It’s the time of year again when your annual membership subscription to The Manchester Bridge Club becomes due. The committee have decided to keep subscriptions at the same price as last year, which means that we haven't increased our rates since we became a member owned club in 2022.  We are  offering the same £10 discount - so only £40 if paid before 31st December & £50 per person if you pay after 1st January 2026 . You can pay by cash or card at any F2F session or by online banking with the reference of your name followed by the word subs.

The Manchester Bridge Club bank details are –

Nat West

Sort Code 01-02-02   

Account Number  21867577

The first Thursday in January is the 1st, when the club is closed

So for January 2026, the Relaxed Duplicate evenings will be on the 8th and 22nd of the month

Our Tuesday afternoon duplicate on Tuesday 3rd February will be run as part of the EBU Simultaneous Pairs national event supporting the EBU Junior Team.  As a club, we are very keen to support this event which helps to fund the costs for young players to play in national and international bridge tournaments.  Michael Byrne is one of the main coaches for the Junior Team.  We host weekend training sessions at the club and both David and Issy (members of the junior team) play at our Club.

The duplicate will be run as a standard duplicate but as well as seeing your scores against other players at the club, you will also see how you scored against players at other clubs who have played the same boards.  Please note though - if you play at our club next Tuesday, you can't also play in a Sims supporting the Junior Team at another club on Monday or Tuesday.  The boards played on a Wednesday/Thursday are different.  There will be a handout explaining the expert bidding and play for each hand - which we can email to you on the Wednesday after the Sims.

The fee for the Sims will be £5 and all the money will go to help support the Junior Team.

We hope you will support the Junior Team and play in our duplicate next Tuesday.  To help with the organisation, please enter your name and your partner's name (if you have one) below.

Thank You

Michael's next seminar is on Friday 23rd January starting at 1.30pm and the topic is 'Looking for Clues In Defence'.  This seminar will be suitable for both improvers and more experienced players.  Defence is an often neglected subject and is something most of us can improve on.

Michael will provide his usual brownies.  All are welcome.  We have increased the cost of the seminar to £12 for members and £14 for non-members - which is the first increase since 2022.

Please complete the online form below to confirm you will be coming to this seminar.  There will be notes available at the seminar on the topic and the hands.

Advance notice about Michael's future seminars - on Friday 27th February - Michael will tell us everything we need to know about Splinter Bids and on Friday 20th March - we will be look at Slam Bidding.  Please put these dates in your diary.

Any queries, please email me on grasan30@gmail.com

Thanks Susan