On Monday 6^th April

A lovely but also a sad week at the club last week where we said farewell to, one of our old President’s and Honorary Member, Bernard. Bernard came, after our Red Nose Day tournament, and shared some lovely tapas with us – thanks to all those that helped in organising. A lovely atmosphere at the club, with Anne Muir, Jackie and Jane & Ed, joining us. Thank you to Mike for saying some lovely words for Bernard’s farewell and acted a short part of one of Bernard’s pantomimes – obviously with Bernard taking part.

It was lovely to welcome a new member to the club this week, Len Salter, and to welcome back Audrey, Bill & Sally and our guest Corry.

Our Easter Tournament is on Monday 6^th April – put the date in your diary, plenty of prizes, tapas afterwards and we are running a lottery – tickets now all sold – lovely prizes – six in total.

Our thoughts are with a few of our members who are poorly – unfortunately last week I informed members that Barry had had a heart attack whilst in the UK. I ma so pleased to say that he is well on us his way to recovery after surgery and hopes to be retuning to Javea next week. Take care Barry and look forward to welcoming you back to the club shortly.

I have recently had a message from Susan Vickers from Australia who has settled in well. She was lucky enough to have arrived to welcome her new granddaughter in January and now has 4 grandchildren. She lives close to both of her daughters so is doing plenty of baby-sitting. She is also keeping busy playing pickle ball, table tennis, a walking group and aqua aerobics and still manages to play bridge twice a week. The club is a sort walk away – the club plays bridge 6 days a week she manages twice a week.

Wednesdays is a quiet day and those that use to come on Thursdays would find this day just as friendly – come and give it a try.

We still have no pair wanting to be our first member of the 70% Club in 2026 you just aren’t trying!!

If you have any signs of a cold or a cough, please stay away from the Club – we have a few vulnerable members. Also, we would remind you to dress accordingly - bring a cardigan, jacket, or shawl with these cooler temperatures.

Bridge bookings for w/c 23^rd & 30^th March are now open – slots available - you can e-mail the Club, use the sign-up sheets in the Clubhouse or TURN UP WITH A PARTNER BEFORE 2.00 LATEST. If you have signed up, please be at the club by 2.15pm.

Monday 6^th April – Easter Tournament

Friday 24^th April – Committee Meeting

Saturday 9^th May – AGM

Saturday 16^th May – Quiz Night

No birthdays that we know of in March.

Slam Ladder for 2026 

One point for a small slam and three points for a grand slam

Another poor week for slams this week with only one small slam bid - as of w/e 20th March - 1st now is John T with 9pts, 2nd is Brian with 8 pts, and joint 3rd are Barry & Maaike with 6 pts. Joint 5th are Janet C, Maureen G & Bill with 5pts. 8th is Len with 3pts and joint 9th are Alice, Allan E, Anne Lise, Chris B, Gabi, Jan, John H, Maggie, Sue & Wendy F with 2 pts.

Jávea School of Bridge and Social Club (JSBSC) holds duplicate tournaments currently every Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons commencing promptly at 2.30pm.  Doors open at 1.30pm.

We ask that players arrive by the latest 2.15pm thus leaving the Director and Scorer sufficient time to establish and set up the movement for a prompt start at 2.30pm. We have a dealing machine for generating computer dealt hands and also have wireless tablets using ArcScorer.

The tournaments are conducted in the English language and to EBU Guidelines.

We are a multi-national club with Spanish, British, Dutch, German, French, Belgian, Norwegian, Swedish, Austrian, Canadian, Danish and Swiss members - play is in English. 

We are proud of our reputation for being a friendly club and extend a very warm welcome to visitors.