The first heat of the club handicap trophy for 2022/23 will be held on Thursday 19 May 2022.  This is the first of four heats which will be held quarterly.

All club members, regardless of the subscription that they hold and regardless of the weekly sessions in which they usually participate, are very welcome to play in this competition.

Many thanks to Alan Booth for all of the work in calculating the handicaps which will be applied to the actual results in these sessions.

We look forward to a good attendance.

The first heat of the club handicap trophy for 2022/23 will be held on Thursday 19 May 2022.  This is the first of four heats which will be held quarterly.

All club members, regardless of the subscription that they hold and regardless of the weekly sessions in which they usually participate, are very welcome to play in this competition. ..........

Our next Thursday duplicate evening is a very special event.  We have invited our good friends at Pershore Duplicate Bridge Club to join us for an evening of Swiss Pairs.  The event promises to be most enjoyable and I do hope that we will get a good turnout.

All club members, regardless of their subscription and regardless of the sessions in the week in which they usually participate, are very welcome to play.  The event is suitable for all levels of experience.  There is no need to advise me of your intention to play.

Whilst it is possible to stage a Swiss Pairs event with a half table, this is not an ideal situation.  I would therefore be extremely grateful if a pair would volunteer to act as hosts, stepping down if we do have a half table but playing if we have full tables.

I look forward to a big attendance for this event.  Thursday table numbers continue to increase and the club calendar provides for a very varied programme for the year ahead.

Our next Thursday duplicate evening is a very special event.  We have invited our good friends at Pershore Duplicate Bridge Club to join us for an evening of Swiss Pairs.  The event promises to be most enjoyable and I do hope that we will get a good turnout. ..........

A reminder to club members that we are playing Face To Face Bridge at Wharton Park Golf Club on Wednesday 29 March, with a start time of 6:45.  It would be great if members could arrive in good time to allow for a prompt start.

Please can members who wish to attend this Face To Face session liaise with either me, or Eileen or Candy to advise us of their intentions.  I hope that everyone who plays in the event will find the session enjoyable.

The club will also be running its usual Wednesday session online on RealBridge so bridge will be available to all members that evening.

Many thanks for continuing to support Bewdley Bridge Club.

A reminder to club members that we are playing Face To Face Bridge at Wharton Park Golf Club on Wednesday 29 March, with a start time of 6:45.  It would be great if members could arrive in good time to allow for a prompt start.

Please can members who wish to attend this Face To Face session liaise with either me, or Eileen or Candy to advise us of their intentions. ..........

The SIMS sessions are charitable and look to raise funds for very worthwhile causes.  For this round of SIMS - The Charity Challenge Pairs - the supported charities are Mind - which supports people with mental health problems - and MacMillan Cancer Support, with the total proceeds being shared equally between the two charities.

Participation in the sessions is included in your club subscription and there is no additional payment required to Bewdley Bridge Club.   You are welcome to play in as many of the SIMS sessions as you would like, regardless of the club subscription that you hold and the sessions in which you usually play.

You are requested to make a charitable donation and the detaails for this appear below.  E-Cats Bridge suggest a donation of £3.00 per player per session, although clearly you could make a larger donation if you wished.

Payments should be made using online or mobile banking.  Please make payments to Ecatsbridge Charity (you might need to type it as Charity EcatsBridge).  If you are given a choice between it being a personal or a business account, you need to select business account.

The sort code is 20-83-50 and the account number is 60385239.

Please put BEWDLEY as the reference so that Ecats can allocate the donation to the right club.

The SIMS sessions are charitable and look to raise funds for very worthwhile causes.  For this round of SIMS - The Charity Challenge Pairs - the supported charities are Mind - which supports people with mental health problems - and MacMillan Cancer Support, with the total proceeds being shared equally between the two charities.

Participation in the sessions is included in your club subscription and there is no additional payment required to Bewdley Bridge Club. ..........

I contacted members on 23 February 2023 to advise of plans to hold a club bridge holiday in October 2023.  The proposal was to stay at the Charlecote Pheasant Hotel near Stratford Upon Avon.

I have received positive feedback from members but some members have commented that the venue is very close to where we live and somewhat isolated for site seeing and shopping.  I do have sympathy for this view - for me the location is only a 35 minute drive from home.

Pauline Terry has worked tirelessly on this project and has liaised with the same booking agency to identify an alternative proposal that I should like to put to members.  This alternative is to stay in Dartmouth, South Devon at The Dartmouth Hotel

This seems to be an excellent hotel in a lovely location.  I will give details of costs as soon as possible but they will be very similar to the previous hotel proposed.

