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Bude Bridge Club Committee

 

The Club Committee for 2025/26

 Chairman: Steve Clifton

Vice Chairman: Rob Waterhouse

Secretary:  Val Ridding

Treasurer:    Tom Salt

Committee Members:,  Mary Hicks, Rosemary Kemble, Tertia Salt, Ian Curtis, , Chris Nichols, Doug Bussey 

Directors
Directors

The Directors' rota for this year:

Tuesdays:  Chris, Steve, Robert and Neil

   
EBU Royalty 2026
EBU Royalty 2026

The Club has several regular members in the 'Royalty and Honours' of the current EBU National Grading Scheme as of 1st February 2026

 

King:     Colin Beesley, Nick Newell
      

Queen:  Chris Nichols, Steve Clifton

10:  Rob Irish

 

 

 

Promotions
Promotions

Congratulations to the following members promoted by the EBU in November,

Colin Beesley, Advanced Master,

Liz Copley, Master,

Doug Bussey, Area Master,

Toby Rowland, Local Master,(First Promotion)

 

 

 

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Cornwall County Bridge Association
Cornwall County Bridge Association

Bude Bridge Club is affiliated to the Cornwall County Bridge Association.

Click here to visit their web-site.

https://www.bridgewebs.com/cornwall/

Partner Finding
Partner Finding

Do you need a Partner for Bude Bridge Club?

Tuesday evenings are friendly-competitive, with Masterpoints, and Val Ridding organises partners for those who need one.

Her phone number is 07760-284097.

 

TABLE MONEY
TABLE MONEY

Tuesdays   £4

Visitors £5

Online Sessions £2 (non-members £2.50)

EBU and Ecats Events

(Members Only)   £6

 

Annual subscription: £5

Contact Us
Contact Us

To contact us, please contact the Club Secretary 

Val Ridding on       07760284097

North Cornwall Bridge Clubs
North Cornwall Bridge Clubs

As well as Bude, there is also an EBU affiliated club at Wadebridge.

Their  website is www.bridgewebs.com/northcornwall

BUDE BRIDGE CLUB (est. October 1977)
Bude Bridge Club!
Bude Bridge Club!

Bude Bridge Club meets for Face-to-face Bridge on Tuesday evenings at the Parkhouse Centre. - Duplicate Bridge with Masterpoints - please arrive at 6.45 for a 7 p.m. start.

Please contact Val Ridding if you are a visitor or need a partner for Tuesdays (see below for details

We also play online on Fridays, starting at 7 pm. - 21 boards of competitive bridge , with friends from other clubs joining us.

See details below.

STOP PRESS! New Director!
STOP PRESS!  New Director!

Many Congratulations to Robert Waterhouse, who has just passed his Club Director’s Course with Distinction.

Well done from all at the Club.

Latest Tuesday Result
Latest Tuesday Result

Congratulations to Tim and Alasdair  winners on Tuesday 3 rd Feb 27th with 65%. This was first round of club championship with the next due in 4 weeks time. 

Friday Online
Friday Online

Congratulations to Clare and Carole, winners online on January 23rd

June Justice Trophy
June Justice Trophy

Hearty Congratulations to Tom Salt, winner of the June Justice Individual Trophy played at Trencreek on January 24th.

Excellent play, of course, and helped by the soporific opposition after an excellent lunch.....and several puds....

EBU WinterSim Pairs
EBU WinterSim Pairs

 Congratulations to Chris and Steve, winners of our local heat of the EBU Winter Pairs

However, Nationally it was Rob I and Bob who were the leading pair in 35th position, with Chris and Steve in 56th Toby and Andrewclose behind in 82nd out of 423 pairs nationally.

For the latest position, see:

https://www.ebu.co.uk/sim-pairs

Forthcoming EBU and Club Competitions 2026
Forthcoming EBU and Club Competitions 2026

Future  national events this year include:

PLEASE NOTE

These events are for Bude Bridge Club Members ONLY

EBU Spring Pairs Tuesday, April 14th

EBU Summer Pairs  Tuesday, July 21st

EBU Autumn Pairs Tuesday, September 8th

Save the dates!

 

February Problem - weak or strong No Trump?

An interesting problem, depending whether you usea strong (15-17) or weak (12-14) No Trump.

