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Bude Bridge Club Committee

 

The Club Committee for 2024/25

 Chairman: Steve Clifton

Vice Chairman: Chris Nichols

Secretary:  Val Ridding

Treasurer:    Tom Salt

Committee Members:,  Mary Hicks, Rosemary Kemble, Tertia Salt, Ian Curtis, 

Directors
Directors

The Directors' rota for this year:

Tuesdays:  Chris  Steve and Neil

Mondays: Chris, Alan, Robert and Neil

   
EBU Royalty 2024
EBU Royalty 2024

The Club has several members in the 'Royalty and Honours' of the current EBU National Grading Scheme as of 1st December 2024.

Queen:  Steven Clifton, Nick Newell

Jack: Chris Nichols

 10: Robert Waterhouse, David Clarke

 

 

Promotions
Promotions

Congratulations to Mary Hicks promoted to the rank of One Star Master by the EBU.

Congratulations to Peter Oldfield promoted to the rank of District Master by the EBU.

 

Partner Finding
Partner Finding

Do you need a Partner for Bude Bridge Club?

Tuesday evenings are friendly-competitive, with Masterpoints, and Val Ridding organises partners for those who need one.

Her phone number is 07760-284097.

Monday afternoons are more relaxed, no Masterpoints. Should you need a partner, please contact Tertia Salt on 07702-902161

TABLE MONEY
TABLE MONEY

All sessions (Mondays and Tuesdays)   £3

Visitors £4

EBU and Ecats Events

(Members Only)   £5

 

Annual subscription: £5

Contact Us
Contact Us

To contact us, please contact the Club Secretary 

Val Ridding on       07760284097

Mr. Bridge Quiz
Mr. Bridge Quiz

Try the 'Mr. Bridge' quiz!

Updated every Tuesday.

http://www.mrbridge.co.uk/

North Cornwall Bridge Clubs
North Cornwall Bridge Clubs

As well as Bude, there is also an EBU affiliated club at Wadebridge.

Their  website is www.bridgewebs.com/northcornwall

BUDE BRIDGE CLUB (est. October 1977)
Welcome to Bude Bridge Club
Welcome to  Bude Bridge Club

Bude Bridge Club meets for Face-to-face Bridge on Tuesday evenings and Monday afternoons at the Parkhouse Centre.

Tuesday evenings - Duplicate Bridge with Masterpoints - please arrive at 6.45 for a 7 p.m. start.

Monday afternoons - relaxed Duplicate bridge without Masterpoints - please arrive by 1.45 for a 2 p.m. start.

A cup of tea and biscuits will be available,

HOWEVER, please note that visitors are asked to book in advance to avoid a half table.

Please contact Val Ridding if you need a partner for Tuesdays (see below for details)

Children in Need 2024
Children in Need 2024

Bude Bridge Club played in the annual Ecats Children in Need Simultaneous Pairs in November.

On Monday, the leading pair in the Club were Chris and Robert, but were overtaken Nationally by Mary and Peter, 247th out of 1811 pairs.

Only Mary and Peter scored Masterpoints -545

On Tuesday, the leading pair in the Club were Chris and Steve, and nationally they were 37th out of 1297 pairs.

Several pairs won Masterpoints - Chris and Steve 723, Neil and Sarah 438, Bob and Robert 301 and Ann and Annie 82.

For our Club's results click on the Ecats website.

£250 raised so far for Children in Need. Thank you all!

Members’ Breakfast at the Weir
Members’ Breakfast at the Weir

All Club members are invited to meet for a chat in a sociable setting.

Do come and join us on the first Wednesday every month from 10 am at the Weir.

Join us for breakfast or just a coffee. Share your ideas about events and Club organisation.

The December ‘breakfast’ has been postponed as a mark of respect for Linda. However, all members are warmly invited to attend the Celebration of her life at 12.30 pm at the Falcon.

The next open breakfast meeting will be on Wednesday, January 8th @ 10 am.

A Christmas Cracker Puzzle of the Month
A Christmas Cracker Puzzle of the Month

A real Christmas Cracker! Don't peek at the answer until Christmas Day...

Spades are trumps and South is on lead.

Your goal is to win 6 of the last 7 tricks. A breeze if North is on lead....

If North was on lead, this would just be a matter of drawing trumps; but South cannot do this.

If South leads winners, East and West will each win a trump trick.

There is only one solution - South must lose a trick to the singleton K .

Cash the Ace ♣ , throwing the Q from dummy. 

Now lead the J .

West must give North the lead, and South discards his top Diamonds on North's aces, leaving those tiny Diamonds as winners.

Interesting Hand of the Week

Only one pair managed to bid the laydown Grand Slam last Monday.

How would you and your partner bid?

