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Improve Your thinking at Bridge

Club Member and Internalist Mike Ash will be delivering a series of 4 highly thought provoking 2 hour seminars in June.

Money raised will be going to charity and all members of the SBU are welcome.

Location: NMBC,1 Pinkhill, EH12 7BA

Time: Friday 15:30hrs -17:30hrs

Dates: Friday 05th June, 12th June, 19th June, 26th June.

Cost £9 per lesson or £30 for all 4, sign up on the front page of the website, or use the attached link.

 Each seminar is 'stand alone' but the concepts involved are cumulative.  So, in order to get the most out of the course, it is desirable to attend all four.  However, there will be hand outs and copies of the slides used in the presentations available on the club website for those who may have to miss a session.  

The club hope that attendees will stay on and play in the club’s Friday night tournament at 18:45hrs, to encourage this, we will be taking orders on the night for carry out food from attendees for those that want to eat between Mike’s lesson and the evening session.

The series title is: Improve Your thinking at Bridge.

Description: These seminars are designed for players who are comfortable competing at club events but wish to improve - particularly in those difficult areas of the game, such as defending and dealing with competitive bidding.

 Each session will be approximately 2 hours long and will comprise of a 40 minute presentation, drawing on pre-work that will be sent out in advance, followed by playing some hands and then discussing key points from these hands.  There will also be a "ask Mike anything" opportunity for those who wish to stay on at the end.

Presentation 1:- "Defending is hard!"  An overview of the principles involved in being a good defender and an introduction to the ideas to be covered in presentations 2 and 3.

 Presentation 2:- "What should I lead - and why".  As well as examining how you can tell when to make the killing lead, we will look at various ways partner should react at trick one - and challenge some common practice.

 Presentation 3:- "Communicating with partner when defending - legal ways to get your message across!" This session will discuss the theory, and look at some of the popular methods, of signalling/discarding. 

 Presentation 4:- "Why do the opponents bid up and make it difficult - and when to do this yourself?"  We will look at some of the common situations that occur - and learn about the Law, which will help you get many of them right.

Payment link

https://pci.jotform.com/form/261193339266361

The club was delighted to welcome the 30^th Craigalmond Scouts at the end of April for an introductory session of Minibridge. Judging by the laughter,  noise and photos, they had a great time, as did the trio running the session.  It's always great to see young folk in the club and who knows there may be a budding superstar in the making.

On Sunday 17th May we will be holding our annual one-day F2F congress at the club.

We start at 13:00 hrs with a 24 board pairs tournament followed at 17:00 hrs by a Swiss Teams tournament comprising four matches of six boards per match.

There will be a break of about an hour between the two sessions. We expect to finish the congress no later than 20:30 hrs.

♥ Cash prizes♥  and ♦ enhanced Master Points♦  will be available as this congress will be open to non-members as well as members.

The entry fee for the pairs is £16 per pair.

The entry fee for the teams is £32 per team.

You can play just in the pairs, just in the teams or both.

A two course meal will also be on offer at £18 per head which must be ordered and paid for in advance by each player.

Non-vegetarian option: Steak and Ale pie with potatoes and vegetables

Vegetarian option: Vegetarian Paella

 Desert option are: Lemon Cheesecake

Entries are open.

Enter above: Top Menu bar, SPRING CONGRESS.

SBU and Celtic nations Simultaneous CELTIC Pairs will be run by NMBC on:

• Monday 11th May, F2F at Pinkhill commencing 12:45 hrs.

• Wednesday 13th May, F2F at Pinkhill commencing 18:45hrs (as part of accumulator)

• Thursday 14th May, Online commencing 19:00 hrs.

   

Members planning to attend the Monday afternoon session are reminded to book a tournament entry in the usual manner.

This event is coordinated by ECATS on behalf of the SBU. Full expert analysis of the hands will be available. Club results are available after 22:00hrs on that evening and then melded by ECATS with results across the Celtic nations. As well as the usual club allocated black points, combined Red&Black points are available for those that score strongly nationally.

These events are an opportunity for you to support fundraising for the SBU. NMBC will forward £2.00 to SBU for these tournaments. The cost is £5.50 for Monday and Wednesday and BBO $8.00 for Thursday.

For any members looking for an alternative game on these dates, Monday evening BBO, Wednesday afternoon and Thursday F2F events will be running as normal.

Face-to-Face Bridge (Open to members and visitors)

Monday and Wednesday afternoons at 12.45 pm.

Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings at 7.00 pm.

N.B. Tuesday evenings are primarily aimed at bronze players but all are welcome.

N.B. Pre-Booking is required by members for our Monday afternoon tournament by no later than 11 am, as Monday afternoons are very busy.  Visitors are requested to book by phoning the club on: 0131 334 4467 if they wish to take part or by emailing the bridge operations manager, Andrew Harborow.

OnLine Bridge (Restricted to members only)

Monday and Thursday evenings at 7.00 pm on BBO

Are you interested in learning how to play Bridge? If you are, we offer lessons at the best bridge academy in town with a team of dedicated teachers and excellent facilities.

Bridge is fun, sociable and good for your brain. For most people, playing around a card table is the most enjoyable format of the game but it can also be played on-line from the comfort of your home.

Next term's lessons start week commencing the 20th April and you can sign up here now

To find out more, contact the Melville Bridge Academy by Clicking on our Academy button above for more details and an application form.

The New Melville Bridge Club is a company limited by guarantee with registration number SC 437291 and a charity with registration number SC 043594

 Registered Office: 1 Pinkhill, Edinburgh EH12 7BA. Telephone: 0131 334 4467

The Club is affiliated to the Scottish Bridge Union and the SBU East District.

Email: bridge.manager@melvillebridge.club