Please can I have feedback as soon as possible about:-

• Whether members would be interested in holding the bridge holiday for October 2023 in Dartmouth;
• And what would be their preference between a local venue near Stratford Upon Avon or a destintion further away in Dartmouth that would perhaps have more of the feel of a holiday.

Many thanks and please rest assured that we are aiming to finalise arrangements for the bridge holiday as soon as possible.

Kindest Regards,

David Halford

I contacted members on 23 February 2023 to advise of plans to hold a club bridge holiday in October 2023.  The proposal was to stay at the Charlecote Pheasant Hotel near Stratford Upon Avon.

I have received positive feedback from members but some members have commented that the venue is very close to where we live and somewhat isolated for site seeing and shopping. ..........

Andrew Robson OBE is coming to Worcester BC on Friday 17th March to conduct another of his hugely popular seminars; the afternoon session (1.30pm start) is currently full, (though no harm in trying to join a waiting list); however there are spaces available on the evening session, which starts at 5.30pm, and WBC would be delighted to welcome bridge-players from across the County to join this event. Details can be found via the WBC homepage. Robson's sessions are designed to be of value and interest to all levels of players. The evening session's themes are: "Tips round the Table", "Negative Double", "Elimination & Throw-in", though you will find any/all aspects of your bridge can come up!

Andrew Robson OBE is coming to Worcester BC on Friday 17th March to conduct another of his hugely popular seminars; the afternoon session (1.30pm start) is currently full, (though no harm in trying to join a waiting list); however there are spaces available on the evening session, which starts at 5.30pm, and WBC would be delighted to welcome bridge-players from across the County to join this event. ..........

The Club Handicap Trophy Competition this year trialled a most successful new format - it was held over four evenings, with the best three results being counted.

Round 4 saw a worthy victory on the night by Rachel and David who scored a magnificicent 70.42.  After handicap adjustments, they were still top.  Second were Jennifer and Carole, and third were David and Bill. Congratulations to you all.

Here are the complete results for Round 4

These results were then combined with the results from the previous three rounds.  

It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of the 2022/23 Handicap Trophy are Ann Sutherland and Nicola Downes.

In second place are Jayne and Mick, and in third place are Chad and Philip. 

Congratulations to all the winners. 

Thank you to everyone who took part and thank you to Alan for his work sorting out all the handicaps.

Here are the final results of the 2022/23 Handicap.

The Club Handicap Trophy Competition this year trialled a most successful new format - it was held over four evenings, with the best three results being counted.

Round 4 saw a worthy victory on the night by Rachel and David who scored a magnificicent 70.42. ..........

The above event is the premier pairs event in the WCBA calendar and is being staged Face To Face at Ombersley Memorial Hall on 26 March 2023 with an 11am start.

This event is only suitable for experienced and confident club members.

Details of the event can be found here. 

Pairs wishing to enter should liaise directly with Worcestershire.  This is not an event for which Bewdley Bridge Club funds the entry fees.

I do hope that some of our more experienced players will take part as it will be a superb session of bridge which awards green points for the successful pairs.

Kindest Regards,

David Halford

The above event is the premier pairs event in the WCBA calendar and is being staged Face To Face at Ombersley Memorial Hall on 26 March 2023 with an 11am start.

This event is only suitable for experienced and confident club members.

Details of the event can be found here. ..........

The club will be staging a Swiss Teams session on the above date with the usual 7pm start time.  Previous teams events have been extremely popular and I look forward to another excellent evening of bridge.

As with previous teams events the teams will be pre-formed with a more experienced pair teaming up with a less experienced pair.  This gives everyone a good chance of winning the competition.

Please can you let me know - and by Friday 13 January 2023 at the absolute latest - if you and your partner wish to play.  It would be extremely helpful if a pair could volunteer to act as a host thereby ensuring that we have full teams of four.

The event is open to all members, regardless of the level of subscription paid and regardless of the sessions of the week in which an individual member normally plays.

Swiss Teams is a superb form of bridge and I look forward to you playing in the event.  For the avoidance of all doubt, players of every experiene level are welcome to play.

Kindest Regards,

David Halford

The club will be staging a Swiss Teams session on the above date with the usual 7pm start time.  Previous teams events have been extremely popular and I look forward to another excellent evening of bridge.

As with previous teams events the teams will be pre-formed with a more experienced pair teaming up with a less experienced pair. ..........

