Newent Bridge Club present

       The Newent Bowl

♠ A Swiss Teams Blue Point Event ♠ 

Saturday 16th March 2024 10.30am – 5pm.

     7 x 6 board matches

if you would like to enter a team please email Eileen

eileen@oakleydevelopment.co.uk

The EBU is pleased to encourage and reward members who have been performing well with Masterpoints which, after acquiring a certain number, lead to a promotion in rank.

Congratulations to all your members listed below who have attained a promotion in February!

Rufus Ulyet  Premier Tournament Master
Steven Clifton  3 Star Regional Master
Mick Blakeman  Master
Elaine Bell  County Master

(Click for an explanation of the EBU ranks)

Many congratulations to Bill Rosie and Stuart Smith, winners of the Myra Hunter Cup for 2024.

Congratulations too to Paul Greaves and Terry Collins who finished second.

Both pairs averaged over 60% for the competition staged over the last two weeks.

Here is the full list of results.

Huge congratulations to Nicola Downes and Ann Sutherland for winning the Midlands Inter-County 9-High Swiss Pairs competition held last Saturday.  A brilliant achievement!

The Myra Hunter Cup is awarded annually in memory of a much-missed member of our club.

The competition takes place over two evenings - the cup is awarded to the pair with the highest average score over those two sessions.

The dates for the 2023/24 competition are Wednesday 28th February and Wednesday 6th March.

Good luck everyone!

It was an enjoyable evening at our Swiss Teams event on 21st February.   Eleven teams took part.

The winning team was Richard Greenwood, Jonathan Price, John Hellens and Chris Gait.

Second were Steven Clifton, David Clarke, Margaret Harper and Linda Symonds.

In third place were Wendy and Eric Silverstone with Tony and Linda Tidmarsh.

Congratulations to all the winners!  Thanks to Val Ridding and Chris Greatbatch who gave up their evening to act as our host pair.

There is another of the 9 high competitions coming up on Saturday 2nd March on RealBridge with a start time of 2pm.  Click here for the poster giving more details.

Please can you let Eileen know if you would like to join in the fun.

The winner of the Club Handicap Trophy is decided after four rounds - the winning partnership must have competed together in at least three of the four rounds.  

Here are the results of Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3 . 

Good luck to all parterships still in with a chance of winning the trophy!

Congratulations to our member who has attained a promotion in January:

Christine Greatbatch District Master

(Click for an explanation of the EBU ranks)

An enjoyable evening with 8 tables taking part.

Congratulations to the runaway winners - David Brown and Rachel Ward.

Congratulations to Paul and Terry who won the Swiss Pairs event.
Also, special congratulations to Sylvia and Lawrence who finished 4th out of the 24 pairs.
Many thanks also to Duncan and Sue, who were the first pair to finish each of the first four rounds.
12 tables was an excellent turnout many thanks.

Our enjoyable Swiss Teams event on Wednesday 10th January was won by Clare Maiden, Linda Symonds, John O'Driscoll and Sue Deakin.

Special congratulations to Louise Massey and Martin Pollard who came fourth in their first such event.

Many thanks to David for organising and to Michaela and Belinda for giving up their evening to be our host pair.

The EBU is pleased to encourage and reward members who have been performing well with Masterpoints which, after acquiring a certain number, lead to a promotion in rank.

Congratulations to our member listed below who has attained a promotion in December:

Chad Chadwick  3 Star Premier Master

Click for an explanation of the EBU ranks

We will play a Swiss movement with 5 x 4 Board Rounds.

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

Teams is a superb form of bridge and we look forward to you playing in the event.  For the avoidance of all doubt,  players of all experience levels are welcome to play.

Please form your team by joining your partner at the lowest available table and you will form a team at that table.  Please try to avoid forming "super teams" as we want everyone to have a good chance of winning the event.

Anne's funeral will take place in Glynn Valley Chapel, Turfdown Road, Fletchers Bridge, St. Austell on Thursday 11th January 2024 at 12.30pm.

There will be a live webcast of the service available approximately 5 minutes before it starts.

