Glenfield Bridge Club

Last Updated on 5^th October 2008

Welcome to the Glenfield Bridge Club website.

We play bridge at the Glenfield Memorial Hall every Wednesday and at St Bartholomew’s church hall at Kirby Muxloe every Saturday. Please arrive by 710pm at both venues to allow play to commence at 715pm. If you need a partner for Wednesday please phone Dennis Bradley on 0116 2871145. Partners for Saturday can be found by phoning Nick Daniels on 07765800125

Please contact the webmaster with information of interest to Glenfield members for inclusion on the website.

Latest News

Winners of the duplicate on Saturday 4^th October 2008 were Gary Duddle & Bharat Thakrar (North/South) and Brenda Coltman & Val Scott (East/West). Gary & Bharat take the lead for the highest percentage of October; Brenda & Val take the lead for the highest increase on average percentage for October. Follow the links for the results, travellers and personal score cards.

Congratulations to Anne Wright & Tim Glover; winners of the Otto & Edith Cup on 1^st October.

Winners of the duplicate on Wednesday 1^st October 2008 were Nick Daniels & Tony North. Wendy & Basil Thomas take the lead for the highest increase in average percentage for October, Nick & Tony have the highest percentage so far in October. Follow the links for the results, travellers and personal score cards

Winners of the duplicate on Saturday 27^th September 2008 were Olive McClain & David Twells (North/South) and Anne & Steve Wright (East/West). The monthly prizes were won by Judith Taylor & Mary Bradley and by Gary Duddle & Bharat Thakrar. Follow the links for the results, travellers and personal score cards

The first round of league matches were completed on Wednesday 24^th September 2008. Glenfield A beat Westcotes 7-5. The best Butler analysis was shared by Bob Parker & Gerry Bucciero and Peter Neville & Tim Glover. Glenfield B lost to Golf 9-3. The best Butler analysis was achieved by Nick Daniels & Tony North. Glenfield C lost to Grantham B 10-2. The best Butler analysis was achieved by Ian Hubbard & Eddie Blount.

Winners of the duplicate on Saturday 20^th September 2008 were Gary Duddle & Bharat Thakrar. Judith Taylor & Mary Bradley retain the lead for the highest increase on average percentage for September while Gary & Bharat are the new leader for the prize for the highest percentage of September. Follow the links for the results, travellers and personal score cards

Winners of the Buildrite Cup were Tim Glover & Peter Neville. Judith Taylor & Mary Bradley retain the lead for the highest increase on average percentage for September while Eileen Davies & Larry Stuart-Jones retain the lead for the prize for the highest percentage of September. Follow the links for the results, travellers and personal score cards

Please note the following changes to the C team. On 8^th October 2008, Margaret Glover & Peter Tyers replace Leslie Neville & Ken Clayton. On 7^th January 2009 Leslie Neville & Ken Clayton replace Judith Taylor & Mary Bradley. Click here for the full programme. This will be updated on a regular basis as captains/players notify me of changes. Please help your captains to plan by providing details of non-availability as far as advance as possible as it can be very difficult and time-consuming to try to make last minute alterations. Also please note the number of pairs in the pool for selection for the C team. The support of these pairs on club nights when they are not selected would be greatly appreciated both by the committee and by those pairs who choose not to play in the teams.

Winners of the duplicate on Saturday 13^th September 2008 were Tim & Margaret Glover (North/South) and Eileen Davies & Larry Stuart-Jones (East/West). Judith Taylor & Mary Bradley retain the lead for the highest increase on average percentage for September while Eileen & Larry are new leaders for the prize for the highest percentage of September. Follow the links for the results, travellers and personal score cards

Peter Tyers has downloaded the master points won at Glenfield to the EBU. Congratulations to Max Green who is promoted to County Master and John Brett who is promoted to Club Master.

Site Map Last Updated 17^th August 2008
1. Home Page	Club News	Glenfield A Fixtures	Glenfield B Fixtures	Forthcoming Events	Links	Master Points
2. Newsletters, Photos and Correspondence	Bulletin Board	April 2003	Xmas Tree Competition	Xmas Party	AGM
3. Competitions	Chairman’s Prize 2003
4. Results Archive	Buildrite Cup	Helen Doughty Memorial Trophy	Club Results	A team results	B team results	C team results	D team results
5. Statistics	Statistics Archive
6. Technical Library
6.1 Bidding	Strategy	Acol	Psychic Bidding	Precision	Blue Club
6.1.1 Hand Evaluation	Defensive Tricks	Losing Trick Count	Playing Tricks	Point Count	Total Number of Tricks	Passing
6.1.2 Opening Bids	One Club	One Diamond	One Heart	One Spade	One No Trump	Pre-empts
	Two Clubs	Two Diamonds	Two Hearts	Two Spades	Two No Trumps
6.1.3 Responding to an Opening Bid	Simple change of suit	Opener’s Rebid	Responder’s Rebid	Preference	Opener’s Second Rebid	Jump in a new suit	Responding in no trumps
	Limit Raise	Inverted Minors
6.1.3.1 Responding to 1NT	Transfers
6.1.3.2 Responding to 2NT	Transfers	Baron
6.1.4 Conventions	Stayman	Fourth Suit Forcing	Reverse	Crowhurst
6.1.4.1 Conventional Opening Bids	Lucas Twos	Multi Two Diamonds	Weak Twos
6.1.4.2 Competitive Conventions	Jump Overcall	Lebensohl	Unassuming Cue Bid	Unusual No Trump	Continuing after opponent’s take out double	Take out Double	Cue Bid
	Fishbein	Defence to 1NT	Halmic	1NT Overcall	Redouble	Simple Overcall
6.1.4.3 Slam Conventions	Blackwood	Gerber	Roman Key Card Blackwood	Splinter	Jump to 5 of a suit	Grand Slam Force	Acol Four No Trump Opening
	Asking Bids	DOPI and ROPI
6.1.5 Doubles	Optional	Penalty	Lead Directional
6.1.6 The Protective Position
6.2 Declarer Play
6.2.1 General Technique	End Play	Squeeze	Finesse	Lose tricks early	Pin	Avoidance	Restricted Choice
6.2.2 Trump Management	Ruffing	Ruffing Losers before drawing trumps	Trump Coup	Ruffing Finesse	Loser on Loser	Coping with bad splits	Cross Ruff
	Dummy Reversal
6.3 Defence	Second Player	Signals	Third Player	Play the cards you are known to have
6.3.1 Defensive Tactics	Forcing Defence	Passive Defence	Merrimac Coup