The recent 'Down Under and Up and Over' Competition was a huge success, thanks to all.

The event was a huge success.  We had people from Canada, South Africa, Kenya, Ireland, Ise of Man, UK, Australia and New Zealand. A few extras from Greece and Turkey. We had just short of 1,200 people over the two games.

Thank you for taking part. We couldn’t have done this without the help of all the bridge clubs and teachers who coordinated the entries.

Thank you also to the players for playing, and for helping to make the event run so smoothly. We were able to manage comfortably with only five directors.

On our site you can see the overall winners, nation winners, and a photo board with a selection of players (not all 1200 !).

The prize-money winners can get in touch with us by email, as described on the website.

Link to winners

https://realbridge.online/bigchallenge2022winners.html

Link to the photo board and all the full results

https://realbridge.online/fulllistallsessions.html

Will we do this again? Yes, but after the clocks change, as it makes planning easier. Maybe around April time.

Best wishes

Shireen Mohandes

RealBridge

https://realbridge.online

Main number for contacting RealBridge

+44 (0) 794 232 2209

Alternative number: +44 (0) 747 555 7651

Normal hours 7am to 11pm UK, but can call for emergencies outside these times.

The recent 'Down Under and Up and Over' Competition was a huge success, thanks to all. ..........

On the afternoon of Wednesday 7 December, 2022, Droitwich Bridge Club will be staging a Face To Face  (F2F) Bridge session at Ombersley Memorial Hall.  

Below is a message from Eddy Blackburn, the Chair of Droitwich BC.

"Droitwich BC will celebrate Christmas F2F at Ombersley Memorial Hall as we did pre-Covid but in a more inclusive way.  We would love to see a good turn out at the hall, regardless of whether you are a club member or not.  There will be no table money, and wine or soft drinks will be provided together with seasonal nibbles, and there will be a wine / chocolate prize for the pair scoring closest to 50%.  We hope to attract a full house so please spread the word!  Please book in advance via the Droitwich Bridge Club website so we know we have enough food and drink for all."

Bewdley BC members are very welcome to join in this event which should be very enjoyable.

On the afternoon of Wednesday 7 December, 2022, Droitwich Bridge Club will be staging a Face To Face  (F2F) Bridge session at Ombersley Memorial Hall.  

Below is a message from Eddy Blackburn, the Chair of Droitwich BC. ..........

The club will be staging a Swiss Teams event on Wednesday 27 July 2022 with the usual 7pm start.  Previous events have been extremely popular - 16 tables participated in April - and I look forward to another excellent evening of bridge.

As with previous teams events the teams will be pre-formed with a more experienced pair teaming up with a less experienced pair.  This gives everyone a good chance of winning the competition.

These events need considerable pre-planning.  I am grateful to Richard Greenwood for offering to direct the event.

Please can you let me know as soon as possible if you and your partner wish to play.  It would be extremely helpful if a pair could volunteer to act as a host thereby ensuring that we have full teams of four.

The event is open to all members, regardless of the level of subscription paid and regardless of the sessions of the week in which an individual member normally plays.

Swiss Teams is a superb form of bridge and I look forward to you playing in this event.

Kindest Regards,

David Halford

The club will be staging a Swiss Teams event on Wednesday 27 July 2022 with the usual 7pm start.  Previous events have been extremely popular - 16 tables participated in April - and I look forward to another excellent evening of bridge.

As with previous teams events the teams will be pre-formed with a more experienced pair teaming up with a less experienced pair. ..........

The SIMS sessions are charitable and look to raise funds for very worthwhile causes.  For this round of SIMS - The Summer Charity Pairs - funds are being raised for Kidney Research UK and the British Heart Foundation, with the total proceeds being shared equally between the two charities.

Participation in the sessions is included in your club subscription and there is no additional payment required to Bewdley Bridge Club.

You are requested to make a charitable donation and the details for this appear below.  The suggested donation is £3.00 per player per session, although clearly you could make a larger donation if you wished.

Payments should be made using online or mobile banking.  Please make payments to Ecatsbridge Charity (you might need to type it as Charity Ecatsbridge).  If you are given a choice between it being a personal or a business account, you need to select business account.

The sort code is 20-83-50 and the account number is 60385239.

Please put BEWDLEY as the reference so that Ecats can allocate the donation to the right club.

The SIMS sessions are charitable and look to raise funds for very worthwhile causes.  For this round of SIMS - The Summer Charity Pairs - funds are being raised for Kidney Research UK and the British Heart Foundation, with the total proceeds being shared equally between the two charities.

