Newbury Bridge Club’s Annual General Meeting will be held at 7pm on Monday 15^th December 2025 at St Georges Hall, followed by rubber bridge.
All are very welcome, please register your attendance via the calendar event.
A revised agenda and the draft minutes of the 2024 AGM are now available in the members area.
If you are unable to attend and wish to give your apologies or raise anything, please let me know via my e-mail or by phone as detailed in the members area.
Sue Oliver- Acting Secretary

We are holding our annual dinner on Friday 9^th January 2026 at the Bowlers Arms, Falkland Cricket Club, Wash Common and look forward to you joining us for dinner and bridge. The cost is £25 for two-courses, and the menu choices are as follows:
Main Course:
Roast loin of pork with roast potatoes and stuffing Or Boneless Chicken Thigh Chasseur with steamed rice Both served with fresh vegetables family style Or Vegan Thai Green Curry with steamed rice and Thai crackers
Dessert:
Dark Chocolate tart with white chocolate sauce Or Lemon Cheesecake with fresh raspberry coulis (vegan)

Clare Reseigh has kindly agreed to co-ordinate this. Can you please let Clare know on clare_reseigh@yahoo.com if you would like to attend asap and let us have your menu choices when you book or by 1^st January 2026. Can you also please advise of any special dietary requirements or allergies so that the Bowlers can accommodate these.We will be holding a raffle in aid of our Charity of the Year and if you are able to donate a prize, please bring it along to one of our sessions and pass to Sue Oliver, John Harland, Yvonne Bell or the director.  Tickets will be in the same format as for the charity evening, i.e. numbers allocated to a name, and cost £2. They will be sold at face-to-face sessions and on the night. If you cannot attend but would like tickets, please let John Harland know on johnharland@ntlworld.com
The cost of the meal and any raffle tickets will be added to your January bill. There is a pay bar at the Bowlers Arms with a wide choice of drinks.

Best wishes Sue Oliver Acting Secretary, ChairNewburyBC@gmail.com

More sad news. Rene Kirk died on Saturday 29th November. She was a popular Rubber Bridge player for so many years and our commiserations go to her family and friends.

Rene’s funeral will be at 11:am on Jan 5^th at the West Berks Crematorium. Rene’s daughter would like to know approx. numbers attending so it would help if anyone intending to go could let Jean Allen know.

We are very sad to announce that Jackie Woods died on Sunday 30th November. She had been ill for some time but in past years she took a very active part in the Club being Treasurer on two separate occasions. Our commiserations go to her family and friends.

New billing system now live

October 2025 was the first month when we went live with our new automated billing system.  Anyone who has played in October or has paid off a brought forward balance should have received an email showing the outstanding balance on Saturday 1^st November.  Unfortunately, there was a slight hiccup where a zero-balance report was sent to a wide distribution list in error. I apologise for any confusion this may have caused.
Within your monthly statement there is a link which you can click on to take you to your account, and this will show you details of your activity and costs. These details can also be accessed via a new ‘Payments A/C’ tab when you sign in to the members only area of the website. While this new facility gives you a useful running record of your account, please be aware that new items may take a few days to appear on the statement.  
If you have any queries about your bill please contact me directly on newburybridgeclubt@gmail.com

Kate MacIver , Acting Treasurer 

HIWCBA Chidwick Cup – 9^th December at St George's
HIWCBA IBM Cup – 10^th February 2026 at St George's and 12^th February 2026 at Chieveley.(tbc)

Qualifying heat for the Berks and Bucks Waller Bowl pairs on Thursday 4^th December 2025
Newbury Bridge Club AGM - Monday 15th December 2025 at St George's followed by Rubber Bridge and minibridge for beginners.  No other Monday sessions.
Newbury Bridge Club Annual Dinner - Friday 9th January 2026
Qualifying heat for the HIW  Pottage Cup pairs on February 5^th 2026

CHARITY BRIDGE TEA  Wednesday 3rd December, 2-5pm   Compton Village Hall
Join us for a relaxed and sociable afternoon of Bridge, in support of  St Mary’s Church, East Ilsley Community Project.   £20 per player 
To book, contact: Serena Nickson 07778 859468  serena@nickson.uk.com 
Please bring your own table, cards & bidding boxes where possible and cash for the raffle. Parking available behind the hall.

On the 15th January 2026 the Aldermaston and Brimpton NSPCC committee are holding a lunch and bridge day.  It’s a non-competitive day of rubber bridge for all abilities (players form their own tables) and players receive coffee on arrival followed by a delicious home-cooked lunch (with wine!) and raffle - usually a very enjoyable event. Tickets are £120 per table. 

Please contact Sarah Cohen (07766 208 644 or sac_vine@btinternet.com) for more information or to book. 

Thursday 15th January 2026 Aldermaston Parish Hall, RG7 4LW 10.30am to 3.00 pm. 

Click here for a list of HIWCBA events

• The 1st Tuesday of the month will be a Relaxed Hosted session,
• The 3rd Tuesday will be Challenge Cup.
• The 1st Thursday of the month will be Pairs Championship
• The 3rd Thursday will be Individual Championship
• The 4th Thursday will be Teams

Please see 'Club Calendar' for more details

These are still running so if you'd like to play Duplicate Bridge online you can sign up for them as for any other competition. Tuesday is at 2 pm and Saturday at 10 am. Cost is only £1 per session!

Opportunities

Bridge is an absorbing and fascinating hobby, good for the brain and a great way of making new friends. 

Dates and Times:  we run training sessions 

• 7:00 to 9:30pm, on Mondays at the Westridge Studio at Highclere (a 10 minute drive from the centre of Newbury).  Free parking on the premises.

Tutors: Sallie Cheek / John  Harland/ Brian Medhurst

Session Types:

•  First Year Course - The course follows the syllabus of the English Bridge Union’s “Bridge for All” programme. The full course which will be at least 36 session over three terms.  Will start later in 2025.
• Improver Classes – these sessions consolidate and then build on the topics covered in the first year course

Further Information: contact Sallie Cheek on 07823 330149 e-mail  BridgeAtNewbury@gmail.com.

Click for a description of the First Year course.

F2F Rubber bridge at St George's Church Hall. Monday evenings. 7.00. pm. It would be helpful if you can register in advance.  

You can play Rubber Bridge on line on Wednesday evenings. Contact Richard Bungey or Dave Beeley