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Athenaeum members who wish to discuss playing bridge at the Club should contact John Neilson at johnneilson@blueyonder.co.uk. 
Duplicate bridge on is played on Tuesday evenings to which members are able to invite guests. Dinner (optional) is at 6.30pm and play starts promptly at 7.15pm.   
On 5 March 2024 Catherine Rice-Evans and Rex Goad won with a superb score of 78.41 per cent. This is believed to be a record score for our regular Tuesday event. It will be a difficult target to beat.
 

Club Matches

Devonshire Cup 2024

Having had to concede our first round match in the Devonshire Cup the Athenaeum team entered the Plate competition where we met a spirited Reform Fogg team. However we managed to overcome the opposition and ran out comfortable winners by 2210 rubber bridge points. Our winning form continued in the semi-final in which we beat RAC Spitfire by 1550 points. Sadly we were well beaten in the Plate final by a strong Hurlingham Pigeons team who won the trophy for the second consecutive year. The result was never in doubt, the Hurlingham team winning by an impressive 2340 points. Congratulations to them. Our team in the final was Pascal Ricketts and Bill Shanahan and James Cooper and Geoff Lloyd.

 

Athenaeum vs Royal Automobile Club

We hosted the RAC on 28 February 2024 but could not repeat last year’s victory. Although we had a lead at the halfway stage the RAC team had a strong second half and finished 12 IMPs ahead.

 

Athenaeum vs MCC

The Athenaeum  hosted a formidable  MCC team on 22 November 2023 with the result being even closer than last year's 3 IMP victory. The Athenaeum held a comfortable lead before dinner but the MCC recovered strongly during the second half. However the Athenaeum team just held on to emerge winners by 1 IMP.  Our team was John Neilson & Nita Wheeler, Paul Thornton & Pascal Ricketts, Catherine Rice-Evans & Rex Goad, Mary Baker & Geoffrey Lloyd.

Athenaeum vs. House of Lords

The House of Lords continued their winning streak when the Athenaeum hosted their team on 8 March 2023, coming out on top by a comfortable margin. On this occasion the Athenaeum was represented by John Neilson and Nita Wheeler, David Morris and Richard Collins, Charles King-Farlow and Andrew Harris and Pascal Ricketts and Geoffrey Lloyd.

Athenaeum versus Hurlingham Club

We were  guests of the Hurlingham on 21 March 2024 for another new fixture. Unfortunately our team got off to a bad start for which a spirited second half recovery couldn't compensate. The Hurlingham won by a comfortably by 35 IMPs. We were represented by Catherine Rice-Evans and Rex Goad, Pascal Ricketts and Michael Oppenheimer, John Neilson and Nita Wheeler and Robert Ashdown and Laurence Benson.

 

 

Welcome to Bridge at The Athenaeum
Inter-Club Duplicate at the Athenaeum
Inter-Club Duplicate at the Athenaeum

This is the website for inter-club duplicate tournaments, held with a 6.35pm prompt start on the 3rd Tuesday of most months at the Athenaeum Club in London's Pall Mall.  Dinner is held at around 8.30pm, shortly after the mid-point for the evening's hands.

Members of a St James's or other kindred club wishing to play in these sessions should contact Christina Hemmett at Christina@hellenist.org.uk. Players are requested not to invite professionals as partners.

The Sir Basil Hall Challenge Trophy is awarded to the player with the highest average percentage score over their best five appearances during the season, not more than three of which are with the same partner and subject to a minimum of five appearances. The winner must be a current member of a St James's or kindred club.

The Trophy was keenly contested during the 2022-2023 season with Athenaeum members occupying the top three positions. Geoff Lloyd won by a small margin from Bill Shanahan with John Neilson in third position. The photograph above shows the Trophy being presented to Geoff Lloyd by John Neilson, chairman of the Athenaeum bridge circle, at the annual Christmas Dinner. The latest round in the 2023-2024 competition was won by Tim Smith and Jeremy Willans of the Savile Club with Howard Salter and Colin Freeman of the RAC in second place. Tim has now gone into the lead in this year's race for the Trophy. The next event is scheduled for 21 May.

 

The pivot teams event, a popular fixture in the Club's bridge calendar, was held on 12 December and won by the home quartet of Rosie Gosling, Jane Plumptre, Charles King-Farlow and Andrew Harris. Getting off to a fast start they held off a strong challenge from the RAC team of Howard Salter, Colin Freeman and Paul and Sally Found to win by three Victory Points and to come away with the champagne prizes. The tournament was directed by Paul Thornton with considerable skill, humour and patience.

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Athenaeum Interclub Duplicate
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