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NO FEAR “POT LUCK” TEAMS: Friday 22nd March - 6pm for supper, 7pm for bridge. CLICK HERE TO BOOK.
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Friday 29th March - 11am. Booking is essential for this fun event, for all levels of player. Sandwiches available to order for lunch, with Easter treats included in your table money. CLICK HERE TO BOOK, booking CLOSES 10pm Wednesday 27th March.
BLUE POINTED SWISS PAIRS: Sunday 28th April 13:00. Top prize of £200 per pair. CLICK HERE TO ENTER
SPRING COURSES NOW AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING: All continuation courses are open for booking. Term starts w/c 15 April. Please scroll down to the course list for booking links or use the menu on the left (Book lessons and seminars)
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WIMBLEDON BRIDGE CLUB |
Welcome to Wimbledon Bridge Club, one of the best bridge clubs in the UK, catering for players of all abilities. Visiting players are most welcome, please do join us for a session. There is generally a host to make up numbers, so visitors don't need a partner to come along, but please check on the calendar. Click here to see the regular playing schedule for our session times and descriptions, including sessions for beginners and novices, so you can select a session appropriate to your level. The club no longer accepts cash so visitors should bring a debit card for payments. We use Bridgemates and computer scoring so the results are available immediately after the session finishes. We are affiliated to the English Bridge Union and Master Points are awarded for all duplicate sessions. Special events are held throughout the year.
We offer a complete learning programme for all levels from complete beginners to intermediate players. Our team of experienced teachers will guide you through the fundamentals of this endlessly fascinating game. Please click here if you would like to register interest in learning.
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Competition Season |
The club's annual championships will take place between January and May this year. These championships are for members only and, to enter a members’ only competition, you must have been a member of the club for three months prior to the date of the event.
Gullick Cup (Blue Pointed Pairs Championship). Winners: Lars McBride and John Edwards
Bochsler Cup (Teams Championship). Winners: Andrew Bannock, John Dagnall, Conor Murphy and Imogen Davies
Martin Warner - Tue 13 & 20 February. Winners: Sue Perin and Karen Fearon
Gwyneth Sather Cup (NGS <6 Championship). Winners: Mary Dickens and Rosemary Hickson
Peel Bowl (Ladies’ Pairs Championship). Winners: Janet Cahm and Hilary Stewart
Jim Ratcliffe Cup (Men’s Pairs Championship). Winners Andrew Bannock and John Dagnall.
Hetty Van Os Trophy (Good Friday Individual Championship) with lunch - Fri 29 March 11:00am. Holder: Adrian Parker
Improvers Cup (NGS < 8 Championship) - Fri 5 April 10:30am. Holders: Brigitte King and Marion Venter
Bartlett Bowl (Mixed Pairs Championship) - Tue 7 May 19:30pm. Holders: Judi Lawson and Dan O'Farrell
Karlsen Cup (Pivot Teams Championship) - Tue 14 May 19:30pm. Holders: Soheila Munro, Elisabeth Bingham, Malcolm Bricknell and Simon Cocheme
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SPRING 2024 COURSES AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING NOW! |
We offer a complete learning programme for all levels from complete beginners to intermediate players
Don't see the course you want? CLICK HERE TO REGISTER INTEREST IN LEARNING.
For more information on our learning programme, take a look at the Learning at WBC section of the website. If you need advice, please email teaching@wimbledonbridgeclub.co.uk
Course Schedule April 2024
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Classes start w/c 15 April, Bank Holiday Monday 6 May, Half term 27-31 May. Last lessons w/c 24 June except Monday classes end 1 July. |
NEW EVENING COURSE
Beginning Bridge Term 1 |
Mondays 19:00 |
Starts 19 February 2024
10 weeks |
Click HERE to book |
Beginning Bridge Term 2 |
Tuesdays 10:00 |
Starts 16 April 2024
10 weeks |
Click HERE to book |
Beginning Bridge Term 3 |
Tuesdays 19:00 |
Starts 16 April 2024
10 weeks |
Click HERE to book |
Beginning Bridge Term 3 |
Thursdays 19:00 |
Starts 18 April 2024
10 weeks |
Click HERE to book |
Beginning Bridge Term 3 |
Fridays 10:30 |
Starts 19 April 2024
10 weeks |
Click HERE to book |
Improve your Bridge 2 |
Mondays 19:00 |
Starts 15 April 2024
10 weeks |
Click HERE to Book |
Improve your Bridge 3 |
Mondays 13:30 |
Starts 15 April 2024
10 weeks |
Click HERE to Book |
Intermediate 2 ONLINE |
Mondays 10:30 |
Starts 8 April 2024
9 weeks |
Click HERE to Book
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“Many games provide fun, but Bridge grips you. It exercises your mind. Your mind can rust, you know, but Bridge prevents the rust from forming.” – Omar Sharif
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LEARN AND PLAY SESSIONS (f2f) |
WBC offer a range of face to face play sessions suitable for all levels. We encourage beginners and improvers to attend at least one play session a week to practice and consolidate what has been covered in lessons.
