| Scores Monday 15th July |
Hi all,
the PC did not pick up the scores from the Bridgemates tonight for reasons unknown. The scores are stored on the Bridgemates so I should be able to sort that out but it won't be tonight.
Better news is that I did find the missing keys. They had fallen underneath our car when I was loading some boards at the start of the evening.
Steve Lambert
Chairman
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| Bridge with St. Albans Bridge Club |
Welcome to St. Albans Bridge Club. We are currently playing twice a week.
Monday evenings at 19:30 Jersey Farm Community Hall - Duplicate Pairs except for the second Monday of the month when we will play Multiple Teams. For Pairs events we operate a Reserve Player system so members can come along without a partner and will get a game.
Thursday evenings at 19:20 online on BBO
Non-members wishing to play in either event MUST contact me for approval at least 24 hrs in advance at steve@lamberts.org.uk. Tournament Directors may not permit non-members to play if they simply arrive at the event.
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| Minutes of the 2023/24 AGM |
ST ALBANS DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB
MINUTES OF THE 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
HELD AT 7.00 0N MONDAY 24th June 2024 AT JERSEY FARM COMMUNITY HALL
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Quorum
Steve Lambert, Chairman of the Bridge Club, noted that the necessary quorum of 25 members had been achieved and welcomed members to the meeting.
Apologies for absence had been received from Denis King, Roy Seaman, Jo Mason and Claus Crede.
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Minutes of last meeting
The minutes of the last Annual General Meeting held on Monday 18th December 2023 were approved.
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Chairman’s Report
The Chair thanked members for their support during the year, particularly
- the Committee: Gill Lambert, John Duthie, Steve Lambert, Jayne Scaysbrook, Gary Kendall, Martin Sidders and Clare Garretty.
- the Directors: John Stobo, Gary Kendall, Mike Hann and James Rogers.
- the Scorers: John Duthie, Mike Parikh, Rod Adams and Mike Hann.
- the weekly helpers: Jim Fry, John Roberts, James Kleiner-Mann, Tony Hazell and Nigel Lewis.
The Chair asked that members sign-up to be duty officers from August, as insufficient volunteers are coming forward.
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Election of Officers
Steve Lambert, Gary Kendall, Martin Sidders, Gill Lambert, Jane Scaysbrook John Duthie and Clare Garretty were unanimously re-elected.
Claus Crede was re-elected as Auditor.
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Treasurer report.
The Treasurer, Martin Sidders, reported that the Club had achieved a surplus for the first time in four years. The surplus was £632 increasing our reserves to £5,355, though they are still below pre-Covid levels.
Last year on average we had 12½ tables on Monday and 11½ on Thursday. Largely due to rental costs, Monday nights made a loss of circa £1000, offset by Thursday nights making a surplus of £300 and net subscription income.
Funds balance @ 1 April 2023 £4,723
Income £10,352
Expenditure (£9,720)
Funds balance @ 31 March 2024 £5,355
Claus Crede has audited the figures.
The Treasurer tabled the accounts, which were approved by the members.
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Membership and Table Fees.
The Committee proposed that the Monday table fees be increased from £2 to £3 as from 1st July 2024.
An email was sent to all members about the proposal and no comments have been received.
The Treasurer reported that the reason for the increase is to provide a capital fund for the replacement of the Bridgemates and the club Laptop, in total estimated to be £4-£4.5k.
Members voted to approve this proposal.
The Committee confirmed that the Annual Membership fee will remain at £10. Online fees will continue at $3 and Monday table fees for non-members will remain at £5.
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Prize Giving for 2023/2024 Ladders.
The winners were presented with a pen.
The Gerald Everitt Monday pairs – Bob Turnham and Harry Silverman
The Teams Ladder - Bob Turnham, Harry Silverman, James Rogers and Denis King.
The John Matthews Thursday Pairs Ladder – Paul and Fiona Littlewood
The Individual Trophy - Nigel Lewis.
The TaraStan X-IMPS - Harry Silverman
The Roy Seaman Trophy - Steve Lambert.
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Any Other Business
There being no other business the Chairman thanked the members for their support and the meeting ended at 7.20.
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| Do you need a partner ? |
If you need a partner for either Thursday nights on BBO or Monday nights at Jersey Farm drop me an email and I'll do my best to help.
Steve Lambert <steve@lamberts.org.uk>
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| Bridgebase Tips |
Please check out the following videos if you have any issues about using Bridgebase Online in St. Albans club games:
Self Alerting: Click here. Chatting & claiming: Click here.
Undos: Click here. Robots: Click here.
There are masses of videos on Youtube explaining every aspect of BBO so if you are indoubt, just go to Youtube and search.
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