MARCH  NEWSLETTER from Ian Moore - Club Captain

Junior Champion

Congratulations to our new Junior Champion Sue Keating – well done Sue! Sue was closely followed by Brian Graham-Smith in second and Ailsa Henderson third.  Thank you to all other Junior players who made the competition possible by ensuring we had more than the required number of tables (5) each night required throughout the series.

Cambridge Junior Tournament – Saturday 20th April 

Message from The President

The Junior Championship gets underway Wednesday next the 28th February concluding on 20 March.

I would like to encourage all Novice and Junior members to take part in this series which are a hugely important part of our annual playing calendar. To be eligible to win the championship you:

• must play with a different Novice or Junior partner each night   
• must play in all sessions (if you can’t play in all sessions come along anyway)

Improve your Bridge Play - Friday mornings Practice, Thursday evenings Improver Lessons

FRIDAY MORNING SUPERVISED BRIDGE 9-11am starts 9th February

Everyone welcome though very helpful for novices and junior players.

No partner required- just turn up

Structure

Bring hand records or bidding sheets (with board number) from this week for discussion with other players and advice from the helper.

Play boards for an hour with discussion after each board as required

There will be a an Intermediate or Open player present every week to help and advise.

Any questions phone Ian Moore 027 470 6070

Whatever the weather Bridge Lessons promo played on

A stalwart group of members took to the streets on Saturday to promote Bridge and encourage people to come to our Bridge Lessons. 

Starting off with warm fine weather at 8am at the Farmers' Market were Allison, Barb, Ian and Pam M. Pam and Anna did a fantastic job of organising the event and Anna had set up all the tables and paraphernalia required to make this event happen. 

But they couldn't control the weather!!! 

Heroic Performances

Steve & JoCambridge players did really well in our own Intermediate tournament on Sunday. Usually we're FHB (Family Hang Back) at these events .. politely letting the guests have all the top placings but something seems to have changed: