Congratulations to Michael and his team for winning the European Transnational Championship in Prague which has just taken place.  It was a great win for Michael and his team Knottenbelt.  Come to Michael's seminar next week on Friday (27th Feb)  and hear all about it and maybe even see his Gold Medal.  We are so lucky to have a World Class player as a member of our club and presenting regular seminars to our members where you learn not only about the topic but also pick up many other tips from Michael on all aspects of bridge.

Tuesday 3rd February saw the club running a fundraising simultaneous pairs event, raising money for the England Bridge junior squad.

This is a cause close to our hearts, as club members David Sargent and Issi Edelsten are both members of the squad, and Michael Byrne is the non-playing captain. 

So it's good to announce that we raised £200 towards the team, in a very enjoyable afternoon

Enid Noronha and John Holland came top N/S with a score of 70.24%, which propelled them to the top of the leaderboard in this national event. Well done!

Full national results here, and hand commentaries available here

Wednesday evening, 28th January, saw 16 pairs compete in a simultaneous pairs event organised by ECATS in aid of UNICEF

Donations from our members raised £238 for this charity, the wider event has so far raised £2,186.

Gideon Harvey & Daniel Kelsall were in first place N/S with a score of 65%. But with a simultaneous pairs event your results are compared across the entire field of 216 pairs, and here Gideon & Daniel came a very creditable 7th place.

Top E/W were Ann Thornton and Jeff Morris, giving them 32nd place in the whole event

If you want to see how you fared in the overall event then locate yourself using the find a player box on this page

Commentary on the hands played is available here

Our Annual General Meeting will take place at 18.30 on Wednesday March
11th at the Club followed by a free duplicate pairs event. This year we intend
to run two parallel sessions one of which will be for less experienced players.
Coffee, tea, biscuits, cheese and crackers will be available.
The AGM is a members only meeting but non-members are welcome to join us
for the Bridge session afterwards which we hope will start at around 7.30.
If you are intending to come to the AGM please add your name to the box on
the Club web site and complete the box below to say whether you want to play in the relaxed or main duplicate.
The main purpose of the AGM will be to

1. Deliver the 2026 report including a financial summary
2. Outline the way forward for the Club and
3. Elect / Re-elect the Officers of the Managing Committee  

In due course an email will be sent out with links to Nomination and Proxy forms and
the 2026 Club Accounts

Michael Byrne’s next seminar is on Friday 27^th February at 1.30pm and the topic is ‘All about Splinters’.  This is a topic that several of our members have asked for.  Splinter bids apply in lots of situations.  Michael will cover Splinter Bids from start to finish and look at how they will improve our judgement and skill.  The seminar will be relevant for players who don’t currently use Splinter Bids and experienced players who want to extend their use of Splinter Bids to other situations.

The seminar costs £12 for members and £14 for non-members.  All are welcome - you do not need a partner to attend.

Please confirm via our website form below if you will be attending the seminar so we print sufficient copies of the notes and example hands.

These seminars have been very popular – Michael is a brilliant teacher and explains everything very clearly.  His chocolate brownies are excellent too.

The Manchester Bridge Club Newcomers Cup

Sunday 22nd March 2026 at 2pm

Manchester Bridge Club 81 Wellington Road, Fallowfield M14 6BN

A special duplicate for recent beginners, novices and inexperienced duplicate players

All welcome

Entry Fee £10 

Generous prizes £100 for winning pair, £50 for 2nd placed pair and £30 for 3rd placed pair

18 boards in One Session - finish by 6pm

Buffet served during Interval

This is a social, fun competition for less experienced bridge players - for those who have recently learned or mainly play in supervised sessions.  Inexperienced bridge players from all clubs can enter

Book now via the online form below.

Please pay in advance to The Manchester Bridge Club Nat West Bank 01-02-02 21867577

Beginners Bridge Taster Courses.

We are running our next beginner's course which will start on Wednesday afternoon at 1.30pm on 18th March 2026.   If you are interested in joining this course or another of our future courses -  please complete the form below.

Please be careful when you enter your email address. You will always receive a personal response in 24 hours. 

Each course will last 10 weeks and covers the basics of play and bidding. We teach the 5 card major, strong No Trump and short club system.  We will also cover basic defensive tactics.

Most importantly, the classes will be friendly and sociable. Bridge can be a complicated game and will stretch your mind, but we aim to make bridge fun to learn and hope you will quickly come to love the game as much as we do.  Once your course is finished we have a wide range of supported, follow on sessions for you to join to continue to learn this wonderful game.

The course will cost £80 payable in advance.

Interested?  Find out more by emailing Susan on grasan30@gmail.com or completing the online form below

The Gazette Cup is the county qualifier for the national Garden Cities club competition. It is a Team of Eight contest that The Manchester Bridge Club has won many times in its history - most latterly in 2022 and 2023. 

Our club often enters up to 4 teams of eight in this competition, making us the best represented club in the County

This year's competition takes place on Sunday March 15th at Altrincham Bridge Club in Hale. Start time is 11am

If you want to take part then please register your interest using the form below. If you already have some team members then include their details. Don't worry if you don't have any team members, add your details as we will be organising teams from people that register

NB To play in this event for MBC you must be a member of the club

We are delighted to announce that the following Members of the Club achieved an EBU Master Point ranking in January

Yash Bansal  Local Master

 Congratulations Yash

We currently have two IntoBridge sessions each week.  These are on a Monday and Friday afternoon at 2pm.  All these sessions are well supported and will continue. We are no longer running the online Swiss Pairs on a Thursday evening.

We now have supervised sessions for beginners, learners & improvers at the club:

Monday afternoon at 1pm for Improvers with Paul Murray.

 Monday evening at 7:15pm for beginners with Frank/Chris

Tuesday evening at 7pm all levels 

Wednesday morning at 10:30 for improvers with Susan Triggs

Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 for beginners with Susan Triggs.

Members £6 & Visitors £8

Everyone is welcome

Please be aware that the BridgeWebs attendance Module is not a real time system. It reflects entry fees spent on online and face-to-face games but does not reflect money paid into your online account until it is manually updated from the Club's bank statement. Our 'WebMaster', Dave Fernley performs these updates periodically- usually weekly. If you need to know your balance between updates, call Paul or Dave.

The new Bridgewebs Attendance Module for tracking payment money for online games is now live.

It provides you with a real-time view of the games you have played, the current balance of your account and payments made and received by your account. 

To see this information you will need to log on to the Members Only area of the website and then select thePayments Account tab.
Detailed instructions logging onto this area are available here

A detailed description of the Online Account, how it works, etc, is also available here within the Members Only Area (log-on needed).

Account statements will also be sent out periodically by email. This ensures that people who choose not to actively monitor their account balance are still aware of it. The statement provides a regular update to non-members who play in our online games who do not have access the member's area and therefore the real time benefits of this system.

See Calendar on the right of this home page for our Weekly Schedule

Face to Face table fees for Duplicates at the Club are £4 for fully paid-up MBC members & £6 for Guests

Supervised Face to Face table fees at the Club are £6 for fully paid-up MBC members & £8 for Guests

(includes free tea/coffee & biscuits and occasional treats! However, sandwiches/supper will not be served)

Online bridge entry is £3.75 for members & £4.50 for non-members

For Online games a pre-arranged partner is preferable. However, if possible, partners can be found after you log on to our tournaments. Just wait on Partnership Desk on IntoBridge. 

Please transfer entry fee (or more for convenience / multiple games) into the MBC bank account (see below).

MBC will reduce your balance after each session played and email you with a regular statement to help you stay in credit.

The Manchester Bridge Club Bank details are –

Natwest Sort Code 01-02-02   Account Number  21867577

Please put your First Name and Surname as the payment reference

Thank you for supporting The Manchester Bridge Club