March Bridge Letter 2010

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Hello again!   I cannot believe it’s this time again.  When this letter reaches you we should be winging our way towards the sun.   Unfortunately our favourite holiday with Bridgeoverseas is off the menu.

www.bridgeoverseas.co.uk

A group of holiday makers complained about the accommodation at the Sands Beach Resort and Bridgeoverseas decided not to use the hotel again, much to the chagrin of those of us who really liked it.  Hello Bert and Barbara we will not be meeting you as planned in Lanzarote,  hope we catch up with you another time.

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We have booked an apartment in Los Christianos, and are hoping to find enough bridge to keep us occupied in the evenings.
I think we will be very pleased to get away as we have a wedding coming up in the family and the talk is becoming increasingly girlie,  still with all the press furore gathering round Cheryl and Ashley it is heartwarming to see our youngsters taking the whole business very seriously.

Still to matters more general.   The EBU have issued a set of eleven flowcharts to help directors run events.  The charts cover the most frequent infractions occurring in club events.  They include A pass out of rotation,  call out of rotation,  insufficient bid,  lead out of turn,  in fact the usual suspects which crop up time and again.

It is possible to download your set from the EBU website at

www.ebu.co.uk

Congratulations to our Under 25s.  In December they won the Channel Trophy for the first time since 1989.  Well done everyone!

Congratulations also to Peter Randall and Diane Thorne on winning the County Championship pairs.

www.warwickshirebridge.co.uk

Here are a few websites which might be useful to our net surfers.  There is always something new to read about.  I seem to spend quite a lot of my time sitting idly switching from site to site so thought I’d share some of the more interesting finds

USENET NEWSGROUPS

www.gamesbridge.aus

www.winbridge.com

www.okbridge.com


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