Welcome and thank you for visiting the Durham Bridge Club website.
The Club, located within the beautiful and ancient city, is registered with the English
Bridge Union and meets three times weekly for duplicate bridge.
( See 'CLUB General Information' in Main menu )
So that the club can maintain up-to-date records could we please ask that if any member has recently changed their email or postal address or telephone number that they inform the secretary, Christine Farnsworth (cafarnsworth2@gmail.com) of the changes
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NEBA Swiss Pairs Event at Durham on 19 September 11am
Please join us for the next NEBA event at Durham. Swiss Pairs will take place at our Durham Club on 19 September 2024.
Register on the NEBA website: NEBA, North East, England (bridgewebs.com)
Published 04/09/2024
Teams on Monday 23rd September and no bridge on Monday 30th September
The centre will be closed on Monday 30th September so there will be no Monday supervised bridge on this date. Teams this month will be on Monday 23rd September.
Published 10/09/2024
SIM pairs in October
One for the diary: we are holding a SIMs pairs event in the evening of session Tue 8th October 2024.
Published 28/07/2024
A Year of Bridge Advice
We have a new article, or rather book of 204 pages, available on our website called:
"Play your cards right", by John Portwood
This is a compendium of articles on various aspects of the game, aimed at the novice/improving bridge player.
It was kindly created and shared by John Portwood and amalgamates his Monday weekly articles throughout 2022, which usually related to the hands being played that week.
For your convenience, the complete pdf file can be accessed here
Published 28/07/2024
Competitions winners 2023
Our 2023/2024 competitions winners were as follows:
Summer Eve pairs 2023
Adrian Darnell and Nigel Martin
Summer Afternoon Pairs 2023
Adrian Darnell and John Dobson
Summer Masterpoints 2023
Adrian Darnell
Winter afternoon champ 2023/24
Adrian Darnell
Winter afternoon pairs 2023/24
Jill Hancock and Niall Keaney
Winter evening champ 2023/24
Equal first
Adrian Darnell
Nigel Martin
Winter evening pairs 2023/24
Jonathan and Rachel Lillycrop
Cansino Trophy
John Bernard Portwood and Niall Keaney
Very well done to all!
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Please welcome our new Chairman: Jonathan Lillycrop
Jonathan Lillycrop is taking over as chairman from Adrian Darnell. Here is Jonathan's profile in his own words:
"I was taught bridge by my parents when I was 13 and have loved the game ever since. After university I got a job in London and became a regular at the Young Chelsea Bridge Club. Gordon Rainsford who at the time was the manager of the Young Chelsea inspired me to get in to directing; I have risen up the ranks and am now one of two EBU Deputy Chief Tournament Directors. My first 12 years after leaving university were spent working for a bank in IT Infrastructure, firstly in London and later in Wroclaw, Poland. On my return to England I decided to follow my passion for bridge and started working for the EBU as their Club Liaison Officer. As of last September Rachel (my wife) and I moved up to Durham so she could start a PhD in Theology at the university. We are very much enjoying playing at Durham Bridge Club and having the opportunity to play together more than we did in London."
We thank our outgoing chairman Adrian Darnell for all the work over the years, keeping the club going during the tricky Covid years, securing grants for the club and taking the club to its 50th anniversary celebration in 2022.
Published 17/05/2024
NEBA Teams Results - Congratulations to both our teams
Very well done to our A and B teams, as both achieved promotion to the next league up.
It was a particulary competitive season, where the final positions were decided on the last round of play.
Durham A came joint top with Wearside A in Division B and Durham B finished first in Division C.
Congratulations to all participating players over the 5 rounds.
Special thank you goes to Jill Hancock, our teams capitain, and also to Sue Goddard for the delicious home baked cakes when we played at home.
Click HERE to see the full results.
Published 04/03/2024
Tuesday Afternoon Hosting
The Tuesday afternoon hosting system has been working well, allowing players to join in on an extra 11 occasions so far since October.
We are aiming to continue hosting in the New Year, as long as we have willing volunteers.
If you would like to volunteer and have not already done so, please contact the secretary, Christine Farnsworth.
Published 20/12/2023
Our very own Chairman has been elected Chairman of the EBU
Adrian Darnell, currently also Durham Bridge Club Chairman, has been elected Chair of the English Bridge Union.
Congratulations to Adrian for obtaining this prestigious position.
Results of all the elections to the EBU board are announced here.
