Bridge News - 17 September Tournament Results

Big winners of the Section's Tournament were  - Richard and Leon in EW - with 62.5% and  Ghislaine and Raphael in NS -- with 60%. 2nd in NS: Nicole (Devaux) & Jean-Paul - with 55.83% and in EW: Jane & Hughette with 53.75%. (Click here for the full results.)
See the main article for details of other prizes that were awarded for play during the year.
Many thanks to Carole Gressier for her invaluable help with the cocktail; Maureen and Joan for their help in preparing the rooms; Anne Raynaud for duplicating the boards, and all of you who took part and lent a hand in clearing away at the end of the tournament.
For the answers to the quiz on "Strong opening bids", click here.
The October tournament will be on Tuesday 15 October.

Bridge News - 15 October Tournament Results

Click here for the Section and Nationwide results of the last Tuesday's tournament.
Warmest congratulations to Francis and Raphael, 1st in NS and Jean (Pal) and Max, 1st in EW; 2nd in NS - Nicole and Jean-Paul, 2nd in EW - Carole and François.
Please note the date of our next tournament - Tuesday 12 November, same time, same place.
(Read on for much information in the main article.)
Don't forget to renew your FFB Licences.

Bridge News - 12 November Tournament Results

Click here for the Section and Nationwide results of our November tournament. There were several really good scores this time - Marie-Helene and Jenny coming 1st in NS, followed by Ghislaine & Raphael (63.39%), Josette and Remy (59.82%, Ann J. and Alain (58.63); and first in East-West Carole & Francois with 60.71%, 2nd - Claudia & Maureen (59.82%) and 3rd - Simone & Jean-Francois (56.85%).
Thanks to Maureen and Joan for their help with preparations, and to Carole Gressier and Christine Butterworth for the brilliant preparation of our cocktail!
The answers to November's Quiz are in the main article, and you will also find December's Quiz..
Our next tournament will be on Tuesday 10 December. 

Bridge News - 10 December Tournament Results

Please click here for Tuesday's Section results and the Nationwide "Ronde de France" results.
It was great to have 7 complete tables. Congratulations go to Ghislaine and Raphael, 1st in NS with 65.23%, but also to Jenny and Marie-Helene, who came 2nd with 64.71%; and in East-West: Jane and Yves, 1st with 54.34% (but 61.67% at the SAC) and 2nd Claude and Dougie with 51.75% (SAC: 58.75%) and very close 3rds Richard and Leon with 51.68% (SAC: 61.25%). As promised, there will be a prize for the 2nd to last pair: Christiane and Linda.

Bridge News - 14 January AGM and Tournament

The next tournament will be on Tuesday 14 January 2025. The afternoon will start with the Section's Annual General Meeting at 2 pm and play will begin at 2.30; followed by a cocktail at the end of the afternoon.
Please come forward with any candidates for the Committee or motions to propose. For the moment there is nothing special on the agenda; click here to see the draft (a Word document).
Click here for a copy of the provisional minutes of the 2023 AGM (to be voted on..).
And, last but not least, click here for the quiz on "Game-trial bids" (Les enchères d'essai) which we might have time to go through after the SAC Bridge Section AGM. (Or see it in the main article.)

Bridge News - concluding 2024

To finish off this year's bridge here are the details of the 2 books that Jenny strongly recommends and the corrections to December's Quiz:
    Bien En hérir en Défense de Michel Bessis et Norbert Lébely (chez Le Bridgeur, 2012)
    - the title speaks for itself
    2 Faible et Dépendances de Veronique et Michel Bessis (chez Le Bridgeur, 2007)
    - covers the "Weak Two openings" + defence against them, and the strong "2 Club" and "2 Diamond" openings.
Please click here for the correction of December's quiz.

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

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 - 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 - Next Tournament Tuesday 11 March

Our next tournament is scheduled for Tuesday 11 March, starting at 2:30 pm.
Before that, at 2 pm we'll go through the quiz (see the main article)  "Replies to the 2-Diamond Game-Forcing Bid" ("Réponses à 2K Forcing Manche").
The tournament will be followed as usual by a little cocktail.

Bridge News - Next tournament Tuesday, 8 April

The next tournament will be on Tuesday, 8 April at 2.30 pm). See the main article for the new quiz.
The full results of the March tournament are also in the main article (and also the March quiz answers).

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.

Junior Football News - Match vs British School 1 February

There will be a match between the SAC juniors and the British School on the afternoon of Saturday 1 February.

Junior Football News - Match results vs British School 1 February

Basketball Court

The backboard/net to the basketball court has been replaced as the final update to our brand-new court.
Thanks to Caroline Lambert and David Stabat for their work on this.
See a picture here (or in the main article).

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.