SpadeHeart 
 DiamondClub
Online Alerting

We’ve written a guide to alerting in BBO which you can find under “Guidance for Playing” in our menu above.

 

Recent Updates
Home Page
21st Sep 2025 16:30 BST
SIM Pairs - UNICEF

There's an ECats Charity SIM Pairs event in July, supporting Kidney Research and the British Heart Foundation.

Face to Face is back!

Play at Bakewell and see your friends! Details in "Club News".

Wireless Scoring

Bridgemate II wireless scoring used.

Instant results and traveller details available at the end of the session and on this website.

Wireless Scoring
Release 2.19q
Welcome to Bakewell Bridge Club
Club News - Tuesday evening F2F

CHANGE TO TUESDAY EVENING HOSTING
All our volunteer hosts live outside Bakewell, so during October we will be trialling a different system to try to avoid having them travel to The Medway unnecessarily.
If you would like to play with a host on a particular evening, please let Barbara Rogers know by 4:30pm on that Tuesday at the very latest — phone number under "Where & When" in the "Club Information" section of the menu.   Barbara will then contact the Host and ask her/him to come down to The Medway.  S/he will be ready to come to Bakewell, but will be waiting to find out if s/he is needed at home rather than at The Medway.
We'll decide at the beginning of November whether to make this change permanent.

EBU Masterpoints Promotion

Congratulations to our club member who achieved promotion in August:
Chris Megson – Local Master
Well done!

AGM

This year's AGM took place on 10th June.  The main outcomes are: The meeting agreed to increase the annual subscription for full members of the club to £10, payable by mid-September and the committee is continuing unchanged for the next 12 months.

Club Competitions 2024/25

This year's Leonora Wilson Trophy and the Bakewell Handicap Cup have now finished.
We'll be announcing the results at the AGM on 10th June.
If you can't wait 😀 you can find the final 
standings in the competition section of the website.

Wednesday Afternoon Pairs

The Wednesday afternoon face-to-face sessions at The Medway are running well.
Play starts at 2pm so please be there by 1:45 to ensure a prompt start.
Refreshments are available throughout.  Results are posted both with and without handicaps.
There will be a host so don't worry if you don't have a partner - we'll pair you up with someone.

Online Alerting

Alerting online in BBO is significantly different from face to face.  We've written a guide under “Guidance for Playing” in our menu (on the left on a computer and at the top of the screen on a phone).
In summary, you alert all non-natural bids, not just up to 3NT, and you
ALERT YOUR OWN BIDS.
Please also remember to give a summary of your system in the chat at the beginning of a round, have a summary on your profile, and post a convention card.

Our venue - The Medway Centre, New Street, Bakewell
Our venue - The Medway Centre, New Street, Bakewell
Visitors

Visitors are welcome to our Tuesday evening events.

No Partner?
No Partner?

Our Tuesday evening sessions are now hosted.

If you need a partner, don't be put off.  Come down to the Medway and we'll pair you up.

Bakewell Bridge Club Beginners Course

Learn to play bridge at the Medway Centre, Bakewell, Derbyshire.

Enquiries:   

Barbara Rogers  01246 590623   babsrogers1944@gmail.com

Calendar
9th December 2025
F2F Pairs
The Medway Centre 18:45
Director: Tony Margree
9th December 2025
Online Pairs
BBO 18:50
Director: Lou Hobhouse
9th December 2025
Merged results
For info only
Scorer: Lou Hobhouse
10th December 2025
F2F Pairs
The Medway Centre 14:00
Director: Tony Margree
10th December 2025
Christmas Party
(DCBA)
Results
F2F Pairs
Director: Sue Browne
Bakewell Handicap Cup (7)
Scorer: Chris Woodhouse
Online Pairs
Director: Lou Hobhouse
Scorer: Lou Hobhouse
Leonora Wilson Trophy (7)
Director: Sue Browne
Merged results
Scorer: Lou Hobhouse