Wednesday 16th October

We once again held our Lunch + Social Bridge event to encourage players of all abilities to play in a (slightly) competitive environment. Following some lovely food an afternoon of relaxing bridge resulted in Janet Vernon taking first prize and Judith Smith winning the booby prize .... for the third time! Well done 

The Annual Children in Need Sim's took place on 4th November. Our winners were Robert Killip and Andy Woodward on 72% with runners up Robert Missenden and Don Davis on 68%. The scores have now been compared to other clubs and the overall positions are Robert Killip and Andy Woodward 13th, Robert Missenden and Don Davis 23rd. This out of a total of 1811 pairs. Well done to all our entrants and particularly our two top pairs

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

The bride was walking down the aisle to be greeted by her 'soon to be' husband. As she met him at the altar she noticed a pack of cards and a convention card protruding from his jacket pocket. "Why have you got those cards .... darling?" she exclaimed. "Well" he said "This won't take all day will it?"

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

We have now started our competitions for this 'Bridge Year' (2024/25) 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

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

                                     October 2024 Promotions

                                There are Three promotions this month

                                    Ashok Bagri             1* Master     

                                     Jane Chilvers            Club Master

                            Richard Bird            Local Master    

To check how many points are required for each award click on the link below

                                                       EBU Masterpoints            

                                   Click Here for full list of promotions

Next meeting  - 27th January 2024 at 1pm

The last available committee meeting minutes are for 4th November 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 29th July 2024 can also be found under Member Notices