Congratulations to Dorothy and Corinne, winners of the Handicap Pairs Trophy, the first competition of the new season.

After the handicaps were applied they finished way ahead of the field with 61.59%. Well done to the runners-up, Richard and Mary with 54.75%

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  Handicap Pairs 2024
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  Individual Champion 2024
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  Pairs Champions 2024
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  Roy Hughes Pairs trophy
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  SMM 2024
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  Teams of four 2024

A very enjoyable evening at Oscars Inn in Newark. We had good food, a quiz and our Chairman presented the trophies to this years winners

Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association started their new year in September.

Congratulations to Rob Fabian and Brian Chamberlain who won the County Sims Pairs held on Monday 16th September

Well done Mo and Debbie who were first N/S in the first Sunday Competition of the Year. The Ghost Pairs

LCBA held a Random Seeded Team Competition on October 13th. Well done to Dave and Sally who were in the second placed team and Mo and Debbie who were in the third placed team

In the December Lincs Sims Pairs Dave and Sally were our best performers finishing in 3rd place, Charles and Lynda and Tony and Jean also achieved top ten finishes, Congratulations to all.

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Heighington Bridge Club is a EBU afiliated club which meets each Monday evening at 7 pm to play duplicate bridge at the Hammond Hall in Bassingham. Our venue is modern and spacious and benefits from air conditioning. New members and visitors are always welcome.

If you wish to visit or join please contact Derek Crumpton at derek.crumpton@live.com and if you are a single player we will try to find you a partner.

As well as our normal duplicate sessions including the SMM competition the club will hold four annual competitions

HANDICAP PAIRS  October 28th 2024. Each pair will be given a handicap according to last season's average

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP 17th Feb 2025. You will play each board with a different partner. Pre-entry required

ROY HUGHES PAIRS TROPHY April 28th 2025

TEAMS OF 4 TROPHY Sept 1st 2025 Random seeded teams Pre-entry required

The full committee is as follows

Chairman         Fred Myers

Secretary         Derek Crumpton

Treasurer         Pat Lucas

Members         Charles Day

                        Corinne Cole

We work in close cooperation with Bassingham Bridge club. The two clubs have many members in common and share facilities and equipment. Bassingham bridge club provides social bridge on Tuesday afternoons, beginner and improvers courses on Wednesday evenings and duplicate evenings on Thursdays.

In order to facilitate the smooth running of the weekly pairs events, would players please follow the following guidelines.

1. The hall is usually available from 18.30  so early arrivals are asked to assist the director in the preparation of up to ten tables with cloths and bidding boxes.

2. Players are asked be seated by 18.45.

3. On arrival the director will issue a playing card to each pair. A black card indicates for that pair to sit N/S at the number drawn and a red card to sit E/W. When the director has started play each North should  activate the Bridgemate, fill in the table number and players ID numbers and check they have the correct boards.

4. At the completion of each board North will enter the result and hand it to East or West for verification. East/West please check carefully before accepting the result. . At the end of the round North is responsible for passing the boards on to the next table in the correct order for play.

5. Players should be prepared to play two board rounds in 15 minutes and three board rounds in 21 minutes. Any table falling badly behind may be instructed not to play their final board and the score will be averaged at the director's discretion.

6. At sitting tables, for some movements, there will arrow switches for some rounds. (Usually rounds 2 and 3) The Bridgemate will always indicate the correct orientation and all players should be aware of this. If a table has failed to arrow switch please inform the director immediately.

7. After play the scorer will usually score and upload the results to Bridgewebs by 22.10 hrs. The scoring will then be submitted to the EBU

Roy Hughes was a long term member of our club being Chairman many years until his death in 2019. He was instrumental in moving the club from Heighington to Bassingham when it became difficult to find a suitable venue in Heighington. He was an excellent player representing the county on many occasions and worked tirelessly to promote Bridge in the local area, chairing both Heighington and Bassingham bridge clubs.

Roy (on left) receiving the Dimmie Fleming award for services to bridge.