| Welcome to Bude Bridge Club |
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Bude Bridge Club meets for Face-to-face Bridge on Tuesday evenings and Monday afternoons at the Parkhouse Centre.
Tuesday evenings - Duplicate Bridge with Masterpoints - please arrive at 6.45 for a 7 p.m. start.
Monday afternoons - relaxed, hosted Duplicate bridge without Masterpoints, no partner required.
pPlease arrive by 1.45 for a 2 p.m. start.
A cup of tea and biscuits will be available,
HOWEVER, please note that visitors are asked to book in advance to avoid a half table.
Please contact Val Ridding if you need a partner for Tuesdays (see below for details)
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| West of England Champions! |
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Many Congratulations to Steve Clifton and David Clarke, members of the Cornwall ‘C’ Team that won the West of England County Championships 2025.
They won all seven of their matches , against Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Avon, Wiltshire, East Wales and Herefordshire.
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| Members’ Breakfast at the Weir |
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All Club members are invited to meet for a chat in a sociable setting.
Do come and join us on the first Wednesday every month from 10 am at the Weir.
Join us for breakfast or just a coffee. Share your ideas about events and Club organisation.
The next open breakfast meeting will be on Wednesday, June 4th @ 10 am.
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| May Play Problem of the Month |
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A double-dummy problem.
You can see all 4 hands. How does South make 12 tricks after the lead of the King of Clubs?
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| Show Answer |
| Win the Ace of Clubs.
Cash A,K,Q and J of Spades, discarding A,K,Q and J of Hearts!
Play a Diamond to the Queen and cash the Ace.
Now lead the 2 of Hearts.
If East takes the 10, he has to give the lead back to South and all his cards are winners.
If he ducks, South wins with the 9 of Hearts, cashes all his Diamonds and just loses a Heart at the end.
12 tricks and contract made.....
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| Interesting Hand of the Week |
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Two pairs bid the Small Slam on this hand, but how do you bid the Grand Slam?
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The bidding has shown South with 18 High Card Points and at least 2 Hearts.
If East/West had been really adventurous, they may may have reached 4 Spades (which only goes off 3 Doubled, for -500.....)
However, North can see 33 HCP combined, plus the Void in Spades, so they are always going to bid at least a Small Slam.
The simplest solution is for North to bid 4 NT, Roman Key Card Blackwood.
They receive the response of 5 Clubs (showing 3 of the Key Cards - Aces plus King of Trumps). Note that some Pairs will have an agreement where 5 Diamonds shows 3 of the Key Cards.
But how do they find out about the King of Clubs?
How about this.... after 3 Spades from West, North bids 4 Spades. This cannot be a 'true' bid, so is asking partner for more information.
South bids 5 Clubs , their lowest Ace, and North 5 Diamonds.
South bids 5 Hearts, showing their Ace.
North bids 5 Spades, showing their Void and South 6 Clubs, showing their King.
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| Linda Ashworth Trophy |
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Stephanie Clark was the inaugural winner of the Linda Ashworth Trophy, presented by Chairman Steve Clifton at the Annual General Meeting.
Linda was a highly respected bridge player and Life Member of Bude Bridge Club. She played for the County a number of times and won the Club Championship 3 times, in 2004 with June Justice, and in 2006 & 2007 with Dave Voller,
She also won the Frank & Doris Clifton Trophy with Steve Clifton in 2016. Linda served for many years on the committee and as club chairperson.
Your committee decided to honour Linda with an annual trophy which will be awarded to the winner of the Monday Individual Competition.
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