What do you open on this whopper? 

21 HCP (High Card Points) but that singleton Diamond and both majors...

You must make your partner respond, so maybe a 2 Club opener. If you play Benji, that's the correct bid, showing 21-22 HCP on an unbalanced hand.

if you play Acol, it's a 'little white lie' to gather more information

East is going to respond 2 Spades.

West can feel a slam coming on, How are you going to show your singleton Diamond and also ask for Aces?

Those with an advanced bidding system may bid 4 Diamonds as a Splinter bid, agreeing Spades and showing a Singleton or void in Diamonds.

East, with a minimum hand, could just bid 4 Spades, but realises the potential slam.

They bid 4 No Trumps (Roman Key Card Blackwood) asking for the number of Key Cards (Aces and King of Trumps)

A response of 5 Diamonds shows 3 (or 0) of the Key Cards.

East needs to show their singleton Club, and so cue bids 5 Clubs.

West has no hesitation now in bidding 7 Spades. 7 No Trumps will rely on the finesse of the King of Clubs, and that's not a risk to take!

So how did Peter and Vicki bid the Grand Slam?

One (!) Spade from West, 4 Spades from East

4 No Trumps (RKCB) from West, 5 Spades from East

7 Spades from West.

Well done!

Book Review
Book Review

‘The Cardturner’ by Louis Sachar

if you’re looking for a book for a young person that is interested in  learning the basics of bridge in a novel about teen romance, this book is great.

It deals with a brilliant but grumpy bridge master who goes blind and has to rely on a teenager to play his cards for him. The bridge player has one last opportunity to be a National Champion.

Will he succeed?

The book deals with the very basics of bridge, through hand assessment, bidding, Best Behaviour at Bridge, some common Directing situations, imp scoring, some basic conventions, partner play etc. 
There is a clever code that lets readers skip the technical bits and still follow the story.

Usually £7, but available cheaper from Amazon and also on Kindle.

Latest Tuesday Result
Latest Tuesday Result

Congratulations to Mary Hopgood Winner of the June Justice Individual Trophy With a Magnificent 67.95%

Latest Monday Result
Latest Monday Result

 Congratulations to Stephanie, deserved winner of the Christmas Individual with a magnificent 72%

Handicap Pairs 2024
Handicap Pairs 2024

Congratulations to Mike Newman and Rob Irish, winners of the Handicap Pairs 2024.

Monthly prizes  this year:

January:  Mike Newman and Rob Irish

February.  Mike and Rob

March. Andrew Moss and Bob Bennett

April:  Ann Bennett and Rob Waterhouse

May:  Mike and Rob

June: Linda and Fiona

July: Peter O and Mary Hicks

August:  Neil and Sarah

September: Andrew and Jonathan 

October: Ann and Annie

November :  Chris and Steve

December: James and Mary

EBU Autumn Sim Pairs
EBU Autumn Sim Pairs

 Congratulations to Robert and Bob, winners locally and 56th out of 284 pairs  in Britain..

Steve and Chris were 57th and Neil and Sarah 66th.

Full results on the EBU website, under 'Competitions' and 'Sim Pairs'

https://www.ebu.co.uk/sim-pairs

Grand Slams 2024/25
Grand Slams 2024/25

Grand Slams bid and made in 2024/25:

Chris and Steve 18th June

Vicki and Peter   9th December

Forthcoming EBU and Club Competitions 2024
Forthcoming EBU and Club Competitions 2024

The Handicap Pairs continues on the first Tuesday every month. See 'Competitions' for the latest positions BEFORE HANDICAP is applied.

Future  national events this year include:

PLEASE NOTE

These events are for a Bude Bridge Club Members ONLY

EBU Winter Pairs, Tuesday, January 14th 2025

EBU Spring Pairs Tuesday, April 8th 2025

Save the dates!

 

Cornwall County Bridge Association
Cornwall County Bridge Association

Bude Bridge Club is affiliated to the Cornwall County Bridge Association.

Click here to visit their web-site.

https://www.bridgewebs.com/cornwall/

Calendar
23rd December 2024
No Bridge
24th December 2024
No bridge
30th December 2024
No Bridge
Results
June Justice Individual (Wine/Mince Pies)
Director: Steve Clifton
Scorer: Steven Clifton
Jug of Wisdom Individual (Wine/Mince Pies)
Director: Chris Nichols
Scorer: Chris Nichols
Tuesday Pairs
Director: Steven Clifton
Scorer: robert waterhouse
Monday Pairs
Director: Chris Nichols
Scorer: Chris Nichols
Handicap Pairs 12
Director: Chris Nichols
Scorer: robert waterhouse
Monday Pairs
Director: Alan Pearce
Scorer: Chris Nichols