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 offer sessions for beginners and improvers as well as more experienced 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 (no limits here); and our clean, well lit, comfortable venue with 70 off street, well lit parking places.

Rugby Village Bridge Club Staff provide:

• Hosts
• Tournament Directors
• Scorers
• Stewards
• Catering
• Teaching
• Practice Session Supporters
• Administrators.

All our players have to do is:

1. Turn up, play, enjoy the bridge; and
2. Make sure your partner and opponents enjoy the bridge.

See you soon.

From January 16th a new session will run on Thursday mornings 10.00-12.00.

Next Step pairs is a short, but real, competitve session particularly intended for improving players ready to move on from lessons and practice. It is open to any member or visitor and there will be a host, so you don't have to bring a partner.

There are duplicate bridge sessions on:

Monday evenings, please arrive by 6.55pm for a 7.00pm start. No new rounds are started after 10.00pm so we generally finish around 10.15pm. There is a host system and visitors are welcome. EBU local master points are awarded.

Tuesday afternoons, please arrive by 1.25pm for a 1.30pm start. No new rounds are started after 4.15pm so we should finish around 4.30pm. There is a host system and visitors are welcome. EBU local master points are awarded.

We run a teams of four event on the first Friday of each month. Please arrive a few minutes before 7pm, especially if it's your first time. Teams of four, whether members or visitors, are welcome to just turn up. Contact us to find a partner or team mates.

Pairs evening on the second and third Thursdays of the month, until May 2014. Play starts at 19.00.

Members and Visitors are welcome and there is a host so you don't have to bring a partner.

In addition, club members with an EBU National Grade will have their result entered into the Champagne Handicap competition.

For the first time EBU Blue Points, which can be used to obtain higher Master Point rankings, will be available to RVBC members. The new Founders Championship Pairs will be based on results from the second and fourth Monday evenings of the month.

We are very active in tuition for all levels of players. 

Teachers and Supervisors

All our lessons are given by qualified or accredited English Bridge Union Teachers Association (EBUTA) members. Practice session helpers are qualified or accredited English Bridge Union Teachers Association (EBUTA) members or else highly experienced players. Bidding systems are selected for the ability and experience of the player. We do not teach five card major based bidding.

Lessons

All our lessons are planned either to unique requirements for private tuition clients, or as part of our courses of lessons, or as individual advanced bridge seminars. Lessons generally include colour printed hand outs, glossaries, quizzes and playing of pre dealt boards designed to exercise the lesson topics.

Our three teaching terms a year start in January, May and September. During each term we run three ten week structured courses and a series of ten advanced bridge lessons which can be taken either as a course, or else as selected sessions.

Bridge 3 is currently running on Monday Afternoons and Bridge 2 is running on Tuesday mornings. You are welcome to attend single lessons without booking in advance. Topics are posted in the Calendar.

Practice for Novices and Social Players Wednesday mornings 10.00-12.00

Practice for Improvers Monday mornings 10.00-12.00

• Brief Summary of the Topic of the Session from a qualified teacher.
• Play a set of boards ALL designed for Practice of the Topic.
• Topic will be on the web site prior to the session.
• During the teaching term, Wednesday Practice topics will follow the Bridge 2 curriculum.
• During the teaching term Monday Practice topics will follow the Bridge 3 curriculum.
• This is an excellent chance to reinforce your learning, or to revise the material, or just have fun ensuring your understanding of the basics.
• Use notes, books, ask for help.
• There is a host, so you do not have to bring a partner.
• There is a break with coffee, tea and biscuits.
• The session is scored so that you see the effect of your play on the score. However, because it is an assisted session there are no EBU Master Points to be had and the results do not contribute to your National Grade. The sessions are recorded with the EBU and do attract magazine points.
• Both Club Members and Visitors are welcome at these practice sessions.

How to manage a duplicate bridge room

This training will consider what you need to know/agree before the session; how to layout a room; addressing the players at the beginning of a session; handling calls; managing the environment etc 

How to choose a movement

This training will describe Mitchell, Howell and teams movements; and the factors to consider when choosing a movement for a particular session.

Using the Computer to Score

This training will cover the use of a computer, with Scorebridge, to choose a movement, activate radio controlled bridge scorers, activate rolling results, follow progress of play, deal with very common problems, produce a result in various forms and distribute it to players, a web site, the EBU etc.

Please contact us using the "Information" button on the left above.

Click on this box to see how the club's team is doing.....

Members and Visitors are invited to a charity coffee/bridge morning on Thursday 24th April from 10.00 to 12.00.

There will be coffee, tea and baked goods. If you would like to contribute to the food, please contact Chris Cooper to co-ordinate.

There will be a few bridge boards to play if you wish, though bridge will be optional, and the timing will be fluid. You are welcome to just come and see our premises, meet bridge players chat about bridge or anything else.

You can donate for the bridge, or for the cakes as you wish.

The proceeds will be divided between the Myton Hospice and Hearing Dogs for the Deaf.

Christmas Swiss Pairs will take place on Saturday 13th December. Save the date.....

(1) Core sessions that happen every week unless it's around Christmas and New Year

(2) Sessions that happen in eleven week blocks (including a break for half term) from Sept, Jan or May, check elsewhere for details

(3) First Friday of the month

(4) Second and Third Thursdays of the month

(5) Pairs Ladder requires pre-entry and is run on published schedules; matches require boooking

(6) Not on Bank Holidays

(7) Second and Fourth Monday Evening Pairs are sessions in the Blue Pointed Founders Championship Pairs