| Hand Analysis from Thursday, February 20th 2025 |
An analysis of board 9 from Thursday, February 20th has been posted in the Information section
on the left of this page
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| Wednesday Mornings |
In 2025, there will be Supervised Bridge every Wednesday (unless notified otherwise),
with Duplicate as well every three weeks. The next Duplicate is scheduled for March 5th, when
we will continue to try and play 18 boards, so that session may go on until around 12:30
Support is available during play to people in both sessions
NOTE: Wednesday, March 19th is a charity event - see elsewhere on this page
For Duplicate, please be seated by 9:50 as 10 minutes are needed to set up the movement
People arriving after this time may not be allowed to play in the Duplicate session
(unless they have phoned and spoken to someone to say they will be late)
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| Wednesday, 19th March 2025 - Charity Event |
Join us for a fun-filled morning of bridge in support of this important charity on Wednesday, 19th March, at 9:45 am in Kings Sutton Millennium Hall.
Please note there will not be a Supervised Bridge session that morning
Click here for more details
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| FastTrack 2025 |
 The content of this course is similar to the successful one last year
It is planned for Tuesday evenings over two terms.
Term 1: May 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th, June 3rd and 10th
Term 2: July 22nd and 29th, August 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th
Between the two terms participants have the opportunity to attend additional practice sessions on Wednesday mornings - these will be on June 18th and 25th, July 2nd, 9th and 16th
Posters will be put up in local meeting places and adverts in newsletters
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| Wessex Daytime League |
Kings Sutton A (Evelyn and Steve, Gwen and June, Ann & Ken/Dominic)
won their last match in Division 2 by 16.08-3.92.
Where they end up in the table depends on other matches still to be played
Kings Sutton B are in Division 3
Click here to view the League Tables and Results
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| Wednesday Morning Seminar |
The next topic in the series of Wednesday morning seminars will be on Playing Your Contract
The format will be as previously - a short talk following by playing and reviewing some challenging practice hands
As there is a lot to get through, this session will start at 10 am as before but end around 12:30
It will be run on April 2nd, 9th and 23rd
The target audience is Improvers and Intermediate players. An e-mail notification has already gone out to members in the Wednesday group, but there are still a few places left for others
If you would like to participate and have not already applied, please send an email to ksbcsecretary@gmail.com
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| EBU Masterpoint Promotions - January 2025 |
Congratulations to the three club members who achieved EBU Masterpoint Promotions last month.
They were:
Jeremy Coke-Smyth County Master
Suzanne Martin Area Master
Mark Allington County Master
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| EBU News "Updates from Aylesbury" - Feb 2025. Click here to view |
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| EBU Upcoming Events - click here to view |
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| Seminars and Training Courses |
The slides for the Slam Bidding, Stayman and Transfers talks can be viewed/downloaded from the Information menu
on the left of this page
Kings Sutton plans to continue offering seminars on Wednesday mornings.
The next one is on Playing Your Contract and will take place in April 2025 - see above for details.
For those who cannot attend Wednesday mornings and/or want to learn other topics,
the Stratford and Oxford Bridge Clubs also run courses. For details see:
Stratford: https://www.bridgewebs.com/stratford/ Oxford: https://www.bridgewebs.com/obc/
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| Our New Facebook Page |
This is the link to the new Kings Sutton Bridge Club Facebook page
This one has been set up as a public page so that we can promote and grow the club more easily
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| People changes |
Jeremy Coke-Smyth has taken on the role of Secretary, and has been co-opted on to the committee
Mark Robotham is now the Admin person for the club Facebook page
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| Duplicate Scoring |
After a pairs session, do you sometimes wonder how your ranking was worked out?
This document (Duplicate Scoring) might help.
You will also find the standard scoring table in the Information section
(Nofearbridge Duplicate Scoring Table)
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| Club Library |
KSBC owns a number of educational publications which can be borrowed.
"Continuing Bridge Book 2" has now been added.
See on the left under Information -> Club Library
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| Free Taster Sessions |
Do you play Bridge? Ever thought about playing in a club?
For more information email: ksbcsecretary@gmail.com, or use the Contact Us option under the Information tab
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| Supervised bridge - Every Wednesday morning |
Play bridge in a casual environment
with help available if you need it
Every Wednesday morning in the Memorial Hall 9.30 tea and coffee, 10.00 start bridge
Every three weeks or so we also run a Duplicate session - see Calendar for dates
From time to time we also run seminars on bridge topics with some advice and practice hands to add to your skills
Please arrive by 9:45 to give the organisers time to finalise the number of tables
and to lay out the equipment.
If you're coming for the first time (or can't get there by 9:45) please let Steve know on 07760 320 216
New: You can find the print of the hands under the Information section on this page (but only after the session!)
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| Kings Sutton Club Nights - Thursday evening |
Bridge every Thursday evening
6.45 for a 7.00 pm start in the Memorial Hall
Feedback quote: “…a good balance of wanting to do well at bridge and social interaction”
Our players have a wide range of skills and we enjoy friendly bridge
Pairs every week. Teams events are held occasionally on other days of the week - see Calendar
For more information email: ksbcsecretary@gmail.com, or use the Contact Us option under the Information tab
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| Email: ksbcsecretary@gmail.com |
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