The annual Glaister Cup competition was held on Monday 9th November 2026.  Eleven pairs took part.

Congratulations to the winners Jo & Peter Dawe (65.48%). Second were June Timperley & Rob Gough (65.48%), third Sue Pickford & Richard Elliot (59.52%)..

The final result was tied. A tie break using the head to head results had to be applied and this was narrowly won by Jo & Peter.

BBO have changed their pages to log onto tournaments, making it very easy to choose a Robot as your partner, rather the person you wanted to play with.

Find the Bolton Tournaments on BBO from the main menu by choosing Tournaments (Competitive)  and then All Tournaments. And then in the Search area type Bol  (This is alla s it has been before)

When you see the Bolton Tournament and click on the main part of it (Not the Free or Registration word) you will get a Registration screen, where the highlighted option is a Robot. You need to click on the Invite button and it will then display a list of Bolton players who are online for you to choose from.  Choose your partner of choice and you wil be registered as normal.

If you click on the "Free" or "Register" word you will again be sent to a Registration screen, but this one is subtlely different.  Above the Robot option  there is a blank box. Click on this to get a list of Bolton players who are online for you to choose from.  Choose your partner of choice and you wil be registered as normal.

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.

The annual Tyldesley Trophy competition will be held on Wednesday 25th November 2026.  This is for members with NGS 10 or under as of 1st November. 

Please enter below.

If there is sufficient interest we will hold a separate duplicate session upstairs for those not eligible to play in the Tyldesley Trophy.

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.

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.