First for Enjoyment
It is our objective to provide unique and exciting bridge holidays
for players of all abilities plus those who want to learn or improve.
There is always a full and exciting programme that usually includes
both Swiss teams and pairs. We also try to ensure that tennis, bowls
and other facilities are freely available at the hotels used. Questions:
Go to our
frequently asked question pages.
We organise the worlds longest running licensed overseas holiday
being held in October 2008 for the 37th consecutive year. If you
want a Balearic island holiday this is the place to come. We guarantee
that our bridge tuition will provide plenty of humour and will be
of the highest standard. One week holidays with daily seminars:
our bridge tuition will provide comprehensive notes as well as lasting
memories. We will also be offering UK bridge weekends and breaks.
New Venues.
Tunisia, Gran Canaria, Balmoral.
Hotel Gloria Palace Gran Canaria, Averroes Hotel Tunisia, Cruise
Fred Olsen liner Balmoral.
Playing Bridge.
Did you know playing is good for your health? Go to our
newsletter to discover how.
Did you know playing is good for your pocket? Visit our
quiz page for a chance to win £100.00.
Did you know playing makes you famous? Visit our
gallery page,
you may well feature.
Did you know you can improve your bridge? We are offering UK
bridge tuition. Visit our
holiday page
to see what's available.
Did you know Bob Baker is offering bridge tuition in the UK? Visit our
links page to learn more.
Our Bridge Programmes
We would like to stress that nothing on our
holidays is obligatory. You play in as many or as few bridge
sessions as you wish. Obviously our bridge programme for a
particular holiday will vary dependent on the length of the
break. In addition to playing bridge, we will always endeavor to
provide a minimum of two seminars. Duplicate bridge is usually
available twice daily, at 2.30pm and 8pm. The afternoon sessions
usually finish between 4.45pm & 5pm the evenings between 10.45pm
- 11.15pm. The afternoons are normally given over to open
pairs/teams. We endeavor to vary the evening sessions, with a
balance between teams and pairs, with at least one Swiss Style
event during a two week bridge holiday. During most evening
sessions, we utilise a duplimate machine which means we are able
to produce hand record sheets at the end of the session and when
we have two or more sections both can play the same hands. With
our UK breaks we always lay on an "Early Birds" afternoon
session on the day of arrival.
Please click
here to see a sample
of previous programmes.
Bridge Holidays for established players.
(Please click on the Two weeks or One week buttons above for full
details)
We run a series of bridge weekends, bridge breaks throughout Europe
and the United Kingdom.
- Thistle Hotel Cheltenham
25th - 31st July 2010 Our third visit to this
wonderfully situated hotel.
- S’Algar Hotel Menorca
1st – 15th October 2010. Balearic island holiday.
World record. 39th consecutive year.
- La Quinta Hotel Menorca
15th - 22nd October 2010. Voted by TUI as one
of the best 100 hotels in the world.
- Crowne Plaza Ealing London
31st October - 6th November 2010 Our first
visit to the capital. In time for Christmas shopping.
- Pestana Bay Hotel Madeira
15th - 22nd & 22nd - 29th November 2010.
Sea front hotel on this fabulous island. (Seminars most days)
- Crowne Plaza Reading
30/12/10 - 06/01/11. Choice of three breaks. See the
New Year in with style. Fourth consecutive visit.
- Averroes Hotel Tunisia
23/01/11 - 06/02/11. Our first visit to this
exciting and historical country.
- Winchester Hotel Winchester
3rd - 7th March 2011. Award
winning hotel. Fourth consecutive visit.
- Meteor Hotel Makarska. Croatia.
19th March - 2nd April & 2nd - 9th April 2011.
Third visit. All inclusive no single
supplement
- La Quinta Hotel Menorca
29th April - 6th May 2011 Voted by TUI as one
of the best 100 hotels in the world. (Seminars most days)
- S’Algar Hotel Menorca
6th - 13th Plus 13th - 20th May 2011 13th consecutive
year. (Seminars most days)
- Gloria Palace Hotel Gran Canaria
6th - 20th June 2011
Stunning location and weather.
Free stuff.
Go to our
free stuff page for convention cards,
convention card editors, hand generators and lots more.
What is Bridge?
Good question, that's hard to answer, but here goes...
Bridge is a card game, the aim of which is to make
as many tricks as possible, using both your own cards, and that
of your partner. Between you, your team will hold half the cards
in the deck. Your opposition will hold the other half. The game
borrows on techniques learnt from chess and poker. The skilful
player will not only play with thought and care, but will also
bluff where necessary in order to sow seeds of doubt in their
opponents’ minds. The skill of the opponents is in overcoming
this smoke-screen. Easy to learn, but hard to master, it has an
endearing appeal which has lasted throughout the centuries. A
game played by many millions of people throughout the world, including
ex-US presidents, film stars, and people like you and us.
Arena Travel
Responsible for our Menorcan holidays. Established in 1973 Arena
is one of Britain's oldest and most successful specialist tour
operators. Arena have many years of experience in operating Bridge
playing holidays and work closely with us to make certain your
holiday is a success. Arena also operate a wide selection of other
special interest holidays. Click on the link to find out more.
http://www.arenatravel.com/
Gills Cruises.
Gills Cruises is a family owned business established over 50 years
ago and pride themselves in providing the best possible service.
Also responsible for our Tunisia holiday.
http://www.gillscruise.com/cruise-deals
Hello! We're Martin and Judy Holcombe.