| Come and join us! |
 Welcome to Bude Bridge Club!
We welcome new members, Chris and Alison Catchpole, Pat Alexander and Barbara Crook.
New members are always warmly welcomed. Please contact the Club Secretary (bridge@budebridgeclub.com) to let us know you're coming.
New members pay a joining fee of £5 for the year, and their first two sessions (value £8) are FREE..
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| Bude Bridge Club |
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Bude Bridge Club meets for Face-to-face Bridge on Tuesday evenings at the Parkhouse Centre. - Duplicate Bridge with Masterpoints - please arrive at 6.45 for a 7 p.m. start.
Please contact Val Ridding if you are a visitor or need a partner for Tuesdays (see below for details
We also play online on Fridays, starting at 7 pm. - 21 boards of competitive bridge , with friends from other clubs joining us.
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| Annual General Meeting 2026 |
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Our Annual General Meeting and Prizegiving was held on Tuesday, April 7th in the Parkhouse Centre.
Club Chairman Steve Clifton presented Club Secretary Val Ridding with a bouquet in recognition of all her work throughout the year.
Prizewinners were:
John Ridding Club Champions: Rob Irish and Bob Bennett
Clifton Trophy: Neil and Sarah Trenaman
Linda Ashworth Trophy: Ian Curtis
June Justice Trophy: Tom Salt
Handicap Pairs: Doug Bussey and Peter Oldfield
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| EBU Summer Simultaneous Pairs |
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Congratulations to Rob and Bob, winners of our local heat of the EBU Spring Pairs 2026 - and , also, 5TH NATIONALLY!
Out of 419 Pairs nationally, Rob and Bob finished in 5th place with 69.95% and 283 Masterpoints.
For full results, see https://www.ebu.co.uk/sim-pairs
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| Latest Tuesday Result |
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Congratulations to Steve and Chris.. winners on Tuesday with 61%
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| Latest Friday Online Results |
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Congratulations to Carol and Sue, Rob and Nick Joint Winners on Friday 28th of August
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| September Declarer Play Problem of the Month |
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The contract is 4 Hearts by South and the lead is the Ace of Diamonds.
The danger comes from East getting the lead and leading the Jack of Clubs through your King.
How do you avoid this?
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| Show Answer |
South has 9 sure winning tricks and needs an extra trick in either Spades or Clubs.
The safest play is to DISCARD A SPADE on the opening lead. Then the contract can be made even if the Spade and Club finesses are both wrong.
West has no better lead at trick 2 than to lead a Spade.
Declarer wins with the Ace and and draws trumps.
Then Declarer should play dummy's King of Spades and then lead the Jack.
If East covers with the Queen, South can trump, later throwing a losing Club on the Spade 10.
If East plays low (or discards), South discards a losing club, letting West win.
The main purpose of these manoevres is to is to develop a tenth trick without the risk of East getting on lead to play his Jack of Clubs through declarer's King.
As the cards lie, any other line of play would fail against good defence.
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| June Justice Trophy |
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Hearty Congratulations to Tom Salt, winner of the June Justice Individual Trophy played at Trencreek on January 24th.
Excellent play, of course, and helped by the soporific opposition after an excellent lunch.....and several puds....
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| Forthcoming EBU and Club Competitions 2026 |
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Future national events this year include:
PLEASE NOTE
These events are for Bude Bridge Club Members
EBU Autumn Pairs Tuesday, September 8th
Children in Need National Pairs November 10th
Save the dates!
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| Interesting Hand of the Month |
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The EBU Summer Pairs threw up a couple of Grand Slam hands.
Everyone made 13 tricks, but only one pair managed to bid the Grand...
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Play is easy , with trumps 2 - 2 and Spades 3-3.
14 tricks off the top.... |
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