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Basingstoke Bridge Club
a friendly club offering opportunities to learn as well as play
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How to contact us

If you are interested in joining us, would like to discuss teaching or have any other questions please contact our Club Chairman, at bstokebridge.chairman@gmail.com

Calendar
10th November 2025
External Booking U3A
Maydene 1.30 pm
Director: Richard Field
10th November 2025
First Steps into Duplicate
Maydene 7 pm
Director: Andy Bartlett
Scorer: Jane
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10th November 2025
ONLINE CHILDREN IN NEED PAIRS
RealBridge 7.15pm
Director: John Fairhurst
Scorer: John F
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Welcome to Basingstoke Bridge Club
AGM 2025

Notice of Club AGM

The Club’s Annual General Meeting will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 23rd, at the clubhouse, followed by lunch and bridge.
Please register your attendance via the calendar event.

The Club is also considering applying for Charity Status, and a vote on this proposal will take place during the meeting.
If you are unable to attend but wish to vote by proxy, please complete the appropriate proxy form indicating your decision.  All AGM-related documents are available in the Members Area of the website
Please log in first, then click on AGM 2025, or click here.

 

Last updated : 4th Nov 2025 11:00 GMT
Welcome to Basingstoke Bridge Club
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Basingstoke Bridge club was founded in 1966 by Harold Foster and is the largest bridge club in Hampshire with a thriving membership of over 250.  We are located in our own premises at Maydene, Sherborne Rd, Basingstoke, RG21 5TG (at the corner of Richmond Rd) and have just had an extension added to increase comfort for our members.

We have members of all ages and abilities. ..........

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Last updated : 21st May 2025 19:06 BST
What we offer and when
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Bridge sessions - what we offer and when

These session are F2F at the clubhouse - please arrive at least 10 minutes before the session:

  • Club pairs - Tuesday & Wednesday afternoon, Thursday evening and Friday mornings
  • Boost your Bridge - play and learn - every other Monday evening - please book via the calendar event
  • First steps into Duplicate - aimed at those who haven't played duplicate before or who have very little experience.  Alternate Monday's to Boost your Bridge - please book via calendar event 

The following sessions will be run online on RealBridge.  

  • Club pairs - running on Monday and Friday evenings 
  • Club teams - running on the last Monday of the month 
  • 9-High pairs - most Tuesday evenings 
  • 9-High teams - once a month on a Tuesday evening 
  •  Tricks of the Trade - every other Wednesday evening
  • Club Social Lounge - every day from 9. ..........
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Last updated : 7th Sep 2025 11:00 BST
NEW FEATURE

Great News – New Members!

We’re excited to welcome several new members to the club! To help them (and others) find regular playing partners, we’ve set up a Regular Partner Request Form.

You can access the form from the menu on the left – or simply click the link below.

Click here

Let’s do our best to help match people up and get everyone playing regularly!

Last updated : 19th Oct 2025 09:24 BST
Training Courses
Training Courses

 

The club currently provides Beginners and Improvers training courses.

The second term of the Improver course started on Saturday 13th September

The second term of the Beginner course started on Thursday 11th September

Please do contact us if you are interested in learning with us.

Please click here to go to our Training website for more information.

 

Last updated : 16th Sep 2025 10:31 BST
WhatsApp

Did you know that the club has its own WhatsApp Chat group?  WhatsApp is a free messaging and video calling app that works on most phones. If you are interested in joining the group please email John Fairhurst on bstokebridge.chairman@gmail.com, providing details of your mobile number. 

Last updated : 16th Sep 2025 11:09 BST
Charity Contributions

The club has paid monies over to our charities as follows:

Children in Need £112 - Mollie Simmons event

Thankyou!

Last updated : 22nd Oct 2025 09:36 BST
Club Xmas Party 2025

The clocks have changed, the shops are full of festive goodies, and it’s time to think about our Christmas Party!

📅 Date: Thursday, 18th December
🕖 Time: 7pm (please don’t arrive before 6:30pm)

📍 Venue: The Clubhouse

Limited to 16 tables.  Cost is £7 per person.

BOOKING FORM OPENS MONDAY 10TH NOVEMBER AT 9AM.  Go to calendar event to register.

Last updated : 5th Nov 2025 14:07 GMT
Winner of Slam Competition
Winner of Slam Competition

Congratulations to Keith Bennett who has won the 2025 Slams Competition

100 members played in 25 sessions or more to qualify for the competition.

Please click here to see the final ranking for the 100 qualifying members.

Last updated : 3rd Nov 2025 12:02 GMT
Competitions 2025/2026

The 2025 Competitions are now complete and the winners will receive their prizes at the AGM on Sunday November 23rd.  Please click here to register to attend the AGM.

2026 Competiiton list is now available.    Please click here for the full list.

Please click here for all the information about each competition.

The next club competition is the Kinloch Trophy on Wednesday 14th January.  

 

Last updated : 30th Oct 2025 20:03 GMT
How are we doing with SLAM bidding?

How are we doing with SLAM bidding?   In October we bid 127 slams and made 65%, the second highest month of slams bid

Top Point scorers are:

Dorothy Rivers & Charles Nixon with 5 points and Graham Ledger & Alan Gristwood with 4 points 

Well done everyone!

Last updated : 3rd Nov 2025 11:58 GMT
Who has increased their NGS score the most this month?
Who has increased their NGS score the most this month?

Who has increased their NGS score the most in October?  The top 4 people this month are:

John Glasscock, Sam Golding, Marian Rudd & Alan Gristwood

Well done everyone!

Last updated : 1st Nov 2025 11:05 GMT
Round Robin Team Competition Result 2025
Round Robin Team Competition Result 2025

The Round Robin Team Competition has now been completed for 2025.  The Winning Team is listed below.    Full results for all teams can be found by clicking on Competitions from the menu on the website

Well done everyone!!

Keith Bennett, John Fairhurst, Phil Brown, Andy Fry & Madeline Lawson.

Last updated : 28th Oct 2025 09:28 GMT
Winners of 9 High Team Competitions

The last round of the 9 High Teams competition took place last night.

Winning team were:  Mike Battisson, Vera Watts, Christel Beard, David Bates, Georgie Bovill, Kevin Malone

Second place team were: Charmaine Hoey, Maggie Bennett, Peter Lawes, Tony Turner & Richard Field

Third place team were: Barbara Glasscock Helen Dye, Peter Galer, Kathy Wilson, Dayl Wallace & Cathi Low

Well done everyone!

Last updated : 22nd Oct 2025 09:35 BST
Club Holiday to Italy June 2026

The club is again offering a superb opportunity for club members to go on a holiday abroad with the option to play bridge on 6 of the days.  We have secured bookings via Triangle Travel for the

Grand Hotel De Vinci in Cesenatico, Italy from 4th to 11th June, 2026.  Click here to go to the hotel website

If you would like more details please click here and enter password MT?.ro8q This will take you to a presentation by the travel agency on the location, hotel and facilities, surrounding areas, prices and what is included in the price.

If you decide you want to go please book direct with Triangle Travel on 0118 934 1312.  They have already started taking bookings from club members.  For any queries please contact Anne Todd or Heather Frazer.

 

Last updated : 5th Nov 2025 23:09 GMT
EBU Promotions

Congratulations to the following members who have received EBU Promotions:

Neil P Thomas - 4 Star Premier Master

Barbara Thomas - 4 Star Premier Master

John O'Connor - Club Master

Jim Forrester - County Master

Dave Ess - District Master

Last updated : 19th Oct 2025 09:27 BST