Bridge News - Jan 14 Tournament results

Here are the SAC Section results (see main article).  Brilliant scores by Marie-Claire and Pascale with 62.42% in East-West, and Anne and Joyce in North-South with 59.58%. The best seconds are Dougie and Claude in EW with 58.33%. 
Thanks to Christine and Carole for their help in preparing our cocktail, to Monica for cooking such delicious finger food and to Joan and Maureen and everyone else for your help in preparing the rooms and putting everything away so rapidly!
The next tournament is planned for Tuesday 11 February.
The Quiz corrections have been added at the end of the main article.

Bridge News - Tuesday 11 February Tournament Results

Warm congratulations to Joyce and Anne (again!) with 60.21% in NS; to Monika and Jean-Francois with 59.35% in EW; the next highest scores were by Ghislaine and Noelle with 56.46 in EW and Monica and Joan with 55.03% also in EW.
Many thanks again to Monica, Anne and Christine for their contributions to the cocktail, to Joan, Maureen and Carole for their help with all the preparations, and to everyone for their participation! It was wonderful to have 9 tables again.
Please see the results and the Quiz answers n the main article.
Our next tournament is scheduled for Tuesday 11 March.
Please note Jenny's new EMAIL ADDRESS: .

Bridge News - Tuesday 11 February Tournament

The next tournament will be at 2:30 pm on Tuesday 11 February. Jenny hasn't received many replies so far, so is looking forward to hearing from you - if you haven't already signed up. As usual, Anne and Jenny are jokers if you are looking for a partner.
Here's a link to a PDF file with a quiz on the Forcing Fourth Suit (4e couleur forcing), which we can go through at 2 pm before the tournament proper. See the main article for the corrections to January's quiz.

Bridge News - 23 April 2024 Tournament Results

The winners of Tuesday's tournament (23/4) in East/West were Nicole (Devaux) and Jean-Paul (Ruzé) with a massive score of 66.25% and in North/South with an excellent score of 58.75% Jane (Brooks) and Yves (Delserieys). Second in NS were Jean (Pal) and Nicole (Doyle) with 53.33% and in EW - Richard and Leon with 50.42% and, on their heels, Claude and Dougie and also Marie-Claire and Catherine (Boyer) with exactly 50%. The full results are here: RESULTATS_20240423.rtf.
And here is some additional information about the bidding convention (Convention 2012) for the quiz Quiz 20240423 (How to show the fit after a Stayman ): Une_Convention_moderne_et_très_pratique.docx.
Sincere thanks go to Joan for all her help in getting everything ready for the tournament, and to Carole and Arthur for their help with the cocktail, and to all of you for such rapid clearing away afterwards!
For the next tournament we are proposing Tuesday 21 May at 2.30 pm, preceded by a quiz at 2 pm and ending with a little cocktail, so do let us if you can attend and if you would like us to find you a partner.

Taekwondo News - Alexandra Lescure

We are happy to announce that Alexandra Lescure has joined the Taekwondo committee and is in charge of the kids' lessons held at 1:30 pm every Saturday. Feel free to contact her at
Taekwondo is much more than just a sport. It is a way of life. It instils confidence, motivation, goal setting, focus, Self-discipline, respect for others and confidence in your abilities. Do not hesitate to join us. The first lesson is free for anyone who wishes to try it.
(See this article for more information about Taekwondo.)

SAC Cricket Website

SAC CC now has its own website: https://standardathletic.play-cricket.com/home

Golf News: Autumn Vase 12 October 2024

This year's Autumn Vase, an individual Stableford competition, will be held on Saturday, October 12, at the Villarceaux Golf Club.
For details and entry contact: John McCallum: 06 15 15 22 61
Starting times should be available on the FFG Site on Friday afternoon,

Bridge News - Tuesday 31 March Tournament results

See the main article for the results. Congratulations to Ghislaine and Raphael, but also to Jenny and her partner, Marie-Helene, who had exactly the same score of 60.83%! And also to Joan and Ann J., 2nd in NS with 60%, and to Pascale and Violaine, 2nd in EW with 57.08%. Also in the main article, there are the answers to our quiz on the "chassé croisé".
It was great to have 8 complete tables again - so thanks to everyone for their help with preparations and/or clearing away - and Carole and Theo for their valuable assistance with the cocktail.
We are scheduling the next tournament for Tuesday, 14 April - just 2 weeks away. A quiz will be sent out shortly.

Also attached is a poster advertising a "stage" with Marc Kerlero at the Trèfle Meudonnais over the weekend of 6-7 June. I'm sure it will be extremely interesting!

Bridge News - Tuesday 12 May results; next tournament 16 June

Most of the participants will have received the results from the Federation; the SAC Section results are in the main section. There were some tricky hands, and, as usual, if you click on the attachment to the FFB email called "livret", you will see the 4 hands that are commented.

Thank you all for coming and making up 9 tables! Thank you, Joan, Maureen, Anne, and everyone else who helped with preparations and clearing away; and thanks also to Christine, Carole and the young man behind the bar for their help with the cocktail.

The next (and last) tournament of the season will be an INDIVIDUAL on Tuesday, 16 June. We will go through a little quiz at 2 pm, and play will begin at 2.30. As you know, you will not need a partner, but the number of participants must be a multiple of 4, so some forward planning is required! Raymond Natanson will preside over the little prize-giving ceremony, which will be followed by a cocktail offered by the Bridge Section.

Looking forward to hearing from you. 

Yoga Classes

Monica communicates with regular users via a WhatsApp group, so ask her to add you if you're interested.
Thursday mornings, 9:30-10:45 am Vinyasa followed by Gentle yoga 11-midday. Saturdays from 3-4:15 pm.
Drop-in price is €20, and the per-semester price is €17.
Contact Monica by email at , WhatsApp, or visit her website monicashaka.com for the latest information.

Tennis Coaching - Signing up for the 2024/25 Season

Here's a new message from our coaching team about the start of the new coaching season.

To introduce ourselves and to start the season 2024/2025 in the best possible way, we would like to offer you a presentation of our Team’s coaches,  our structure, our teaching method and the various activities, tournaments and actions implemented.
We can't wait to start this new adventure with you, and we hope to see many of you on Saturday, September 7^th at 7 p.m. at the club.
You have the possibility of coming for a test on Wednesday, September 3^rd and Saturday, September 7^th between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. with the coaches, to determine your tennis level and to be able to find a group.
Team Tennis Ambition
Please go to the main article to download a description of the tests, the details of the tariffs and a registration form.

Cricket One Sport Membership Application

Please follow this link, complete the form, and press Submit.

Football News: 6 October - SAC Win 6-4 vs Pascal Gastebois XI

SAC’s footballers kicked off the 2024-25 season with a well-deserved 6-4 victory against the Pascal Gastebois XI on Sunday as a good mix of youth and experience proved a winning formula. More details and photos in the main article.
Our next match is on Sunday 13 October against FC Invalides.