Newport Bridge Club welcomes anyone

who would be interested in playing bridge 

Please

Contact: Steve Burns

07504283654

With great sadness I have to advise that 

Nuala Gilchrist who has played bridge regularly 

with us the last 2 years has died this weekend.

Our sympathies go out to her family who were with

her at the end.

All members of the Bridge Club have been invited 

by the family of Nuala to the service which will 

take place at Shrewsbury Crematorium on

Monday the 24th of October at 16.15.

Members are also invited back with the family to

The Mytton and Mermaid Hotel in Atcham following the service.

Could all intending to attend please give me their names

 so the family will have a rough estimate of how many will be attending

Steve Burns

With pleasure we celebrate Nelly Simpson’s 90^th Birthday.

It is difficult to believe she is such an age. Nelly took up bridge when she married Bert who was a keen bridge player and has now been playing over 60 years.

Nelly is a founder member of the Wrekin Bridge Club which is itself celebrating 60 years.

 Nelly originated from Switzerland where as a young lady she did a lot of mountaineering and skiing. She used to swim in the river Aar in Berne. Nelly reads a lot, likes her garden and loves her food. Now she still goes to her keep fit classes every week, she takes every opportunity to go the theatre, opera, concerts of every type bar heavy metal and cinema. Nelly has two sons one living in France and one in Telford.

Nelly is still one of the most consistent players at the club and uses her famous one club opening bid. First session on turning 90 resulted in Nelly having “the best score in the club”

    Many congratulations and many happy returns to Nelly.

Welcome to the Newport Bridge Club website 

We run a small and friendly club playing duplicate bridge every Tuesday and Thursday evening in "The Hub" in the centre of Newport the only exceptions being at Christmas and Easter. The room can accommodate about ten tables, but around seven would be occupied on a typical club night.

We try to create a relaxed atmosphere but, at the same time, we encourage both a good standard of bridge etiquette and careful observance of the rules.

We are affiliated to the EBU and are therefore  involved in the Masterpoint scheme. We do compete annually for several trophies. Click on "Competitions" (to the left) for details.

Visitors are very welcome. We don't operate a hosting system but will try to find a partner for you if you need one.

Play starts at about 7.15 and players are asked to arrive by about 7.00 so that the Tournament Director can organise the duplicate movement.

Please click on “Information” for further details, including how to find a partner. 

Newport Bridge Club was the brainchild of Arthur Wilkinson. He realised that in a town the size of Newport there would enough people who shared his interest in bridge to form a viable bridge club. The first recorded meeting of Newport Bridge Club took place on the 14th January 1980; we celebrated the 25th anniversary of this event with a party that included former and current members of the Club.

We are proud to say that we have a reputation for being welcoming and friendly. Indeed, it is written in our constitution that we will provide a congenial environment for people to enjoy the game of bridge.

Under the chairmanship of Guy Kershaw (2003-2005) we showed our commitment to the future of duplicate bridge in this part of Shropshire by providing a course of bridge lessons for beginners. This the club did again in 2012/13.These were both very successful in terms of the number of learners who completed the course but they also showed how keen our members are to give their support to new players.