Congratulations to Philip Price and Dora Hague who were the winners of the Criddle Cup Competition held on Monday 12th October.

Runners Up were Tony Andrews and Pete Nightingale.

Well done all 

Our next lunch and social bridge will held on Wednesday 28th October. The event will start at 12:15 for 12:30 with a sandwich lunch and tea, coffee and soft drinks provided by the club.

There will be no charge for the session and lunch but we will hold a collection for our charity Bright Hope. Please bring some cash with you to make a contribution to this worthwhile charity. You may also make a donation through your banking system to the club's account with Bright Hope as the reference.

After lunch we will play several rounds of social bridge using manual scoring with a small prize for the member with the highest score and for the player with the lowest score. The director will move people around after each set of 2 boards to ensure a good mix of partners. The club's basic bidding system will be used to and this can be found on the website under competitions link on the left hand side of the site. Cards will be shuffled and dealt at the table at the start of each round so it is all in the cards!

There is no need to have a partner as the committee will act as hosts. Please come along and enjoy a friendly lunch and friendly card play.

                                                        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

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

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

                                    September 2026 Promotions

                          There are 4 promotions this month

                               1 Star  Master                            Isabel Stanley

                       District Master                          Judi Chapple

                                Local Master                             Mike Kilduff

                                                                         David Watson

 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  - 9th November 2026 at 1pm

The last available committee meeting minutes are for 17th August 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 20th July 2026 can also be found under Member Notices