This is the website for inter-club duplicate tournaments, held with a 6.35pm prompt start on the 3rd Tuesday of most months at the Athenaeum Club in London's Pall Mall. Dinner is held at around 8.30pm, shortly after the mid-point for the evening's hands.
Members of a St James's or other kindred club wishing to play in these sessions should contact Christina Hemmett at Christina@hellenist.org.uk. Players are requested not to invite professionals as partners.
Sir Basil Hall Trophy
The Sir Basil Hall Challenge Trophy is awarded to the player with the highest average percentage score over their best five Interclub appearances during the season, not more than three of which are with the same partner and subject to a minimum of five appearances. The winner must be a current member of a St James's or kindred club. A list of previous winners is available on this website.
Elsa Nelson (Naval and Military) and Randa Snow won the first event when the new season started on 15 September 2026. Podium places were won by Greg Stone and our TD Gitte Hecht-Johansen in second place and Jane Plumptre, partnered by her brother Paul, in third.
Pivot Teams
Eleven teams from four different St James's clubs competed in this annual event on 16 December 2025. There was little to separate the top teams when dinner was taken but in the second half the Oxford and Cambridge quartet romped home to win by a clear margin. Athenaeum teams finished in second and third places. Congratulations to Malcolm McIvor, Andrea Geser, Gary Stevens and Philip Meats who went away with the champagne prizes. Our thanks, as aways, go to Gitte who coped admirably with a complicated movement and to the Club catering staff who provided a splendid festive dinner.
St James's Bridge Drive
The sixteenth version of this popular event was held at the Naval and Military on 12 October 2026. The winners were Fauzia Crockford, from the host club, and Ewa Francis. The best Athenaeum performance came from Catherine Rice-Evans, partnered by her husband, Rex Goad (O&C), who finished in the runners-up position, thus narrowly failing to repeat their 2024 victory.Two other Athenaeum members finished in the top ten.
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