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It’s hard to believe that we are now well into autumn and starting to think about our plans for the Christmas party season. As usual we have had a busy autumn programme with a number of very interesting fixtures and results.

Swiss Teams

 

Many thanks to Belinda for organising the Roehampton Club Swiss Teams event on 20th October with her usual flair and efficiency. It was good to have 26 teams playing and the larger playing area overlooking the garden worked well and was appreciated by the players.

 

It was also very encouraging to have two Roehampton Club teams finishing in the top positions. The winning Roehampton Club Woodentops team of Ron Wood, Nigel Aspinall, Diana Wilson and Sue Dodson conquered all with a very impressive winning margin of 13 imps, presumably with the help of a few splinters. Has to be a blossoming team for the future …

 

Congratulations also to the runners up Peter Hardyment, Malcolm Bricknell, Peter Bonnor-Morris and Ralph Evers on a solid effort.

Centenary Cup

 

On Sunday 27th October we played in the Queens Centenary Cup competition at the Cumberland Club with our team competing to retain this trophy against strong competition from the four other clubs involved (AELTC, Cumberland, Queens and Hurlingham).

 

With all our team playing well we managed to win by the large margin of + 116 imps compared to + 7 for the second placed Cumberland Club team, with the other teams all slipping into negative territory.

 

Well done to Peter Hardyment, Malcolm Bricknell, Peter Bonnor-Morris, Ron Wood, Danny Gesua, Sally Gesua, Viv Harris and Marion Tamblyn.

Handicap Pairs

 

Congratulations to John Maskell and Marianne Atterbury for winning the Handicap Pairs competition on 11th November.

 

Well done also to Sue Gabriel and Ron Wood for claiming second place and to Claire Martin and Daniel Cohen for finishing third.

No Fears Trophy

Congratulations to Corinna Evers and Stephanie Woods for a very impressive performance in winning the No Fears Trophy on 10th October by a comfortable margin. Good performances were also registered from Sally Harper and Mikaela Parker and Caroline and Alan Jenkins in claiming the next two places.

Important Calendar Dates

 

We are looking forward to having our Bridge Christmas Dinner on Saturday 7th December. The poster has gone up for this and bookings are open. This is of course our biggest social event of the year and should be a fun occasion with some very relaxed Bridge to follow.

 

Click here for the poster and menu

 

Bookings are now open for the Social Duplicate Christmas special on 12th December. Click here for the poster and more details

Bridge Room Closure

We were grateful to Marc Newey and Michael Hill for joining us after the duplicate session on 28th October to explain the plans for the Club refurbishment scheduled for first half 2025. The Bridge Room itself is likely to be closed for some time around the period of March and April with alternative arrangements being planned. We are all hoping that the arrangements we had during the construction of the new bar can be repeated, although apparently this cannot be guaranteed at this stage.

Completed Matches 

We had an enjoyable and relaxed match against the All England Club on 16th October. The Roehampton Club team were unusually trailing by 5 imps at the half way stage. However, a really strong second half performance ensured that in the end we managed a solid victory of 82 imps thereby retaining the Hough Cup for another year.

Our ‘friendlies’ against RAC Woodcote and Hurlingham Ladies in October went well with a modest win in the Woodcote match and a narrow defeat in the Hurlingham game.

Playing Schedules

The Friday Teams sessions has now reverted to the first and third Fridays of the month. Thanks to Nigel for stepping back in again to run these.

Following the discussions in the AGM, we have arranged for 27 boards to be played at the Monday afternoon sessions and 20 or 21 on Thursday evenings.

Charity Events

On Friday 13th December Roehampton Club will host the Annual Bridge Drive on behalf of the Friends of Queen Mary Hospital. This will take place from 2pm to 5 pm and includes afternoon tea and a raffle. Further details of this worthy event which Roehampton Club regularly supports are available on the noticeboard.

Malcolm Bricknell, Bridge Chair