Monday afternoons 12:30pm - Supervised Play Bid and play at your own pace with guidance if wanted. All levels
Thursday mornings 10:30am - Supervised Duplicate 12 to 15 boards are played in a competitive format with guidance if wanted. Improvers/Intermediate
Thursday evenings 7:30pm - Mini Duplicate Introduction to duplicate. 10 to 12 boards in a competitive format with guidance and review of selected hands. Beginners/Improvers
Saturday afternoons 2pm - Supervised Play Bid and play at your own pace with guidance if wanted. All levels
Hosts are available at all sessions so you do not need to come with a partner. No booking required.
When you are ready, our shorter 18-Board Duplicate sessions on Tuesday and Friday mornings are suitable for novice pairs.
Here are our Monday afternoon players enjoying their game!
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ONLINE LEARNING |
Supervised Play sessions run twice a week on Wednesday and Friday mornings, 10:30am-12:30pm on RealBridge. There is no need to book, just click on the link on the RBC website about 10 minutes before the start of play and you’ll be taken to the RealBridge login page. Enter your full name and EBU number to log in to the session. If you can get a table of three or four together, you’ll be guaranteed a game. You are welcome to come as a pair or single and we will try and make up tables, but we can’t guarantee you’ll get a game.
Cost is £6 per session which will be charged to your WBC member’s account.
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Refresh and Practice sessions run weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:30am-12:30pm on Zoom and Real Bridge. These sessions are aimed at refreshing your knowledge on a particular topic that you may find tricky or on which you may like to refresh your memory. Before each session, you will receive notes. The session will start with five minutes of Q&A on the topic. This will be followed by the bidding and play of 12 specially prepared hands for you to practice. You do not need a partner.
These sessions require registration: Please click the session on the RBC website to book by 4 pm on the day before the session to receive the joining instructions.
Have a look at the mini-clip on the booking form to see why students love these sessions!
Cost is £6 per session which will be charged to your WBC member’s account.
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Counsel for the Defence/Well I do Declare! Sessions run weekly on Thursday mornings at 10:30am
These Intermediate-Advanced sessions each feature 3 particularly interesting boards for group discussion. Each week alternates between boards from the declarer perspective (Well I Do Declare) and a defender's perspective (Counsel for the Defence). A quiz is set in advance with questions about the given auction, and placement of cards with the other players over the first few tricks. At a critical point the quiz asks how you would continue. At the actual session, the boards are loaded onto BBO and we play through as a group discussing the queries via Zoom and a screenshare. Each board is analysed in detail including an assessment of the result on different lines of play, and a post mortem to review the upshot of different bidding actions / possible contracts. Commentaries on the quiz are issued afterwards.
The cost is £5 per person, and no booking is required.
To join, please click this Zoom meeting (from 10.20 for a 10.30 start): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86037429431
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Surrey County Bridge Association |
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Going to be LATE? |
If you are going to arrive later than 10 mins before the start of the session, it is essential that you call the club on 0208 947 0147 at least 15 minutes beforehand so that you can be included in the movement. If you don't do this you may not be able to play.
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Hosting and Arriving without a Partner |
If you do not have a partner for an occasional session, a host is normally available to make up numbers. If you do come on your own, please arrive at the Club at least 15 minutes before the start of play so that you can be partnered in good time with another single player or the host without causing delay to the start of play.
Members with an NGS of at least 4 are asked to volunteer to host a minimum of once a year and preferably twice. To host at any session other than supervised sessions, Tuesday or Friday mornings and Thursday evenings, you should have an NGS ranking of at least 6. Please be kind and courteous to your partner and remember that it is important to find yourself a regular partner and not rely on the host system entirely.
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Best Behaviour at Bridge |
Regular sessions at WBC are intended to provide a friendly and enjoyable environment to play the game of Bridge, and members should conduct themselves in the spirit of this aim. If you feel you have been affected by anything at the table that is not in the spirit of the Best Behaviour at Bridge code then the director should be called immediately. The other players should not retaliate or enter into an argument or discussion. Please click here to see the BB@B code.
It is hoped that most incidents can be resolved at the time. If any player wishes to make a formal complaint, they should do so at the time so that the director can complete the appropriate report, which must be signed by all parties. Where the incident occurs outside a play session or, if occurring at a play session is, for a valid reason not reported to the director, it must be reported in writing (or via e-mail) to the Chair or Secretary of the Club within two weeks of the incident.
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