03/01: Club reopens
11/01: English Breakfast
20/01: Bridge AGM & Tournament
24/01: Burns Night Dinner

Mains by Rym from The Néflier: Winter Vegetable Curry, Butter Chicken
Pastries by Janine: Strawberry chocolate cheesecake, Tangerine cakes, chocolate crinkle cookies, pistachio butter cake, and pear upside-down cake.

Classes could restart as soon as Saturday if enough people sign up!
So do please keep in touch with Pam at and check your emails regularly.
(Normal schedule: Mondays: Step 10:00; Sculpt 11::00. Wednesdays: Zoom Pilates 9:30; SAC 2:30 pm Pilates Mat - Beginner/Intermediate. Saturdays: 9:45; Pilates Mat Intermediate/Advanced; 11:00;12:30 Step.)

Saturday
Mains by Rym from The Néflier: Veggie Bourguignon, Beef Bourguignon
Cakes by Janine
Sunday
First English Breakfast of the year by Janine
https://www.helloasso.com/associations/standard-athletic-club/evenements/english-breakfast-11-january

The next tournament is planned for Tuesday, 20 January at 2:30 pm; this time it will be preceded by the Bridge Section's Annual General Meeting at 2:00 pm.  Click here to see the Provisional Agenda (a 'doc' file). Jenny will send out a quiz in due course and will review the answers before play starts.

The SAC's Burns Night 2026 celebration is at 8 pm on Saturday, 24 January. Open to members and non-members.
Please book on the HelloAsso website as soon as possible.

Please read the main article for the Handicap and FFB results of the December tournament, featuring a huge score for Anne (R.) and Naomi (who very kindly joined us at the last minute to make up the numbers) in North-South with 67.5% and another big score for Christine and Marie-Claire in East-West with 63.83%! Also in the 60s, Patrick and Luc, 2nd in EW with 60.67% and 2nd in NS, Nicole and Jean-Paul with 55.83%. The nationwide results will be sent out in due course by the FFB. The answers to the quiz are also in the main article.

Many thanks to Maureen, Joan and Anne for their help in organising the tournament, and to Christine and Carole for their invaluable assistance with the cocktail, and to all of the players for participating and helping with the clearing away!

Keep the Club's traditions alive and enjoy a nice (hot) cup of tea with biscuits from the UK from 4 pm to 5.30 pm at the Club at weekends! 

Some lockers are available in both the Men's and Women's changing rooms.
The price depends on the size: Large: €135, Small: €95 (Women's only).
Contact  if you are interested.

We are trying to keep our favourite club members (and their parents) as happy as possible. If any parent wants to join the WhatsApp group dedicated to children at the club, wants to discuss anything child-related, or has any suggestions, please email .

We need help to welcome our members and their guests on Saturdays and Sundays for one or two hours from 9 am to 5 pm.
Volunteers, please contact Roxane at  if you can help and we'll add you to our WhatsApp helpers group. Thank you!