Left:  Chairman Ruth Bray.

Welcome to the website of Rutland Duplicate Bridge Club. We are a small (but growing!) and friendly club meeting every Thursday evening at the Oakham C of E Primary School in Burley Road, Oakham, Rutland. Our usual attendance is now about 6 to 9 tables. We generally play duplicate pairs, with the occasional session of Teams-of-Four. Every so often we participate in Simultaneous Pairs competitions. We are affiliated to the EBU and the Leicestershire CBA

For further details about our club, please click the Information button in the menu on the left

For brief details of other regular bridge games organised in Rutland, please scroll down to "Bridge in Rutland" at the bottom of this web-page

Play for the Ruddles Cup 2016 will commence on 6th October and will run over 9 weeks up to 15th December, excluding the AGM and the Children in Need simultaneous pairs.  Click "Calendar" in the menu (above left) to see the full list of dates.  The winners of the cup will be the pair (both being members) with the highest percentage score, taking the average of their 3 best scores over the 9 weeks concerned.  The current holders of the cup are Christine Hudson and Gordon Sobey: see the Ruddles item on our News Page.

Please click through to read brief basic guidelines from the EBU about Best Behaviour @ Bridge

Please click through to read some guidelines on simple procedures to help the smooth running of the game, posted on the Mr Bridge website.

Please click through to read particular points of conduct & etiquette which have been emphasised by Matt Betts of the Club Management Focus

Please note it's not unfriendly to call the Director if a mishap (like a revoke) occurs: it is the right thing to do.  Click "Laws & Ethics" in the menu (above left) for further details of how some common mishaps are sorted out.

There is a thriving bridge community in Rutland, which meets regularly to play various forms of the game, as follows

Tuesday (afternoon) 2-4pm, Tuesday Chicago Group, chicago bridge at St Joseph's Church Hall Oakham: contact Isobel Garwood 01572-724357

Tuesday (evening) 6.45-10pm, Oakham Bridge Club, rubber bridge at St Joseph's Church Hall Oakham: contact Stafford or Hilary Wallace 01780-460389 or Brenda Day 01780-482418

Wednesday (afternoon) 2-4.30pm (mid-Sept to mid-April), Oakham Bowling Club, chicago bridge at The Vale Oakham: contact Stephen Popplewell 01572-813286

Thursday (evening) 6.45-10pm, Rutland Bridge Club, duplicate bridge (EBU-affiliated) at Oakham CofE Primary School: click "Information" in menu (above left) for contacts

Friday (evening) 6.45-10pm, Oakham Bridge Club, duplicate bridge at St Joseph's Church Hall Oakham: contact Roderick Wells 01572-492778 or Brenda Day 01780-482418

If unable to reach one of the above groups, please contact Rita Duckham 01572-724761

(On Mondays, duplicate bridge is available just over the county border at Melton or Stamford.  Both those clubs have a presence on BridgeWebs)

If you organise a regular bridge group session in Rutland which is not listed here, please let us have brief details for inclusion in this panel.  Click "Information" in the menu (above left) and then click "Contact us"