Published 20/12/2023
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NEBA Summer Pairs Success
Congratulations to members Frank Bouweraerts and Irina Hendrickx on winning the NEBA Summer Pairs at Hexham
Published 19/06/2023
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Subscriptions |
Dear all,
At last Tuesday’s AGM, attended by almost 40 members, the Committee’s payment proposal was approved unanimously. With immediate effect, therefore:
Durham Bridge Club moves to a subscription model whereby members pay an Annual Subscription Fee of £156, payable as £13 per month.
Junior members (those aged under 26 on the 1 st of January in the subscription year) will be charged £60 as the annual subscription fee, payable as £5 per month.
Every member is entitled to play at every session when the club is open and there is no table money for members.
The Subscription year runs for 12 months from May 1st in each calendar year.
This payment principle replaces the concept of ‘table money’ for members with the annual Subscription Fee of £156.
Could I please ask that all members modify their Standing Order to £13 per month (or, if a junior, £5 per month) with effect from the May 2023 payment
It is worth stressing that:
1. the Club welcomes all players, and hopes that everyone will become a member;
2. members will not pay any table money;
3. non-members are most welcome and will pay table money of £5 per session, and if a junior non-member the
table money is £2 per person per session;
4. we ask that non-members make their payments by some non-cash means, Standing Order or BACS;
5. players become EBU members by joining an affiliated Club, or by joining the EBU as ‘direct members’, and
hence all Durham Club members automatically become EBU members;
6. as was said at the meeting, the rules of the NEBA Inter Club Competition only allows members to represent
their Club;
The Committee is, in the light of comments at the meeting, revisiting the hosting model we used to operate on
Tuesday afternoons. If there are sufficient volunteers we will look to reinstate the idea. We only stopped hosting
because there were insufficient volunteers.
Adrial Darnell
Published 02/05/2023, amended 18/08/2023
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Summer Competition Winners |
We are pleased to announce the Summer Competition winners (played from April to September 2022) as follows:
Tuesday afternoon
Champions: Irene Burns & Joan Crompton
Runners up: Adrian Darnell & John Dobson
Tuesday evening
Champions: Bill Dixon & Peter Sykes
Runners up: Adrian Darnell & Nigel Martin
Monday novice
Champion: John Owen
Runner up: Neville Cain
Congratulations to them all!
Published 02/10/2022
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AUDREY AND JOHN WIN THE NEBA FACE TO FACE SWISS PAIRS |
The face to face NEBA SWISS PAIRS event that took place at Durham Bridge Club on 15 Sept 2022 was won by Audrey Bainbridge and John Dobson.
Congratulations to them both!
All results of the event can be found HERE
Published 15/09/2022
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Durham Bridge Club was 50 years old in 2022!
Durham Bridge Club was founded in 1972 and we celebrated in great fashion with an afternoon of bridge followed by dinner, at Durham Town Hall on Sunday 4th September 2022.
We had 2 parallel sessions of bridge play followed by quiz and dinner.
The winners of the Experienced Players event were:
John Dobson and Audrey Bainbridge
Runners-up were:
Nigel Martin and Adrian Darnell
The winners of the Less Experienced Players event were:
Kathleen Penrose and Brian Henderson
Runners-up were:
Nick Deeming and Mick O'Sullivan
The quiz session was very capably organised by David Thompson.
Published 05/09/2022
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Club History updated |
The Club History page has been updated with the last 5 years (2016-2021).
The page can be seen under Club General Information / Club History or simply click HERE
Published 21/08/2022
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Durham City Trophy Winners |
The 2022 Durham City Trophy Winners are Bill Dixon and Peter Sykes
They achieved an impressive 71% score on 26th April 2022 in the evening session of the Durham Bridge Club AGM
Published 15/07/2022
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Durham Bridge Club Current COVID policy |
Our COVID policy has been reviewed by the committee at the end of June 2022 and is confirmed as follows:
- all players should be vaccinated against Covid 19 (obviously with exceptions due to any medical condition);
- anyone with symptoms of any transmissable disease or has tested positive for any such disease, especially Covid, shall not attend the Club until they are symptom-free and/or testing negative;
- mask-wearing is not mandatory but if one player requests mask-wearing for the duration of the boards at that table then all 4 players should comply;
- the room will be well ventilated.
Published 02/07/2022 and amended on 11/07/2022
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EGM - Amended Constitution |
An Extraordinary General Meeting was held on Tuesday 14th June to amend the constitution of the club.
Please find attached the amended constitution and accompanying notes (Constitution 2022 and Constitution Changes 2022).
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