Welcome to the Heanor, Kimberley & Brinsley Bridge Clubs web site. The common theme of the three clubs is to provide duplicate bridge drives and bridge tuition in a friendly but competitive environment for beginners, improvers and experienced bridge players.

Brinsley Bridge Club meets most Friday afternoons throughout the year in Brinsley Parish Hall from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm. Tuition and help is provided for beginners and improvers if required.

Kimberley Bridge Club meets on Tuesday evening at 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm in the Methodist Church Hall, Mansfield Road, Heanor.

Bridge Classes for Beginners and Improvers are held on Monday afternoons between 2.00 pm and 4.30 pm in the Methodist Church Hall, Mansfield Road, Heanor.

For information about Brinsley Bridge Club contact:-

       Chris Clark chris@theclarkhome.tv 0115 9274939

For information about Kimberley Bridge Club contact:-

       Carmel Hill cdhillhardybarn@yahoo.co.uk 01773 718929

 LEARN TO

PLAY BRIDGE

Classes Held for Beginners & Improvers

on Monday Afternoons between 2:00 pm and 4:30 pm

in The Methodist Church Hall

Mansfield Road, Heanor

For Further Details Contact Chris Clark:- (0115) 9274939

 A new series of Bridge Classes for Improvers will continue through October/November 2016.

Next Class - Monday 24th October 2016

Members of Brinsley Bridge Club enjoying their Christmas Bridge Drive

The following hand was dealt at Kimberley on a recent Tuesday evening. East should open the bidding with 4♠ which will probably pass round to North who will surely bid 5♣. This is likely to be passed around to West who will bid 5♠ which in turn will pass round to South who should bid 6♣ . 6♠ by East will fail on an initial ♣ lead by South - East must lose A♥ and K♦ . 6♣ makes by North provided North gives up a ♥ early and ruffs a ♥ to establish the suit, before drawing all of West's trumps. Of course, if East bids 6♠ N/S have the difficult decision of whether to Pass, Double or bid 7♣ .

Trophies were presented at the Kimberley Bridge Club AGM, for the best scores achieved in 2014, to Janet Jacques and Adrian Renshaw. Adrian is seen with his trophy at the AGM.

Members of Brinsley and Kimberley Bridge Clubs took part in a Bridge Quiz over Christmas. Janet Taylor submitted the best entry and is seen receiving her prize.

Sheila & Christopher Clark with all the members of Brinsley Bridge Club at the Christmas Party. The members presented gifts to Sheila and Chris as a token of their appreciation for Friday afternoon bridge sessions.

Kimberley Bridge Club members enjoying their Christmas Party

The bidding was simple and straightforward and we reached the excellent contract of 4 Spades. (It's difficult to make more than the obvious 9 tricks in the inferior contract of 3NT). The J♥ was led by West taken with the Ace and a second Heart led to dummy's Q♥ . Figuring that, if the Spade honours were split and with a reasonable break, I could make eleven tricks I continued with the 6♠ from dummy. East played the 3, I played the 2 from hand and West won the trick with .... the KING! West continued with a third heart won by dummy's K♥ .

Obviously I now concluded that East had started with either 3 or 4 trumps including Q♠ ,10♠ ,3♠ ,(5♠ ) and I played the 9♠  from dummy and let it run when East played the 5♠ ... and West of course won her 10♠  This brilliant defensive ploy meant that I just scrambled home in my contract rather than making the precious overtrick. When I asked West why she had won the first Spade trick with the King of Spades instead of the Ten her reply was "I wanted to make sure of making my King of Spades. If I had won with the Ten you would have killed my King with your Ace".

I could think of nothing else to say other than to compliment her on her brilliant play!