tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946618861753626042.post-59106803570916822492008-03-20T04:09:00.000-07:002008-03-20T04:48:03.943-07:00<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">First day of spring tomorrow - and the weather forecast is dire, with snow, hail and frost all to come ! That's going to scare all the daffodils and the lovely swathes of wild violets on my bank ! Probably scare me too, but Mark and I have a weekend of decorating planned ... lots of wallpaper to hang and things like that!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, there is plenty of fun bridge coming your way this spring, kicking off with the WBF / </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.bboitalia.it/festival">BBO Women's Festival</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> at the beginning of April - you must register by 1st April if you want to play in this so do log on and get your registration done quickly!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then come the BGB Simultaneous Pairs - all three of them - starting on 8th April; </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.ecatsbridge.com/sims/results.asp?eventid=bgbsp8&amp;future=true"><span style="font-weight: bold;">click here</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> to find the club lists so you can see where you want to play ... if your club is listed at the bottom of the page, do try and send me the postcode of the premises so that we can pinpoint you on the map - much more fun! We won't put your contact number if you don't want us to, but we can add your website if you have one. And if you don't why not consider joining the </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.ecatsbridgeclub.com/">ECatsBridge Club</a> so you can put your results up using our scoring system - just £50+VAT for a whole year?<br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">At the end of next week, my hall is going to disappear under all the material for the </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.ecatsbridge.com/sims/wwbc/default.asp">World Wide Bridge Contest</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (I will try and remember to post a picture up in my next blog!), so to save me tripping over it, do let me know as soon as you can if you want me to send you the booklets etc then Mark won't get cross with me when he tries to get through the front door!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Did you know that we stock Andrew Robson's books in the </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.ecatsbridge.com/acatalog/">ECatsBridge Shop</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ? And that we have a </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">special offer</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of bar-coded cards (5 bar code) for duplimate machines from the World Championships in Shanghai? They are used, of course, so no pretty boxes or cellophane, they are just held together with elastic bands, but truly they look brand new (only used a few times of course) and are less expensive than buying new. Plus you get the fun of playing with cards that the World Champions used ! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's about it for now - have a very Happy Easter ... I hope the bunny is good to you and brings you some lovely chocolate!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">anna</span><br /></span>annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04881897172383481508noreply@blogger.com