Participation in the sessions is included in your club subscription and there is no additional payment required to Bewdley Bridge Club. ..........

♥ Please make a donation to charity - see instructions below ♥ 

Bewdley Bridge Club is delighted to report that all three of our duplicate sessions this week - Monday afternoon, Wednesday evening and Thursday evening - will comprise Simultaneous Pairs (SIMS) events.  The sessions will be held on RealBridge and just follow the usual links to play.  SIMS are sessions where identical boards are played in all the various bridge clubs that have entered the event - usually at least 30 clubs nationally and internationally.  They therefore represent a great opportunity to play competitive bridge in the usual relaxed setting for which Bewdley is renowned.  The SIMS are managed by E-CATS Bridge, with whom our club has an established long term association.

The SIMS sessions are charitable and look to raise funds for very worthwhile causes.  For this round of SIMS - The Summer Charity Pairs - funds are being raised for Kidney Research UK and the British Heart Foundation, with the total proceeds being shared equally between the two charities.

Participation in the sessions is included in your club subscription and there is no additional payment required to Bewdley Bridge Club.

You are requested to make a charitable donation and the details for this appear below.  The suggested donation is £3.00 per player per session, although clearly you could make a larger donation if you wished.

Payments should be made using online or mobile banking.  Please make payments to Ecatsbridge Charity (you might need to type it as Charity Ecatsbridge).  If you are given a choice between it being a personal or a business account, you need to select business account.

The sort code is 20-83-50 and the account number is 60385239.

Please put BEWDLEY as the reference so that Ecats can allocate the donation to the right club.

I would encourage every member to participate in these sessions which represent one of the highlights of the club year.  These are not elite competitions - far rather they are aimed at maximising participation by club bridge players and raising funds for very worthy causes.  You are welcome to play in as many of the SIMS sessions as you would like, regardless of the club subscription that you hold and the sessions in which you usually play.

I wish everyone playing in the SIMS the very best of luck and look forward to seeing some excellent scores from Bewdley players.

Kindest Regards,

David Halford

♥ Please make a donation to charity - see instructions below ♥ 

Bewdley Bridge Club is delighted to report that all three of our duplicate sessions this week - Monday afternoon, Wednesday evening and Thursday evening - will comprise Simultaneous Pairs (SIMS) events.  The sessions will be held on RealBridge and just follow the usual links to play.  SIMS are sessions where identical boards are played in all the various bridge clubs that have entered the event - usually at least 30 clubs nationally and internationally. ..........

Bewdley Bridge Club Annual General Meeting - 29 June 2022

To Be Held at Wharton Park Golf Club, 6:15pm Start

I look forward to welcoming members to the Annual General Meeting of Bewdley Bridge Club on Wednesday 29 June 2022.  Please find attached below copies of the agenda, minutes from the 2021 meeting which was held on Zoom, and formal reports from the Honorary Treasurer and myself as Club Chairman.

After two years of pandemic it represents a significant step forward to be able to hold the AGM in person in the delightful setting of Wharton Park Golf Club.  I wish to extend a warm welcome to all members.  I also wish to thank our wonderful club committee for all their hard work which has enabled the club to thrive.  Finally I thank each and every one of our members for their loyal support to the club.

I  hope that you enjoy the meeting and even more so the duplicate bridge session which will follow after the formalities.

My very best wishes to everyone.

David Halford

Chairman, Bewdley Bridge Club

2022 06 29 Annual General Meeting Agenda.

2022 AGM Minutes pdf.pdf

2022 06 29 Annual General Meeting Financial Statements.xlsx

2022 06 29 Annual General Meeting Report of Honorary Treasurer.docx

2022 06 29 Members Chairman Presentation.docx

Bewdley Bridge Club Annual General Meeting - 29 June 2022

To Be Held at Wharton Park Golf Club, 6:15pm Start

I look forward to welcoming members to the Annual General Meeting of Bewdley Bridge Club on Wednesday 29 June 2022.  Please find attached below copies of the agenda, minutes from the 2021 meeting which was held on Zoom, and formal reports from the Honorary Treasurer and myself as Club Chairman.

After two years of pandemic it represents a significant step forward to be able to hold the AGM in person in the delightful setting of Wharton Park Golf Club. ..........