Here is the link to use in order to watch the service.  The user name is puzu5641 and the password is 749318.

Wishing everyone a happy and enjoyable 2024.

Please note there will be no bridge on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year's Day.

Bridge is cancelled at 2pm on Monday 25th December, Tuesday morning 26th December and Monday 1st January.

All other games will take place as normal depending on numbers. 

On Wednesday morning 27th we will play Teams if there are enough players or just pairs if not. There will be the usual Friday Fun on the 29th December. 

The EBU is pleased to encourage and reward members who have been performing well with Masterpoints which, after acquiring a certain number, lead to a promotion in rank.

Congratulations to all our members listed below who have attained a promotion in November!

Sally Kelly  County Master
Linda Tidmarsh  Master
Rosalind Turner  County Master
Rachel Ward  Advanced Master
Michaela Vallance  Master
John Fletcher  Area Master
Nicola Downes  District Master

Click for an explanation of the EBU ranks

Thought  I would share this email with you all that I received from Mike Willoughby.

Morning Eileen

Well done Worcestershire :) (well, Bewdley BC actually).  Results are as per the player link but the county affiliations are:-

1. Middx
2. Notts
3. Worcs
4. Worcs
5. Notts
6. Worcs
7. Warks
8. Worcs

Worcs, therefore, have 13 points for their first three pairs and are the winning county.

Kind regards and thanks for getting so many to play.

Mike

Our Christmas Party and F2F session will take place on Wednesday 13th December at Wharton Park Golf Club

There will be a glass of wine and a mince pie for all as a festive treat from 6.15pm

Play will start at 6.45pm so please arrive early if you can

Please reply using the link below to confirm your attendance

eileen@oakleydevelopment.co.uk

Click on the list below to see the adjusted scores of Round 3 of the Club Handicap Challenge.

Congratulations to the winners:  Linda and Tony Tidmarsh.

Runners up were Sue Deakin and Val Ridding

In third place were Jonathan Price and Richard Greenwood. 

Here is the full list of Round 3 results.

The winners of the Club Handicap Trophy are decided after four rounds - the winning partnership must have competed together in at least three of the four rounds.  

Here, for interest, are the results of Round 1 and Round 2.

Droitwich Bridge Club are holding their Christmas Party on Wednesday 6 December 2023.

 The event is at Ombersley Memorial Hall, Sandys Lane, WR9 0DY.  Bridge starts at 1pm.

This is a free event with wine and seasonal snacks provided.

Full details of what should be a very enjoyable afternoon of bridge appear on the Droitwich Bridge Club Website

 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 M Newton and A Gudge.  If you are given a choice between a payment to a personal or business account, you need to select personal account.

 PLEASE NOTE THAT E-CATS BRIDGE HAS CHANGED ITS BANK ACCOUNT DURING THIS YEAR SO PLEASE TAKE CARE.  And note that payment is to M Newton and A Gudge and not to E-Cats Bridge for this event.

The sort code is 82-66-02 and the account number is 60036019.

Please put BEWDLEY as the reference so that E-Cats can allocate the donation to the right club.

The EBU is pleased to encourage and reward members who have been performing well with Masterpoints which, after acquiring a certain number, lead to a promotion in rank.

Congratulations to our members listed below who have attained a promotion in October:

Clare Maiden  County Master
Alan Ferguson  Club Master

Click for an explanation of the EBU ranks

Our duplicate sessions on Monday. 6 November, Wednesday 8 November and Thursday 9 November 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 20 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.  Funds raised from the SIMS will be donated to BBC Children In Need.

Participation in the event 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 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 M Newton and A Gudge.  If you are given a choice between a payment to a personal or business account, you need to select personal account.  PLEASE NOTE THAT E-CATS BRIDGE HAS CHANGED ITS BANK ACCOUNT DURING THIS YEAR SO PLEASE TAKE CARE.  And note that payment is to M Newton and A Gudge and not to E-Cats Bridge for this event.

The sort code is 82-66-02 and the account number is 60036019.

Please put BEWDLEY as the reference so that E-Cats 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 good 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 regardless of 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

Edward Nicholas Sage Passed away peacefully at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, following a short illness.

