 Welcome to Rugby Village Bridge Club, an English Bridge Union affiliated duplicate bridge club serving Rugby and surrounding areas. Rugby Village Bridge Club supports duplicate bridge playing at all levels and offers sessions for beginners and improvers as well as more experienced players.
Since April 2010 we have grown to over 170 members offering four competitive sessions and two supervised play sessions every week, and adding two or three lessons per week in the teaching term. We offer a range from nuture for the novice right through to opportunities to play for the club for more ambitious players.
We pride ourselves on the friendly and supportive atmosphere at all our lessons, practice and competitive sessions; the excellence of our coffee, tea and biscuits; and our clean, well lit, comfortable venue with 70 off street, well lit parking places.
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| Last updated : 7th Apr 2016 09:05 BST |
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| Come and Learn the King of Card Games |
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Beginners' 1 consists of 10 two hour sessions, usually at the same time each week. It is run up to three times a year.
No previous knowledge of bridge, or even card games, is required. This introductory course covers:
The course is for players who want to take things right from the beginning so you do not even need to have played cards before.
The lessons are designed to take you at a gentle pace through the things you need to know to participate in a game of duplicate bridge.
You will be given a folder and will build up a volume of colour hand outs and quizzes.
By the end of the course you will know enough to join our Wednesday morning novice/social practice session. We would suggest that you then play weekly in that session until you feel ready to take some more lessons in our "Fundamentals of ACOL (Bridge 2)" course.
- Playing cards: suits, ranks, dealing, sorting
- Duplicate boards: how to use them
- Following suit; play in no trumps and with trumps
- Declarer and defence play introduction
- Evaluating a hand using high card points
- The bridge auction: using bidding boxes, meaning of bids
- Opening 1NT, responses with balanced or unbalanced hands
- Opening 1 of a suit; limit responses
- Change of suit reply; limit re-bids
- Non-vulnerable scoring; part score and game bonuses
- Simple overcalls
Players are welcome to attend the first session without obligation. Please see our fees section for costs, and the calendar section for lesson schedule.
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| Last updated : 15th Aug 2016 20:40 BST |
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| Advanced Bridge - Card Play |
This ten session course will start on Thursday Sept 22nd at 10.00 (-12.00).
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Thursday
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22 September 2016
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To Clear or Not to Clear
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2
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Thursday
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29 September 2016
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Tempo
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3
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Thursday
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06 October 2016
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Principles of Defence
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Thursday
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13 October 2016
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Finessing Finer Points
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Thursday
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20 October 2016
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Opening Lead-Rule of Eleven
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27 October 2016
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Half Term No Lesson
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Thursday
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03 November 2016
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Counting Cards and HCP
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Thursday
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10 November 2016
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Attitude and Count
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8
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Thursday
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17 November 2016
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Suit Preference Signals
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9
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Thursday
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24 November 2016
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End Plays
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10
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Thursday
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01 December 2016
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Safety Plays
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See Fees etc for prices.
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| Last updated : 22nd Aug 2016 11:59 BST |
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| Bridge 3 Course Monday Mornings from Sept 19th |
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Bridge 3 consists of 10 two hour sessions.
It is designed to follow on from Bridge 1 and Bridge 2.
The contents of Bridge 1 and Bridge 2 are available under "Bridge Tuition and Practice" on the left hand side of the home page.
Although there will be extensive revision it will help you to get the best out of Bridge 3 if you have some familiarity with most of the material in Bridge 1 and Bridge 2!
The course structure is along the following lines:
- Protocol and Counting Losers
- Using the Losing Trick to Bid Suit Contract & Suit Contract Play
- Bidding and Playing No Trump Contracts
- Opening Very Strong Unbalanced Hands
- Asking for Aces
- Review of Competitive Bidding & Bidding in the Protective Position
- Defence Revision & Opening Leads
- Discards and Signals
- Transfers for Weak Take Out
- Transfers for Game Tries
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| Last updated : 15th Aug 2016 20:32 BST |
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| Bridge 2 Fundamentals of Acol - Tuesday Evenings |
This course is suitable for anyone who has done our Bridge 1 Beginners course, or who has played a little bridge.
It consists of ten sessions once a week on Tuesday Evenings from 8pm to 10.45pm.
It will start on August 16th and finish on October 19th.
Attending one or more of our current Tuesday Evening Practice Sessions would be good preparation. 
Click for rates - can pay for the whole course, or individual lessons.
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| Last updated : 11th Jul 2016 16:30 BST |
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| Heart of England Friendship Day - Fun Bridge |
Five teams of eight competed on this fun day: Village 1; Village 2, Rugby BC, Danetre BC, & North Cotswolds.
It went well, so I plan to do it again next year.
For Results, click here.....
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| Last updated : 15th Aug 2016 09:12 BST |
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| Next Teams of Four on First Friday of the Month |
Please fill in the form below if you would like to play on October 7th.
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| Last updated : 8th Sep 2016 09:41 BST |
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| NEW Tuesday Evening Novice Practice |
A chance to practice the foundation ACOL bidding methods, at a learning pace, using your notes, discussing the hands and consulting friendly, experienced mentors.
Seven Sessions on Tuesday Evenings starting at 8pm and finishing by 9.45pm from 28th June to 9th August. You don't need to bring a partner, a partner can be found for you.
Cost will be 1 VB ticket, or £4.30 for members; £4.80 for visitors.
Session themes can be found in the calendar area.
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| Last updated : 11th Jul 2016 16:30 BST |
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| Win at Stratford Shakespeare Swiss Teams |
RVBC is lucky enough to be invited to put two teams of four into this delightful event. While the event is always played in a really friendly and pleasant atmosphere, the field is always strong with some of the best players in the region turning out. So Malcolm and Max with Nicky and Jim are thrilled to have won it this year. Ed and Ishar White with Peter and Vera Iredale also played but clearly concentrated on enjoying the excellent lunch, wine, gorgeous day and excellent company!
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| Last updated : 18th Jul 2016 11:18 BST |
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| 2015-16 Champagne Handicap Winners |
 Congratulations to Dennis and Cynthia
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| Last updated : 10th Jun 2016 09:38 BST |
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| Thursday Evenings and Champagne Handicap |
 Thursday Evening Sessions will continue throughout the summer this year.
So there is duplicate pairs on ALL Thursday evenings in weeks where there is NOT a First Friday teams evening.
This is a relaxed very very friendly evening  .
Visitors are welcome and there is a host so singles will get a game  .
Results are sent to the EBU as usual so EBU members will receice Master Points according to their position and their National Grade will be updated. ♠
RVBC members who have a National Grade are eligible for our Champagne Handicap Competition. The results of eligible members are automicatically entered. Click for the latest position. 
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| Last updated : 30th Jul 2016 13:15 BST |
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| Monday Afternoon Pairs |
A short session of duplicate pairs on Monday Afternoons, between 2pm and 4pm. Master Points, input to the NGS, coffee, tea, biscuits, a fully qualified director and a host are all included!
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| Last updated : 26th Nov 2015 21:05 GMT |
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| EBU Blue Points available in Rugby |
EBU Blue Points, which can be used to obtain higher Master Point rankings, are available to RVBC members. The Founders Championship Pairs competition is based on results from the second and fourth Monday evenings of the month.
Blue Points are awarded on the final rankings when the competition completes at the end of November.
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| Last updated : 26th Nov 2015 21:02 GMT |
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