What do you bid as East if West opens a Strong No Trump and North doubles?

If East now passes, what do you bid as South?

If you play a weak No Trump, West will open 1 Diamond, North will bid either one or two Hearts and that will end the bidding.

8 tricks and + 110  to North/South.

If you play a Strong No Trump, you will open 1 No Trump.

Now North will Double and this will probably be passed by all.

Careful defence will hold this to 5 tricks - down 2 Doubled and Vulnerable.

Can you work out the defence?

Queen of Hearts led, taken by the King.

Now what?

Say a club is led to the King and Ace..

North now plays 4 more rounds of Hearts.

What discards are you going to make?

How can you avoid losing 4 Hearts, 2 Clubs and 2 Diamonds or any other combination.

If you try to establish Spades, South is your problem.

A problem with no answer!!

+ 500 to North/South.......

Interesting Hand of the Week

A nine-card suit....what do you open?

So you're going to open , of course, but at what level?

Too strong for a pre-empt of 3, 4 or 5 Diamonds.

Not solid  enough for a gambling 3 No Trumps.

In simple Acol, it will depend on whether you’re playing strong or weak twos in Diamonds (Heatrs and Spades). 
With strong Twos, an opening Two Diamonds will show a minimum I8 playing tricks in Diamonds.

with weak Twos, you’ll have to open with One Diamond. 
in either case, East will Double, and the bidding war will progress!

N/S can make 10 tricks in Diamonds, E/W 12 tricks in Clubs or Hearts 

The optimum contract would be 7 Diamonds Doubled by North, down 3 for 500 to East/West.

 

Bude Bridge Club Online
Bude Bridge Club Online

We are now playing online Fridays as well as Face-to-Face.on Tuesday evenings.

These online sessions will use the RealBridge system.

our first session saw friends from Devon, Dorset and Worcestershire joining us.

To log in click the RealBridge link, under Friday Pairs, in the calendar section below.

Please note that we welcome our friends from other Bridge Clubs to join us - please let our Secretary, Val Ridding, know in advance that you wish to play. 07760284097

A note from the Director....

Realbridge and Bridge etiquette

Realbridge has been a fantastic opportunity for us all to get everyone playing together and to be able to play bridge from the comfort of our own homes. I think people sometimes forget everyone can see and hear what you are doing and so can we please not do anything we wouldn’t do in the F2F club session;

• Having the radio or TV on

• Taking a phone call

• Holding a conversation with someone in your household

• Eating your tea or a bag of crisps!

Smoking!!!

• Filing your nails!

If you are going to do something that makes a noise then please mute yourself first.

The Realbridge experience is vastly improved and more inclusive if everyone uses their camera and microphone. If you are not currently able to do this, could we strongly suggest that you look into possible options. Please call me if you need any help with this.

Could you also please remember and consider the following;

Some of the players are:

• Not very confident technically and may be a bit slower than others

• Fairly new to Realbridge and still learning what to press / not to press!

• Very new to duplicate bridge and may not understand bridge etiquette

If someone alerts a bid then you are allowed to ask what it means BUT only if and when it is your turn to bid. If someone mistakeably asks what a bid means when it is not their turn to bid don’t just say “you’re not allowed to ask” explain to them why and when and whom they are allowed to ask.

If someone forgets to announce or alert when they should of done - don’t “tell them off” just explain ‘nicely’ to them that they should have done so.

Please be patient and tolerant and be nice to each other so everyone can enjoy

 

Calendar
10th February 2026
Tuesday Pairs
Director: Rob Waterhouse
Scorer: Rob Waterhouse
13th February 2026
Friday Pairs
Director: Steven Clifton
 RealBridge Login
17th February 2026
Tuesday Pairs
Director: Steve Clifton
Scorer: Rob Waterhouse
Results
Friday Pairs
Director: Steven Clifton
Club Championship Heat 1
Director: Chris Nichols
Scorer: robert waterhouse
Friday Pairs
Director: Steven Clifton
Tuesday Pairs
Director: Steve Clifton
Scorer: robert waterhouse
June Justice Trophy
Director: steven clifton
Scorer: Steven Clifton
Friday Pairs
Director: Steven Clifton