Last weekend the Hoek Van Holland bridge club travelled to Harwich to defend their win of last year. This as always turned out to be a lovely weekend shared with very good friends. On Saturday morning we had an exciting game of bowls at the indoor bowls club. Many of us had not tried this before and Klaas turned out to be a natural. On Saturday afternoon we played a friendly game of bridge the top English pair and overall winners were Bob and Barry the top Dutch pair was Simone and Klaas. Saturday evening we had an excellent meal at the Golf club with prizes awarded to the winners. On Sunday afternoon we met at the barge to play for the Zealand Cup. Unfortunately due to a change in the programme I was unable to put the results into a teams programme but have managed to make up a Dutch Verses English programme. The results are very, very, close England 299.16% Dutch 300.83%.

Dutch team                 English Team

N   65.83             N.     57.50

      43.33.                    53.33

      41.25.                    38.75

S    57.08.            S     53.33

      51.67.                    48.33

      41.67.                    47.92 

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   300.83                    299.16

We all look forward to travelling to Holland in a years time.

Marlene.

The club was founded in 1959 and currently has 34 members. We meet twice a week, on Monday afternoons we play Chicago and on Thursday evenings we play Duplicate.

New members are always welcome, with or without partners.

We also have a close relationship with the Hook of Holland (Hoekse) Bridge Club. Every September we play them for the Zeeland Cup, an arrangement that has been ongoing for 37 years.  

Following the 2023 competition the Hoekse Bridge Club hold the trophy.