A total of 30 members took part in the Charity SIM's event on the 4th July. Congratulations go to Ronald Forster & Chris Waddington who topped the scores with a magnificent 71.88%. The results for the whole of the UK have now been published and it is great to see that Ronald and Chris came 2nd overall

Notification of the Ashby Bridge Club AGM

The Annual General Meeting will take place on Monday 29th July 2024 at 6.30pm at the Ashby Leisure Centre and Lido.

Resolution and Nomination forms can be found by clicking on ‘58^th AGM 29^th July 2024’ on the LHS of this page which can be printed off, filled in and returned to the Secretary, Alison Thompson, at least 14 days before the meeting.  We would normally expect both proposers and seconders to be present at the meeting.

Additional forms are available from the Secretary, Alison Thompson.

If you want to check the full list of winners for the 2023/24 Season click on Competitions>Last Seasons Competition Dates and Winners on the LHS of this page. You never know it might be you!

This is a relatively new competition for Ashby players who have recently found our wonderful game of Bridge and enables them to play against others new players in Leicestershire as a SIMs event. Congratulations go to Susan Pilkington and Smuidrite Jinkinson who won the Ashby event with a score of 65.6%. When compared to the other players from Leicestershire who took part they finished a highly creditable 5th out of 27 pairs. However due to the vagaries of the comparison with other Leicestershire players  Kathy Timberley and Richard Bird just pipped them by finishing 3rd overall. This was a highly successful event and we will continue to support this event in the future

The improvers Sessions continue on the following date and are well worth attending whatever your level of competence

Tuesday 30th July 2024 - Ace showing cue bids and Jacoby 2NT

Other dates to follow

Sessions start at 10.00am and last about 2 hours. No need to prebook 

For those members who are playing regularly on BBO and have become frustrated with not being able to UNDO a bid or a card play please check out the article under Bridge Base Online>Misclicks. This may help you avoid making the wrong bid or playing the wrong card

Some more....

Remember ... A well balanced player makes up for their inadequacy in the bidding with their ineptitude in the play!

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you wake up and get out of bed in the morning and it doesn't stop until you sit down at the bridge table

And now one for our female members-

Life with men is like bridge, you need

A Heart to love them

A Diamond to marry them

A Club to beat them

A Spade to bury them

Every week we now play two sessions of face to face Duplicate Bridge together with one session online on BBO. We will be at the Ashby Leisure Centre on Mondays with an arrival time of 6.45pm for a 7pm start, Wednesdays with an arrival time of 12:45 for a 13:00 start. Fridays is reserved for Social Bridge with a 9.30 am start. Following the member survey Thursday evening Duplicate sessions will remain online on BBO for the forseeable future to be reviewed by the Committee from time to time

Please note that the rounds for the Monday session are 'on the clock' to ensure that we play in a timely fashion 

In addition to theses sessions there is also Supervised Play every Wednesday at 10am at the Leisure Centre and are designed for those members who have completed the teaching course and are moving to the next level.... But all members are welcome

Virtual Duplicate Bridge on Thursday Evenings commences at 6.45 pm and to play you need to be a Bridge Base Online member and have informed the club of your username. If you have not signed up already see the details by clicking on the tab 'Bridge Base Online' on the left hand side of this page.  This will tell you how to register and other useful and important information. BBO is the only way you can play online against other Club Members in an Ashby Bridge Club Duplicate session. You will require a partner and if you find this difficult please use the Find a Partner system in Members Only

Once registered on Bridge Base Online email - robert.stokes1@ntlworld.com with your username

To see this seasons winners Click on Competitions>This Seasons Competition Winners and Runners Up

We have now completed all competitions for this 'Bridge Year' played in both Face to Face and online Duplicate Bridge format and with exception of the year long trophy winners, such as the Stanley cup, all the results for this season can be found in the drop down menu under 'Competitions>This Seasons Trophy Winners and Competition Dates' on the LHS of this page. You can also find all winners from previous seasons in this section

Calling ALL members of Ashby Bridge Club

 We require volunteers to host on Wednesdays at the Leisure Centre as a single. Please give serious thought to putting your names forward to act as hosts and remember that if you do not get to play you will receive a credit on your account. Don't just expect someone else to volunteer so don't delay and click on the link below and email your preferred hosting dates.

robert.stokes1@ntlworld.com

.........Alternatively fill in the form below and submit

Whilst Ashby Bridge Club runs a host of competitions throughout the Bridge season there are also many competitions, sometimes online, run by the Leicestershire County Bridge Association. These can be entered via the LCBA web site by clicking on the link below. Simply fill in the appropriate form and submit. 

LCBA Competitions and Entry Forms

                                       June 2024 Promotions

                                There are three promotions this month

                             Master                   Debbie Pullen

                            Master                    Graham Kendal

                          Local Master            Jane Chilvers            

                       Full list of promotions can be found Click Here

Next meeting  - 5th August 2024 at 1pm

The last available committee meeting minutes are for 20th May 2024 plus all previous committee meetings and can be found by going to Members Only and clicking on Member Notices. Scroll down to the Minutes you require

In addition the Minutes, Chair's Report, Treasurers Report and Accounts from the AGM held on 24th July 2023 can also be found under Member Notices