All members are invited to the Christmas Celebration which is to be held on Wednesday 10th December

at THE ESTONIAN CLUB starting at 6.00pm.

Complimentary drinks and nibbles will be provided followed by a game of Bridge.  

To make catering easier, please send a message to Susan or sign your name on the list at the club if you would like to come.

It was a photo finish between the top two pairs at the Handicap Pairs competition which was held on Wednesday 12th November. 

Before handicap, both pairs, who have identical handicaps, were tied on 66.67%. However as it was a one winner event, the result relied on the actual games played against each other.  Thus, the winners of the Handicap Trophy are Stuart Davies and George Bak closely followed by Sue Pell and Stephen Berson who came second.

After handicap, Constance Hayes and Maryann Hardy came third. 

Very well done all three pairs!

Just to let members know that, although we have no specific date for completion of the works as yet, a Chesterfield company (PTS) has started on the renovations.

We are really looking forward to being able to use the Clubhouse again for all our meetings and will keep members informed about the progress of the refurbishment.

WELCOME TO BRADFORD BRIDGE CLUB

Perhaps you are someone who would like to learn the wonderful, absorbing game of bridge, perhaps you are a top player  - or perhaps you are someone inbetween the two extremes.  Whatever your experience and standard we would be delighted to see you at our Club. To find out more about us - e.g. the days and times that we meet - please click on the Information tab on the left hand side of this Home Page.  N.B. This gives the dates and times for when we are able to use our Clubhouse.  At the moment this is temporarily not possible as we had a flood there  and renovations are being carried out.  However we are still holding bridge sessions.  For details see the notice TEMPORARY VENUE DUE TO WATER LEAK on the front page of this website.   If you have any additional questions please don’t hesitate to contact our Secretary who will be able to help you.

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Stephen Halston is running various bridge lessons for anyone who wants to learn bridge or to improve their bridge standard and understanding.  

These sessions are held on  Thursday afternoons from 1.30 to 4.00pm and everyone is welcome.

From October 2025 on, the lessons on Thursday afternoons are a follow on for those people who previously went to Stephen’s fast track bridge course.

From January on, Stephen is running improver sessions.  These will include a teams v pairs session which will be extremely useful, especially to anyone interested in playing in the Yorkshire League.  Whenever the teaching sessions are not running, social bridge is played. Stephen has very kindly said that any member of Bradford Bridge Club is welcome to come to any or all of the sessions at no charge.

Follow on from the Bidding Course

16/10/25 Who is deciding the contract.             23/10/25 Leading against a suit contract

30/10/25 Leading against a NT contract.           6/11/25 Responding to 1NT

13/11/25 Planning the play.                                20/11/25 Play of 1NT

27/11/25 Responding with strong hands.           4/11/25 Teams Strategy e.g. Playing at the U3A or No Fear

11/12/25 Doubles and Redoubles

Improvers – focus on defence

15/1/26 Inferences from the bidding.                22/1/26 Inferences from partner’s lead

29/1/26 Counting distribution.                           5/2/26 Counting points

12/2/26 Counting Tricks.                                   19/2/26 Doubling for a lead.                           

26/2/26 When to ruff                                         5/3/26 Doing what declarer doesn’t want

12/3/26 Cutting declarer’s communications

The fixture list for the Yorkshire League has been decided and the Bradford teams venues are  as follows:

Sunday 19th October 2025       Bradford A away to Harrogate A       Bradford B away to York B          Bradford C away to Huddersfield C

Sunday 2nd November 2025    Bradford A away to Olicana A           Bradford B away to Wakefield A    Bradford C away to Keighley D

Sunday 23rd November 2025   Bradford A away to Sheffield A         Bradford B away to Doncaster A    Bradford C away to Wakefield C

Sunday 7th December 2025     Bradford A away to York A                Bradford B away to Leeds B         Bradford C away to Huddersfield D

Sunday 15th February 2026     Bradford A home to Sheffield B         Bradford B home to Keighley A     Bradford C home to Olicana D

Sunday 8th March 2026            Bradford A home to Leeds A             Bradford B  home to Malton A       Bradford C home to Wetherby C

Sunday 29th March 2026          Bradford A home to Thirsk A             Bradford B home to Hull A           Bradford C  home to Harrogate C

On 23rd July 2025 our Secretary sent the following email to members giving an update on repairs to our Club following a flood last winter:-

"Alas, there is not as much progress as we would have wished by now but at least I can update you on what is happening.

It is some time since I last sent any information out about the club repairs. We have experienced some long administrative delays but I feel that, at last, there are more positive plans in place.

Last week, Polygon (a firm dealing with flood, fire etc damage) spent four days stripping the panelling from the walls on both floors, in order to allow the plasterwork to dry out. There are still pockets of dampness which hopefully will have gone when Polygon come back in about a week to check

At the next stage, the Surveyor will send out the tenders. Encouragingly, he thinks it won't be long before the contractors can start the repair work

......after that, new carpets and new chairs (downstairs - 26 chairs and 11 tables were thrown out because they were so badly damaged).

It is very doubtful indeed, that we we shall be ready to hold even the December 7th YL intercity match at the Club -but perhaps to have a Christmas party!"

There has been a lot of work to do following the flood that did a lot of damage in our Club and some of this work is still ongoing. 

We are extremely grateful to Morris Brown and the rest of the Committee for all their efforts which have been truly magnificent.

So far the following work has been carried out as we proceed with the renovation:-

• We had to have an asbestos report done at the beginning.  The report was negative.
• We have had visits from various people including a man from the dehumidifier company, loss adjusters, and a building surveyor who will organise the repairs to the building. 
• Winders carpets have come and measured up to replace the damaged carpets.
  The electrician was in to do the repairs.  These have been completed and we have an electrical safety certificate.
• Tesla (the burglar alarm company) has got the alarm working after it sustained minimal damage from the flood. We do however need a new alarm bell at some point but this is unrelated to the flood.
• Keybury who do the fire alarm can’t come until 10 March to get the fire system up and running.

The building is drying out but we await the dehumidifiers in situ to complete the process.

At the moment it is not possible to give a date when we may be able to return to our own premises but in the meantime we are enjoying playing bridge at the Estonia Club.