| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| Group email: | Bridge group |
| When: | Weekly on Friday afternoons 1:15pm-4:30pm |
| Venue: | Abbot Hall Social Centre |
| Cost: | Table fee £2.50 |
We meet weekly throughout the year. Door open at 13.15 with play starting at 13.30. Players need to have some knowledge of the game as no teaching is provided.
We play Chicago Bridge with Teams on the last Friday of the month. You do not need to come with a partner as we partner different people during the afternoon. It is very sociable. On average we have 5 or 6 tables of mixed ability.
We are a very friendly relaxed group with tea and biscuits provided half way through the session allowing the chance to have a good chat.
Do join us and give your brain a work out!
Nigel comes up trumps in the Bridge group
Bridge group member Nigel Wootton comes up trumps in the quarterly competition. Nigel, who is visually impaired, achieved the best score at the end of May and was presented with the Maurice Collett Cup.
Nigel writes of his enjoyment and success in Bridge, helped by the playing cards used and the support of Bridge group members
Owing to my visual impairment, which means I only have about 5% acuity, I have to use large index playing cards in order to see what's in my hand. I rely on the other players at the table to verbally state their bids, tell me what cards they have just played, remind me what's in the dummy hand and confirm who's taken the trick. Keeping track of the play during a three hour Chicago Bridge session is rather taxing on one's memory. I would like to thank all the other members of the U3A bridge club for their consideration and bearing with players like myself who are visually impaired but are nonetheless able to participate.
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