Saddleworth Bridge Club played their first inter-club match on Thursday 18th June 2015. The opponents were Oakfield Bridge Club so both sides were able to play on familiar territory at the Masonic Hall as they are both based there. It was a friendly but competitive match with 16 players on each side which was neck and neck until the very end when Saddleworth just managed to get the win. Tea, coffee and cakes were provided at half-time to keep everyone going and a winners cup was awarded to Don Walton, the Saddleworth captain at the end. Everyone agreed it was an enjoyable evening and we hope to arrange a return match. Big thanks to Bob Mercer from Oakfield for sorting out the movement and the scoring and even baking some of the cakes!

Our second ever inter-club match took place on Wednesday 10th Feb 2016 against Ashton Bridge Club at their club. There were 5 teams of 4 from each club although we did have to borrow one of their players (their president!) due to a last minute problem with one of our players. Ashton won by a huge margin (over 120 imps if I remember rightly) but everyone enjoyed the evening and a supper of potato pie or curry was provided. A trophy was presented to Ashton and we hope to win it back some time. A big thank you to all the participants and our chief organisers Andrea and Dave.