Following a very enjoyable Christmas party on Saturday 7th December, (which I reported on in my last blog), it was great fun to join a packed Bridge Room for the Social Bridge group Christmas Special on the 14th December. Thanks to Ron for organising this so efficiently. The mulled wine and mince pies went down well as did the rather unusual bridge.
We also had a very enjoyable Christmas Eve Chicago session. Thanks very much to Belinda for running this and for supplementing the mulled wine and mince pies with some delicious homemade cake.
The supervised play sessions run by Loulou and Arnold on Tuesday afternoons restarted on 14th January. There will be a break for one week on 21st January due to the charity event outlined below.
The beginners supervised practice sessions run by John on Tuesday evenings also restarted on 14th January.
Niall restarted his teaching on 6th January whilst James restarted his beginners classes on the 13th.
Congratulations to Ralph Evers for winning the Miller Cup on Monday 13th January.
Congratulations also, or should I say commiserations, to Felicity Irlam as runner up and Roger Gilbert for a commendable third place.
It was good to see a full Bridge Room and Steve as Tournament Director was on good form in managing the complex movements.
It seems like we should be able to run a full bridge programme (including lessons) during the club refurbishment period of January to April 2025. Essentially the plan is to play in the Bridge Room through to mid or late March, after which bridge will switch to the Fountain Room (or similar) while the Bridge Room is refurbished.
We are grateful to Club Management for phasing the work in such a way as to allow our bridge to continue relatively seamlessly throughout the works period.
The 2025 Bridge Calendar has been out for a few weeks and provides the key dates for competitions and matches scheduled for 2025. Thanks to Ellie for working on this.
There is a little more bunching of home matches in the late spring / early summer to cater for the more restricted Clubhouse availability in January to April, but overall it seems to have come together very well.
As usual there is an extensive programme and there may be an opportunity to later introduce some further fixtures including, hopefully, a match against the House of Lords.
Click here for the 2025 Bridge Calendar
On Tuesday 21st January the Bridge Room will be hosting the Lady Golf Captain’s Charity event. This year it is supporting FiSH, a wonderful local organization dedicated to assisting the elderly in our community. Further details of this very worthwhile and fun event are available on the noticeboard and sign up is at Reception.
