Keep their cards hidden until they have had time to review the claimant’s cards and the line of play outlined
  • Accept only if they are satisfied that the claim is correct
  • Call the Director straight away if any concerns exist.
  • Not ask the claimant simply to play on as this forfeits the chance to call the Director afterwards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Children in Need Charity Sim Pairs

On Monday 11th of November Frome Bridge Club took

part in a heat of Children in Need Charity Sim Pairs.

Huge thanks to all our club members who supported this very worthwhile event.

Some 108 clubs from Frome to Folkestone and Harrogate to

Haverfordwest took part with 1694 pairs involved.

Frome players did well with the best placed pairs being

Paul Fine and Richard King who were in a brilliant 43rd place

and Di Bishop and David Brown in an excellent 73rd place.

As at 6th December, the sum raised is £61,770.

Congratulations to all our pairs. 

 

Bridge Tuition at Frome Bridge Club

Learn to play Bridge at Frome

We are pleased to announce that bridge lessons will

restart at Frome on Thursday 3rd October.

Four different classes are available:

On Thursday mornings we hold three classes. One is for complete beginners,

one is for refreshers and another for improvers.

On Tuesday evening there is a mixed group of different bridge experience.

For further details contact: John Perry on 01373 467508.

 

Frome Bridge Club
Frome Bridge Club

Welcome to the Frome Bridge Club web site. The club is affiliated to the EBU and aims to provide friendy but competitive duplicate bridge for members and visitors.

Boards are electronically duplimated and Bridgemate scoring is used meaning that results are available as soon as the last board is completed.

Frome is a pleasant Somerset market town and is situated 12 miles South of Bath.

The club meets every Monday at 7.00pm in Wesley Methodist Church at Wesley Slope, Frome for Face-to-Face play.

In addition, we provide lessons followed by assisted play on:

Thursday mornings from 9.30 to noon and

Tuesday evenings from 7pm.

For further details contact:  John Perry on 01373 467508.

Morning Closure of Park Road from Thursday 25th April

This is a reminder that, as from Thursday 25th April 2024,

Park Road, which leads to the car park at Wesley Church, will

be closed from 8.25 to 8.55 each morning during term time.

This will impact us each Thursday morning.

Please time your arrival to allow for this closure.

Those who park at the Memorial Theatre should have no problem

but may be delayed by traffic congestion,

 

Bridge Lessons at Frome Bridge Club

LEARN BRIDGE AT FROME BRIDGE CLUB

Courses for both Improvers and Beginners are well established at Frome Bridge Club.

During the Summer months we offer friendly Assisted Play sessions..

 Sessions take place each Thursday from 9.30 to 12 noon

Lessons at various levels are scheduled to restart in early October 2023.

 

Full details can be found by contacting:

John Perry on 01373 467508 or

 email jp007g9418@blueyonder.co.uk

Bridge at Frome

As at May 2022 the bridge provided at Frome consists of:

1. A competitive Face-to-Face Duplicate session on Monday evenings at the Club's venue in Wesley Church, Frome.

2. Face-to-Face Assisted Play on Thursday morning

For further details about lessons please contact

Marianne Lewin on 01373 451989 or

John Perry on 01373 467508

 

 

What are Master Points and the Ranking System?

Master Points(MP) and the Ranking system

After each Monday session the results for the evening are uploaded to the EBU.

The EBU allocates MPs to each player in the top ranks for that evening

depending on the number of tables in play.

For example, on Monday 3rd Sept. there were 8 tables so MPs were awarded

to the top three pairs for both N/S and E/W.

The ranks start with:

Local Master              100 MPs

Club Master                 200 MPs 

Area Master                500 MPs

District Master           1000 MPs

County Master           2500 MPs

Master                        5000 MPs
and then upward

Frome Teams in the Somerset County League

The fifth round of the Somerset County League took

place on Friday 6th December

All five of our teams were in action.

In Division 4, David Clayton's team continue to head the table with a fine 16-4 victory.

Our two other teams in Division 4 continue to find things tough.

In Division 2,  the teams captained by John Perry and Ray Nicholson

respectively, clashed for the bragging rights of the Frome Bridge Club.

At half time after 12 boards, Team Nicholson had an 11 imp lead.

In the second half Team Perry came roaring back and eventually won by11 imps.

A 22 imp swing bringing a 13-7 victory.

Best of luck to all our teams in the next round on Friday 17th January 2025.

 

EBU Master Points Promotions

Congratulations to the following for their master point promotions as at the end of November 2024:

 

 Paul Fine on his promotion to Master
Helen Millar on her promotion to District Master

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recent Winners of Duplicate Sessions

Monday 18th November

1st   Jan & Jack Smith

2nd  Di Bishop & David Brown.

Monday 25th November

N/S   Di Bishop & David Brown.

E/W Richard King & David Clayton.

Monday 2nd December

Penny & Peter May.

E/W Ian Bell & Mike Porteous.

Monday 9th December

1st  Helen Millar & Hendrik Payne

2nd Jan & Jack Smith.

Monday 16th December

N/S  David Clayton & Richard King

E/W  Steve Douglas & Paul Fine

 

Congratulations to all the winning pairs.

Calendar
23rd December 2024
Club Closed Christmast
30th December 2024
Club Closed Christmas
6th January 2025
Duplicate Pairs 7pm Start
Director: David Clayton
Scorer: Stan Christie
Results
Lesson then assisted play
Director: John Perry
Scorer: David Alsford
Duplicate Pairs 7pm Start
Director: David Clayton
Scorer: David Alsford
Duplicate Pairs 7pm Start
Director: Steve Douglas
Scorer: Ray Kenzie