Welwyn Garden City Bridge Club
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Membership Liaison Officer

Members can contact Janet Wren, the Club’s Membership Liaison Officer directly by emailing wgcbcliaison@gmail.com or phoning 07768 441022 and leaving a message.

Janet can help with any query or comments and will bring any relevant and important matters to the committee’s attention.

AGM Minutes 2024

The AGM Minutes 2024 can be found in the Members' Area.

 

Rules and Procedures - update Sept 2024

At the Sept Committee Meeting, the Club Rules and Procedures were updated; under Appendix 1: Disciplinary Procedures, there is a new paragraph entitled WhatsApp Groups.

Announcements and Alerting

The EBU have published a summary document on when to alert and when to announce, it can be found under left hand hand tab - Club Information

Welcome to Welwyn Garden City Bridge Club
Andrew Robson Day: 05 February 2025
Andrew Robson Day: 05 February 2025

Andrew Robson Day is on Wednesday 05 February 2024 at Brickendon Grange.

Full details are in the Bulletin 54 Special Issue November 2024.

To sign up for the day, please click here.

We are also holding a L4 morning game at Brickendon Grange with lunch, please click here to sign up for this.

Lifelong Learning @ Bridge

For members of the club, we have the following sessions this week:

Helen’s Improver lesson

Tuesday 26 November, 3-5pm & 7:30-9:30pm @ KGV

Revision - opening suit bids and rebids

Please email improverwgcbc@gmail.com, cost £13

Steve’s Intermediate lesson

Wednesday 27 November, 2:30-4:30pm @ KGV & 7:30-9:30pm online

Play in trump contracts

Please email intermediatewgcbc@gmail.com, cost £13

Peter’s Session

Friday 29 November, 10am – 12:30 pm @ KGV 

Workshop - Overcalls

Just turn up, cost £5

The payment of all of the above will be deducted from your cashless bridge account.

Christmas session and lunch: Tuesday 17 December 2024
Christmas session and lunch:  Tuesday 17 December 2024

The club is offering a L4 Christmas session on Tuesday 17 December at 10am @ KGV, this is for members only, please click here to sign up

 

After the bridge session, there is a members' lunch at Grove Pub, Hall Grove, WGC, AL7 4PH, please click here to sign up

 

For the menu, please click here

Sign-up sheets
Sign-up sheets

           King George V Playing Fields, Beehive Lane, WGC AL7 4BP

Visitors are always welcome but need a Club ID. Please use the application on our home page – Membership & Visitors – and you will be contacted.

Members bringing a visitor are asked to ensure this is done at least 24 hours before the session.

Wednesday AM Pairs (L4), 10am @ KGV

 

Please sign up here

Thursday AM Pairs (L2), 10am @ KGV

 

     Please sign up here

Swiss Pairs sign up

Wednesday  08 January, 7:30pm @ RealBridge

 

Please sign up here

HBA competitions
HBA competitions

Desmond Flockhart Trophy: Sunday 1st December on RealBridge, 2pm

Interclub competition for teams of eight, 36-42 boards

Further details click here

Championship Pairs Semi-Final Sunday 19th January 2025 on RealBridge, 2pm

Any pair that scored 53% or more at our sessions, apart from Gentle, during October will be eligible to enter the Semi-Final in January.

To enter and for more details click here

Free for players whose primary county affiliation is Hertfordshire.

Results
Thursday AM Pairs
Gentle Duplicate
Wednesday AM Pairs
Competitive Pairs
Tranquil Tuesday
Club Duplicate
Gentle Duplicate
Thursday AM Pairs
Gentle Duplicate
Wednesday AM Pairs
Swiss Pairs
Tranquil Tuesday
Club Duplicate
Thursday AM Pairs
Gentle Duplicate
Calendar
Mon 25th Nov 2024
Club Duplicate
RealBridge 10:00
20 Brds. Level 4 MP & NGS
 RealBridge Login
Tue 26th Nov 2024
Tranquil Tuesday
RealBridge 19:00
18 Brds Level 2 MP & NGS
 RealBridge Login
Wed 27th Nov 2024
Wednesday AM Pairs
KGV 10:00
24 Brds Level 4 MP & NGS
Wed 27th Nov 2024
Level 2 Teams
RealBridge 19.00
21 Brds Level 2 Mp & NGS
 RealBridge Login
Wed 27th Nov 2024
A Flight Teams Div 1
RealBridge 19.30
21 brds Level 4 MPs & NGS
 RealBridge Login
Wed 27th Nov 2024
A Flight Teams Div 2
RealBridge 19.30
21 brds Level 4 MPs & NGS
 RealBridge Login
Thu 28th Nov 2024
Thursday AM Pairs
KGV 10:00
24 Brds Level 2 MP & NGS
Thu 28th Nov 2024
Gentle Duplicate
RealBridge 16.30
16 Brds Level 2 Non NGS No MP
 RealBridge Login
Fri 29th Nov 2024
Peter's Workshop - Overcalls
KGV 10.00
£5 per member or visitor. No partner needed, no sign up, just turn up!
Sat 30th Nov 2024
Gentle Duplicate
KGV 10.30
16 Brds Level 2 Non NGS No MP
Scoring errors

If you notice a scoring error within 48 hours of the start of the session, please email welwynbridge@gmail.com with full details.

WGCBC Session Fees

Our sessions are open to all adults aged 18 and over.

If you are a visitor, you and your partner are very welcome to play, please email: wgcbcmembership@gmail.com

Session fees (both online and face-to-face): 

Members £2.50      Visitors £3.50   

Payable via Cashless Bridge

Trying to find a long term bridge partner?

In addition to the Partnership Desks, we are trialling a sign up sheet - please click here

(If you are looking for ad hoc partner: f2f - sign up asking for a partner, online - use the partner request facility)

Coughs and Sneezes
Coughs and Sneezes



If you have a cough or cold, please stay away until you are better!