Unwanted icons in front of the bidding box, when using Microsoft Edge

If you use the Edge browser and it has just been updated, you may notice these icons in front of the bidding box:

It is caused by a feature of Edge called “Visual Search”. You should disable this feature for the RealBridge site.  To do that, hover over the icon (or the upper of the two icons), so that you can see the lower icon with three dots in it.  Click on the three dots, and a submenu will appear, like this:

Then do “Hide for this site”. (If you want to disable this feature for all websites, you can instead do “Hide always”.)

Echo problems when there is an iPad at the table

If you use an iPad, and other people have started complaining about hearing an echo: the problem is probably caused by your iPad. There is a solution. The solution has to be applied to your iPad.

If you have recently started hearing an echo of your own voice: the problem is probably caused by somebody else’s iPad. If it happens all evening, it is probably your partner’s iPad. If it only happens at some tables, it is probably an opponent’s iPad. There is a solution. The solution has to be applied to the iPad.

This problem occurs when the iPad has been upgraded to iOS 15.4 or iOS 15.5, and the iPad is one of:

• iPad 7th Generation or earlier
• iPad Pro 2nd Generation or earlier
• iPad Air 2nd Generation or earlier
• iPad Mini 4th Generation or earlier

If your iPad is newer than that, your iPad is not causing the echo problem.

If you don’t know which iPad model you have, look in Settings: “General” on the left, “About” on the right, “Model Name” on the right.

Solution:

This may seem strange, but it does work.

You will need a headset that has a standard 3.5mm audio jack (or anything else that has one of these jacks). That is, the type of plug that has a single circular pin, with a few black stripes on it, like this:

It can be headphones, or earbuds, or a hands-free kit for a mobile phone, or a cable, or even just the plug without anything attached to it.

It doesn’t matter how many black stripes it has. It doesn’t matter how good it is. It doesn’t matter if it actually works or not.  All it needs is the plug.

If you don’t have anything with this type of plug, you can buy a headset or cable with a 3.5mm plug very cheaply. If you can’t find one, email support@realbridge.online and we will post one to you.

This is what you have to do:

• When you are going to play on RealBridge, go to the session as normal and sit at a table.
• Plug the headset (or other device) into the headphone socket on your iPad. The socket is on the short edge of the iPad, on the same side as the power button (that is, the opposite side to where the power cable goes in).
• Unplug the headset again. You don’t have to keep it plugged in.
• Use your iPad as normal.
• If you get disconnected, or if you click the “redial” button (the two curved arrows at the bottom), you will need to repeat this process.

This works because the physical action of plugging in and unplugging the audio jack resets the echo-cancellation on the iPad.

If your iPad doesn’t have a headphone socket, then please contact us.

This is just a workaround – in the medium term we expect Apple to fix this in their software.

If you would like help with any issue related to RealBridge

    Email: support@realbridge.online

    Telephone (UK): 0794 232 2209 or 0772 692 0784

    Telephone (non-UK): +44 794 232 2209 or +44 772 692 0784

Telephone support is available 07:00 – 23:00 UK time (06:00 – 22:00 UTC).

If you need technical help during a session, please ring RealBridge at the time. This applies both to players and to directors.

You are also welcome to ring us at other times for technical advice.

Andy Bowles

RealBridge

https://realbridge.online

RealBridge support: +44 (0) 794 232 2209

Unwanted icons in front of the bidding box, when using Microsoft Edge

If you use the Edge browser and it has just been updated, you may notice these icons in front of the bidding box:

It is caused by a feature of Edge called “Visual Search”. You should disable this feature for the RealBridge site.  To do that, hover over the icon (or the upper of the two icons), so that you can see the lower icon with three dots in it. ..........

We were delighted to note some recent promotions of club members under the EBU master point scheme.

Members listed below have attained a promotion in May:

*Jonathan Price  Advanced Master
*Michaela Vallance  County Master.

In April the promotions were:-
* Jeff Faulkner and Bill Rosie promoted to Master
* David Holdsworth and Ann Sutherland - District Master
* Val Ridding - Area Master
* Sylvia Fletcher - Club Master.

March promotions were:-
* Jane Somervell - 1 Star Premier Master
* Barry Menheneott - County Master
* Jennifer Vale and Nick Walley - Local Master

 And in February:-
* Mick Blakeman - County Master
* Robin Humphreys - District Master
* John Darby and Belinda Morgan - Area Master
* Anne Glendenning - Club Master
* David Arbuthnott and Bill Somers - Local Master

Many congratulations to you all.

We were delighted to note some recent promotions of club members under the EBU master point scheme.

