First for Enjoyment
It is our objective to provide unique and exciting duplicate 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 either Swiss teams or 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 2011 for the 40th 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. The bridge tuition will
provide comprehensive notes as well as lasting memories. We will
also be offering UK bridge weekends and breaks.
New Venues.
Dalmeny Hotel Lytham St Annes, Balmoral.
Dalmeny Hotel Lytham St Annes, 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
bridge
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 bridge 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 endeavour to provide a minimum of two bridge seminars. Duplicate
bridge is usually available twice daily, at 2.00pm and 7.45pm. 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 endeavour 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 abroad. During all
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 Bird" afternoon
session on the day of arrival.
Please click
here to see a sample
of previous duplicate bridge 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.
- St George Hotel Cyprus
25th January - 8th February 2012. A incredible
priced holiday. Very low single occupancy charge.
- Winchester Hotel Winchester
1st - 6th March 2012. Award winning hotel.
Fifth consecutive visit. (Now 5 nights)
- Meteor Hotel Makarska. Croatia.
24th March - 7th April 2012 fourth visit.
All inclusive no single supplement
- La Quinta Hotel Menorca
27th April - 4th May 2012 Voted by TUI as one
of the best 100 hotels in the world. (Bridge Seminars most days)
- S’Algar Hotel Menorca
4th - 11th Plus 11th - 18th May 2012 13th consecutive
year. (Bridge Seminars most days)
- Dalmeny Hotel Lytham
st Annes Lancashire 10th - 17th
June 2012. Bridge break in the North of England (Full
details available from 15th July 2011)
- Thistle Hotel Cheltenham
15th - 21st July 2012 Our fifth visit to this
wonderfully situated hotel.
- Cruise. Western
Mediterranean 11th - 25th August
2012 Our second cruise on the Balmoral.
- S'Algar Hotel Menorca
28th September - 12th October 2012. Balearic
island holiday. World record. 41st consecutive year.
- La Quinta Hotel Menorca
12th - 19th October 2012. Voted by TUI as one
of the best 100 hotels in the world.
- Pestana Bay Hotel Madeira
12th - 26th November 2012. All inclusive holiday
at this wonderful part of the world.
- Thistle Hotel Cheltenham
30th December 2012 - 6th January 2013. A wonderful
way to see in the New Year
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/
Hello!
We're Martin and Judy Holcombe.
