The EGM held on Wednesday 11th March voted overwhelmingly in favour of purchasing the latest Bridgemate system.

The Committee will now progress with the purchase of the system approved at the meeting. Time will be needed to setup the new system, some familiarisation on how to setup and manage a session for the directors and some help notes for members on how to use the new handset.

The Committee will keep members updated on the progress and the date of implementation.

                                                        Are you a Lapsed Bridge Player?

Ashby Bridge Club is a thriving bridge club with over 150 members. We offer five regular sessions each week, plus seminars for improvers, all held at Ashby Leisure Centre.

The sessions range from social games to competitive duplicate.

There is also a supervised play session on Wednesday mornings aimed at improvers, or returning players, who would like to build their confidence.

Why not come along and play a few hands of bridge with experienced players nearby to support and guide you?

If you are interested in learning to play this fascinating and challenging game, or to pick it up again and would like more information, contact us via the contact tab on the left hand side of this page.

For those members who are playing regularly on BBO and have become frustrated with not being able to UNDO a bid or a card play please check out the article under Bridge Base Online>Misclicks. This may help you avoid making the wrong bid or playing the wrong card

The director was called to a table where bad language had taken place. The director said to the offending player "did you really call your opponent an ass?" "Yes" he replied but on reflection it was insufficient and should be made good!

The bride was walking down the aisle to be greeted by her 'soon to be' husband. As she met him at the altar she noticed a pack of cards and a convention card protruding from his jacket pocket. "Why have you got those cards .... darling?" she exclaimed. "Well" he said "This won't take all day will it?"

Remember ... A well balanced player makes up for their inadequacy in the bidding with their ineptitude in the play!

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you wake up and get out of bed in the morning and it doesn't stop until you sit down at the bridge table

And now one for our female members-

Life with men is like bridge, you need

A Heart to love them

A Diamond to marry them

A Club to beat them

A Spade to bury them

Every week we now play two sessions of face to face Duplicate Bridge together with one session online on BBO. We will be at the Ashby Leisure Centre on Mondays with an arrival time of 6.45pm for a 7pm start, Wednesdays with an arrival time of 12:45 for a 13:00 start. Fridays is reserved for Social Bridge with a 9.30 am start. Following the member survey Thursday evening Duplicate sessions will remain online on BBO for the forseeable future to be reviewed by the Committee from time to time

Please note that the rounds for the Monday session are 'on the clock' to ensure that we play in a timely fashion 

In addition to theses sessions there is also Supervised Play every Wednesday at 10am at the Leisure Centre and are designed for those members who have completed the teaching course and are moving to the next level.... But all members are welcome

Virtual Duplicate Bridge on Thursday Evenings commences at 6.45 pm and to play you need to be a Bridge Base Online member and have informed the club of your username. If you have not signed up already see the details by clicking on the tab 'Bridge Base Online' on the left hand side of this page.  This will tell you how to register and other useful and important information. BBO is the only way you can play online against other Club Members in an Ashby Bridge Club Duplicate session. You will require a partner and if you find this difficult please use the Find a Partner system in Members Only

Once registered on Bridge Base Online email - d.m.hague@talk21.com  with your username

The competition season for 2025/2026 is well underway with 6 competitions now complete. The next competition is the Captain's Cup on Monday 16th March. This is for pairs and is handicapped. There will be 2 sets of results, one scored without the handicap and then under results you can find the handicap results showing the winning pair.

All the results for this season can be found in the drop down menu under 'Competitions>This Seasons Trophy Winners and Competition Dates' on the LHS of this page. You can also find all winners from previous seasons in this section.

Whilst Ashby Bridge Club runs a host of competitions throughout the Bridge season there are also many competitions, sometimes online, run by the Leicestershire County Bridge Association. These can be entered via the LCBA web site by clicking on the link below. Simply fill in the appropriate form and submit. 

LCBA Competitions and Entry Forms

                                     February 2026 Promotions

                          There is 1 promotion this month

                       Local Master             Pete Nightingale

To check how many points are required for each award click on the link below

                                                       EBU Masterpoints            

                                   Click Here for full list of promotions

Next meeting  - 27th April 2026 at 1pm

The last available committee meeting minutes are for 12th January 2026. These plus all previous committee meetings can be found by going to Members Only and clicking on Member Notices. Scroll down to the Minutes you require

In addition the Minutes, Chair's Report, Treasurers Report and Accounts from the AGM held on 14th July 2025 can also be found under Member Notices