Bridge in Rugby operates from three different venues:-
- Tuesday Evening 7 pm for 7:15 pm. Main Club Session, with usually around 10 tables. Duplicate pairs are played, There is a Tournament Director and a Hosting System means that individuals without a partner can be assured of getting a game. The session ends at around 10:30 pm. Venue:- Sacred Heart Church Hall, Bilton, Rugby, CV22 7QT. view here: Bilton
- Wednesday Evening 7:00 pm start. Improvers Session. Venue:-Hillmorton Ex-servicemans Club, High Street, Hillmorton, Rugby, CV21 4EH. 01788 543 832 view here: Hillmorton
- Thursday Evening 7:00pm for 7:15pm. Duplicate Bridge, usually8 to 10 tables. Tea and coffee can be purchased. The Club Bar available for drinks and is open till 11:30 p.m.Venue:-Hillmorton Ex-servicemans Club, High Street, Hillmorton, Rugby, CV21 4EH. 01788 543 832 view here: Hillmorton
- Friday Afternoon 1:30 pm till around 4:45 pm. Improvers Session. A more relaxed pace than Tuesday with the bonus of tea or coffee and biscuits included. Play duplicate pairs or teams depending on numbers. Venue:- Townsend Memorial Hall, Clifton, Rugby, CV23 0BH. view here: Clifton
- Saturday Morning* 9:45am for 10:00am. The Improvers Session, with a 30min lesson followed by a coached duplicate session. Periodically Beginners Sessions are run in an adjacent room. After a grounding in bidding and play, Beginners move on to become Improvers. Venue:- Townsend Memorial Hall, Clifton, Rugby, CV23 0BH. view here: Clifton
Table Money at each venue is standardised at £2 per player
*Once a month, usually the third Saturday, there is no Saturday morning session as this is the turn of the Saturday Night Social Event - Food and a Bridge Competition.
The manner of handling and storage of our folding tables is very important if we are to limit damage to the top surface covering, whether it is baize at Bilton or the plastic covering on the Clifton tables.
The metal brackets that secure the legs stand proud of the wooden surround and are capable of tearing the baize if the tables are not placed face to face
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| Baize table covering showing damage from leg clips | The offending clip |
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING: CLUB DEVELOPMENT
The Chairman began the proceedings by reading out paragraph 9 of the Constitution. He reported that there was no Development Sub-Committee, at the moment, and that the Main Committee had been acting in lieu. He read out the relevant parts of the “Development Summary” (a short history of development work) produced by Christine Cooper. He then threw it open to the floor.
Freddie Foster then read out a history of his extensive involvement in trying to obtain premises. He thought that now land and commercial premises were too expensive to buy. He considered the best possibility was to obtain help from the Council or the lottery fund.
Chris Malthouse considered that a lot of people had put efforts into club development but were not necessarily interested in obtaining our own premises.
Malcolm Taylor was concerned about the willingness of members to contribute towards running premises. He thought that there were three options:
(1) No change
(2) Freeze Development Fund
(3) Liquidate the Development Fund.
Nicky Cook had done considerable work on conducting a survey of members’ attitudes to activities of Rugby Bridge Club. She considered that the present venues did not offer a good experience to visitors – e.g. too cold, poor toilets, poor car parking.
Graham Lightfoot said that if the Development Fund were liquidated we could purchase various technical aids, e.g. duplimate machines. However it was pointed out that there was enough money in the General Fund for this and there would be a problem of storage.
There was considerable, and somewhat confused, general discussion with many members making contributions. Eventually it was decided to take “straw polls” on two motions.
1. “We will not go ahead in a search for our own or shared premises” – proposed by P. Iredale, seconded by M. Taylor: For 5, Against 28.
2. “Table monies contributed by the Tuesday and Thursday sessions should be put in the General Fund” – proposed by W. Pattinson, seconded by R. Holland: For 7, Against 21, Abstention 1.
The Chairman considered that these were definitive results, in straw polls, and hoped that they might reinvigorate the search for premises.