September 2008.
Updated 18th September 2008.

Charity event.
In aid of McMillan Cancer relief.
Once again Shelagh Bower and Judy Hall are organising a duplicate bridge day at the Somerset Hall Portishead on Tuesday 28th October.
Entry forms available from Shelagh, Judy or Rita. Telephone numbers 01275 846512, 877181, or 844089.

Congratulations to John Atthey, Richard Butland, Richard Chamberlain, Paul Denning and Andrew Kambites for winning the Pachabo Cup 2008.

Congratulations to David Barnes and Nigel Guthrie for winning the Grandmaster section of the Ranked Masters pairs 2008 competition.

New Venues Winchester, Malta and La Quinta Menorca in October & Dom Pedro Golf Resort Hotel, Durrant House Hotel N. Devon, see below

General

What a great start to our season. We have just returned from our week long break at the Pestana Bay Hotel in Madeira. 8- 15th September.
The weather was fabulous, the management and staff at the hotel were as usual superb, nothing is ever too much trouble the food and its presentation were great. We heard nothing but praise. Our thanks of course go to Andrew Kambites who directed for us and conducted daily seminars in his own inimitable way. We will almost certainly be returning next year albeit the dates and prices are not as yet decided. Our thanks also to Rita Abreu the Atlantic holidays rep. who organised the fabulous trips tailor made for our group.
So on to the next as they say which is of course our holiday at the S'Algar hotel Menorca 3rd - 17th October, amazingly we are still receiving bookings, it seems to be a trend that people are booking later. It is of course something we adapt to but on the negative side there are occasions when your first choice of airport may not be available.

New Holidays.

La Quinta Hotel Menorca 17th - 24th October 2008
Coastline Hotel Malta 17th November - 1st December 2008

Dom Pedro Golf Resort Hotel 22nd January - 5th February 2009
Durrant House Hotel, Bideford, N. Devon. Two 5 night breaks. 31sy May - 4th June 2009. 19th - 24th July 2009

Miscellaneous

Don’t forget there is £100.00 on offer for the bridge quiz which can be found on the site. We look forward to seeing many of you again and to meeting those of you who are joining us for the first time. Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter, any comments, items of interest, suggestions, will as always be welcome. Thank you for your continued support.
If you need to contact us you can do so
by E-mail martin.holcombe@btconnect.com
Tel. 01934 876500 Mbl. 07771 901579 Fax. 01934 835705
All the best
Martin & Judy

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