The Alan Barker Teams
Trophy resulted in a huge win for 95 years young Mamie Heyworth's
Team which included Dagmar Fazackerley, John Duxbury and Andy Cove (see "Results" for full report)
Open Day at the
Bridge Club on August 22nd!
There will be an Open Day at the Bridge
Club from 2-4pm on Sunday, August 22nd when prospective Bridge
Players can find out all about the new Beginners' Classes which
start on September 15th and 17th respectively. You will be able to
speak to Club Members about the Course content, prices, the sort of
help you get....and you can sign up for them if you wish!
The Beginners
Class "graduated" on July 4th!
The Wednesday Evening and Friday Morning
Beginners' Classes had their "Graduation Celebration" on Sunday
July 4th. It started with a buffet, then there was a
photo-shoot with the Lytham Express (watch out for Thursdays
edition!), a presentation ceremony where every graduate was given a
certificate and, finally, a lovely game of Bridge! Well done
to all the Graduates and welcome to Clifton Bridge Club!
Preparations have already begun for the next
intake of Beginners and new courses will start in September.
The Wednesday Evening Classes start on September 15th and the Friday
Morning Classes start on September 17th.
You can
contact the Club Secretary if you want your name (or a friend's) down early
before the list fills up.
Work has started on a new website!
The Club has recently started work on a new
website which accommodate all the results from the sessions played
with Bridgemate machines. We ask that you bear with us as we
put this together. But if you want to access it now to see the
results from recent sessions (and haven't already received an email
from the Club Secretary) please send an email to Dave Johnston and
he will give you the web address.
The Saturday Supper
Club has another great turn out!
The Supper Club
on Saturday was a great success again with 22 players turning out,
of which 18 enjoyed a fabulous plate of fish & chips and a glass of
wine for just £2.80! If you like the idea of a meal before you play
then why not sign up for the next one on
Saturday July 24th.
Supper Club Bridge will be held on the last Saturday of each
month now.
New Assisted Bridge
session started on Friday June 25th!
We're quite excited
about the news that
we have started a brand
new bridge session. In order to help
Beginners' Class Members get used to joining in
regular Club sessions we have just started a special
"Assisted Bridge Session" on a Friday afternoon
(seated by 1.15 please). You will be able
to call for help with your bidding and play
during this session. The games may be played at
a slower pace while we allow the new guys and
gals to get up to speed. Regular players are
welcome to this session and former members of
the Beginners' Classes might find it useful as
well!...and the best bit is....YOU
DON'T NEED A PARTNER...WE WILL FIND ONE FOR YOU!
The first sessions have
been very well received....so come and join us
and develop your game.
Look out for Friday's
edition of the Lytham Express which, hopefully,
we have lots of coverage of the Graduates
Celebrations!
NEW DATE...The
Malings Trophy, for individual players, will now be contested on
Sunday July 18th at 6.30pm
Friday July 9th next Assisted Bridge session
Saturday July 24th Saturday Supper Club
Friday August 6th Committee Meeting
Teams
The A
Team
The A Team will be playing in the Fylde and District League
Division 2 next season
The B & C Teams
The B & C Teams are also to be entered into the Fylde & District
League next season, and will be joined by a newly-created D Team
which will be made up entirely from players who have graduated
through the Beginners' Classes and which will be Captained by Peter
White.