A Requiem Mass will be said at St Ambrose RC Church, Kidderminster on Monday 30th October at 10.15am followed by committal at Wyre Forest Crematorium at 11.30am.

Family flowers only but donations, if desired, to Cancer Research UK c/o Edwin Harris & Sons Ltd, 1 Crane Street, Kidderminster DY11 6XT. Tel. 01562 822625.

Fourteen teams took part in our annual competition for the Club Teams Trophy. 

It was a most enjoyable and friendly evening - many thanks to all involved in organising and running it.

Congratulations to the 2023/24 winners of the Club Teams Trophy:   Derek Moses, Steve Brown, Michaela Vallance, Belinda Morgan.

Runners up were Paul Surplice, Jill Yates, Rufus Ulyet, Lorna Fellows.

In third place were David Brown, Rachel Ward, Chris Gait, John Hellens.

Many thanks to club members for supporting this event so strongly.  I am delighted to report that we will have 14 teams competing for the Annual Swiss Teams Trophy.  Details of the teams, which were formed in an FA Cup style draw appear below.  Please join your team mates at your home table at the start of play.  Playing in the event is easy - the incredible RealBridge software deals with all the movements so relax and enjoy the event.  Many thanks to Bill Rosie for directing the event.

If for any reason circumstances change and you cannot play, please let me know immediately.

The teams and their home table numbers are:-

1.  N/S David Brown / Rachel Ward   E/W Chris Gait / John Hellens

2.  N/S Paul Surplice / Jill Yates.  E/W Rufus Ulyet / Lorna Fellows

3.  N/S  Paul Greaves / Terry Collins.  E/W. Chris Greatbatch / Val Ridding

4.  N/S  John and Sylvia Fletcher.  E/W. Barry Menheneott / Keith Watson

5.  N/S  Ian Darch / Richard Litchfield.  E/W. Carole Adamek / Jenny Vale

6.  N/S  Ele Greaves / Rosie Cannon.  E/W  Jonathan Price / Richard Greenwood

7.  N/S  Bill Rosie / Stuart Smith.  E/W. Clare Maiden / Linda Symonds

8.  N/S  Margaret Harper / Pauline Terry.  E/W. Bob Law / Alan Booth

9.  N/S  David and Sarah Halford.  E/W. David Malcolmson / Tim Wadsworth

10. N/S  David Holdsworth / Robin Humphreys.  E/W. Chad Chadwick / Philip Morgan

11. N/S  Sue Deakin / John O'Driscoll.  E/W. Chris Chubb / Jenny Macklin

12. N/S  Derek Moses / Steve Brown.  E/W. Michaela Vallance / Belinda Morgan

13. N/S  Sue Knoll / Duncan Holman.  E/W. Elaine Bell / Lolly Turner

14. N/S  Sylvia Tudor-Hughes / Lawrence Badham.  E/W. Nick and Skene Walley

Good luck to everyone.

Kindest Regards,

David Halford

Over 30 of our members enjoyed a bridge holiday together in Dartmouth recently.  The overwhelming feedback is that it was all a great success.

So many have sent their appreciation and thanks to David, Eileen and Pauline for all their hard work making sure it all went so well.

Here is one comment which is typical of the very many received:

"Wonderful few days in Dartmouth. Thank you to all involved in making the event so successful. Great to meet up with everyone again. Back to faces on laptop screens. Look forward to meeting again next year"

The EBU is pleased to encourage and reward members who have been performing well with Masterpoints which, after acquiring a certain number, lead to a promotion in rank.

Congratulations to our member listed below who has attained a promotion in September 

Sylvia Fletcher   Area Master

Click for an explanation of the EBU ranks

No bridge this afternoon.  Many Monday regulars are away on our club holiday to Dartmouth this week and we weren’t able to guarantee enough numbers to make play viable. 

The results are in!

See the links to the right for the separate and combined Online and Face to Face results.

Many thanks to everyone involved for their work in making the evening such a success.  15 tables across the whole event is truly amazing.

An enjoyable Swiss Pairs event was held on Wednesday 20th September.  

