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 190 members offering four competitive sessions and one supervised play session every week, and adding another supervised play session and 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.

Would you like your child or grandchild to play bridge? Stamford Youth Bridge Academy have helped parents to support the playing of bridge in schools with spectacular results. You can get involved, and get support from SYBA. Check out www.syba.org.uk.

Your next beginners class starts on Monday 18th September 10.00. Come along to see what it's all about. Bring a friend if you like. Looking forward to meeting you.

Players are welcome to attend the first session FREE without obligation. 

Please see our fees section for costs, and the calendar section for lesson schedule.

Please complete the form below if you would like us to contact you about learning bridge. 

We're taking Tuesday Evening Bridge to Priors Marston!

Practice Sessions at Priors Marston Post Office/Village Hall
Tuesday Evenings 8pm-9.45pm.

We're taking Tuesday Evening Bridge to Priors Marston!

Introduction on 19th Sept, then Ten More Sessions, Topics From BUILD YOUR BRIDGE SKILLS, Last Session 28th November

For players with just a little bridge experience whether it’s duplicate, "kitchen", rubber, Chicago or duplicate. A short talk or demonstration followed by play. Bring folders, books , or other notes, and ask for help from the mentors or other players. It’s completely relaxed for you to have fun. No need to bring a partner, always someone to play with. 

Please see our fees section for costs, and the calendar section for lesson schedule. 

Back after a long break: Tuesdays 10.00 (-12.00).

You're welcome to come to a single lesson or pick and choose as suits you. 

Please see our fees section for costs, and the calendar section for lesson schedule. 

From Thursday 21st September, Advanced Bridge will have a new look.

Over the ten weeks, we are offering five topics, but each topic is the subject for two weeks. The first week is in a lesson format, a full discussion followed by carefully analysed play of set boards. The second week will be a short dissertation of the topic, possibly quiz answers, and taking questions, followed by more play of different set boards.

This isa chance to remind yourself of the competitive bidding methods you know and learn those you sort of know or watch other players doing. Suitable for players who have done Bridge 1, Bridge 2 and Bridge 3 or have some experience. The fee will be two RVBC tickets or £7.60 for either session as a one-off. But, to encourage you to come to both, if you come to the lesson format on a topic and then come to the practice format on the same topic, the charge for the practice will be ONE TICKET or £3.80.  

Please fill in the form below if you would like to play on October 6th.

Two teams booked in.

This competition runs from May to September. RVBC members playing on a Tuesday Afternoon are automatically entered.

On 30^th June 2017 Stamford Bridge Academy hosted an Inter Schools Card Play day. Seventy-two young players from seven schools took part competing in either mini bridge, or else contract bridge, games. Teachers and assistants from the competing schools, and one or two observers from other schools helped, and even played at a table themselves. Thirty-four bridge club players have received “buddy” training and twenty-six are DBS Registered. Every table had one of these keeping the play going, and the scoring on track. “Fred”, the overall director, managed the award of numerous spot prizes and the collating of overall results. Leading pairs from each school received a small trophy and a new pack of cards. The top schools each received major trophies presented by Alan Shillitoe, manager of the England Under 26 squad. Members of Stamford Bridge Club provided fruit and water for the young players; coffee, tea and biscuits for the adults; and a sandwich lunch following the event. The players really enjoyed it, some have taught their parents the game! It’s an amazing achievement by the “buddies” who have created the chance for students to learn in sixteen schools (so far!) and for Liz Dale, Jenny Harding, Sandra Curran and Marlene Jones who have led the programme making this day possible.

If you would like to help introduce card games, and eventually, bridge into your child's or granchild's school, please contact Nicky to get in touch with Stamford Bridge Academy.

Rugby Village were the winners of Division 3 of the Northants Inter Club League and have regained the Manning Salver. Maggie Jones, Northants secretary, presented Jim Bainbridge with it at the AGM last week.

Malcolm Melrose and Max Kynoch

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. 

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!

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.