The Leisure Centre will be closed on the Bank Holidays of 5th May and 26th May. Therefore our Duplicate Bridge will be played online on BBO

Congratulations to David Maitland who won the Charlie Hall Individual with a score of 66.27%. Runner up was Tony Longdon with a score of 65.48%.

The final of this seasons Knockout Trophy was played on Monday 28th April and after a very close fought match Sue Birch with partner Andy Woodward just pipped Ian Grudgings and John Collier to take the title. Well done to the winners

The extremely popular 'Improvers' sessions for members will continue at the Leisure Centre commencing at 10pm on Tuesday 29th April with an accent on playing the contract rather than bidding. No need to book but please ensure you are there well before the start time. Whatever your level of competence at the Bridge table there is always something to learn to improve your game. The first session this year was on 25th February on Splinter Bids and Trial Bids and the second session dealt with Ace showing cue bids and Jacoby 2NT. All sessions are charged at £2.50 - less than a coffee and more rewarding!

Also continuing will be the Supervised Play for members where you get to play hands against similar opposition with more experienced players available to help and advise on the bidding and play. These sessions are particularly relevant to players who have completed the Learners Course and are ready to move into slightly competitive Bridge. Returnees to the game may find these sessions very useful to get back into playing. These also start at 10am and are also charged at £2.50 per session

A highly successful Lunch + Social Bridge event for ALL members was held on Wednesday 5th March. The main purpose was to encourage players of whatever ability to play in a (slightly) competitive environment. Following some excellent buffet food there followed an afternoon of relaxing bridge with players mixing up partners to get one winner from the manual scoring. Well done to Janet Vernon who just pipped Nora Hunter to win the chocolates! There was also a prize for nearest to zero won by Andy Woodward.... as if he didn't win enough trophies! There're some photos of the event which you can find under Members Only>Ashby Bridge Club Photos. Scroll to the bottom of the list to find them or click on the link below 

Lunch and Social Bridge 2025

Our wonderful members together with Ashby Bridge Club have raised a fantastic £1170 pounds so far this season for different charities. We have supported Kidney Research and Heart Foundation, Cancer Research, Children in Need and our designated charity The Macular Society. Well done to all our members

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 -bob.stokes1@icloud.com with your username

We have almost finished our competitions for this 'Bridge Year' (2024/25) played in both Face to Face and online Duplicate Bridge format with exception of the Cottage Shield and the year long trophy winners, such as the Stanley cup. 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

                                     March 2025 Promotions

                                There are two promotions this month

                          Don Davis                   5* Master

                         Guy Bryant                Club Master

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  - 18th August 2024 at 1pm

The last available committee meeting minutes are for 27th January 2025 plus all previous committee meetings and 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 29th July 2024 can also be found under Member Notices