Members listed below have attained a promotion in May:

*Jonathan Price  Advanced Master
*Michaela Vallance  County Master.

In April the promotions were:-
* Jeff Faulkner and Bill Rosie promoted to Master
* David Holdsworth and Ann Sutherland - District Master
* Val Ridding - Area Master
* Sylvia Fletcher - Club Master. ..........

The decision has been made to hold this years Bewdley Bridge Club AGM at

Wharton Park Golf club on Wednesday 29th June 2022 with a start time of 6.15pm.

The meeting will be as brief as possible commencing at 6.15pm and will then be followed by an evening of F2F duplicate bridge at 7pm. 

In order to make sure this runs as smoothly as possible - and that we get to play some 'real life' bridge could you please confirm back to Eileen your intention to attend both the AGM or not and to play bridge or not.

It will not be possible for you to raise AOB on the evening of the AGM as we fear this will delay the meeting unnecessarily and would ask that you give some thought to this and let David Halford know of any agenda items asap and by Friday 17th June at the latest. 

As a result of this decision there will NOT be a session set up to play on Realbridge on the evening of 29th June 2020.      We do sincerely hope that anyone who usually plays regularly on a Wednesday and is not able to attend the meeting might chose to play on the Thursday evening and/or the Monday afternoon as an alternative.

Thanking you in adavance of your support for your Club

The decision has been made to hold this years Bewdley Bridge Club AGM at

Wharton Park Golf club on Wednesday 29th June 2022 with a start time of 6.15pm.

The meeting will be as brief as possible commencing at 6.15pm and will then be followed by an evening of F2F duplicate bridge at 7pm. ..........

For the last four Friday afternoons we have played Face To Face Bridge in the superb setting of Wharton Park Golf Club.  Huge thanks are due to Eileen and Candy for making these events possible, to Paul Bryant for helping with directing and to Chad Chadwick for helping in so many ways so that everyone could enjoy their game.

Sadly table numbers, which have peaked at four, have been insufficient to justify continuing with this trial. This is one of the biggest disappointments of my seven years as Club Chairman as I believe that the club is in danger of missing an enormous opportunity.  Three more tables, say, would make these sessions viable.

I would really appreciate feedback from members as to why these sessions have not been popular.  A weekly daytime Face To Face session would be a major additional offer to the membership if it could attract sufficient interest.  In particular feedback around alternative times in the week would be very helpful.  I would hope that we could all agree that Wharton Park is the ideal venue for daytime bridge, with its excellent facilities.  Please contact me on this email address.

Please do not make comments about Wednesday evening bridge.  That is an entirely separate issue, one which your Committee continues to explore.

Regardless of my disappointment about Friday afternoon bridge, I remain extremely grateful for the amazing support you continue to give to our online sessions.  I recently set our some details of the events programme for the year and I hope that it generates good levels of interest.

Kindest Regards,

David Halford

For the last four Friday afternoons we have played Face To Face Bridge in the superb setting of Wharton Park Golf Club.  Huge thanks are due to Eileen and Candy for making these events possible, to Paul Bryant for helping with directing and to Chad Chadwick for helping in so many ways so that everyone could enjoy their game.

Sadly table numbers, which have peaked at four, have been insufficient to justify continuing with this trial. ..........

We have reluctantly decided to postpone the beginning of our trial Face to Face (F2F) bridge sessions and have cancelled Friday 1st and Friday 8th April at Wharton Park Golf Club due to the rapid expansion in the number of Covid cases in our area. 

We feel this is the only sensible course of action.  The situation will be reviewed in a couple of weeks and hopefully we can begin a trial of six further Friday afternoons commencing Friday 22nd April.

We are sorry to disappoint those of you who were looking forward to starting to play F2F bridge on 1st April but we hope you understand our reasoning. 

If you had been intending to join us at Wharton Park on 1st April it would be most helpful if you could contact Candy Shelley by phone or email to let her know your thoughts about participating in the proposed trial of six Friday afternoon sessions starting after Easter.

Candy Shelley:  c.m.shelley@hotmail.co.uk    07814094584

We have reluctantly decided to postpone the beginning of our trial Face to Face (F2F) bridge sessions and have cancelled Friday 1st and Friday 8th April at Wharton Park Golf Club due to the rapid expansion in the number of Covid cases in our area. 

We feel this is the only sensible course of action.  The situation will be reviewed in a couple of weeks and hopefully we can begin a trial of six further Friday afternoons commencing Friday 22nd April. ..........