Welcome to Richmond Bridge Club, the most popular and successful EBU affiliated club in the country!  A friendly and progressive club, we are housed in the old Bowling Club Pavilion in Cambridge Park, nestled between Richmond & Twickenham.  Our Clubhouse has multiple playing rooms, teaching facilities and a fully licensed bar.

We offer a range of duplicate bridge sessions every day of the week for players of all abilities - our full schedule of regular events may be found here.

Our Academy offers lessons for new players, beginners and improvers, and seminars for more experienced players. For more detail about the different sessions for novices and improvers, please click here.

The club no longer runs a Thursday morning BBO session due to reduced numbers. 

Our next BLUE POINTED SWISS PAIRS will take place at 12:00 on Sunday 2nd August 2026 in the CLUBHOUSE. Everyone welcome. The entry fee is £15 per player. Richard Banbury will be directing the 36-board event which will be played across two sessions.

There will be a break for complimentary scones, Devonshire clotted cream and speciality jams. A full bar service will also be available on the day.

NB: There will be no cash prizes.

Click here to book your place

Looking to learn Bridge in a friendly and supportive environment?  Please find below the details for our next course 

To register an interest in this or any of our beginners courses, please click HERE

Course	Teacher		Start Date
Casual Drop-In Sessions introducing Minibridge and card play (come when you can, no need to pre-book)	Julia (Clubhouse)		From Jun 10th, Wednesday evenings 7pm and Thursday Afternoons 2.30pm throughout the summer
Introduction to MiniBridge and cardplay (August)	Julia (Clubhouse)		Saturday Aug 22nd
Fast Track beginners Course (12 weeks)	Julia (Clubhouse)		Wednesday evenings and or Thursday Afternoons Starting Sept 2nd/3rd
Saturday Seminars for Beginners	Julia (Clubhouse)		Saturday Seminars 25th July & 5th September
Beginners Course - Part 1 (10 weeks)	Lyn & Glen (Clubhouse)		Tuesday Mornings Starting Sept 15th

Looking to improve your game, or add to your skills? Pls find below our forthcoming courses for improvers – just click the links in blue to see the syllabus, and to register.  Although no partner is required, feel free to sign up with you partner if you think a course will benefit you both... 

Course	Teacher		Start Date
Card Play 10 sessions	Luiz (Clubhouse)		Tues evenings @ 7pm & Thurs mornings @ 10am (5th May to 9th Jul)
Declarer Play Foundation Course 4 sessions	Luiz (Clubhouse)		Tues evenings & Thurs mornings  starting 28th/30th July
Double for Penalty & Take-out 2 sessions	Cerith (Clubhouse)		Wednesday evenings @ 7pm (22nd & 29th Jul)
Opening 2 Clubs 1 session	Lyn & Glen (Clubhouse)		Tuesday Morning @ 10.30am (July 28th)
Slam Bidding 1 session	Lyn & Glen (Clubhouse)		Tuesday morning @ 10.30am (Aug 4th)
Suit Overcalls 2 sessions	Cerith (Clubhouse)		Thursday evenings @ 7pm (13th & 20th Aug)
1NT Overcall 1 session	Cerith (Clubhouse)		Thursday evening @ 7pm (27th Aug)
Introducing Vulnerability, Doubling & Pre-emptive Bidding 3 sessions	Lyn & Glen (Clubhouse)		Tuesday morning @ 10.30am (Aug 18th, 25th & Sept 1st)

Regular practice is the key to developing your bridge skills and confidence.

We run lots of supervised sessions throughout the week. Guests always welcome. No need to have a partner

Monday 10am (Lyn & Glen) - Assisted Duplicate - 12 boards, practice with all the help you need - or supervised play

Monday 7.30pm (Richard) - Workshop/Supervised Play  - 12 boards on a bidding/play theme, with commentary

Wednesday 10am (Richard) - Workshop - 12 board duplicate on a bidding/play theme, with commentary

Wednesday 10am (Tim) - online supervised practice online if you can't make it into the club

Wednesday 7pm (Margaret) - Gentle Duplicate (15/16 boards) or Supervised Play

Thursday 2pm - Casual play and practice, unsupervised - but practice a topic using our teaching hands 

Thursday 7pm (Richard) - Supervised Play

Friday Morning 10am (Lyn & Glen) - Supervised Play 

Free Play vouchers can be used at any of these sessions

For advice on any of these sessions, please speak to any of the teachers or contact Richard/Cerith in the office.

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Hedy Law died on 4th June aged 96. She used to play at the club for many years with her husband Keith.

Her funeral will be held at Mortlake Crematorium on Tues 30th June at 11.20am. 

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Betty Balding died on 27th June. She had been a member of the club for 40 years.

In her younger days, she was a keen table tennis player as well as a golfer at Strawberry Hill with a 12 handicap.

Betty is survived by her daughter and two grand children.

Her funeral will taker place at Mortlake Crematorium on 16th July at 4pm