It is with sadness that we report the recent death of former member Quentin Jefferies. Quentin along with his wife Sheila were regular players at the club until they relocated to Winsford in 2025.

Sheila is still a member and plays regularly in our BBO sessions. Our thoughts are with Sheila, family and friends at this time.

The club participated in the EBED Autumn Simultaneous Pairs on 7 and 8 September. In the Monday face-to-face event, 226 pairs from 16 clubs across the country took part. Bolton had seven pairs who placed in the top third of the field, most notably Wendy Blyth and John Simm, who finished fourth overall.

In the Tuesday online event, 17 clubs and 211 pairs took part. Bolton had four pairs in the top third, with Barbara Heaton and Paul Vose the highest placed Bolton pair in 30th position.

The Club celebrates its 80th anniversary on Saturday 14th November 2026, and we have organised a dinner on this date at Nick's Restauarnt (Turton Golf Club), 7pm for 7:30pm, to mark this special occasion.

If you wish to attend please complete the form below.

The cost is £45/head. Payments should be made to:-

Account    Bolton Bridge Club Ltd

Sort Code 40-12-25

Acc. No. 20166707

Include your name as a reference (Note this is not the normal Bridge Club account).

Please use the drop down menu options to select your meal.

Appllication for places is open to Members only until 23rd September.

From 24th September, If space is available, Members may request a place for their partner.

Final closing date for all applications is 18th October.

Our next series of Bridge lessons will commence on Thursday 17th September 2026.

Start time is 7pm and the session will finish at 10pm.

If you are interested in learning to play this most fascinating of games and wish to attend our lessons

please complete the form below and one of our team will contact you.

It is with great sadness we have to report the death of Clive Henderson on 26th August 2026. Clive, together with his wife Barbara, was a long term member of Bolton Club. He supported our competitions and duplicate sessions for many years before his recent declining health made it no longer possible to come to the club. He played many times at County Level. He was Tournament Director at Bolton and a Treasurer at LCBA. Our condolences go to his family and friends.

In the Northern League Match on Saturday 15th August, the Lancashire C Team won the competition with half the team being Bolton players - L Hitchen & D Fairweather and P Vose & B Williamson.

Recently, Kath Pearson & Doreen Seddon entered an EBU 9 High Competition run by Kent Bridge Club on BBO and came second with 60.3%, just pipped at the post for first place.

The Paul Evans Memorial Swiss Pairs was held at Bolton BC with a healthy attendance of 29 pairs playing 5 x 5 board rounds and a selection of delightful cakes at half time. Winners were A Hurst & M Nicholson, 2nd S Fanning & B Perry, 3rd W Blyth & J Simm.  See results section for full rankings.

The Bolton Ladies Pairs Championship was held at the Club on Wednesday 3rd June.  Congrats to the winners Sandra Dootson & Joanne Evans, 2nd Sue Whittam & Linda Wilson. 11 pairs took part.

The Bolton Mens Pairs Championship was held at the Club on Wednesday 3rd June.   

Congrats to the winners Stuart Norris & Bob Collins, 2nd Alan Whittam & Jeff Smith.  13 pairs took part.

Some of the class of 2025 after receiving their certificates of achievement.

Many are now continuing their learning, with support, through assisted play sessions.

Congratulations to our 2026 Mixed Pairs Champions ...  Sue Whittam and David Morris

Well Done to the Runners-up, Jay Cooper and Graeme Bruce and to 3rd Placed, Sue and Stephen Hazlitt

Thank you to all the 21 pairs who played in the event.  The full results are on our Results page, including the results after handicap, won by Sheila and Darren Porter.

The 2026 Austin Barnes Ladder is now complete. This was for the best 8 of 11 scores from Feb 2 to Apr 13. The open competition was won by Stuart Norris for the fourth successive year! The handicapped competition was won by Alan Whittam.

♠ The annual Bolton BC Championship Pairs was held on Saturday 11th April. There were 20 Pairs to enjoy the bridge, the Grand National and an excellent buffet meal. Winners were J Smith & M Nicholson, 2nd S Fanning & A Whittam, Handicap winners B Matthews & A Cafferky and J & Y Sandbrook.

The annual Bolton Club Individual was held on 11th March 2026 at the Club. As usual, all players were playing the same system Ref: Individual System. There were 25 players at the event.

Congratulations to the Winner Dave Morris, 2nd= Paul Vose, Cilla Prescott.