SCBA AGM |
The Suffolk Bridge AGM will be held at the Blackbourne Community Centre, Blackbourne Road, Elmswell IP30 9UH on Sunday May 12 at 2.00pm.
Nominations for Officers and Members of the Executive Committee and motions for Special Resolutions, proposed and seconded by SCBA members, should be submitted by email or in writing to the General Secretary (Nick Farr, nick@farrhome.co.uk) by Sunday April 21.
A session of Bridge, with a light tea, will follow. Admission to the AGM is, of course, free to SCBA members. If you plan to stay for the Bridge and Tea, it's just £5/head, please click HERE to tell us you're playing.
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Bridge with Lunch June 5th |
The next Bridge with Lunch event is being held at the Blackbourne Centre, Elmswell, IP30 9UH , on Wednesday June 5.
A glass of wine or soft drink will be available from 12.30pm with lunch served at 1.00pm. A session of Bridge (around 24 boards) will follow at 2.00pm. The event is expected to finish by around 5.00pm.
Entry fee for lunch and bridge is £22.50/head. Click LUNCH for the entry form and to select your choices.
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Bridgemate App |
Find out how to make that extra trick or why the Opposition made too many tricks in No Trumps. The Bridgemate App is now available for members to download and use at Stratford St Mary Bridge Club, with full functionality including the hand records and analysis so that you can replay the hand.
The App is free from the Apple App Store on your iPhone or Google play on your Android Smart phone for the first 6 months and £3 per year thereafter.
Click APP for all the detail!
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Late Arrival? |
If you are on your way to the Club but get held up in traffic, please let us know on 07444 733810, so that we can include you in the movement.
If there's no answer from that phone, try 07980 822624.
Thank you.
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Improving Your Play |
A series of articles written in an entertaining style and aimed at improving the play of the typical club player has been written by Marc Chawner.
They cover Declarer Play in No Trumps, Declarer Play in Suit Contracts and Defence.
Click on NT, Suit or Defence to see them ... and see how your game can improve!
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Club News |
At a Committee meeting on November 8 we agreed that:
We confirm the earlier starting time of 6.15pm for 6.30pm start of play.
And we co-opted Derek Brinkley onto the Committee replacing Sue Dixon who wanted to step down.
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Bridge Holiday May 2024 |
Alan Rogers from the Frinton Bridge Club is organising a bridge holiday in Lincolnshire for local players in May.
Click in this box for details.
Please contact him if you are interested.
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Suffolk Congress Success |
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The annual Suffolk Congress, held on October 8 at Elmswell, attracted 17 tables with the Handicap prize (for the pair beating their usual average by the greatest margin) being won by Paul & Chris Rickard.
Click HERE and then on the relevant event in the Results section to see the scores.
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Do You Want to Learn to Play Bridge? |
Interested in learning to play the best card game in the world?
Click HERE to see details of Nick Reay's teaching program and his supervised play sessions on Tuesday afternoons.
Or click Colchester Bridge School for details of Emma Fowler's teaching plans.
To find out about Christine Cooke's lessons, email her on christinesbridgeemail@gmail.com
Then progress to coming along to the Stratford St Mary Club where we play a very friendly game at Highwoods, Colchester on Wednesday evenings.
Give it a try!
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New Alerting & Announcing Rules |
The EBU has introduced new Alerting and Announcing Rules.
Click in this box to see the details.
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Suffolk Online Teams League |
The Suffolk Online Teams League Season 15 is in progress, with 28 teams playing in six divisions.
Results can be found HERE.
Final results from Season 14 can be found HERE.
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Where did I go wrong? |
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You've seen these icons alongside the Results each week - but do you know what the green one is for?
Click on it on a Results page and you'll get into Bridge Solver On Line - where, among other things, you will find the Play It Again feature and details of how many tricks you made compared with the best double-dummy play.
Lots of useful analysis - have a look !
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