November 2014 - ICU-BridgeSoc

Weekly Roundup
by Imperial BridgeSoc 30 Nov '14

30 Nov '14

Dear all, I'd like to start by congratulating everyone this weekend who entered the London Cup, and especially Katharina, Paul, Erik and Stella who came joint first with Cambridge! I'm afraid I haven't got the victory photo to send out to all of you, but you'll be able to admire their trophy at the session tomorrow. This week Mike will be back to talk about leads and signals, and to give us some more challenging boards to play. The session will, as usual, be at 6pm in Meeting Rooms 1&2. Finally, I'd also like to thank everyone for not only trying bridge club out, but also for consistently coming along and playing every week, it's fantastic to have such a large cohort. It's coming up to the last few weeks of term now, and in fact we have only got three sessions left before the holidays! - but don't worry, we're going to try and get as much out of them as we can; here's the basic rundown of our remaining sessions: * Tomorrow (1st December): Teaching session with Mike * 8th December: Second mini-tournament * 15th December: Christmas Drinks Party We will also be holding an election at some point during these last few weeks to elect two new committee members, as the club is currently lacking a Treasurer and Secretary. This will most likely be held at the end of the session on the 8th; if anybody would like to run for a position then you are more than welcome to do so - if so then please get in contact with me, at the moment there is only one candidate for each role. That's all for this week, and I hope to see you all tomorrow! Thanks, Dominic

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Weekly Roundup
by Imperial BridgeSoc 23 Nov '14

23 Nov '14

Hi all, Tomorrow we will be having Mike, a coach from Young Chelsea, coming in to do a teaching session for us! This will mainly be focused on beginners, but there will be plenty of time for everyone to ask questions and discuss hands with him, so I hope lots of you will be able to make it as it will be a fun and informative session for all. Entries for the London Cup have been put in, it is taking place next Saturday at LSE; I will be emailing details to the relevant people during the week, feel free to ask me any questions during tomorrow's session. The session will be at the usual time, 6pm, in the meeting rooms - I'll see you all there! Cheers, Dominic

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Weekly Roundup
by Imperial BridgeSoc 16 Nov '14

16 Nov '14

Hi everybody, Well done to everyone who played in the tournament last week! We had a great turnout and some interesting contracts - I'd especially like to congratulate our three winning partnerships. We'll be holding these mini-tournaments regularly throughout the year so make sure to keep an eye out for them. I'd like to quickly mention membership again - I've noticed that there are still some people who haven't purchased it yet; thank you to everyone who has, or provided an explanation. This Monday will be same time, same place (6pm in meeting rooms 1 and 2), we will be back to having a short lesson at the beginning followed by play. Look forward to seeing you all tomorrow! Dominic

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Weekly Roundup
by Imperial BridgeSoc 09 Nov '14

09 Nov '14

Dear all, Tomorrow will mark a month since our first session, and so to celebrate this we will be holding our first mini-tournament! As a result of this, we will not be holding a lesson at the beginning of next session; the first half hour or so will be casual play, and once everyone has arrived (and a movement worked out) we will begin the tournament. This will last around an hour (depending on the number of pairs involved), and afterwards we will go back to normal play while the scores and winners are totted up - there'll be a couple of small prizes for the top places so bring along your best game! Afterwards, everyone is invited down to the Union for a couple of drinks and a chat. Venue and time are as normal - Meeting Rooms 1&2, 6.00pm, Monday 10th November. I hope to see lots of you there, Dominic

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Venue Alteration
by Imperial BridgeSoc 03 Nov '14

03 Nov '14

Hi everybody, In the e-mail yesterday I said that we would be in the Activity Spaces today, I'm afraid that this was in fact an error and we will be in the Meeting Rooms as usual. The time is still 6pm. Sorry for the confusion, and see you all tonight! Dominic

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Weekly Roundup
by Imperial BridgeSoc 02 Nov '14

02 Nov '14

Hi everybody, Another busy session last week, let's keep it up! This week at the start there will be a short talk on some more bidding techniques as well as an introduction to scoring - as usual feel free to skip this and start playing straight away if it's all stuff you know. The date for the London Cup has been confirmed as the 29nd November, the deadline for entries is the 22nd so there is still plenty of time to enter, just send me an e-mail. Thank you to everybody who has already expressed interest; I encourage all to consider entering, playing in a tournament is a great way to improve and give you a better insight into why bidding works as it does. A big thank you to everyone who has brought membership so far - I really do ask that everyone else do this soon, the link is https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/activities/a-to-z/103 and it really is important for us to continue. I understand that for a few people there are difficulties in purchasing from the union store, this is fine as long as you let me know. The next session will be tomorrow, Monday 3rd November, as usual at 6pm; but this week we will be in Activity Spaces 1&2 - this is the large room adjacent to the Meeting Rooms (where we usually play), so you shouldn't have any difficulty finding us, and this is the only room change this term. Sorry that this e-mail is a bit late, but thank you for reading! Dominic

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