CaféBridge Plockton in aid of Rag Tag and Textile
Thursday 24th October 2024 11:30am - 4:20pm
We are pleased to announce the fifth Café Bridge Day in Plockton, organized by Kyle of Lochalsh Bridge Club in aid of Rag Tag and Textile, a charity which promotes mental well-being in the community. The sun always shines in Plockton as is well known, particularly for Café Bridge.
Highlights of the day:
- Welcome coffee and shortbread in Plockton Village Hall
- 25-28 hands of bridge played in five to seven venues (cafes/hotels/village hall) with short walks in between
- Soup and sandwich lunch in your third venue
- Afternoon tea with a glass of bubbly in The Haven
- Prizes for winners and a raffle
Arrive in The Village Hall for coffee and registration from 10:30 on Thursday morning for an 11:30 start to play. Players will be issued with a map and a movement card. Seven rounds will be played. Play is scheduled to finish at 4:20 pm. Final presentation and prizegiving takes place in The Haven at 4:50.
There is a train station in Plockton with a thrice daily direct link to Inverness which has the nearest commercial airport; EasyJet flights to Bristol, Gatwick and Luton. The nearest bus station is Kyle of Lochalsh; Citylink to Glasgow and Glasgow airport. Plockton also has a well kept airstrip and a sheltered harbour with over one hundred moorings. Car parking is free. NB There will be local cars meeting the train from Inverness arriving in Plockton at 11:17. Please accept a lift down the hill to the village hall, to allow yourselves time to register, collect a coffee and get to your first venue for 11:30.
You can find out more about Plockton here: Visitplockton.com
The cost to enter the event is £30.00 per player. Please sign up below using the link for your preferred payment method.
Rag Tag and Textile (Charity reg. no. SCO37619): To find out more about our beneficiary, please click here:
Instructions for arrival on the 24th October: Registration will be held at The Village Hall, 36 Harbour St, Plockton IV52 8TN, from 10:30am onwards. Only one member of each partnership needs to register, but if your partnership is scoring, then the phone-owner should be present.Scores are entered by players on their phones using the BriAn app-based scoring system. This allows us to declare a winner very soon after the last board is played. If you have not come across BriAn before, you can find out more here.
Please contact us with any questions about the event. We look forward to welcoming you on 24th October.
Gill Terry (gterry@perelandra.co.uk) — Victor Lesk (brianplaysbridge@gmail.com)
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