Abbey Smith Bridge Club

Wednesday 17th June - busy day! 10 am Masterclass with Abbey, if you've booked see you there! 6.30pm Duplicate, 9pm World Cup England game on the big screen.

Wednesday 17th June duplicate will start at 6.30pm NOT 7.00pm, then we can watch the England World Cup game in the Club - everyone welcome!

The duplicate Weekly Winners at Abbey Smith Bridge Club W/c 8th June 2026 Congratulations go to:
David Osborne and Chris Biggs (Monday)
Abbey Smith and John Whitehead (Wednesday)
N/S Philip and Hilary Derbyshire (Thursday am)
E/W Colin and Laura Howe (Thursday am)
Andrew Mason and Peter Malpass (Thursday pm)
N/S Lynn and Chris Button (Friday)
E/W Max Walsh and Richard Lake (Friday)

The Swiss Teams event at the LlanBrighton was quite a tense affair, at one point the team were in 12th, then they were in the top 4 and they actually managed to achieve third and only 1 point behind second placed team. Onward to the Europeans!

Abbey had a bit of an adventure in Brighton yesterday! Competing with Martin Jones in the Swiss Pairs at the EBU-WBU event, imaginatively titled ‘LlanBrighton’, it was a 7 x 7 competition, and they came second out of 72 pairs. The best news is that they were only narrowly beaten by Sally Anoyrkatis and John Athey – who you may well remember are Abbey and Martin’s England partners. So, the European England Team Smith held the two top spots which is ‘great ahead of the Euros!’ Abbey reported after the event. Today the four of them compete in the Swiss Teams!

The duplicate Weekly Winners at Abbey Smith Bridge Club W/c 1st June 2026 Congratulations go to:
Allen Duff and Rob Timpson (Monday)
N/S Rob Thomas and Phil Matton (Wednesday)
E/W Abbey Smith and Harold Payne (Wednesday)
Abbey Smith and Ken Wilson (Thursday am)
N/S Susan Mosier and Paul Higgins (Thursday pm)
E/W Sarah Gregory and Peter Kiff (Thursday pm)
N/S David Lynch and John Haseler (Friday)
E/W Simon Jones and Penny Bligh (Friday)

The duplicate Weekly Winners at Abbey Smith Bridge Club W/c 25th May 2026 Congratulations go to:
Bank Holiday (Monday online)
Abbey Smith and Sarah Paling (Wednesday)
David Minister and Eric Cohen (Thursday am)
N/S Tracey Reimer and Fiona Hilsdon (Thursday pm)
E/W Steve Viney and Stephen Kleppen (Thursday pm)
N/S Lynne and Chris Button (Friday)
E/W Paul Higgins and Alan Leach (Friday)

The third Masterclass seminar with Abbey Smith will be open for booking for ASBC members on 1st June (via the website). It will take place on the 15th of July at 10am and will be about 'pre-empting'. Seminars with Abbey fill up quickly so make sure you book early if you don't want to miss out on another informative and enjoyable morning with our entertaining expert!

Six things:
1. Firstly weekly winner, congratulations go to:
Alan Leach and Graham Lott (Monday online)
N/S Sheilagh Fahy and Sherry Lane (Wednesday)
E/W Alan Leach and Susan Mosier (Wednesday)
Philip and Hilary Derbyshire (Thursday am)
Robert Last and Richard Devas (Thursday pm)
Keith Rickson and Paul Garthwaite (Thursday pm)
Penny Bligh and Simon Jones (Friday)

2. There are two spaces left for the 'counting' seminar on Wednesday
3. There are three spaces left for the 'discarding' seminar on 17th June
4. There is a World Cup sweep stake happening at the Club (thanks to Colin for organising)
5. The next Club quiz is on the 27th June
6. We will be scheduling and advertising the next seminar very soon ('pre-empting)
Enjoy the sun and the long weekend!

The EBU wish Abbey's team 'Good Luck' for the Europeans in their May magazine!