Many thanks to David for organising .... here are the results:

Winners:   Paul Greaves and Terry Collins

Runners-up:  Barry Menheneott and Keith Watson

Third Place:   Rufus Ulyet and Lorna Fellows.

There were 12 tables altogether.  Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to everyone who took part.

The EBU is pleased to encourage and reward members who have been performing well with Masterpoints which, after acquiring a certain number, lead to a promotion in rank.

Congratulations to our members listed below who have attained a promotion in August:

Bill Rosie  Advanced Master
Richard Litchfield  County Master

Click for an explanation of the EBU ranks

The subscription rates for online bridge for the next six months are as follows:-

Duplicate Single Weekly Play £30

Duplicate Multiple Weekly Play £50

Morning Single Weekly Play £10

Morning Multiple Weekly Play £20

So the maximum subscription, which would cover every online bridge activity provided by the club would be £70 (equating to less than £3 per week).  

Please will you pay your subscription to Bewdley Bridge Club.  The account is a business account and its number is 10301671 with sort code 20-82-70.  Please when making a payment put your name as the transaction reference. 

Here are the results of the second round of the 2023-24 Club Handicap Competition. 

Congratulations to the winners Richard Litchfield and Ian Darch.

Runners up were Jennifer Vale and Carole Adamek.  In third place were Steve Brown and Derek Moses.

Many thanks to Alan for working out the handicap results, Jane for directing and the 17 pairs who took part in this enjoyable evening.

The Charity Rubber Bridge Knock-Out has not been held since 2019/20 but is being relaunched this year.

Paul Slater has agreed to organise it and the Worcestershire Contract Bridge Association has decided to support the Worcester Buoys who are rowing the Atlantic to raise money for Acorns Children's Hospice.

More details of this worthy cause here. 

The entry form is here and we would be grateful if you could advertise this event to your Club Members.

Thank you from the Worcestershire Contract Bridge Association.

The EBU is pleased to encourage and reward members who have been performing well with Masterpoints which, after acquiring a certain number, lead to a promotion in rank.

Congratulations to Philip Morgan who has attained a promotion in July and is now a 2 Star Premier Master.

Click for an explanation of the EBU ranks

Thanks to everyone who sponsored me. I’ve raised over £300 for Maggies cancer charity.

I’ve cycled for the last three days to complete 262km this month.

My ongoing (unsponsored) cycle challenge is to visit all 42 C of E Cathedrals in England by bike.

13 completed last year and although I have yet to make a serious start this year I have plans to add another 7/8 to get half way there.

Should keep me busy into the Autumn!

On Wednesday 19th July excitement was added to the evening with the playing of a Swiss Pairs movement.

5 rounds were played, each of four boards.  The movement ensured we played one of the pairs closest to us in rank in each round after the first.

The results were as follows:

    Winners          Paul Greaves and Terry Collins

Runners Up         David and Sarah Halford

           3rd place         Barry Menheneott and Keith Watson

Congratulations to everyone who took part and many thanks to David Halford for organising and directing the evening.

The EBU is pleased to encourage and reward members who have been performing well with Masterpoints which, after acquiring a certain number, lead to a promotion in rank.

Congratulations to all our members listed below who have attained a promotion in June!

John Hellens  County Master
Candy Shelley  Master
Belinda Morgan  District Master

An explanation of the Masterpoint ranks.

Richard Greenwood is raising money for a cancer support charity which has been of enormous support to him and his late wife Rachel.

He sent this message in the hope that we might be able to support him:

"I have always enjoyed cycling and spent four summer holidays touring with Rachel in France. Rachel and I both benefitted enormously from the support we received from Maggies during her illness.

Presently my continued cycling keeps me active and I have also made friends with other cyclists from cycling uk Cambridge."

Here is the link to use if you wish to help him raise funds for the Maggie's Cancer Support Charity

The 'Chairmans' cup takes place at Ombersley on the 9th July at 2pm. This competition is specifically aimed at players with less than 5 years experience playing bridge.

The Worcester 'mixed' teams event also takes place on 9th July at 2pm on Realbridge. We would really like more teams to enter and represent Bewdley Bridge Club.

