| YEAR TWO'S - CAR PARKING AT WOODHOUSE EAVES |
Please see below a communication we have received from Woodhouse Village Hall - Stuart and Jim would appreciate it if you allowed plenty of journey time so that the lessons can start promptly at 1000 hrs
"I am writing to let you know that there will be a reduction in car parking spaces at the Village Hall from 24 February 2025 - 30 April 2025.
As you may know the Parish Council are embarking on a new building project to have a Village Green for Woodhouse Eaves and the work on this development starts at the end of February. As a consequence the car parking spaces located at the bottom of the car park, adjacent the playground and over looking the tennis courts, will be out of use.
This will mean a significant reduction in car parking spaces on site and possible congestion in the street.
Please bear with us during the period of time, and if possible walk to the hall, or ensure that any one using the hall is aware of the restrictions and makes suitable arrangements. I would be grateful if you could forward this email to your members or anyone using the hall for the period of your bookings."
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| ROADWORKS |
Roadworks
For the next 11 days the cross-roads at Miller & Carter will be closed.
If you are coming from Leicester then please use the Garden Centre junction at Mountsorrel and come down Mountsorrel Lane.
If you are coming from the Cossington direction then your choice is either Hobby Horse, A46 and back up the A6, OR via Sileby and pickup the A6 southbound at Mountsorrel at the Sileby Lane junction and coming off at the Garden Centre junction (see above)
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| CBT IN THE PRESS |
The Rothley residents among you may have noticed a piece on CBT on page 11 of the latest edition of The Rothley Post. There should be a similar article in the Clubs and Societies section of the next Village Life, a free magazine which goes to many of the local villages.
If you have friends who you think may be interested in the classes, please point them towards these articles, which both have contact details for the Club.
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| WINNERS IN TENERIFE |
Mark and Kerry Taylor (ex-Year 3 students, now playing club bridge) are on a First for Bridge holiday in Tenerife. We are delighted to see that they won the Championship Pairs there this week (42 boards, played over two nights). Congratulations to them both - they were absolute beginners when they joined the Year 1 classes 3 years ago!
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| IMPROVE YOUR DUPLICATE |
CBT are running Improve Your Duplicate sessions with Brian Stockdale, Harry Gordon and Richard Rees. These are aimed at regular players of Club Duplicate.
The general outline of the sessions is that there will be 12 boards or so, on a particular topic, which people will play at the table and then Brian, Harry or Richard will run through the principles set out in each hand. Sessions will be held at the Rothley Centre and will run from 10.00 until 12.00/12.15 for the ten Thursdays starting on 23 January.
The sessions will cost £7.50 per person, payable in cash on the day. There is no obligation to come to any or all of the sessions, but it would help us in pre-planning the number of boards to set out each week if you could give Richard (richard.rees227@gmail.com) an idea, without commitment, of the sessions which you plan to attend.
The syllabus and teacher for each session is:
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THURSDAYS
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IMPROVE YOUR DUPLICATE SESSIONS
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23-Jan
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1
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Count, count, count
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Brian
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30-Jan
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2
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Pushing for game - 'game try' bids
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Brian
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06-Feb
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3
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Is that bid forcing?
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Richard
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13-Feb
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4
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Communicating with partner - suit preference signals
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Richard
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20-Feb
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5
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Further into the bidding - responder's rebid
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Harry
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27-Feb
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6
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Making extra tricks for tops
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Brian
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06-Mar
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7
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Better defence - ducking and hold-up play
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Harry
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13-Mar
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8
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Third hand play - read your partner's lead
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Richard
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20-Mar
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9
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Michaels cue bids - how to show two-suited hands
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Richard
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27-Mar
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10
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Competing effectively for the part-score
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Harry
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Please contact Richard (email above) if you have any questions about the course.
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| TERM DATES 2025 |
Monday's lesson is the last one this term - we hope you are all enjoying the course.
The new term starts on Monday 20th January 2025 and ends on March 24th. As before, Years 1 and 3 will be in the Rothley Centre and Year 2 in Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall.
After that, we have the away weekend in Stratford-upon-Avon from 8th to 11th May; we will also be running summer sessions at the Rothley Centre - supervised play for the Year 1 group and Duplicate Bridge sessions for the Years 2 and 3. The dates for these have not been finalised yet.
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| WELCOME |
Welcome to the website of Charnwood Bridge Teachers, a teaching club affiliated to the English Bridge Union (no. 520240).
We are a group of eight experienced teachers from the Loughborough, John Storer House and Bradgate Bridge Clubs, who are offering courses of bridge lessons for beginners and improvers in the Charnwood area of Leicestershire.
The lessons take place at the Rothley Centre for Years 1 and 3, and at Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall for Year 2 students.
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| STRATFORD WEEKEND AWAY - 8 TO 11 MAY 2025 |
AS YOU LIKED IT
We have arranged to return to Stratford next year for the popular CBT students' bridge weekend - for details and a booking form, see the 'Bridge weekends away' tab on the left side of this page.
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| THURSDAY LUNCH AND SOCIAL BRIDGE AT COUNTY CLUB |
To Year 2 and Year 3 Students
Thursday Social Bridge at the County Bridge Club
County Bridge Club invite you to join them on Thursdays at 11.00am (prompt) till 2.30pm
- A friendly game - all are welcome and a partner is guaranteed
- Help with bidding etc is available if you need it
- The cost is £5 per head and includes a light lunch
Enquiries: to Lucy Pathan - email: pathan.lucy@icloud.com.
Website: County Bridge Club, Leicester https://www.bridgewebs.com/cbc/
Address: County Bridge Club, St Oswald Road, New Parks LE3 6RJ
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| CHARNWOOD BRIDGE TEACHERS - CONSTITUTION |
We have grown significantly (and beyond our initial expectation!) from the small class we started in Autumn 2019 to well over 100 Teachers, Buddies and students.
As a result, we recently decided to codify CBT's aims, management and structure. We now have a formal Constitution (click anywhere in this note to download a copy).
CBT's Committee comprises all six teachers, and the Officers are Chairman (Stuart), Treasurer (Gail) and Secretary (Richard).
All students are members of the Club and by virtue of membership, are treated as having accepted this Constitution. They most relevant segment for student members is:
OBJECTS
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3. To provide and maintain an enjoyable and friendly atmosphere in which to learn.
4. To promote and uphold the game’s etiquette so that the learning experience remains enjoyable for everyone.
By paying their term fees, student members automatically agree to abide by the Constitution and the aims of CBT, in particular objects 3. and 4. above, and accept they too have a vital role in helping the Club to achieve these aims.
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| STUDENT NOTES |
Student notes for all three years' sessions are available on the website - click on the relevant year and term in the box on the left of this page.
Those who have not logged into the members area before will need to log in to see them - if you have difficulty, drop an email to richard.rees227@gmail.com and Richard will sort you out.
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