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Club Director Training

Sarah Amos is running a Club Director Training course over two days at Cardiff Bridge Club. 

The dates are Sunday the 5th and 25th May. 

Full details via the link from the WBU Website.

Rhiwbina Bridge Club

Welcome to the web site of Rhiwbina Bridge Club.  We meet at Rhiwbina Memorial Hall.
Please click here to find out more about the hall.

Membership Subscriptions now Due

Annual membership subscription for 2025/26 are now due.

Current Timetable for Play at Rhiwbina Bridge Club

DAY

TYPE OF EVENT

ARRIVE BY

PLAY STARTS

PLAY ENDS

Monday

Assisted Play at Rhiwbina

3.00pm

3.15pm

5.15pm

Monday

Online Realbridge

6.45 pm

7.00 pm

9.00 pm

Wednesday

Duplicate Bridge  at Rhiwbina

6.45 pm

7.00 pm

10.00 pm

Thursday

Duplicate Bridge  at Rhiwbina

6.45 pm

7.00 pm

9.00 pm

The Perry Shield, Spickett Bowl 2025

The EWBA is looking for pairs to represent the Area in the Perry (Open) and Spickett (Ladies)

Please could interested pairs contact Gill O'Keefe

ato@ewba.org.uk

DETAILS

Date - 29th May and 1st June

Venue - Llandudno Bridge club Penryn New Hall, Hartsville Ave, Penryn Bay LL30 3HS

             Web with map https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwor/bw.cgi?club=llandudno&pid=display_where

Format - 3 x 10 board sets v each team in each of the three sections 

Timing - Saturday 2 sessions start time 12-00 to approx 7-30 with a break after first session

            - Sunday AGM at 11-00 then bridge starting at 12-00 with a break after 1 match of 10 boards.- finish about 4pm

Food    - 2 x buffet style lunch - No evening meal on saturday

Director - Matt Foster 

Competition Time

EWBA are holding a competition for all players below regional master level.  

The competition will be held on Sunday the 11th May at 11am at Cardiff Bridge Club

For further information please Click Here

NEW Assisted Play Session

We are starting a new assisted play session on a Monday afternoon, beginning 13 January, to help players taking part in the lessons to get used to a 'real life' duplicate session.  As a result, we hope they will be encouraged to come to our regular face-to-face sessions on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. 

It will be as far as possible a normal duplicate session with computer scoring but only about ten to twelve boards will be played initially in the two-hour period.  If someone gets stuck, they can ask for help!  It would be good if existing members would come along to show support.  You do not need a partner.

Please arrive by 3pm ( which is when the improver's lesson ends) to start play promptly at 3.15 pm and finish by 5.15 pm. But bear in mind that between 3pm and 3.45pm Lon-y-Dail (the only road access) is closed to cars because children will be leaving the school.  If the lights are flashing at the junction with Lon Isa, do not enter or you will be fined.  Just park in the local streets and walk.

Learn to Play Bridge or Improve your Game

The Rhiwbina Bridge Club started two sets of bridge lessons in the Rhiwbina Memorial Hall last September as follows:

1. For complete beginners on a Tuesday afternoon from 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm. This is intended for people with no (or very little) knowledge of the game.

2. For improvers on a Monday afternoon from 1 pm to 3 pm. This is intended for people who have a basic knowledge of the game and would like to improve. They may already have been on a previous beginners’ course.

The courses last for three 10-week terms starting in September and continuing until the end of June 2025. The cost is £50 per person per term payable upfront - plus the option of a textbook costing £20.  We will probably start a new series of lessons in September 2025.

Please speak to your friends and relatives, etc. about this and tell them what a fantastic game bridge is!  A poster advertising the lessons is attached which we hope you might be able to display in a suitable place. (A version in Welsh is also available if needed.)

Please ask anybody interested in the lessons to contact: Roger Wright, telephone 07811 509490 or email roger.wright100.t21@btinternet.com

We are also looking for club members to help the teachers at the sessions. If you can help, please let Enid Lewis  know so that she can draw up a rota. Enid can be contacted by email: enid.lewis28@icloud.com.  This past year it has been a case of once every four weeks, so hardly an onerous task. Some people chose to come more frequently!

Poster Beginners Bridge.pdf

 

Payment of Realbridge Sessions

Please try and keep track of how many Realbridge sessions you have played vs the number you have paid for, rather than waiting for the club to notify you. 

You can see the list by clicking on Realbridge Attendance, which is the 9th item down in the main menu on the left. 

This doesn't tell the whole story though because if you play with a guest you will have to pay for both of you but will only be counted once in the list. 

 Things will run much more efficiently if you can each take responsibility for topping-up your table money credit before it runs chase you for a further payment. 

Information on how to pay can be found by clicking here.

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Results
Assisted Play
Realbridge
Director: Bernardine
Scorer: Realbridge 1.3.7 via USEBIO2BWCSV v0.3
Duplicate
Duplicate
Realbridge
Director: Gill
Scorer: Realbridge 1.3.7 via USEBIO2BWCSV v0.3