Lerwick Bridge Club is a friendly club which meets every Monday evening at 7 o’clock to play duplicate bridge.

Venue

We meet in the Islesburgh Community Centre on King Harald Street.

There is a car park with disabled parking and there is street parking close by. The Islesburgh Centre is equipped with a lift.  There is also a café for the early arrivals.

Competitions

The club is affiliated to the Scottish Bridge Union and caters for club, district, national as well as other special competitions. The season starts in September and goes through to early May.  Each year there is an inter-county match with Orkney which takes place in mid May.  On alternate years Shetland players travel to Orkney, this is always a wonderful occasion.

Drop-in

These sessions are informal and you do not require a partner.  It is an ideal way to learn more, discuss bidding and play. Drop-in meetings take place on Wednesday evenings at 7 o’clock in the Islesburgh from September and goes through to early May until the main programme is completed when they move to a Monday .

Visitors

Visitors are always welcome. If you don’t have a partner just come along to the drop-in sessions. If you would need a partner for club competitions please contact the secretary.

Intercounty Shetland & Orkney

Intercounty competition was won  by Shetland with a +5800 score

Well done

The Pairs competition was won by the Orkney pair Mike Sinclair and Davie Aim with an impressive 62.71%

Shetland pairs Martin Bown and Irene Lawrence came 2nd with 58.33%, and Stuart Hubbard and Angus Stevenson came a every close 3rd with 57.92%

The Teams competition was won by the the Orkney team of Katherine Kemp, Pat Shearer, Margaret Mainland and Linda Milne.

For more detail see the results section below.

The Handicap Pairs was won by Edith and Sheilagh

The Sullom Voe Cup was won by Ken and Violet

The Bridge Club winning pair was Bert and Stella

The Willie Sinclair team wiinners were Andy, Irene, Martin and Alan.

Lerwick Bridge Club holds an annual fund raiser for a local charity. For 2016 the chosen charity was Macmillan Nurses Shetland and a session was held on 20th April 2016 to raise funds. The winners of the trophy for 2016 were Ken & Violet. This year the club was able to give £250 to this local charity.

Shetland U3A have a small informal group that meets once a month. Use the calendar on this website to find dates for their Thursday afternoon meetings or try http://www.shetlandu3a.org.uk
and use the events page on their website.

Bigton have a very informal group that meet once a week
usually Wednesday at Bigton Hall