The 'Fun' bridge session on a Friday morning at 9.15am is proving very popular! We usually get about 6 tables, but there is always room for more. This is an ideal opportunity as a stepping stone from learning bridge and just playing socially into a formal (albeit extremely relaxed and fun) duplicate session. So don't be shy come and join in the fun for an hour.

eileen@oakleydevelopment.co.uk

07974743575

You are invited to take part in in a huge contest, spanning vast expanses of land and sea!

It all happens on Tuesday 4^th July, at 9 am. Please see the poster below for more details.

You are welcome to enter as many or as few pairs as you like.

This event is free to you - but you can ask your players to pay normal table money, if that is something you would like to do.

There will be three pools of players. The top 20 tables will comprise the expert pool. Club players will be in the middle pool. Newcomers to the game and learners (having played more than 6 months) will be in their own pool. In the newcomers pool we will play 2 fewer boards, so that we all end at the same time.

If you are interested in playing , please let Eileen know as soon as possible.

The latest ongoing results for Mon, Weds and Thurs 2023/24 have now been put onto the website and are accessed from the blue menu down the left of this page.

The EBU is pleased to encourage and reward members who have been performing well with Masterpoints which, after acquiring a certain number, lead to a promotion in rank.

Congratulations to all our members listed below who have attained a promotion in April!

David Malcomson  County Master
Jonathan Price  1 Star Master
Jennifer Vale  Club Master

For your reference here is the full list of EBU ranks

An exciting start to our competition for the annual 4-Round Handicap Trophy. 
 

Here are the final results for Round 1 (many thanks to Alan for working them out)
 

Handicap 23-24 Rd1

It may be of interest to members to look back at our historic cup, shield and trophy winners or to look at the items that have appeared on our website over the years.

The blue menu strip down the left hand side of this page contains the item 'Board of Honour 1996-Present'.  Pressing this will reveal the full Honours Board of Bewdley Bridge Club since 1996.

The item on the left hand menu below the Board of Honour is 'Previous Items on our Web Site'  Pressing this will give a list of years since 2015 each of which contains items from the website for that year.

You may enjoy a trip down memory lane sometime!

We had another enjoyable evening on Thursday 27th April with our first Thursday night Swiss Teams event.

 Appreciation was expressed for the RealBridge software which handled an odd number of teams so incredibly well.

The clear winning team was Heather Westcott, Jennifer Romer, David Halford and Ian Argyle.

Second were Alan Booth, Bob Law, Chris Greatbatch and Sue Deakin.

The third place went to Richard Litchfield, Ian Darch, Mick Blakeman and Jayne Bolton.

Many thanks to all who took part.

I am hoping that we will be able to play (for the first time on a Thursday) a teams session this coming Thursday, 27 April 2023 with the usual 7pm start time.  We will play teams provided that there is not a half table.

It would be great if a pair would volunteer to act as hosts, thereby ensuring that we can play a teams event.

We will either play a Swiss movement or a Round Robin movement depending upon table numbers.

There is no requirement to pre-form teams for this event.  Please join your partner at the lowest available table and you will form a team at that table.  Please try to avoid creating "super teams" as I want everyone to have a good chance of winning the event.

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

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 experience level are welcome to play.

The EBU is pleased to encourage and reward members who have been performing well with Masterpoints which, after acquiring a certain number, lead to a promotion in rank.

Congratulations to all our members listed below who have attained a promotion in March!

Linda Symonds  County Master
Anne Glendenning  Area Master
Tim Wadsworth  County Master
Bill Somers  Area Master
David Arbuthnott  Area Master
Nicola Downes  Club Master

The subscription rates for online bridge for the next six months are as follows:-

Duplicate Single Weekly Play £30

Duplicate Multiple Weekly Play £50

Morning Single Weekly Play £10

Morning Multiple Weekly Play £20

So the maximum subscription, which would cover every online bridge activity provided by the club would be £70 (equating to less than £3 per week and a reduction for this six month period of around 30% to reflect the strength of club reserves).  Your committee considers that this represents excellent value for money and I really hope that you will renew your subscription.

Please will you pay your subscription to Bewdley Bridge Club.  The account is a business account and its number is 10301671 with sort code 20-82-70.  Please when making a payment put your name as the transaction reference.

I am contacting you to provide an update on activities provided by Bewdley Bridge Club and to invite you to renew your club subscription for the six month period from April to September 2023.

The club wil continue to provide a diverse programme of online bridge using the excellent RealBridge platform.  All three of our weekly duplicate sessions - Monday afternoon, Wednesday evening and Thursday evening - remain popular and provide the opportunity to play friendly but competitive bridge.  We have developed our programme so that it includes Simultaneous Pairs in partnership with ECats Bridge, Swiss Pairs and Swiss Teams.  We have also transformed the club handicap competition so that it is staged quarterly throughout the club year.  We continue to look for innovative opportunities to develop the club calendar to maximise enjoyment for members - a new innovation being played recently was a joint session with our friends at Pershore Duplicate Bridge Club.

We will have periodic sessions of Face To Face Bridge in the lovely settings of Wharton Park Golf Club, the latest of which will be on Wednesday 29 March 2023.  Other Face To Face events are scheduled for 5 July (Club Annual General Meeting), 27 September and 13 December (Christmas Party).  RealBridge sessions will be provided on those Wednesday evenings for those unable to attend Face To Face.

In addition to these sessions, the club provides morning social and teams sessions which remain very popular and which have helped to develop new players to join our ranks.  Many thanks to everyone who has helped to develop these sessions.

Club membership is at a record high with every prospect of further membership growth over the coming year.

Thanks to Eileen, we have the most progressive teaching programme in the county.  New initiatives will continue to be developed with the aim of widening bridge participation.  It remains our ambition to work with local education providers to attract younger people to the game.

Many members enjoyed our inaugural club bridge holiday to Salisbury last October.  I am delighted to report that interest in the planned holiday to Dartmouth this coming October is even greater and that we expect to have nine tables of bridge playing each evening over the three days of the holiday.  Major thanks are due to Pauline Terry for all her hard work liaising with hotels and other partners.

This all points to a thriving club.  Our table numbers for both the Wednesday and Thursday duplicate sessions are at record levels.  I wish to extend my thanks to all club members for their loyalty and support.  In particular, I wish to thank everyone who continues to assist with club management, not the least those members who have directed online bridge - a thankless task but always delivered professionally.

I am immensely grateful for the support of a superb committee and would wish to thank Eileen, Belinda, Sue, Alan, Jonathan and Candy for all their hard work and encouragement.

Club finances are in excellent health and have been expertly stewarded by our new Treasurer, Belinda Morgan.  In the context of the strong financial position, I am delighted to report that subscription rates can be reduced  for the next six month period which covers April to September 2023.  Club reserves  are strong and remain available to support the development of new initiatives as they become identified.

As with previous six month periods I am inviting you to make a single subscription payment which will cover all bridge to which you have subscribed.  Again you can choose whether to purchase a single or multiple weekly subscription for club duplicate sessions.  Also you can purchase single or multiple subscriptions for morning sessions.  Multiple subscriptions are heavily discounted for the simple reason that we wish to encourage players to play as frequently as their circumstances allow.

The subscription rates for online bridge for the next six months are as follows:-

Duplicate Single Weekly Play £30

Duplicate Multiple Weekly Play £50

Morning Single Weekly Play £10

Morning Multiple Weekly Play £20

So the maximum subscription, which would cover every online bridge activity provided by the club would be £70 (equating to less than £3 per week and a reduction for this six month period of around 30% to reflect the strength of club reserves).  Your committee considers that this represents excellent value for money and I really hope that you will renew your subscription.

Please will you pay your subscription to Bewdley Bridge Club.  The account is a business account and its number is 10301671 with sort code 20-82-70.  Please when making a payment put your name as the transaction reference.

In summary, I would wish to repeat my thanks to all club members for their support and I really hope that you will renew your subscription and continue to participate in the progression of our club.

Kindest Regards,

David Halford